Welcome back everyone to Term 3! We hope you are well rested and have had a fabulous holiday period with family and friends. NAIDOC Week 2025 fell in the holidays this year on 6-13^th July. Calliope State School are celebrating NAIDOC Week this week with playtime activities run by staff and class activities led by teachers. A big thank you to one of our parents Jodi Hallam for offering to come in to run whole cohort activities with students.

Our Prep classes will celebrate 100 Days of Prep this Thursday. Students and teachers dress up for the occasion and will take part in classroom activities.

Calliope State School’s Student Code of Conduct will be reviewed this term. Our Student Code of Conduct was developed and published in 2020 and reviewed in 2022 in consultation with staff, students and parents. This document is our school’s behaviour policy, with information about school rules, consequences and processes for addressing bullying and the use of technology. As part of the review, we will be requesting staff, student, P & C and parent input in the coming weeks around this document.

Our current SCOC can be found on our Calliope State School website. A link to this document is below:

2022 Student Code of Conduct- Calliope State School

Port to Park

Are you ready to join in the fun of Port to Park this year? Registrations are now open and each person participating and nominates our school, we will receive a donation for the school.

See information below to register!

RotaKids

We welcome a new group of RotaKids for Semester Two. They will be presented with their certificates at parade in Week 3, Friday August 1. Their first activity will be Jeans for Genes Day on Thursday 7 August. Students will be able to wear jeans to school for a gold coin donation.

Please see below Upcoming Term 3 Events Calendar. 

Welcome back to Term 3. This is our favourite term in the library because Book Week is just around the corner!

The theme for this year’s Book Week is Book an Adventure. We will have a dress up parade on Friday of Week 6. Students are invited to dress up as their favourite story book character. Please remember that costumes must be sun safe and practical to wear for the day.

We will be sharing the shortlisted books and voting for our favourites during our library lessons.

P&C Meeting – Have Your Say!

Our next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 12 August at 4:30pm in the Administration Building. We warmly invite all parents and carers to come along, get involved, and have a voice in the future of our school community.

If you have any items you’d like added to the agenda, please email them through to secretary.calliopess@gmail.com before the meeting.

Your input matters — we’d love to see you there!

Uniform Shop 

The uniform shop operates on Fridays before the parade. Orders placed via the QKR app can be collected during this time. For any inquiries regarding the uniform shop, please email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com. 

*Please Note:* EFTPOS is currently unavailable, so orders must be placed via the QKR app.

PLAYGROUP IS BACK FOR TERM 3!

The following Supportive Playgroups will be held weekly for Term 3:

Boyne Island NaN Playgroup

Mondays at 9:30am - 11:30am

Where: Boyne Island Library in the Castle Tower Room & Outside Play Area

Calliope Nan Playgroup

Thursdays at 9:15am – 11:15am

Where: Calliope Primary School in the Prep Room & Outside Play Area

Harmony Kids Multicultral Playgroup

Tuesdays and Fridays at 9:30am - 11:30am

Where: Philip Street Communities and Families Precinct (Nutchee Building) in Gladstone

Each playgroup session offers a range of early learning & sensory activities plus plenty of opportunities for children to explore and families to connect.

We are excited to welcome new and returning families this term. 

All playgroups are free to attend. Please sign in with one of our friendly team members when you arrive.

We hope to see you there!