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This Friday is Bullying No Way! day and students are encouraged to wear orange to acknowledge this day. The theme for this year is “Be bold. Be Kind. Speak up” The theme for 2025 is 'Be bold. Be kind. Speak up.'
It takes courage to spark change.
Bullying is everyone's responsibility. It takes a community to be brave and address bullying behaviours, within and beyond the school gate.
Students can be bold, kind and take a stand to support others being bullied. While parents and teachers are there to support children and young people learn how to behave in a positive way.
In our community and in our school, we want a place where everyone can belong, a place that celebrates everyone, and where bullying is never accepted.
This Bullying No Way Week, we're asking students, schools, families and communities to be bold and say something, be kind and support someone, and be proud to take a stand against bullying.
https://bullyingnoway.gov.au/preventing-bullying/national-week-of-action
Book Week 2025
Next Friday is our Book Week Dress Up Celebration Day. All students are encouraged to come along next Friday, dressed as their favourite book character. This year’s theme is Book an Adventure. The poster adjacent is from CBCA and the illustrator is Jess McGeachin. Jess has captured the adventurous spirit in his artwork. We are looking forward to see all students come dressed as their favourite book character next week.
Help Shape our School – complete the School Opinion Survey
We have had 44 parents respond to our survey so far. That equates to 13.2% of surveys sent out. Student responses are at 89.5% and staff are at 60%. Please take time to complete the survey. Your opinion and voice are important to shaping our school. You should have received a special letter from us with a tea bag reminder. Please take the time to share your opinion about the school your child/children attend so we can celebrate what we are doing well and make plans to improve.
The survey closes on 22 August. Parents, carers, students in selected year levels, and staff have been emailed a link to participate. Your feedback will help us understand our school’s strengths and areas for improvement. Survey responses are confidential. Find out more on the School Opinion Survey webpage or contact school administration.
As a school we use the School Opinion Survey Data to shape our Annual Implementation Plan. We need to know what we are doing well and what we need to work more on, so that our focus is on the right work to create the best learning environment for your children. Please take the time to complete this survey. In 2024 only 20.3% of our parents and Caregivers participated in the survey. Only 70 parents/caregivers opinions contributed towards the work we are focussed on. You should now have your invitation. Please watch out for this email. The survey is now open.
Hi Calliope Families! Below are a few reminders from the P&C.
Thanks to everyone for buying pies from our pie drive. Hope they were all delivered safely.
Father’s Day Stall
Our Father’s Day Stall will be held on Wednesday 3 September. Gifts range from $1 – $10. If you’re able to volunteer on the day, please contact the P&C – we’d love your help.
Fun Run
We hope the children are excited about the Fun Run and getting some sponsors. The top 5 fundraisers get to slime a staff member!
Tuckshop Orders - Important Reminders
- When using QKR to order, ensure you select your child's correct class, as lunches are delivered to the class listed on QKR
- Orders for the tuckshop close at 9 AM every day
- If your child is unwell, you can cancel their order on QKR App before 9 AM
P&C Meeting – Have Your Say!
Our next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday 9 September 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.
Best wishes for a great week ahead,
The P&C Team
Congratulations to the winning class Prep B who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 4. Their attendance rate was 91% for the week!
Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost. The school goal is to reach 94% or higher.
Students interested in competing for a spot on the Capricornia Aquathlon and Triathlon team for 2026 should check out the Fitzroy Frogs events listed below. The event at Tannum Sands on October 19th, 2025, will serve as the selection event for the 2026 team. If you're keen to participate, please inform Mrs. Betts at cbett49@eq.edu.au.
- ARTICLES FOR OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: If you wish to publish a NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY article in our school newsletter you can do this by sending an email to admin@calliopess@eq.edu.au with all the relevant details. This will then go through our approval process prior to publishing.
- REMINDER TO PARENTS: Reminder to parents and visitors to the school to drive carefully when accessing the front entrance of the school. Please drive slowly, abide by the speed limit, normal road rules and be mindful of your surrounds. We appreciate your attention and understanding.
- COLLECTING YOUR STUDENT EARLY FROM SCHOOL: We realise that, on occasion, students may arrive late for school, or need to leave early; it is hoped that these occasions can be kept to a minimum so that the learning of the student, the class and the routine of the school is not unduly disrupted. In the event that your child is late or leaves early, please ensure that the correct procedure is followed to sign in/out by going to the Administration building signing out on the iPad, collect a slip and present it to the classroom teacher.
These processes are in place so that the teachers and school staff are aware of the movement of students at school. This is for the protection and welfare of all staff and students. It is important to look at the impact that late arrival and early departure have on a student/s education and those around them. It is not only disruptive to learning that is occurring in the classrooms at the time of arrival and departure, it is all time that accumulates to missed opportunities for learning. A student who is arriving late or leaving early by 15 minutes twice a week will miss, in total, the equivalent of 4 days of school across the year.
- RETURNING CALLS TO THE SCHOOL: We ask parents to assist us by checking their message bank before returning calls to the school, to establish which staff member has phoned. Due to the high volume of staff within our school it is not possible for us to identify who may have called you. Please call the member on their direct number if they have provided this as this will free up the office phone lines.
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MESSAGE TO STUDENTS: As you know, schools and classrooms are very busy places!
To ensure our students are fully engaged in their learning, and our office staff are able to complete their multitude of daily required tasks, we ask that parents communicate clearly with their child at the beginning of each day where you will be picking them up from in the afternoon.
As you can imagine it is extremely difficult for our office staff to field scores of phone calls asking for messages to be passed on to children regarding pick-up information.
Should you need to contact your children throughout the day, please do this via the office. These should be emergency situations only. Messages received after 1.45pm may not be acknowledged by the class in time, so please ensure children know their pick-up arrangements.