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It has been a very busy start to 2021.
In Science, 1B are starting to explore animals and their habitats. We have been looking at what an animal needs to survive (food, air water, shelter) and how different habitats cater to different animal needs. We thought it would be very funny to see polar bears on our oval instead of kangaroos!
We have also put on our detective hats and become spelling code masters over the last couple of weeks! We are getting very good at knowing that black letters are consonants and magenta letters are our vowel sounds.
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Key Summary Parent Information Meetings – sessions this week Life Education – visiting at the end of this term Parent Volunteer Workshops – volunteers need to attend a workshop before assisting in the classroom / school P&C Meeting – first meeting for 2021 tonight at 6.00pm Reading – continues to be a focus area in 2021 Student Leaders – badge presentation this Friday on parade |
Week 3 is well underway and it is lovely to see how well everyone has settled back into school life for 2021. I have enjoyed visiting the classrooms, sharing ‘Good News’ letters with students, looking at amazing work from students and even being able to make some good news phone calls to parents about the fabulous work their child shared with me. Calliope students are ready to ACE 2021 by
A – Attending - Every day counts!
C – Confidently participating
Parent Meetings
It was lovely to see parents attending the Class Parent Information Sessions this week. The teachers are able to share their classroom routines and expectations with you. We still have several sessions to go this week, see timetable below. Class newsletters are also currently being sent home from all the classes with information about Term 1.
Life Education
Later in the term we will welcome Life Education to Calliope State School. Life Education happens every two years at the school. All classes will have the opportunity to attend the session with the Life Education educator. The cost will be $6.00 per child and more information will be sent home in the next few weeks.
Parent Volunteer workshops
We look forward to inviting parents back into classrooms to assist with a variety of activities. All volunteers are now required to attend a mandatory training workshop before they are able to assist in classrooms / tuckshop etc. There are two sessions offered over the next week: Thursday 11 February at 9.15am and Monday 15 February at 4.00pm.
Another session will be offered later in the term, so please give feedback about suitable times if you are unable to make either of the earlier times.
P&C Meeting tonight
Reading
Reading continues to be a focus area at Calliope State School in 2021. There are many ways to support your child with reading, but one of the best ways is to just to share a book with your child/children. You can read the book to your child, they can read to you, or you can both read parts of the book. It might be a picture book each night, a favourite book or a chapter book that can be read over a number of weeks. Students are always welcome to borrow books from the school library to take home as well.
Time Out
We have been contacted by a family about a confirmed case of Hand Foot and Mouth disease. We follow the Department of Health ‘Time Out’ guidelines that meet the requirements of the Public Health Act 2005. Please see the Time Out recommendations for a variety of illness attached to this newsletter.
Student Leaders
This Friday on parade, we will have the pleasure of presenting our 2021 School Leaders with their badges. Our leaders have started the year well, already presenting at parade. We look forward to their work within the school this year.
Kinds Regards
PBL Data Term 1 Week 2
Parents and the wider community play an important role in creating a safe and supportive school environment. Schools benefit when school staff engage in regular positive, respectful interactions with their students and family.
Parents are valuable partners in supporting the school and their child's learning and behaviour. Parents have valuable insights about how to best support the child's behaviour and learning. We have our first PBL meeting for 2021 on Wednesday 10 Feb at 3.30pm (Conference Room) and we invite parents to come along.
Welcome back everyone!
Term 1 is a very busy term! We have a variety of different sporting events that are approaching very quickly. We kick off the year with the PJ Marsh Rugby League competition and the NRL Development Cup (U12s Inter-school Rugby League competition).
Throughout Term 1, Port Curtis trials will be held for several different sports. I will announce PC trials as they are coming up and hold lunchtime training sessions for students interested in trying out. Just a reminder, Port Curtis trials are for representative level, so students need to demonstrate a high level of skill at a representative level.
There will be opportunities throughout the year for students to try out for school teams to play and represent our school at interschool competitions. Many of these interschool competitions like Netball, Touch Football and Soccer do not start until Term 3. I will let students know as they come up.
The ‘Great Calliope Skip Off’ competition will also be on again this term. I will be opening the hall in the mornings for students to come along and practise their skipping. To make it in to the competition at the end of term, students will have to make it on the ‘1 Minute Wall of Fame’.
The end of term will see us out with our annual Cross Country Carnival. I will be starting running training on Friday mornings down on the front oval at 8:30am. All students are welcome to come join in.
Please remind your children to check the PE notice board located outside the office for any upcoming events and other important information. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. I am looking forward to what 2021 will bring! My email contact is: cbett49@eq.edu.au
As your school P&C, we are ready to kick off 2021 with our first meeting of the year TONIGHT at 6pm in the Office Conference Room. Would love to see you there. Another friendly reminder to log in to QKR! at your earliest convenience to check your child's Year Level and Class are correct for 2021. You need to do this each year to ensure your orders are delivered to the correct class. Thank you for your assistance in this.
Subway Lunch Day
Thank you to everyone who ordered their subway. Orders are now closed but we appreciate your support in our first Lunch Day for the year.
The dates for this year’s Subway Days are:
· Prep – Year 2: Monday 15th February 2021
· Year 3 – Year 6: Monday 22nd February 2021
PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE SELECTED THE CORRECT DAY FOR YOUR CHILD ON QKR. WE HAVE HAD SOME COME THROUGH ON THE WRONG DAY SO PLEASE LOGIN TO QKR AND VIEW YOUR ORDERS TO ENSURE YOU SELECTED THE CORRECT DAY.
Remember that all profits from our fundraisers go towards supporting our kids through their education by contributing funds to school events, excursions, wellbeing and programs. This is what P&C is all about and why we love what we do!
Tuckshop News
Tuckshop operates at both first and second breaks from Tuesday to Friday. The lovely Convenor, Lisa and the P&C work hard to provide a wide range of healthy meals for our students. Ordering is strictly only through the QKR! App. We cannot accept cash sales at this time, sorry. Please ensure you have jumped onto the App to update your childs’ Year Level and Class so that their lunch is taken to the correct place.
If you have some time to volunteer in our Tuckshop any day through the week please contact us via the email provided below, via the office or via Facebook. Our lovely Convenor, Miss Lisa is needing some extra hands and would really appreciate the help.
Uniform Shop
Our uniforms can also be purchased through QKR! Thank you to those who attended our Open Days over the last week. If you have any questions or queries, please email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com .
All hats and school shirts are now back in stock. Senior Shirts for our Year 6 students are due to be distributed this week. These will be distributed to students at school.
UNIFORM SHOP OPENING TIME : Fridays 8:30am - 9am (Uniform Shop is located at the Hall near the entrance closest to the Oval)
QKR! Info
To download the QKR App go to your App Store and search “QKR!” The icon looks similar this one provided. Register your details in the App, find our school
“Calliope State School,” add your childs/rens names and order your Tuckshop and uniform orders. Its super simple, there are no fees, and you can order for all children in the one transaction. Awesome!
If you have any queries, feedback, or ideas for our team, please email pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au We are always happy to answer questions or help our where we can.
First General Meeting of 2021 – Tuesday 9th of February (TONIGHT) at 6pm in the Office Conference room. See you there :)
In 2021 we would love to see lots of parents and community members be a part of our P&C committee. To see some new faces would bring us so much delight! Our purpose is to support our kids’ education and school life; be involved in an active way and have a say about what happens within our school community. Come on board to help us continue to achieve our goal!
Happy Week 3 Calliope families and community,
Your P&C Team
Tenielle, Sian, Bec & Kate