CROSS COUNTRY

It was fantastic to see so many students participating in Cross Country on Monday. A huge thank you goes to Mrs Betts, the staff and students that supported her in ensuring that the event ran so successfully.

COVID-19 UPDATE

Thank you for your support of our school community over the last two days during the 3 day lock down in Greater Brisbane.

Please be assured that all staff will continue to take the necessary precautions to ensure the health safety and well-being of students, staff and the broader school community.

We will continue to monitor the situation and will provide you with further updates should the health information change.

Some key messages:

• Parents who have been in the Greater Brisbane area since March 20, are not permitted on school sites and should comply with Queensland Heath Directions in relation to Greater Brisbane Lockdowns.
• In line with Queensland Health:
     - You must wear a mask if you are entering any indoor areas in our school, including classrooms.
     -We strongly recommend you wear your mask when walking around our school as our walkways and thoroughfares are busy and it can be difficult to stay the required 1.5m distance from other people https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/current-status/urgent-covid-19-update.
• Students are not being required to wear a mask at school and staff are permitted not to wear a mask, unless social distancing between adults is not possible.
• We all have a role to play in minimising the potential impact and spread of COVID-19. If you, or any members of your household, feel unwell or develop symptoms associated with COVID-19, please stay home and seek appropriate medical advice.

I would also encourage you to continue to refer to general information as provided on the Queensland Health website and check the frequently asked questions. It is important that we all continue to focus on our own wellbeing and mental health and there are some great resources and information tools available on this website.

We thank you for your co-operation and working with us through this uncertain period.

HAPPY EASTER

Another term has come and gone. Easter and the term holidays are with us again! I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Easter and a safe and restful school holiday period. Please take time to enjoy the company of family and friends, even in these changed times. I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on Monday April 19th.

Regards

Coralie Ditchmen

Acting Principal

1A had a wonderful Term 1! Students have picked up old routines and are adapting to some changes very well. We have been learning exciting new topics as we explored emotions in picture books and discovered all the different nouns, verbs and adjectives in our stories.

In Maths, we focused on counting and sequencing numbers 1-100, solving addition and subtraction problems.

For science, we investigated a range of habitats and created our very own dioramas.

They look amazing! Learning is well underway and we are looking forward to a fantastic year!

PBL Data Term 1 Week 9

Focus: How to stay safe over the break 

Objective: Students will learn strategies to help keep them safe 

Congratulations to 6C who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 9. Their attendance rate was 98% for the week! Also congratulations to the 9 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 9. Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost.

Yesterday we had our annual Cross Country. Well done to all the students who participated! Thank you for all the wonderful support from Calliope SS staff, Helping Hands staff and our local police officers.

Big congratulations to Flinders house, who won the 2021 Calliope SS Cross Country!

Well done to our Age Champions:

12 year old boys- Cooper McCarthy

12 year old girls- Holly Nightingale

11 year old boys- Cooper Warren (new record holder)

11 year old girls- Jordan Woodall (new record holder)

10 year old boys- Jaydyn Hawkins

10 year old girls- Sienna Wilson

9 year old boys- Urijah Vercoe

9 year old girls- Nevaeh Duffell

Yesterday some of our Calliope SS students attended the Port Curtis Rugby League trials.

It is stiff competition to gain a spot in the Port Curtis team. Well done to Carter, Kobi, Rhyan, Cooper J, Brayth, Krystal and Mikayla who were selected! GO CALLIOPE!

Wishing everyone a very safe and happy holidays. We hope that you find time to relax and enjoy time together with your loved ones.

Easter Raffle 2021

Tickets for our Easter Raffle are on QKR! and close at midnight, Wednesday 31st of April.

First Prize: $125 Easter Hamper

Second Prize: $75 Easter Hamper

Raffle will be drawn on Thursday 1st of April.

Tuckshop News & Uniform Shop

Tuckshop remains OPEN as usual this week and will be open in Term 2 also.

Uniform Shop will be CLOSED this week due to new COVID restrictions and will reopen on Friday 23rd of April. Thank you for your understanding. Uniform orders made on QKR will be filled within 3 days of ordering.

Our uniforms can also be purchased through QKR! If you have any questions or queries, please email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com 

CONTACT DETAILS

We would appreciate it if you could use these avenues to contact us with queries, feedback, or complaints. Please also remember that our team are volunteers, doing what we do because we love our school and wish to support our kids through their education. We do have other jobs, responsibilities, and commitments but we always try to respond to your concerns, questions, tuckshop, or uniform orders as quick as possible. Our current processing time for uniforms is 3 business days.

Email: pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au for general enquiries

uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com for Uniform Shop enquiries

Phone: Tenielle Wode 0406218312 (President 2020) Bec Harlow 0402056452 (Treasurer 2020)

Next General Meeting: Tuesday 11th of May. Please come along to have your say in what happens at school. Don’t forget everyone is welcome and you can become a P&C member at any meeting throughout the year.

Your P&C Team

Tenielle, Kate, Bec & Sian