EVERY STUDENT INCLUDED

Student Wellbeing Centre

It has been fantastic to observe the enthusiasm of the students entering the Student Wellbeing Centre in the mornings and throughout the lunch breaks. They are thoroughly enjoying being able to interact in the activities that are on offer each day. At the Leadership Team Meeting this morning we started to think about how we can expand this opportunity to allow more children access to engaging activities throughout their playtime.   

Head of Special Education Services (HoSES)

Kayleen Bishop, our HoSES, applied for and was successful in gaining the position of Deputy Principal (Special Education) at Gladstone West SS for the remainder of the term. This is an exciting role for Kayleen and as much as it will be a tremendous loss for us here at our Calliope State School whilst she is away, the experience of being in another school and learning their structures and processes will be an invaluable for Kayleen.

We are currently undergoing a recruitment process to backfill Kayleen and will keep our families informed as this process progresses.

Learning Expectations

It is our expectation here at Calliope State School that every student is responsible for helping to maintain a safe, respectful, responsible and educationally focused learning environment. Students are expected to:

• Attend school every day and be on time for every class.
• Resolve differences with others in a positive way, seek adult support to do so.
• Respect school property and the property of others.
• Respect fellow students and all school staff members.
• Comply with the Calliope State School Student Code of Conduct

Students at Calliope State School are expected to be in classrooms, learning. If they choose to exit the classroom, they are supported by either the Hub or Student Wellbeing Team to return to class and engage in learning promptly. If support is needed for a student to engage in the classroom, the Hub or a Student Wellbeing Team will work with the student, together with the teacher, in the classroom.

Feedback Survey - Lunch Breaks

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HKNWNPQ

As a school, we are seeking feedback from the school community about the structure of our Lunch Breaks.

Currently First Break runs from 11am to 11:45am. The students play for the first 30 minutes and then they have 15 minutes to sit and eat their lunch before returning to class. All students do have the option to eat in a supervised, designated area during the 30 minutes playtime if they choose.

Second Break runs from 1:15pm to 1:45pm. Prep to Year 2 have 15 minutes of play and then sit for 15 minutes to eat their lunch. Year 3 to Year 6 have 30 minutes of play with the option of eating for the last 15 minutes in a supervised, designated area if they choose.

Positive Behaviour for Learning data has been used to drive the decision about allocating play time before eating time. Prior to changing the lunch breaks to their current structure, there were a lot of Red Card, Tier 3 behaviours (office referrals) being demonstrated in the transition from the oval to the designated line up areas as well as on the way to class often as a result of students still being in a heightened state after play. These behaviours have significantly decreased by allowing the students time to eat and sit and eat in a calm environment, prior to returning to the classroom. The students are ‘fuelled’ ready to learn.

EVERY TEACHER EXCELLING

Learning Walls

We are now half way through the term and the Learning Walls, developed collaboratively by teachers and students, are definitely reflecting the learning journey happening in classrooms.  The samples of work on the Learning Walls here at Calliope State School, are a great source of information for the students when reviewing and reflecting on the knowledge, understanding and skills they have focused on as a part of the unit of work being taught. Students in many classrooms are interacting with the learning wall when they are working on their everyday tasks in class as well as when completing their assessment tasks. The Learning Walls are a great reference point for students as they provide them with resources and samples of work, developed by them, to help support them with the task they are working on.

Farm Safety Calendar Competition Now Open

Students in Prep to Year 6 are invited to submit drawings to illustrate a farm safety message and help promote the importance of farm safety to young Queenslanders and families in rural areas. Entries close 5pm Friday, 25 June 2021. 

Twelve winning entrants will have their drawings published in the 2022 Farm safety calendar and receive a $250 voucher, as well as $500 for their school. 

Visit worksafe.qld.gov.au to find out more about the competition. 

Get started on your colourful and creative entries today. 

Facebook: The Farm safety calendar competition is now open. Students can submit drawings that illustrate farm safety to be in the running for 12 prizes of $250 as well as $500 for our school. Competition closes 5pm, 25 June. www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/resources/campaigns/farm-safety-calendar-competition

Regards

Coralie Ditchmen

Acting Principal

Well, it feels like it should possibly be week 10 already with the amount of things that 5/6D have squeezed into the term so far!

There has been lots of hands on learning across all subjects in the classroom. The Year 5 students have been using the large board protractors during their introduction to measuring angles with a protractor - the size of the protractor made it easy to work with a partner to learn with each other. They are now using their small protractor independently and even playing ‘protractor golf’.

Year 6 have been learning about natural disasters in science and have replicated a volcano and the lava coming out of the side vents; created the vortex of a cyclone in a bottle and; they have also made a seismograph when learning about earthquakes.

Congratulations to Prep D who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 5. Their attendance rate was 96.19% for the week! Also congratulations to the 3 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 5.

Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost.

Congratulations to our Year 6 student Skylah for her outstanding achievements at the Australian National Championships for Acrobatic Gymnastics. She competed in the Women’s competition with her partner Samarah and won 3 Golds and a Silver. Wow!

Congratulations to our soccer star Charlotte who competed at the PC Soccer competition last weekend and was selected in the Capricornia team. What an achievement!

Well done to Carter who competed in the Port Curtis Rugby League competition last weekend and received ‘Player of the Match’. Awesome work!

Wow! What a massive weekend! We had the pleasure of catering for the Curtis Coast Trail Riding Club Ubobo Reloaded. Thank you to Peter and the CCTRC Committee for asking us to feed all of the riders, families and volunteers. We had an amazing time, and we are super keen to do it all again.

An absolutely, massive shout out to our volunteers. It was a huge week, and it could not have happened without you. All credit needs to be given to Tenielle & Bec who were the master minds and the motivation behind organising this event and we thank you for all that you do, week in and week out. Thank you also to Greg Wode and Harvey Harlow. We know you don't live and breathe P&C like we do but you always put in 100%, especially for this event. Toni (Mrs Schmidt), Mrs Wriede and Sian your ongoing support keeps us going. To Kate, Ellie and Will; Mandy and her family, Katina, Grant and family, Chloe, Nick and family, Danni and family, you are all super amazing. Thank you for holding the fort and making the weekend a success. Lastly to Taiya, Zaine, Harrison, Alix, Kai, even though it was a massive weekend, and you were beyond tired, you guys put in 150% and we couldn't be prouder of you.

To the parents that want to help and be a part of our special P&C family, please reach out. You are so welcome, and we would love to see you support our P&C. We have an amazing team that we want to expand to do everything we possibly can for our school. P&C’s are about standing side by side with our school in support both in running the school and funding special projects, events or resources. Everything that we do is for our kids and their education!

Please, if you have suggestions, requests, ideas, or feedback, we want to hear it. It takes a village and even though we would love to see our village grow, we are so appreciative to those who are a part of it.

Year 3 – 6 Sports Day – Friday 28th of May

Tuckshop for the year 3 – 6 students will be CLOSED on Friday for Sports Day. There will be alternative food options located near the oval for these students.

Menu for 3 - 6 students:

· Sausage on bread

· Steak sandwich

· Pies

· Sausage roll

· Nuggets

· Drinks

These menu items will be available to parents also. NO CASH CAN BE ACCEPTED SORRY, but we do have EFTPOS AVAILABLE for families. Food will be available on QKR also but PLEASE ONLY ORDER FOR YOUR YEAR 3 – 6 STUDENTS.

*** Tuckshop is still open for Prep – Year 2 students.

If you are available on Sports Day to help serve food, please contact us. We have a roster for volunteers to dedicate their chosen time to assist our P&C. We would really appreciate your assistance as we have very few helpers for this day.

Tuckshop News

Tuckshop operates both breaks, Tuesday to Friday each week. Order through the QKR! app.

WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE. Our tuckshop is looking for parents or community members to help prepare our kids meals each day. If you or someone you know can volunteer some time, please chat to Lisa in the Tuckshop, or email us at pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au

Uniform Shop Update

Uniform Shop will be open on Friday mornings, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Please message our Facebook Page or email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com to make your appointment.

Jumpers and Jackets are in stock! Order now to ensure you don’t miss out on your preferred size.

Uniform orders made on QKR will be filled within 3 days of ordering by our volunteers. Thank you for your patience as we distribute your orders.

Next General Meeting: Tuesday 1st of June. 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