SCHOOL UNIFORM – DRESS CODE

We have a number of students wearing the incorrect socks to school currently. Our CSS Dress Code clearly stipulates that students are to wear short white or black socks. Please expect contact from your child/ren’s teacher if they are wearing the incorrect socks to school.

TUCKSHOP DAY – FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5

Thank you to our tuckshop convenor and all our volunteers who help to make tasty and healthy meals for our students and staff. The thought, time and effort that goes into providing healthy options provides school communities with many positive benefits. Please let our tuckshop team know that you appreciate their efforts in helping your children make healthy choices.  

YEAR 6 CAMP

The final payment for Year 6 is due on Friday November 5. You are more than welcome to make small payments leading up to this date; however, all money due must be paid in full by 3pm on November 5.

CALLIOPE CHRISTMAS CAROLS 2021 – DATE CLAIMER

The Calliope Carols are back on this year, after a break due to COVID restrictions. They will be held on Friday November 26 (Week 8). As in previous years, each year level is learning a song, which they will perform on stage as part of the concert.

It has been noted that the date also coincides with the return of the Year 6 students from their camp. We understand that this will be the end of a big week for these students but we hope that as many as possible will still attend the carols event and perform, as this will be their last carols event before they go to high school.

We hope to see everyone there!

SCHOOL OPINION DATA RESULTS

We have received our School Opinion Survey results. This week I have published our Student Survey results from our ‘Highlight’ report. This report shows the three most positive items and the three least positive items.

Out of a possible 84 staff that could have responded to our School Opinion Survey, 36 staff responded. That equates to 42% of staff responding to the survey. As a school community we will work together to unpack this data over the coming months. We will do this in alignment with our current practices and processes and seek further feedback about next steps.

CALLIOPE STATE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR 7 ENROLMENT INTERVIEWS

• Year 7 (2022) Enrolment Interviews

Starting high school at Calliope SHS in 2022? It is time to book your enrolment interview now! Interviews will be held between 3.30pm and 6.30pm (half an hour per interview) on Tuesday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 3.

To book your spot, visit the online booking portal.

https://eq.sobs.com.au/pt3/parent.php?schoolid=70631

(If you require assistance, call Calliope State High School on 4975 9777 between 8am and 4pm, Monday to Friday)

CALLIOPE STATE HIGH SCHOOL ORIENTATION DAYS

All Year 6 students wishing to attend Orientation Days, (November 29 and 30) will need to have returned enrolment packs and attended an enrolment interview – we don’t want to see anyone miss out!

PREP ENROLEMENTS

Enrol now for 2022

We are currently enrolling students for Prep 2022. We ask that all families wishing to enrol at Calliope State School in Prep for 2022 complete an enrolment package and book in for an interview.

For an enrolment package and information for enrolling in all year levels for 2022, please visit or call our office on 4975 8333 or email admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au to start the enrolment process.

Regards,

Coralie Ditchmen

Acting Principal

We have been having a lot of fun in HASS this term, learning about consumer decisions and the effect on Australian Communities. The 5C classroom became a small community called “5C-Oppolis” and each student became a part of their own community group. Our community is made up of doctors, students, café managers, farmers, builders, store owners and musicians. At the beginning of each HASS lesson, we have an auction where the groups try to secure the things that they need the most, including musical instruments, food, water, land and medicine. In the auction, the groups use play money that they have earned throughout the week for completing tasks and following instructions. This ongoing activity has helped the students understand how different groups of people have different needs and how this effects the decisions that they make. 

Congratulations to Prep D who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 4. Their attendance rate was 99.09% for the week !

Also congratulations to the 10 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 4.

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

Welcome to Week 5!

This week’s PBL focus is ‘Accepting Talk, Walk and Squawk -Following others instructions and owning your behaviour.

In Week 6 we have our ‘Water Play’ FFF in cohorts. Invitations for this event will come home towards the end of this week.

Please be encouraged to take a look at our Calliope SS Student Code of Conduct which can be found on the Calliope State School website. This document outlines the school processes and policies aligning with Education Queensland expectations.

Positive Behaviour for Learning- Behaviour Action Summary (Term 3 Overview)

Positive Behaviour for Learning- Behaviour Action Summary (Term 4 to date)

Student Wellbeing Centre Lunch Time Fun

Thank you to everyone who attended our Halloween Disco last Thursday. It was a fabulous night of exceptional costumes, groovy music and heaps of fun. Thanks to the parents and staff who volunteered to help on the night. You made it a success and we appreciated you greatly.

SUNNIES FOR CCS DAY

Our school P&C and Calliope Kindergarten ran this fundraiser last term to help a charity who provides accommodation, facilities and transport to regional families who have a child undergoing Cancer treatment. Their name is Childhood Cancer Support. On Monday, we had the pleasure of presenting our donation to CCS. Between the school and kindy, we raised an impressive $1200 and it was such an honour to support a charity who are helping a Calliope family. Thank you to everyone within the community who supported this day. We are so proud of you.

Tuckshop News

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

For all tuckshop enquiries please email us at pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au.

Uniform Shop Update

All uniform items are to be ordered through the QKR! App. Please message our Facebook Page or email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com with any uniform shop enquiries.

Your uniform orders will be filled within three days of ordering by our volunteers. Thank you for your patience as we distribute your orders.

Next General Meeting: Tuesday 9 November at 6pm in the Conference Room. Please come to a meeting as we round up this year and prepare, plan and budget for 2022. We are always eager to see some new faces and hear new ideas for the direction of our P&C.

With half of our Executive team currently living outside of Calliope and others having work, family and life commitments, we need all hands on deck to run meetings and organise events. Please contact us if you can lend a hand.

2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year with big events under development already. We are going to require more members to smash our goals. Please consider becoming a member in 2022. No, you don’t need to attend every meeting or help at every event. You will be a voice for your kids though, which is very important to help support their lives at school.  

Your P&C Team,

Tenielle, Kate, Bec & Sian

Hi Guys!

Last week we had a ball treating the staff to a well-deserved brunch to thank them for all their hard work. A BIG thank you to the Mum’s, Lifestyle Church and the Tuckshop for helping to make it happen by donating some delicious treats. For our next gratitude brunch, I was thinking a Christmas themed one would be good. If you would like to contribute please email me at sjarm17@eq.edu.au to let me know what you would like to donate so we don’t over cater. Please bring it into the office before 10.30am on the –

            Next Brunch - 26th November Friday 11am – 11.45am

The new Brave Box initiative is located in my office and helps kids to prevent mental health issues by teaching them to think about what they are thinking about. Instead of storing all of those thoughts in their mind (which can weigh us down) we are encouraging kids to write them down and put them in the BRAVE Box. This helps kids to begin to recognise their own thoughts and what could be getting in the way of concentrating on their education.

What is a Chappy and what does a Chappy do?

Even though I am called a Chaplain my role is to do support work. This means I am able to support your family emotionally, physically or spiritually. The kind of things your kids could do is talk to me about life and play games at the same time. I do not provide a counselling service but sometimes spending time with kids and listening to them really helps to support them emotionally. I will be here on Monday’s, Tuesdays and Fridays this term if you would like me to support your family please contact me via email sjarm17@eq.edu.au.

Last week we started a program called Seasons for Growth. Over the next 5 weeks students will come together and share their experiences of change and loss. Students will learn that they are not alone in their experiences and are able to build communication, resilience, decision making and problem-solving skills within the context of a safe and supportive peer group learning environment. The program runs during school time and is about 30-45 minutes a session. We look forward to the positive changes that this program will bring our students.

Have a great week!

Chappy Sheree  

Our girls soccer team for the ToyWorld Cup have been lucky to have Rob Pizzy as coach at their games and have had two exciting games where they drew to St Francis and won against Tannum Sands. Last week the girls beat Star of the Sea 8 - 0, the girls are now in the final for the ToyWorld Cup in Week 7 - Good luck girls!  Thank you to Mrs Robertson and Mrs Smith-Ashton for training the teams during lunch breaks and Rob Pizzy for your expertise at the games. Thank you to all parents and supporters who have attended.

Running Club is on every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8:20am on the front oval. All students are welcome to challenge themselves on how many laps they can run. Each lap students are required to scan their grades barcode to collect the results to see which grade runs the furthest distance.