FIRST LEGO LEAGUE ROBOTICS

Our First Lego League Robotics teams competed at CQU Gladstone Campus on the weekend and achieved some outstanding results.

They have taken out three awards:

· Team Vipers - Innovation Project Award

· Team Calliope Cool Conveyors- Robot Games Award

· Team Cargo Beep Beep - Runners Up Champion‘s Award

These three teams have now been invited to attend the National Competition to be held in Brisbane on 4 December.

A huge thank you must be extended to Mrs Sellin, Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Mastromonaco and Ms Crookey for all your work and extra hours as coaches. They have given up their time after school and on weekends to support the student’s in building the knowledge and skills that have awarded them such wonderful results.

The student’s will be presented with awards on Parade this coming Friday, November 12.

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.

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.

Congratulations to 6C who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 5. Their attendance rate was 98.2% for the week !

Also congratulations to the 5 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.

Welcome to Week 6!!

This week's focus for Week 6 is : Expectations when playing in the hall

This week's lesson will go over the expectations that must be followed during play breaks in our Multipurpose Hall to keep all students safe.

Our FFF celebration has been postponed this week due to the weather. It will be ‘Water Play’ and will take place on the grassed area in front of the undercroft. Every cohort has a first break session next week to celebrate their positive behaviours and the table is below. Please ensure your children bring along clothes to get wet in and a towel. Sunscreen will be available for all students in classrooms before the break starts. All invited students can bring along a water gun or similar to join in on the fun. These items must be signed in to their classroom in the morning and will be returned in the afternoon.

Hi Guys!

Only 5 more weeks until School Holidays!

Are you taking every opportunity made available to you? Don’t forget I am here on Monday’s, Tuesdays and Friday’s this term if you would like to access our Chaplain services to support your family. Our services can be utilised by contacting the office or you can email me at sjarm17@eq.edu.au

Another opportunity for you to participate in over the next 5 weeks could be helping to thank our staff to a well-deserved brunch for all their hard work. Last time we had some amazing contributions from the community and this time because we are so close to Christmas I was thinking we could do a Christmas themed brunch. If you have any delicious Christmas treats you would like to share with the staff 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 Brave Box located in my office helps kids to prevent mental health issues by teaching them to think about what they are thinking about. Instead of storing too many thoughts in their mind (which can weigh us down) we are encouraging kids to write them down and put them in the BRAVE Box. As a parent or carer, you too can encourage kids to write down all those thoughts racing through their heads. Our world is such a busy place and with all the new digital technologies available to us we can sometimes forget to take care of our mental health. But just like we need to empty our rubbish bins we also need to detox our mind and relieve it from all those thoughts. When we have a clearer mind, it helps us to concentrate on the things that are important. Remember, don’t overload your mind! One way I love to detox my mind is by writing it all down on a Microsoft word document and deleting it! Then no one can find my secrets LOL and my mind is a lot clearer.

Our Seasons for Growth program is progressing well. Kids are beginning to learn that change always happens and sometimes we are not in control of those changes. Last week we learnt that change can affect us in a positive or negative way and the kids showed immense courage by sharing their stories of change with their peers. Even though everyone’s story was different they all shared something in common and that was they lost something important to them. This week we will continue to unpack those stories and learn how to adjust to those changes that are unexpected and not always welcome. This program is helping kids to understand they aren’t alone in their experiences and that they have others to support them.

Have a great week!!

Chappy Sheree 

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 3 days of ordering by our volunteers. Thank you for your patience as we distribute your orders.

Next General Meeting: TONIGHT Tuesday November 9th at 6pm in the Conference Room. Please come to a meeting as we round up this year and prepare 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