Wizard of Oz

Today is an exciting day for 150 students heading into the Gladstone Entertainment Centre (GEC) to watch the combined schools musical- Wizard of Oz. We are excited to see our very own Charlize performing on the big stage! Don’t forget to book your tickets with the GEC.

 

P&C AGM

This evening at 6:00pm in the Administration Conference Room, the P&C will be holding their Annual General Meeting. At this meeting, all executive positions will be declared vacant and a new committee appointed. The P&C is a vital component of our school representing the parent voice and providing many supports to our students and school community including fundraising, the tuckshop and uniform shop. Please get involved and support this great committee. Meetings are held once a month.

Prep Vision Screening Program

In 2020, our Prep students will have the opportunity to have their vision screened by a Primary School Health Nurse. Parent consent forms have been sent home with all Prep students and they need to be returned by Wednesday 25 March 2020 in the envelope provided. Late forms will not be able to be accepted. Our screening days will commence on Monday 18 May 2020.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Please keep an eye out for your child’s Parent Teacher Interview booking form coming home this week. The interviews will generally be conducted before and after school in Week 10. At the meeting, your child’s teacher will provide you with an overview of their academic progress and also their behaviour and attendance. Be advised that interim reports will not be sent home in Terms 1 and 3, so don’t miss this opportunity to talk with your child’s teacher.

Year 5 and 6 Camps

A reminder for Year 5 and 6 families that camp deposits are due this Friday, to secure a place for your child on camp. After this date, a waitlist will be developed.

Playgrounds

A reminder that before and after school, playgrounds are not to be used by students. All students unless with their adult are to be in the designated areas before school which are supervised by school staff (the oval from 8:30am).

FFF- Sundaes

It was a wet but great FFF with 365 students (over half our student population) making ice-cream sundaes to celebrate their achievement of completing their stamp charts.

Crazy Hair Day

This Friday, 13 March students are encouraged to come with coloured hair (and a gold coin donation) to support the Blood Cancer research. Mrs Jess Switzer, will also be shaving her hair as part of the event, fundraising for their important organisation.

Mark Wright

Principal

What's new in Prep A

We have had a very good start to our first year. We have been learning about living things in Science and we have been lucky enough to see caterpillars hatch out of moth eggs and a butterfly emerge from a chrysalis. It was so exciting to be able to let the butterfly go and watch it fly into the flowers. We have also been on the lookout for living things when we have outside play with Prep C.

We have started doing some Buddy Reading with a Year 6 class and have had them visit us once so far. 

In our classroom, we have been engaged in lots of hands-on Maths and Literacy activities and are enjoying the various investigations that are set up around the classroom. We look forward to many more exciting adventures in Prep A.

Congratulations to 5A who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 6. Their attendance rate was 98% for the week! Also, congratulations to the 15 classes who were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 6. Remember, every day you are away is a learning day lost.

The Positive Behaviour for Learning lesson for week seven is on Safe: Bikes and Scooters. Many of our kids travel to school using bikes and scooters which is why it is important that we constantly revise the safe procedures we insist upon to ensure your child is safe travelling to and from school. These include:

• Dismounting from our bike or scooter at the fence of the pool;
• Walking with our bike or scooter;
• Staying on the inside of the yellow line to ensure there is a substantial gap between the student and cars in the ‘Stop, Drop, Go’ zone;
• Securing our bike or scooter at the bike racks;
• Removing ourselves from the bike racks once our bike or scooter has been sorted.

Please take a moment to go over this with your child/children.

Just a reminder that the end of term rewards day will be a trip to Bunting Park in week 10 for those students who display good behaviour throughout the term. We look forward to seeing your child at the event.

Lastly, Fantastic Fun Friday was on last week and the theme was ‘Make your own ice cream sundae.’ Below are some pictures from the event.

Enjoy your week.

Thanks,

Brian Rowe

Student Welfare Teacher

AGM TONIGHT 6:00PM IN THE ADMIN BUILDING!

Being a P&C Member

Ever wanted to be a part of your child's school? Well here is your chance. Become a P&C member and be involved. Our AGM will be held on the 10March in the Admin building at 6:00pm. Our P&C have organised Tina from Calliope Crafty Capers to be there to help with the kids (by booking to P&C only). All positions will be available for election. Please note that you have to be a member to vote and becoming a member of the P&C is a great way to be involved in your child’s school. Want more information on how to become a member? Don’t hesitate to email us, send us a message on Facebook or simply fill out a form next to the P&C box in the office and we will contact you. Our online membership form is now available on our Facebook page or the following link https://form.jotform.com/200541946956058?fbclid=IwAR03NTW5dcN5mJEOQt9jQJSqULyA3fhckAad8tvgHfC1JDZQpAoz9niE338

Fundraising and Events

Disco: Thursday 19 March is our first school disco of the year; time to dust of those dancing shoes, deck yourself out in green and dance the night away like a leprechaun on St Paddy’s day. We will be looking for volunteers to help with our disco. Please contact us if you are interested in helping.

Easter Raffle: Chocolate, who doesn’t love chocolate? As we do every year, we will be holding an Easter raffle to be drawn on the end of term parade. For this raffle we ask our families to make a small donation of items towards our hampers. Please find our collection hampers in the office.

Bake Sale: Are you a keen baker or know someone who is? Are you the BBQ King or the Grill master? We need you! The P&C will be holding a bake sale alongside our election day BBQ on the 28 March. If you are interested in baking or volunteering on the day please contact us.

Tuckshop

We are getting busier and busier in the tuckshop, meaning our awesome convenor Lisa needs a hand. As with all of our P&C events and operations, the tuckshop is always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in socialising, having a cuppa and even helping Lisa out please pop past the tuckshop or contact us via Facebook.

This week’s delicious home baked treat is raspberry coconut slice! If you have a family favourite treat that you would like us to share with our school family, please let us know.

Uniform Shop

Our uniform shop is open Tuesday mornings from 8.15 – 8.45am for all your uniform needs or order on Flexischools and orders will be sent to your child’s classroom. If you have any queries regarding orders, please contact our P&C via Facebook, email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com or phone/message Tenielle on 0406218312.

Have a great week

Your P&C team

Mel, Tenielle, Bec and Kate

EXPECT THE BEST

“ATTITUDE IS A LITTLE THING

THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE”

You know when you grasp and understand this concept, it can be life-changing!  I had to smile when I read this next story I am about to share, as the Calliope students often hear me telling this (illustrated by my two stuffed dogs – one black & one white).

(Taken from - ‘The Power of Attitude’ by Mac Anderson)

A native American boy was talking with his grandfather. “What do you think about the world situation?” he asked. The grandfather replied, “I feel like wolves are fighting in my heart.  One is full of anger and hatred; the other is full of love, forgiveness and peace.” “Which one will win?” asked the boy. To which the grandfather replied, “The one I feed.” (Origin Unknown)

This simple story provides the essence of a life-changing law of the universe…

You become what you think about! 

The words are almost too simple to ‘feel important’.  However, if you ‘get it’, if you truly understand their meaning, you can forever harness the power of a positive attitude. Simply stated… If we choose to think positive thoughts, we’ll get positive results; if we think negative thoughts, we’ll get negative results. 

Pretend for a moment that every thought is a seed you sow in your fertile mind.  Therefore, as I once heard someone say, “If you plant crabapples, don’t expect to harvest Golden Delicious Apples.”  You will reap the fruit of the thoughts you sow.

Take ‘Every thought Captive’ … You may be surprised and find that you are no longer held in captivity … but are actually found ‘Captivating’ by others around you!

Get rid of your ‘Stinking thinking’, hit the refresh button and have an awesome week.

Don’t forget Café Connect is on this Thursday 12 March (held at school near the 3 pencils)

Love Chappy Mel

Last Thursday afternoon we had eight Calliope girls try out for the Port Curtis netball team. Congratulations to Ella and Tori who made it into the Port Curtis U11 team. Also congratulations to Lachlan for making it into the Port Curtis Hockey team and Jason for making it into the Port Curtis AFL team! GO CALLIOPE!

RotaKids are holding a Crazy Coloured Hair day at school this Friday. Come to school with your hair coloured to support the cause. RotaKids are asking for a gold coin donation to raise money for blood cancer. Mrs Switzer is also shaving her hair off in support of this great cause.

We are also planning an Under 12s Day for later this term. All students will be welcome to come and participate in the fun activities.