Calliope State School eNewsletter

2A have had a wonderful start to the year and are settling into routines well. We have begun learning about poetry for our English unit and look forward to continuing this throughout the term. So far, the students have been exploring the use of nouns, adjectives and verbs in their writing. We have been working on number patterns, problem solving skills and chance events in maths. It has been wonderful to see everyone approaching their learning with eagerness and enthusiasm. Mrs Bramer and Mrs Lowe are enjoying getting to know the students and their families and are looking forward to the year ahead.

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Provision of Masks for staff and students:

Mandatory mask wearing for staff in all schools, and all high school students unless they have an exemption.
Masks supplied if they wish to wear one for students in Years 3 to 6 but not mandated.

Provision of RAT and Process for Students and Staff who are unwell:

There will be priority access to Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) at Queensland Health testing clinics for students and staff who have COVID-19 symptoms.
RATs will be available at school for students and staff who develop symptoms while on site. Staff will not be administering RATs with children. The parent/carer will be required to collect the student. Upon collection the parent/carer will be given a RAT to administer once off site.

The school should then be notified of the result. If an administered test is positive then home isolation must commence. The same process will be followed by staff if they become symptomatic whilst on site.

Provision of Education

Teachers have begun face to face teaching and learning cycles from the 7th of February 2022.
If students are at home in isolation for a period of time or if a parent/carer decides to delay their child’s start to school, learning can continue via Learning@Home online resource.
Teachers will only be operating in Face to Face education delivery at this time.

You can access the Back to School plan here, and further information and FAQs on the Department of Education COVID-19 website.

Face Masks- All Adults in Schools

When to wear a mask

All adults are required to wear a mask while on school grounds unless you are seated or physical distancing of 1.5m can be maintained. It is very difficult to maintain a distance of 1.5m in our school before and after school as there are a lot of children, parents and staff moving around the school and our walkways do not allow us the opportunity to safely distance without a mask on. For this reason, I ask you to keep your masks on, at all times, when in the school grounds.

Unwell children

Essential to the success of these measures is that if your child is unwell or displaying any COVID-19 symptoms, they must not attend school. I cannot emphasise this message strongly enough – it is critical to keeping our school community safe. Your child, if they have COVID-19 symptoms, can visit your local Queensland health testing clinic and will be given priority access to a free RAT.

Communication

If you have any questions or need support in any way, please ensure that you contact the school via phone or email between the hours of 8am to 4pm. Our contact details are:

Phone: 49 758 333

Email: admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au

FINAL THOUGHT

Regards,

Coralie Ditchmen

Acting Principal

This week’s focus for PBL is Play Areas: Staying in Boundaries. Students are reviewing the eating area and play area maps while discussing why it is important to play in their designated areas where there are teachers on duty.

There have been some changes to our PBL Positive Reinforcement processes this year. Please see details below:

Individual Blue Stamp Chart	Every student has a blue stamp chart in their classroom. Charts are stamped when they display Safe, Respectful & Responsible behaviours Completed stamp charts go home
PBL Classroom Prize boxes	When students fill their stamp chart, a student receives a prize from the PBL classroom prize box The prize is taken home
Whole Class Stamp Chart	Each time a student fills in a blue chart, a box is marked off on the Whole Class Stamp Chart The class receives a whole class reward when the class stamp chart has been filled The whole class reward is decided by the class and teacher
Whole School: End of Term celebration	Our whole school goal is to fill in 30 whole class stamp charts by Week 6, Term 1 in order to have our celebration. The whole school are working towards our goal. More information about the end of term celebration will be communicated in the newsletter

Have a great week!

Christine Johnston & Jade Randall

Student Wellbeing Teacher/PBL Coach

Calliope State School

Week 3 Attendance Data

Congratulations to 6D who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 3. Their attendance rate was 98.9% for the week!

Also congratulations to the 11 classes which were at or above our school attendance target of 94% for Week 3.

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

This week your child/ren will bring home the first book club catalogue of the year. Orders will be due on Monday 21February 2022 and all orders are to go through the LOOP online ordering system. The LOOP orders will be open until 5:00pm Monday 21 February 2022. NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO CASH ORDERS.

Yours in Reading,

Mrs Kristine Booth

Book Club Coordinator