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- What's Coming Up!
- Calliope State Schools - 150 Years of Education Celebration.....
- Calliope State School 150 Years - Did you know.....
- Under 8's Day!
- Benaraby Mixed Pro/Pro Am Event
- Mental Health First Aid- FREE upcoming workshops
- The Old Station Fly In & Heritage Show
- Theatre and Tunes!
- RACQ CapRescue Gladstone Community Open Day
- Edward the Emu
STEM CLUSTER COMPETITION
A number of our students attended the STEM Cluster competition on Friday. The students had a great day and learned a lot about STEM, expanding their knowledge greatly. I would like to extend a thank you to Mrs Mastromonaco and Ms Crookey for the time and effort they put into preparing the students for this event, giving up their own time to ensure the students are prepared for the competition.
Five teams competed and all represented Calliope State School very well. Cargo Honk, Super Sonics and Warriors 2.3 were very successful in autonomously collecting and sorting materials into their base, wowing the judges with their designs. Two teams succeeded to do this and more, with The Bulls taking out the Encouragement Award and the Vipers taking out the most prestigious award for the event, the Grit Resilience and Co-operation award. Many great comments were made about our school’s uniform, motivation and high success.
WEAR PURPLE FOR DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH – MAY 30
On Monday May 30, all staff and students are invited to wear purple, the colour that is associated in raising awareness of domestic and family violence.
Each May, Queensland marks Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month (DFVP Month) to raise community awareness of domestic and family violence and to send a clear message that domestic and family violence in families and homes will not be tolerated.
DAY FOR DANIEL – JUNE 1
On Wednesday June 1, we encourage our students to wear red, the colour that represents child safety, and donate a gold coin, as we acknowledge ‘Day for Daniel’. We are acknowledging this day early this year as we are lucky enough to have the Morcombe’s visit our school on this day. The Morcombe’s will provide personal child safety education to all of our students.
SCHOOL GROUNDS
It has been noted that there are a number of parents/carers driving through the school gates, towards Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) at the Hall, quite quickly and not taking into consideration that there are staff and students walking around in this area anywhere from dawn to dusk. Please limit your speed to no more than 5km/h through this area. This area is also not to be accessed from 7.30am onwards for OSHC parking. If you arrive any time after 7.30am, you are to park in the community parking, outside of the school grounds.
NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEKWe will be celebrating National Reconciliation Week (NRW) at Calliope State School with our school community on Monday May 30 at 3.30pm. More details will be provided to invited participants in the coming week.
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Staff of the Week Leadership Award – Glenda Twiner
Glenda is dedicated to supporting students at Calliope State School to learn and achieve every day. She supports her colleagues within the classrooms and across the school by providing advice and resources. Glenda is a vital team member for the transition phase to Prep each year. She supports families with early transition programs to ensure a successful start to schooling. Glenda is also a valued reading coach supporting staff and students to embed the Calliope State School Reading Framework.
Staff Member of the Week Peer Award – Emma Hargreaves
She is always so helpful and approachable. No job is too big. No problem is unsolvable. She always greets you with a big smile and always willing to help.
FINAL THOUGHT
Regards
Acting Principal
This term in 6B we have been spending a lot of time investigating different concepts across all areas of the curriculum. In Science we have been investigating Natural Disasters, from Earthquakes to Volcanoes and now Cyclones. This develops their knowledge through examining the effects of natural disasters on the Earth's surface. In Maths we have been measuring angles and developing our knowledge on how to use a protractor and know the different types of angles.
Week 6 PBL Focus Lesson: Participate to best of your ability
The lesson involves being a learner and unpacking how this looks in the classroom in order to participate to the best of one’s ability. Classes will create a brainstorm web to display in the classroom for the week. What does it look like when a student chooses to participate to the best of their ability? Unpack this with your children.
Teachers use the Learning Re-engagement Flow Chart to guide the steps they use with disengaged students in the classroom. There are a number of steps followed by teachers to re-engage students, before calling the Student Learning & Wellbeing Team (SL@WT teachers) to assist. Over the next couple of weeks, we will pull apart and explain in depth parts of this flow chart. We will also link elements of the Calliope State School Student Code of Conduct (SCOC) to explain each element further.
Please see link below to the Calliope State Schools Student Code of Conduct-
Christine Johnston
Student Learning & Wellbeing Teacher/PBL Coach
Calliope State School
Please See attached the Junior and Senior Athletics Carnival Program for C.S.S 2022!
Best of Luck to everyone participating in each event!
Prep School Carnival Images - Fantastic effort today preppies!
On Tuesday afternoon, our Prep students participated in their Sports Carnival. They participated in races and then rotation activities. Thanks to Mrs Betts, teachers and the Year 6 helpers. It was wonderful to see so many parents joining in.
Congratulations to 5/6E who had an amazing attendance rate for Week 5. Their attendance rate was 99% 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.
- ARTICLES FOR OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: If you wish to publish a NOT FOR PROFIT COMMUNITY article in our school newsletter you can do this by sending an email to admin@calliopess.eq.edu.au with all the relevant details. This will then go through our approval process prior to publishing.
- REMINDER TO PARENTS: Reminder to parents and visitors to the school to drive carefully when accessing the front entrance of the school. Please drive slowly, abide by the speed limit, normal road rules and be mindful of your surrounds.
- RETURNING CALLS TO THE SCHOOL: We ask parents to assist us by checking their message bank before returning calls to the school, to establish which staff member has phoned. Due to the high volume of staff within our school it is not possible for us to identify who may have called you. School staff contact details including email address are available on our school website: https://calliopess.eq.edu.au/our-school/our-staff
- LOST PROPERTY - We have a large amount of lost property items at the moment. These items are located in the lost property container outside the office. If your child is missing their hat, shoes, towel, water bottle, lunch box or jacket/jumper these items can be collected from the undercroft.
- SMOKING - Smoking is banned at all Queensland state and non-state schools (school facilities), and for 5 metres beyond their boundaries.
The law applies at all times-during and after school hours, on weekends and during school holidays. It includes the use of all smoking products, including electronic cigarettes.School facilities are defined as land on which a
- state school provides education programs under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006; or
- non-state school provides primary education, secondary education or special education under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017; or
- state or non-state school provides other educational instruction or activities, for example, sports grounds, including land that is owned or leased by the school.
SAVE THE DATE:
27th August 2022
150 Years Celebration Fair
Ride armbands available soon
*More details to come*
We hope everyone is having a great Term 2! There are lots of events happening over the coming weeks so keep your eyes peeled for more information!
Reminder
I would like to take this moment to remind everyone that we are volunteers, we are parents, we are employed by other organisations or companies and that unfortunately, although it would be amazing, we do not have endless hours in the day. Please when contacting us be patient, be polite and be kind. We know it may be frustrating not getting a response straight away however please understand you are not being ignored, we just may be busy and will get to it as soon as possible. If you would like to help lighten the load and volunteer please reach out we would love to have you on board.
Tuckshop News
Keep your eyes peeled for some delicious new winter warmers added to our menu. Our fabulous tuckshop convener, Miss Lisa, is working hard again and creating some delicious soups and lucky dips along with all the amazing tastebud delights on our weekly menu, be sure to get onto QKR and get your orders in. Miss Lisa can always use an extra set of hands or two each tuckshop day to make sure your kids get their food as quickly as possible at break times. If you’d like to lend a hand, please contact Miss Lisa via our Facebook page or pandc@calliopess.eq.edu.au
Parents are reminded that ice creams and ice blocks need to be collected from tuckshop by the students with their paper bag
Senior Shirts
The second run of senior shirts are currently delayed in transit, once delivery has been taken, they will be distributed to the students that ordered. If any remain, they will be put on QKR in a first in first served basis.
Uniform Shop
Uniform shop orders on QKR can take up to 3 business days to fill after day of order. These items are then taken to the office and the students are contacted to collect. If you haven’t received your uniform order please check, if it has been 3 days, that its not in your child’s school bag (we all have that one child) and that its not in the classroom. Please remember if you have any concerns the admin ladies are probably unlikely to be able to solve them, contact us via our Facebook page or email uniformshop.calliopess@gmail.com
Wear Purple for Domestic Violence
On Monday 30th May 2022, children are invited to wear Purple for Domestic Violence awareness. Please bring along a gold coin donation on the day. Parents please make sure children are sunsafe and their clothing abides by the school rules.
Day for Daniel
On Wednesday 1st June 2022, we will be having the Daniel Morcombe Foundation visiting at 2pm so we are inviting children to wear Red on the day in support. Please bring along a gold coin donation on the day.
Pizza Day
ORDERS CLOSE MONDAY 30TH MAY 2022.
End of Term Celebration
To celebrate the end of Term 2 for 2022, we invite all students to
order some pizza and a popper or water!
Prep to Year 2 Pizza Day will be Monday, June 6
Year 3 – Year 6 will be Monday, June 13
All orders are to be placed through QKR no later than Monday 30th May 2022.
We cannot accept late orders.
1 x ¼ pizza = $6,
2 x ¼ pizza = $10
When ordering on QKR, please ensure that you have the correct class
nominated for each child. There are 2 separate menus for Prep-Yr2
(Junior) and Yr3-Yr6 (Senior) on QKR, please choose the right one!
PLEASE NOTE: NO SPECIAL ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED
Sports Day Canteen
Our P&C will again be running a canteen on senior sports day Friday 27th May 2022 from 10am-1:30pm. The menu is now live on QKR and orders will close Wednesday 25th May 2022. There will be the usual tuckshop menu along with things like steak burgers and sausages in bread. Hop on and check it out and place an order under the Yr 3 – 6 Sports day tab.
Please don’t hesitate to stop us and say hi and ask questions.
Your P&C Team
Tenielle, Kate, Bec, Geoff and Cass
Keep an eye out in your child/ren's bags for the recent note around our
Support Student Wellbeing Incursion!
Kia Tao Resilience Performance will be visiting our school and providing lots of entertainment to students from Prep to Year 6
* Please note there is an activity cost of $5 per child which can paid via Bpoint or EFT in the office!
* Where: Calliope State School's Multipurpose Hall
* Payment is to be made no later than Monday June 6, 2022
A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE!
Calliope State School is celebrating 150 Years of Education this year.
As a way to commemorate this special occasion, we will be publishing a 150 Years Celebration Booklet to share memories and photos of success and achievements.
It will be a colourful booklet that looks back though time recounting people's memories, pictures, interesting history and fun facts about Calliope State School.
Submissions Wanted - 150th Anniversary Book
We are seeking submissions for written pieces by students for the Calliope State School 150 Years Celebration booklet.
Please encourage your child/ren to write about their time as a student at Calliope State School.
If your child would like to submit a piece to the book, please email it to the 150Years@calliopess.eq.edu.au by Friday, 3 June at 3.15pm.
or if handwritten, please submit to the Office.
Thank you
150 Years Celebration Committee
As part of Gladstone Regional Council’s Strong Steps to Improved Mental Wellbeing, I wanted to share with you some FREE upcoming workshops being hosted across the region (posters are attached for courses until end July).
Registrations are essential and can be made online here: https://conversations.gladstone.qld.gov.au/strong-steps-improved-mental-wellbeing or follow the QR code on the posters. You can also view several other opportunities on offer across the region throughout the year! Various courses will be hosted in Gladstone, Boyne/ Tannum, Calliope, Boyne Valley, Mt Larcom, Miriam Vale, Agnes Water and Baffle Creek.
Age restrictions apply to the various courses on offer and catering will be provided. A description of the courses is below:
Mental Health First Aid: A 2-day courses are designed to teach members of the community how to notice the signs of poor mental health in their friends, family members and colleagues. Mental health first aid is provided to someone who is developing a mental health problem, has a worsening of an existing mental health problem or is in a mental health crisis. It teaches the skills around how to have a conversation with the person in a way that will guide them towards the help they need, and the first aid is given until appropriate professional help is received, or the crisis resolves.
SafeTALK: a half-day alertness workshop that prepares anyone over the age of 15, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and take action by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources, such as caregivers trained in ASIST.
ASIST: In ASIST, people learn to apply a suicide intervention model. During the two-day interactive session, participants learn to intervene and help prevent the immediate risk of suicide. It helps caregivers recognise when someone may be at risk of suicide. It then explores how to connect with them in ways that understand and clarify that risk, increase their immediate safety and link them with further help.
Please feel free to share this opportunity! We hope to see you there.
Community DevelopmentCommunity Development and EventsPO Box 29 Gladstone Qld 4680P (07) 4976 6300 W www.gladstone.qld.gov.au
