Caboolture Special School Week 10, Term 2, 2024

Principal News

Dear Caboolture Special School community members

Welcome to the end of a very busy Term Two!

Over the 2 weeks of school holidays, I wish all of you a safe, healthy and happy time with family and friends. 

I look forward to continuing to work with students, staff, parents, carers and school community members to ensure we achieve great outcomes for our students next term.

Student attendance

86.1% - thank you for the ongoing efforts here even during these cooler months. Every day counts at school.

2024 School Priorities

- Optimising effective communication processes for all learners.

- Strengthening Australian Curriculum (AC) implementation, with an increasing focus on numeracy and Respectful Relationships Education (RRE).

- Scaling up Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL).

We continue to make pleasing gains across all three areas of our key school improvement areas for 2024.

Student Academic Report Cards

All student academic report cards have been emailed home this afternoon. Teachers have been hard at work summarising the achievements of their classes and documenting the successes of their students over the past semester. We hope you enjoy reading them! Please advise the office if you do not receive your child's report card. If you require a printed copy, please let us know. 

School Photos

School photos will be held on Tuesday 23 July. All student photo envelopes have been sent home. Please follow the instructions included on the envelope and return to the school office by Monday 22 July.

School resumes on Monday 8 July. We look forward to seeing everyone back at school for an exciting Term Three!

Best wishes and regards

Kerry Gilmore - Acting Principal

Business Manager News

I would like to thank all of our Teacher Aides for the wonderful job they have done this Term supporting our young people in the classrooms, out in the playgrounds and as they move around our school.

Monday was School Cleaners’ Day; we appreciate and give thanks to all of our School Cleaners who ensure our teaching and learning areas are kept sparking clean.

We have had some work done around our school with improving our garden areas and these are now looking very nice. More work will occur over the school holidays to aid in continually improving our grounds and facilities.

Hope you all have a restful and relaxing holiday.

Kind regards

Margaret Waite

Acting Business Manager

Curriculum Corner

Semester 1 has been filled with so much learning and fun along the way. It has been a pleasure reviewing evidence collected and then reading through report cards that show the wide range of experiences our teachers prepare to engage our students and then how students have responded and enjoyed these. 

Mathematics has been a target area this semester. We are making numeracy a priority area everyday and highlighting the power of engagement through games and play based learning. 

Below are some examples of number learning experiences students have engaged with over the semester. 

Looking forward to being refreshed and ready to learn after the break! 

Katie Rogers

Head of Department - Curriculum 

PBL News

Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) is a framework that fosters a positive, safe and supportive school environment, enhancing social, emotional, behavioural and academic outcomes for all students.  PBL prioritises strong relationships and a safe and supportive learning culture. This semester, we introduced a new PBL matrix centered on our school rules. Teachers have been delivering focused lessons on these rules, exploring how they apply at school, home and in the community.

Recently we had our regional PBL coach visit to conduct our Tiered Fidelity Inventor which measures the extent of how school staff are implementing the core features of our school wide PBL matrix. When asked 100% of students could identify where their personal star charts were located and explain why they received stars/stickers on them. 91% of students could name our school rules and describe why they were important. This is a celebration of the consistent message students are receiving across the school and the student engagement with the PBL matrix.

To celebrate an awesome Semester of PBL, the Positive Behaviour for Learning team organised a disco for all students. The event celebrated the hard work of staff and students in embracing our new PBL matrix and engaging with the rules across the semester. It was so lovely to see staff and students enjoying the music, bubbles and disco lights whilst getting their groove on. I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable break and look forward to many more celebrations of PBL in Semester 2.

Happy Holiday Wishes

From your PBL Team

Bridget Abbott

PBL

P&C News

Dear Caboolture Special School Community,

Breaking News Alert! Billy G's Gourmet Cookie Dough fundraiser is now at Caboolture Special School.

From Monday 17th of June until the 15th of July 2024, we will be selling dough-licious cookie dough to fundraise for more all-abilities playground equipment and learning resources for our students.

Please keep an eye out for your order form that was sent home this week. If you haven't received one, there are spare forms located in the school office on the front counter, you are welcome to come in and collect a form or make contact with your child's classroom Teacher to organise for another form to be sent home.

* All fundraising for this event is online.

* Delivery of cookie dough is estimated to be the 31st of July. On this day participants will collect their cookie dough orders and deliver them to who has purchased from their student.

* Lots of exciting prizes to be won.

* Register at www.australianfundraising.com.au

Happy Fundraising! Thank you for your continued support!

Warm regards, 

Caboolture Special School P&C 

Book Fair Success

Star Students - Term 2, Week 10, 2024

Disability & Post school Options Expo