Dear Parents and Carers

Michelle and I would like to take the opportunity to welcome you to the new school year.

We trust that you’ve had a wonderful break, enjoying precious family moments and a positive start to 2025.

In the coming weeks, we look forward to meeting the new families joining us in Prep and across all stages this year. As we settle into the rhythm of 2025, we are confident you will quickly experience the warmth, care, and support that make this community so special.

In this communication you’ll find details about staffing, and key dates and information to help you prepare for the new school year.

Important Dates

• Friday 17 January 2025: Campion book pack pick up from Springwood Campus staffroom (Admin building), between 9:00am – 10:00am.

• Friday 24 January 2025: Book Drop Off morning 9:00am – 10:00am - bring your books and stationery, see your child’s new learning space, and meet the teaching teams.

• Monday 27 January 2025: Australia Day Public Holiday

• Tuesday 28 January 2025: First day of Term 1

• Tuesday 4 February 2025: Parent Information Evening from 6:00pm at Real Life Christian Church before breaking into Stage information sessions.

Meet the Team

Staff Update

We welcome Mrs Tessa Kippen to the Stage 2 teaching team. Newly graduated, Mrs Kippen has completed her studies while also doing relief Learning Assistant work at the Carbrook campus. She will partner teach with Mr Jorge in Stage 2. We also welcome our new Heads of Stages; Claire Turvey, Kate Lane and Ammie Dellosa who will be working with stage teaching teams across both campuses on certain days each week.

Back to School…

Uniform:

All students can wear the sports uniform on Tuesday 28 January, the first day of school. Teachers will have information regarding the specific uniform days for each class/stage available at book drop off morning and will email this information to families. For your reference, below are examples of sport and formal shoes that follow the uniform policy;

Hair

• Hair is to be off the ears, off the collar and above the eyebrows. Longer hair is to be pinned or tied up. 

• Hair should be neat and tidy, (no rats tails, horsies, mullets, etc.,)

All students must be able to wear a hat with their hair for health and safety purposes.

Uniform Shop

Online Orders 

A pickup notification will be sent to you when your order is ready for collection. Orders ready for collection at Springwood, can be accessed from Friday 17 January 2025 until Tuesday 21 January 2024 anytime from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Once school resumes, online orders that are ready for collection at Springwood will be delivered to your Student at Springwood or made available for collection from the Springwood reception.

Uniform Walk ins

All appointment times at both campuses have been filled for January 2025.

The Uniform shop will be open at Carbrook for walk ins on Friday 17 January and Tuesday to Friday 21-24 January 2025. The Uniform shop at Carbrook will be closed on Monday 20 January 2025.  Please be aware, you may have to wait whilst others are being served.

Once school resumes, the Uniform Shop at Carbrook will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during Term Time from 8:00am to 3:00pm.

Parents can access uniforms from the Springwood Campus on Tuesday 21 January 2025.

Parent Information Evening

On Tuesday 4 February, we invite all parents, particularly those new to Calvary, to our Junior School Parent Information evening. At this event key staff will share about whole school initiatives and Stage teaching teams will go through classroom / stage -specific routines and upcoming events. The evening begins at 6:00pm at Real Life Christian Church, before we break off into stage sessions. These will be held back to back at 6:45pm and 7:20pm, so parents can attend multiple sessions for different stages if they choose.

Introducing Qustodio

This year, we are excited to offer parents the ability to monitor their child's use of College laptops outside school hours, as well as one additional smart device, through the Qustodio platform. To register an account, please click here and use your personal email address you have on file with the College. After registration, you will be able to monitor and guide student use of College laptops outside of regular school hours. To monitor a home-based device, click this link to follow this guide to install the Qustodio app on a family device. With Qustodio, parents can ensure their child stays focused on homework by disabling distractions, explore the internet safely by blocking inappropriate content, and establish healthy screen habits by scheduling screen-free times. To learn more about Qustodio, parents are encouraged to attend our MSS Information Night & Meet the Teacher event at 6 PM.

General Parent Information

Our website has a Parent Information page that holds details of all the information you may need to help you settle into the year. Booklists and the Parent Manual can be found there as well. Use this link;  https://calvarycc.qld.edu.au/parent-information

It’s exciting to welcome a number of new families to our community. We look forward to being able to get to know you more as the year unfolds.

Enjoy the final weeks before school begins, and we will see you at Book Drop Off morning on Friday 24 January.

Yours faithfully,

Kim Winton
Deputy Principal - Junior School

Michelle Sprenger
Head of School Community and Wellbeing – Junior School