Dear Parents & Caregivers

It’s been fabulous settling back into Dayboro, seeing how the students have progressed with their learning as our staff continue their hard work ensuring that students are at the centre of our decision making and choices.

In the last couple of weeks, as I have visited classes, it has been great to have discussions with the students about their learning. Right from Prep, we ask the students:

• What are you learning?
• How are you going?
• How do you know?
• How can you improve?
• Where can you go for help?

These questions encourage the students to think about the purpose of their learning, what feedback they’ve been given about their successes and next steps and how they use their environment to learn. It is wonderful to see how students from Prep- Year 6 are able to discuss their work with confidence knowing what their next steps are. Look at these amazing learners.

Photos of students learning/student goals

Clubs – Let’s step up engagement!!!

We have many opportunities for students to follow their interests through clubs and special events at Dayboro. Thank you to our wonderful staff who make these possible. One of the fabulous opportunities for children to engage is Robotics club, on a Monday afternoon, for Year 5 and 6 students. Mr Reis, Mrs Wilkinson together with some help from Mr Horne and Mrs Mac, open the library doors each Monday afternoon for the students to engage in learning challenges…. Working in a team, communicating ideas is a major part of the process. We look forward to seeing how these students continue to develop their ideas and skills.

Other lunchtime clubs and Chappy clubs are offered regularly throughout the week. How luck are our students to be engaged and having fun! Clubs

Photos of clubs poster, students in clubs and chappy board

Attendance

On Monday at assembly, I spoke with the students about how their attendance is linked with success at school! We understand the current health concerns and while we certainly encourage students to stay home if they are unwell, we really need them to be at school every day, all day when they are well! High absences impact on students’ chances of succeeding at school both academically and socially.  

This semester we will focus on encouraging our students to attend EVERY day ALL day and we will need your help! Unless students are unwell, or attending school-based events, we want them at school. Please consider scheduling appointments or out of school events around our school times. We will update you in newsletters to let you know how we are travelling with our goal of students attending EVERY DAY.

Prep Interviews

It’s nearly time to introduce our new cohort of 2023 Preppies with their families to Dayboro SS. We can’t wait to meet our future students and let them know about the fabulous learning we offer here at Dayboro State School. Key dates are as follows:

• Prep Enrolment paperwork – due now! We are then able to contact these families to keep them informed of transition information
• Prep Information Session for parents/carers – Wednesday 17 August 9:30-10:30am
• Prep Enrolment Interviews – Saturday 10 September
• Prep Transition Sessions for 2023 preppies – 9:30-10:30am - 12 October, 9:30-10am - 24 October, 9:30-10am - 28 October

School Opinion Survey

The annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted in Term 3 and will close on 12 August 2022. All families, school staff and students in target year levels (5, 6, 8 and 11) will be invited to participate. We encourage you to take this opportunity to have your say about what our school does well, and how we can improve.

To have your say, check your email for an invitation from the Department of Education titled School Opinion Survey for parents and caregivers, 2022. 

Can’t find your invitation?  If your family has more than one parent/caregiver, check that they haven’t received the invitation and/or check your junk email folder.

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines.

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please feel free to contact our inclusion teachers – Tracey Hammond and Alicia Tavelardis.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle