Good Afternoon Parents and Caregivers

Our focus is always on student learning and well-being here at Dayboro SS. Over the past 18 months, we have set aspirational targets for our student learning particularly in the subjects of English and Maths. Our teachers are consistently collaborating to discuss student work samples with a view to planning the next steps for our students and deciding on the best strategies to engage our learners and move them along.

Recently our teachers have been digging into our successful level of achievement data from Semester 1 and celebrating these successes with their students. Did you know our outstanding semester 1 data includes:

• 93.3% of our students reached standard in English and Maths
• Over 64% of our students attained an A or B rating in English and Maths
• We had a 5-7% increase from semester 1 2021, to semester 1 2022 in students receiving and A in English and Maths.

We look forward to a wonderful second semester full of engagement and student achievement. Teachers are focussed this term on providing high quality feedback to students so that students know how they can be successful with their learning. Exciting times! Look at some of our amazing learning opportunities below….

Parent Teacher conferences

We know that our partnerships with parents help our students to be successful and engaged in school. In week 8 of this term, we will provide another formal opportunity for parents to engage with their child/ren’s teacher to discuss their progress. We look forward to this opportunity to collaborate with families. On Monday, 15 August, our online booking will open for interviews this week. Teachers will open the times they are available in the week. On Thursday, 1 September, we will offer our afternoon/evening interviews in the hall with our staff.

We look forward to continuing our partnerships with parents.

Congratulations DSS Athletes

On Monday and Tuesday last week, 33 students represented Dayboro SS in the Pine Rivers District Athletic carnival. This team were outstanding in their respectful and sportsmanlike behaviours. Congratulations to all of our team for qualifying!

We had some outstanding individual and team results over the two days and we were excited to hear that Dayboro SS won the Overall Average points 1^st place trophy!! This is awarded to the to the school with a calculated average of how our team places individually according to our number of total students in Years 4-6 at our school. We also had 7 of our students selected to compete as part of the Pine Rivers team at the Met North regional championships in late August:

• Heidi (Year 4) – 3 events
• Emily (Year 5) – 4 events
• Gemma (Year 5) – 1 event
• Kaycee (Year 6) – 1 event
• Laylah (Year 6) – 2 events
• Sienna (Year 6) – 2 events
• Ivy (Year 6) – 1 event

Congratulations Girls!!

A huge thank you to Mrs Cassell and Mrs Marks who organised our Team and Mrs Cassell for being the most organised and supportive team manager we could hope for!

Congratulations DSS Instrumental Musicians

Also last week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 of our instrumental music students were selected via an audition process to participate in the Intermediate or Advanced Music Regional Workshop. Congratulations to Claire, David, Eden, Jasper, Lilly-May, Ethan, Maeve, Olivia and Xavier.

We are extremely proud of these students who represented Dayboro SS very proudly in the combined school’s concert band. 

We look forward to listening and acknowledging their progress at the next performance!

Rock and Water

Last week, Chappy Rach and Inclusion Teacher Alicia Tavelardis, attended Rock and Water training with Carl Marshall leading the training. Rock and Water is an evidenced based program that builds kids self-confidence, self-reflection and self-respect. It does this by increasing self-esteem, self-regulation and social acceptance and thereby decreasing depressive feelings. The program has a strong appeal to students who enjoy the active nature of the many games and drills. Students learn to stand strong, negotiate using “rock” or “water” verbal approaches, walk away from trouble, consider alternatives to aggression, and develop understandings about who they are, their intuitive feelings and their personal direction.

We really look forward to implementing this program with students at our school.

School Opinion Survey

Thank you to all of those who have already completed the Parent/Caregiver Survey. If you have not had a chance to complete the survey yet, please note that the online surveys will remain open until Friday, 12 August 2022. This is your opportunity to provide feedback 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.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle