As we begin to edge towards the end of Semester One, our students have been very busy finishing tasks and assessments. Teachers are also busily in the midst of marking students’ work and writing report cards.

Report Cards will be sent out to parents on Thursday in Week 10 of this term via QParents. So it is more important than ever that parents sign up to QParents before next week., The  Report cards will provide parents with information about your childs’ academic ratings in each learning area. There are also comments on Academic strengths and weaknesses as well as comments about behaviour and work ethics now being given at the end of the report card.

 It is also at this time, that I am reminded of our School Motto, “Cultivating Knowledge” as well as our Dayboro School vision “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”

 We strongly believe here at Dayboro school that our students should be engaged in the “richness” of learning and we strive to provide a diverse and challenging range of learning experiences that extend and encourage student creativity. We aim to provide a wide range of ways in which our students can present their knowledge and understandings and encourage all our students to have- a- go, take risks and do their best! Our ethos has always been around educating your child for the world of the future and to give them the skills and knowledge they will need to be happy, curious and engaged learners who will thrive in a variety of settings.

CELEBRATIONS

Every week teachers select students from their classes to receive the awards for each of our values.  

To keep things simple, our code focuses on six values that we teach our students and these values sit under the expectations/ rules of Being Safe, Being Respectful and Being a learner at all times.

Simply called the 6B’s they are:

Be RESPECTFUL Of yourself, others and property

Be RESPONSIBLE    Be safe and aware

Be POSITIVE      Be kind, helpful and cheerful

Be PROUD      Take pride in yourself, your work and your school

Be TOLERANT Be understanding of others’ ideas beliefs and feelings 

Be KIND   Treat others with compassion

We also have a weekly Principal’s Award. Once a term, in Week 10, we hold a Principal’s Morning Tea where all the Principal award recipients are invited.  A Sheriff’s award is also presented once a term to students who demonstrate outstanding citizenship and are drawn from all the students who receive a Golden Gotcha throughout the term. This is also drawn in Week 10 of each term.

Congratulations to all our students who have received a Values award, Gotcha, Golden Gotcha or Principal’s award in Term 2.

A REMINDER ABOUT MOBILE PHONES

Mobile phones and smart watches are considered a valuable item and are therefore not to be brought to school by students. The risk of damage, inappropriate use or loss is extremely high.

If, due to special circumstances, parents require a mobile phone to be carried by a child, the phone must be given to the child’s class teacher or handed into the office for the duration of the day.

We strongly encourage students to leave all toys at home. Treasured items may go missing, get broken, be lost, or sadly, taken. If something of value is brought to school (for Show and Tell for example) the student should hand it to the teacher for safe keeping. Any items brought to school should be clearly named for safe return to the owner if lost or misplaced.

LOST PROPERTY

Please ensure all clothing and property are clearly labelled with student’s names. At this time of year, especially, we are finding many jumpers being handed into the office as children warm up throughout the day and take their jumpers off but leave them behind somewhere. If they are named we can return them promptly to their owners. (which we do regularly) Having names on items means very little goes missing and items can be returned.

CSA Supervision Times 

A reminder that we do not have staff on before school supervision until 8:15am each morning. Children should not be arriving at school before this time, unless they have before school commitments such as Choir or Band. We have seen an increase in the number of children arriving at school before this time, some even before 8am. We have an excellent before/after school service if needed. Helping Hands provide early morning supervision to students and walks them to the CSA every morning around 8:30am.

Thank you Mrs Ryan!

Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”