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Dear Families and Friends
High Five Strategies
Every year Dayboro State School students learn about our High Five Strategies. These strategies are tools students can use in the playground and school environment to help deal with conflict or a problem situation with other students.
We encourage our students to start at number one when dealing with a problem with their peers and work through the steps until the problem is resolved or needs further assistance.
When a student feels they are in a situation of conflict or disagreement they can do the High Five:
- Talk Friendly – use respectful words to tell the person about the problem in a calm way and suggest ways to solve the problem.
- Talk Firmly – Use a serious voice without yelling to get the message across. Don’t smile or wave arms about. Be assertive but don’t give put downs.
- Ignore – Look away. Don’t smile. Distract yourself by thinking of something else. Do not speak any further with the person.
- Walk Away – Move away from the student involved in the problem. Find a friend or go to the playground or library.
- Report – Ask a teacher for help. In the playground look for the teacher on duty with a high five poster on the back of their folder. Explain the problem to them in an honest way. Tell the teacher the strategies you have used already.
What a success our Playgroup was in 2023!!! So yes…. Playgroup will be back. Thank you to everyone who has rung asking when it returns. So….. if this is something you would be interested in attending with your younger child, please let us know by ringing the office and leaving your details, email and preferred days. Last year we ran it Friday mornings 9-10 starting at the Helping Hands House.
Based on your responses, we will pick a morning that suits most and go from there.
Call our office 34256111 and please leave your name and phone number so we can start to get an idea of numbers and says that suit.
LEARNING AT DAYBORO
How exciting it is, as an educational leader to be able to visit classrooms and hear about all the students’ learning. When we talk to children, we like to frame their thinking by asking them 5 key questions about their learning.
- What are you learning?
- How are you going?
- How do you know how you are going?
- How can you improve?
- Where do you go for help?
It is so affirming for us as educators to know that even in Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 our students can think deeply and reflect on their learning and more importantly have individual goals they can work towards.
Below are some students I have had great pleasure working with last week and who are so excited and eager to learn and to show off their amazing work so far. A big thank you to their amazing teachers who help them achieve their goals.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC NEWS
Instrumental Lessons and Band have started!! Band practice is every Tuesday morning at 7:50am in the hall. Lessons with Mr Yates will be every Tuesday. We alos welcome a new Instrumental teacher Ms Munns who will be here every Thursday 12-3pm. She will mainly be teaching the Beginners. Please make sure you bring your instruments , music books and remember to practice, practice, practice!!
SWIMMING – Years 2 and 4.
Swimming starts this term for Yr. 2 and 4 students at the Dayboro pool. Classes 2B, 2D, 4A and 4B will be swimming from Week 4 until Week 8. They will swim every Thursday and Friday for a 1/2hr lesson for 5 weeks. Notes and invoices were sent home last week. These lessons are an important part of our curriculum and all students are expected to attend.
2/3 C will swim together in Term 4. The swimming timetable is below. Class teachers will be emailing you with further details shortly.
Thank you Mrs Ryan!
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”