Engaging students in Writing

It has been wonderful to see all of our students this term super engaged in narratives. From our Preppies who are sharing stories and making connections through to Year 5 who are writing the first chapter of a Fantasy novel. Year 6 students  are writing an imaginative short story about a character who faces a conflict.

Our Year 4 students are writing a new chapter for Rohl Dahl’s - The Twits. They have been fully engaged in learning about the success criteria they need to include or show in their writing. Look at how they are working to identify the success criteria in an 'A' sample of work in preparation for changing this sample to a 'B' then a 'C'. By doing this, our students deepen their understanding of using explicit criteria in their writing, and learn what will help them to bump up their writing. Well done year 4!!!

Senior Cross Country

We are super excited about our Senior Cross-Country carnival next Tuesday morning. Mrs Marks has explained the program below. The students have been learning about cross country running and having a go at the course and many of our Year 4-6 students have been attending the trainings offered. It is super to see how engaged our students are in fitness.

Next Tuesday, Year 3-6 students will wear their sports polos representing their houses and will definitely need a drink bottle that day. Parents are very welcome to comealong and cheer as the students have a go and put their learning into action.

We will be celebrating the participation of all our students; Year 3-6 place holders will be acknowledged with ribbons. All students will receive a fruit ice block as a congratulations courtesy of the P&C. Thanks P&C!!!!

Prep-Year 2 students will participate in a junior carnival next term when it is cooler.

P&C Dynamic Committee!

Thank you to everyone who attended our P&C AGM last week! It was wonderful to see so many attendees both in person and online. There was some amazing collaboration in the room as we planned for the 2024 committee!

Congratulations our 2024 Executive Committee:

President – Rhiannon Fealy

Vice President – Emily Brown

Secretary – Joanna Sheehan

Treasurer – Katharine Fenwick

And our P&C Support Roles:

Projects and Activities Team – Andrew Purcell, Lucinda Harris, Laura Jagersma, Victoria Stavar, Nikita Pearson and Tegan Haak

Technology/Systems – Nathan Oldfield

Social Media Co-ordinator – Johanna Sheehan (and looking for any oher volunteers)

Grant Writer – Elise Strange

Tuckshop and Uniform Co-ordinator – Alison Hibbert

Our 2023 year was super successful with many community events planned and supported by our school P&C, and lots of fundraising done to support our school resourcing!

It’s not too late, if you would like to join the P&C, please read their section below in the newsletter to register your nomination to be a member of the committee.

We are fortunate to have many other members on our committee and we are super excited about how we will move forward this year to support the amazing children and community at Dayboro State School. Please watch Facebook and Newsletters for the shout outs requesting volunteers to help at the various community events throughout the year. Many hands make light work!

School Calendar

Please find attached our latest version (V6) of our Parent Calendar to support you to stay informed about all of our school events. 

Next term is sure to be a super busy term, full of amazing learning and school events! Please find the first version of our Term 2 Parent Calendar attached. We’d love to share our learning journey with you!

Have a great week!
Gabrielle