Deputy's News
Dear Families and Friends
Building a national picture of child health- PREP students
From May 2024, our school, along with thousands of others across the country, will participate in the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC).
The AEDC is a teacher-completed census of our Prep students (similar to a questionnaire) which provides a comprehensive picture of how children have developed by the time they start their first year of full-time school.
The AEDC is an Australian Government Initiative and is completed nationally every three years.
Children don’t miss any class time while the AEDC is completed, and parents/carers don’t need to supply schools with any new information.
The data collected through the AEDC is used by schools, communities and governments to better understand children and families’ needs, and identify the services, resources and support they need.
AEDC data is reported at a school, community, state/territory and national level. AEDC results for individual children are not reported and the AEDC is not used as an individual diagnostic tool.
Some teachers have found that completing the AEDC made them more aware of the needs of individual children and their class, and that the data was useful for planning for transitions to Year 1 and developing programs.
Participation in the AEDC is voluntary, however the AEDC relies on all schools with children in their first year of full-time school participating in the collection. Parents/carers don’t need to take any action unless they choose not to include their children in the census.
To find out more about the AEDC and how it is being used to help children and families visit: www.aedc.gov.au.
Learning at Dayboro.
The Term 2 buzz around English and learning about stories in the lower school is all about CHARACTERS!!!!
What is a character? Why are characters important when sharing stories with others? (Prep)
How do we describe characters? – their looks, actions and qualities (Yr. 1) and…
Do we prefer some characters over others in stories and why? (Yr. 2)
We have learnt about many fun characters already this term - Goldilocks, The Big Bad Wolf, Rainbow Fish and Cinderella vs Cinders and it has been very exciting to see our students engaging in puppet shows, story walks and sharing their character descriptions, character profiles and character preferences with other learners.
EXCITING WRITING/ LEARNING WALLS/PHOTO GALLERY
WEAR YOUR COWBOY HAT DAY
Students are invited to wear a cowboy hat this Friday to support our local Dayboro Rodeo event happening this weekend. Normal uniforms but a cowboy hat instead.
MOTHER’S DAY STALL
Thursday 9th May in the hall. Organised by our P&C. Look out for details coming soon.
Thank you to all our students and parents who attended our ANZAC Day March and Community service. Thank you to our Band and Choir students for attending on a public holiday.
Good luck to all our students competing at District Cross Country on Wednesday.
Finally, a huge thank you to all the mothers, grandmothers and caregivers who love, support and work hard for their families every day. We hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday 12th surrounded by your loved ones.
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
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