Dayboro State School 150^th Anniversary Preparations

Our school history display is taking shape in the school library.  Students will all have an opportunity to visit the display with their class over the coming days and each class will have some time allocated to view the display on our school celebration day on Friday July 26^th.  Students will be given a memento booklet with trivia questions which can be answered by looking for specific items included in the history display.

Remember to come and visit our display on the 27^th of July during our community celebration event.  We can’t wait to hear your stories and recollections! 

Book Week

Our annual Book Week celebrations are scheduled for 19^th – 23^rd of August. 

Our school Character Costume Parade will be held on Wednesday the 21^st of August from 9:15 a.m. on the oval.

This year we are changing our Character Costume Parade slightly.  This year we would like to acknowledge more of the students who make the effort to come along in a book themed costume.  The goal of our costume parade is to build excitement in children’s literature and to encourage maximum participation in Book Week.  This year, each student who participates in our costume parade will have their name put into a lucky draw to win a book prize.  There will be one book prize per class.  The 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd prizes that have been awarded in previous years will not be part of our celebrations this year.  However, we will still have certificates acknowledging costumes that align with our fun categories as well as other competitions in the lead up to Book Week.  Remember, this year’s theme is “Reading is Magic”.

Students are welcome to come and work in the maker space on Fridays at first break to create costume elements in preparation for the costume parade in August.

Meerkat Productions is returning this year to perform a live-action retelling of two of the books that have been nominated to win prizes during Book Week.  This year’s books are “Timeless” for lower school students and “Being Jimmy Baxter” for upper school students.  We hope everyone is able to join us for these events.   The cost to attend these sessions is $9.00 per student.  Invoices for payment will be made available soon.

During Book Week each year the Children’s Book Council of Australia award prizes to Australian authors in 6 different categories.  This year’s shortlisted books the Younger Readers section and the Eve Pownall Award are shown below. 

Our pick from the Younger Readers category is “Scout and the Rescue Dogs” by Dianne Wolfer.  This fun adventure follows Scout and her dad as they race to deliver donations to animal shelters across Victoria and New South Wales at the start of an intense bush fire season.  We loved Scout’s positive “can do” attitude which was demonstrated throughout her story.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2024 is still running.    To complete the challenge students in Prep – Year 4 need to read 20 books, and students in Year 5 and Year 6 need to read 15 books.  Reading record sheets are available from class teachers and from the Library.

Have a great week!