Opportunities for learning extended beyond the classroom

We love opportunities for our students to extend their learning outside the classroom. Several year levels have had this opportunity this term enriching their school experiences:

Our Year 4 students visited the Queensland Museum and SparkLab this term to complement their Material World and Fast Forces Science Unit of work. This hands-on experience allows the students to build their knowledge to use in their inquiry sessions back at school. What a wonderful learning experience at our school.

Our Year 5 students attended the Bray Park State High School STEM Day last week and were exposed to some extension learning in the areas of science, technology, engineering and maths. The high school staff engaged our students with drones, finger printing and forensic science equipment. Our students were able to reflect on this learning and apply some concepts to their units back at school.

Currently our Year 6 students are on camp at Coolum participating in real world activities. They have already actively engaged in team building and problem-solving activities. Today they have had a surf school session and beach activities. The students learn about becoming more independent and developing their peer relationships. The activities will continue this week encouraging our students to step outside their comfort zone. 

Remembrance Day

On Monday, our school captains spoke with our students about Remembrance Day and the significance of this commemoration. Our students were able to participate in their classrooms for the remembrance minute of silence.

Our school captains were also invited to the Dayboro War Memorial Association’s service on Monday and spoke beautifully about their perspective on war and how important it is to remember the service men and women who fought for our country. It was wonderful to be a part of the community service and contribute to our beautiful town.

Planning for 2025 – Class Considerations

We are busy planning enrolments, facilities, resources and staffing for the 2025 school year. If you have a child due to start Prep in 2025 and have not yet enrolled, please contact our Administration Officer ASAP.

To ensure that our staffing and class placements are organised accurately, please make contact with our administration officer if your child/ren are moving out of our school for 2025.

We will be providing you with class placements early in 2025. We consider our classes right up to this time as students move in and out of the area.

Thanks for your assistance.

Student Success!

We love to celebrate our students success inside and outside the classroom. One of our year 6 students, Heidi recently competed with her gymnastics team at the National Club Carnival at the Gold Coast. Heidi and her team finished 8th out of 60 teams across the four gym apparatus’ (bars, beam, vault, floor) and placed 5th on vault.  We are super proud of Heidi’s commitment to her sport to compete at such a high level.

Another of our students, Henry a year 2 student recently competed in the 7 & Under division of the Australian Ninja Games QLD qualifier at Ninja Jungle on the Sunshine Coast. Henry has been working super hard to improve his times and proficiency of the ninja courses.  Henry has recently qualified at the UNAA Ninja Nationals in a field of 11 boys for the world championships in Texas in July 2025.  Keep working hard Henry, we are excited to see your progress.

Communication

Communication between school and home is so important and we prioritise open and honest discussions about your child’s progress at school, including their social and emotional wellbeing.

At our P&C meeting this week, we discussed communication protocols at our school. Your child’s teacher knows your child the best and therefore, is the first person we would recommend that you contact if you are concerned. If the teacher has a noticed something about your child or there is a concern, they will make contact with you first. If there is a concern in the playground, or in a specialised learning area, sometimes another staff member may contact you to discuss.

Karen and I are always discussing our students’ progress and wellbeing, with our teachers, and therefore are happy to collaborate with you and the teacher should any concern be ongoing.  We are a team and we work together to support your child.

Sometimes there is the need to communicate with the whole class parent group, but this is always considered on a case-by-case basis. On these rare occasions that an incident occurs affecting the whole class, we consider the following factors: the wellbeing of our students and how they may have been affected, parent need to discuss situations with their child, and each individual child’s right to privacy. If you have any questions about our communication protocol, please contact me to discuss. I am open to feedback.

Thanks for being a supportive partner in your child’s education.

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 Have a great week

Gabrielle