Dear Families and Friends

TRANSITIONS

At this busy time of year, we can often forget that for many of our students and families it is a time of anticipation and sometimes anxiety about preparing for next year. The Yr 6 students will be leaving for high school and for many, saying goodbye to old friends and teachers and getting ready for completely different routines can be a daunting experience. We try to help this transition by connecting with our local high schools throughout the year and the students begin visiting and getting to know the staff.  They also send Yr 7 coordinators to our school to get to know the students and their needs better. We would welcome any feedback from parents with suggestions on how we could improve this process for families, especially first time high school families.

Preparing for Prep is also a big step for families of children starting Prep in 2025. Establishing routines and providing positive experiences are important ways of supporting your child. Check out these links for more practical tips on getting ready for starting school and ways of helping build resilience and emotional well being strategies.

 (I Love this one above.  It has interesting articles and podcasts and it's DOE. I like the Understanding Key transition points during childhood.)

(The above link is from the State Library of QLD) great for links to articles on sharing stories, play and creativity)  

YEAR 5 Bray Park High Visit

Every year Bray Park High invite all our Yr 5 students to attend a STEM day. Our students are involved in a range of fun and educational activities that are usually unique to the high school setting such as learning how to navigate flying a drone, science experiments in a Science Lab and moving around to different teachers for each area. We thank Bray Park for valuing the importance of getting to know our students and for providing this day of fun for our learners. The feedback was that our students were highly engaged and represented Dayboro in an admirable way!! Well done students.

COMMUNITY

CONVERSATION CLUB VISIT 

Last Thursday our Musical Theatre students visited our local Conversation Club at the Uniting Church. They performed a couple of their pieces from the musical they are working on “We are Monsters.” A big thank you to Mrs A, Mrs R and Mrs M for walking the students down and for preparing them for their performance. If any community members would like to purchase tickets for our 2 shows of “ We Are Monsters” please contact the office for further details or scan the QR code in this newsletter.

Thank you to our Yr. 6 teachers, Ms Foord and Mrs Cassell as well as Chappy Hannah and Kev Enchelmaier for attending Yr 6 Camp this week. We hope you all have a wonderful time.

Book Lists

BOOKLISTS are ready.   Bedrock Books are our preferred supplier for 2025.  The BOOK LISTS are on the Bedrock Books website. Please make sure you order for the correct year level for your child/ren.

Our school code is:     DAYBSS25

http://www.bedrockbooks.com.au

You can also return the hard copy list via email or call Bedrock Books directly.

Please note: Orders need to be placed by Wednesday 27^th November to avoid a packing fee of $6.50.

You need to order by 6/1/25 to ensure your Book Packs are delivered before school starts.

Junior Swimming Showcase

Swimming for P-3 last lessons next week!

Parents are invited to attend their child’s last swimming lesson next week - Friday 22^nd November and watch their lesson and the fun events at the end of their lesson. Class times are below. We ‘re sure children would love you all to come along and watch their last lesson for the year.

Class  Lesson Time

1D  - 9:00 – 9:30 am

PJ   - 9:30 – 10:00 am

PC  - 10:00 – 10:30 am

3C  - 10:15 10:30 - 11:00 am

3P  - 11:00 – 11:30 am

1A  - 11:30 – 12:00 pm

2/3C  - 12:00-12:30pm

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”