A Dayboro Learner

We are continuing to teach our students the qualities of a Dayboro Learner. This helps us to encourage our students to be productive and capable learners.

In the first few weeks, we worked on how to be a great communicator like Coco the Cockatoo. At assembly, we discussed how being a great communicator can help us in our learning.

This fortnight we are explicitly teaching our students about being a Challenged Learner to promote a growth mindset in our classrooms.  It is important, especially early in the teaching and learning cycle to encourage our students to take risks and have a go, even when learning is hard.

Have a chat to your Dayboro learners to discuss the ways they are working on their Dayboro Learner qualities in their classrooms.

Tucker Box Remodel

This week has seen our Tucker Box renovations. Congratulations to the P&C for winning the grant (thanks Grants Officer - Elise Strange) and project managing (thanks P&C Treasurer extraordinaire Katharine Fenwick) the replacement of benches and installation of new appliances.

The P&C have kindly organised some special menu days to help families out on the usual Tucker Box days. A reminder to check out our School 24 ordering website for our Friday Special Menu day – BBQ!

We can’t wait to see our renovated Tucker Box in action!

P&C AGM Monday 10 March – why don’t you join us?

Would you like to help our school to partner with parents and respond to the community’s needs? Why don’t you join us for our AGM then P&C meeting on 10 March, 6:30pm in our Dayboro State School staff room. Being part of the school’s P&C is a wonderful way to meet other families and it also models to your children how invested you are in their school community.

On Monday night 10 March, we will be electing the roles for our P&C executive and committee. It is important that we get a full executive committee in order to continue to support the school. No previous experience is necessary….we all have fun learning together. We invite you to attend and /or nominate for a position or simply as a committee member for 2025. Position descriptions are below:

All welcome, please like the DSS P&C Facebook page for more details.

National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy NAPLAN Year 3 and 5 students this term

Our Year 3 and 5 students will participate in online NAPLAN testing from 12 March through to 24 March. Next week (week 6) our students will participate in some practice assessments to understand the online environment. Please see the timetable for practice tests below.

I also attach the actual schedule of the NAPLAN testing in week 7 and 8. It is ideal for students to complete the assessments in their classroom environment with their peers. Please consider making any appointments during this time around the schedule. The students will need their iPad, if they have their own device, fully charged with the NAPLAN Browser installed, along with their headphones ready to use each day. Thank you for supporting these needs.

I also re-attach the information brochure for parents and carers. Parents can access the NAPLAN website www.nap.edu.au/naplan. If you have any questions or concerns about these assessments, please contact your child’s class teacher, Karen Ryan and myself so that we can discuss or clarify details.

Student Success!

Last Wednesday we had four of our students head off to District Swimming, after qualifying through times at our swimming carnival. Well done to all of the team, they represented Dayboro State School with pride! Congratulations Imogen for qualifying for the regional team in Butterfly.

School Calendar

Please find attached our latest version (V4) of our Parent Calendar to support you to stay informed about all of our school events. 

Have a great week!
Gabrielle