Principal's News
The Teaching of Reading
Being our first Key Priority for 2025, we have heavily invested in the Teaching of Reading this year. Our teachers have been engaged in using explicit routines for word reading and having students apply this learning using carefully crafted reading and writing activities. I have written about opportunities for our staff to share practice amongst them.
On Thursday last week, we had staff from two other schools visit us to learn from our teaching staff. Leanne Anderson, Annette Cook and Kerry Cassell invited these colleagues into their classrooms to observe their explicit reading lessons and then observe their students applying their learning. The visiting teachers and school leaders were blown away by our students and the teaching practise here at Dayboro. Feedback comments included:
-Lessons were teacher led but students were extending the lesson.
-Morphology included in all year levels – explicitly explained.
-All students engaged in every lesson.
-Students involved in the learning. High participation.
-Review – teach – practise – apply very clear.
-Students were helping teach each other in ‘apply’ phase.
-Students could rely on help from their peers. Such curriculum driven conversations BY STUDENTS!
-Students had active roles in lessons.
-A nice balance between teachers facilitating and students driving.
Congratulations to our teachers and students for working so hard on their explicit reading routines and applying their learning. We are very proud of our progress.
Staffing news
Just catching up on some new staff who have joined us in terms 2 and 3:
Last term we were excited to recruit an Instrumental Music teacher, Brooke Reed. We have enjoyed having Brooke teaching our IM students, restarting our band, and looking already at opportunities for them to perform and be a part of extension opportunities.
In late term 2, we had Peta Andrews, our school Social Worker commence. Peta works with our inclusive support team, and provides a great service supporting students and families. If you see Peta around, say hi!
At the beginning of the term, we welcomed Nichole Anderson in the role of Business Manager. We have appreciated her ‘can-do’ attitude already. Nichole will work with us on Mondays and Tuesdays. Welcome Nichole!
This week we welcome Reece Weller as our new School’s Officer. Reece has already started tidying our grounds and learning the ropes. Being a local Dayboro resident, we are looking forward to including Reece into our DSS team.
I am sure that you will join us in giving all of our new staff a great Dayboro welcome!
School Review
This week we have had three members of the School Review team at our school to validate our work over the last term in conducting our school led review. Thank you to all of our students, staff and community members for speaking to these visitors so that we can celebrate what great things we do at Dayboro State School and also look for our improvement strategies to inform our next four year strategic plan and put into place to make our school the best that it can be fro our students, staff and families.
School Opinion Survey
A reminder that our 2025 School Opinion Survey is still open, and you can respond using the Invitations that have been emailed to Parents / Caregivers of any student at a state school. The surveys have been emailed directly from the School Opinion Survey Team. Please consider providing feedback for this 2025 school year.
Thanks for your help!
Celebrating student success!
We have had some students out and about in the community representing our school with pride! A group of our instrumental musicians were recently invited to attend the Intermediate Music Primary Workshop. They had a day full of instruction and working with other students and teachers from different schools. Great job everyone!
Our District Athletics Team also represented Dayboro State school beautifully, competing at a very high level. All of our students were successful in their chosen areas. Some of our students were selected to continue onto regional competition, representing Met North. Congratulations to the following students for their district results:
- Henry - 1500m – 2nd place, 800m – 2nd place
- Karsyn - 1500m 2nd place, 800m – 4th place
- Blue - 800m – 2nd place
- Imogen - Long jump – 3rd place, Discus – 3rd place
- Liam - High jump – 2nd place
- Mitchel - Discus – 4th place
- Matilda - Discus – 2nd place
Our lovely Tayla also recently competed in the Coffs Harbour Interclub Physical Culture competition last weekend and came first! Congrats Tayla!
School Calendar
Please find attached our latest school calendar V5 to keep you informed of our term 3 events. It was disappointing last week to have our Junior Athletics Carnival postponed. We are pleased to announce that it will take place on 29 August. We have therefore moved our much loved French Day to 12 September so that all of our students can participate.
Have a great week!
Gabrielle