Dear Parents and Caregivers

Last Friday our Prep- 2 students gathered for their annual sports day.  Commencing with the sprints, the day progressed with the students participating in a range of activities from long jump to javelin to high jump and games.  Although the wind did try to interrupt some of the proceedings, a fun day was had by all. Thank you to the large contingent of parents and community members who came along to support the day and to our school staff for once again organising a wonderful day of activities. 

Our Year 5 students are attending their school camp this week at Currimundi. They will depart today and will return on Friday. Our school camps offer a wide variety of learning experiences, from the athletic to the academic and are an opportunity to learn new skills.  A big thank you is extended to our teachers who are attending the camp and making this experience available to our students.

School Opinion Survey

Thank you to everyone who has taken the opportunity to provide feedback for our school by completing the School Opinion Survey. There is still time to complete this important survey- it closes on Friday August 23.  At the time of writing 51 responses have been recorded out of the 250 surveys distributed.

This confidential survey gives our school important feedback about all aspects of our operations, assisting us to celebrate the great things we are doing and to make changes where they are necessary. Your assistance and support is much appreciated.

Book Week – Dress Up Parade – Next Wednesday 21 August

To celebrate Book Week, our students are invited to dress as part of the theme “Reading is my Secret Power” or to dress as their favourite book character. The parade will be held on our school oval at 9.00am – there are book prizes for a first, second and third best costume in each of P-2 and 3-6. A big thank you is extended to our OHSC provider, Helping Hands, for sponsoring this year’s event.  

Book Week is always a highlight on the calendar and as a school we are looking forward to celebrating a love of reading with our students. Judges for this year’s event are Sergeant Ken and Helen Rhue.

Prep Enrolments -2020

P&C Meeting

The next meeting of the P&C will be held on Monday 19 August at 6.30pm in the school staffroom.  All are welcome to attend. 

School Attendance

Thank you to our school community for the excellent school attendance to date during Term 2.  An attendance target of 95% has been set for schools in the North Coast Education Region.

As a school we have achieved a rate of attendance of  90.9% to date for Term 3. Attendance rates for individual classes are listed below.  At Dayboro, ‘every day counts’ and regular, whole day, on time attendance is strongly encouraged.

To report an absence form school please call 3425 6160 and leave a detailed message, including the reason for the absence.  Absence notifications can also be forwarded to the school via QParents.

Garry Drummond

Principal