Student Free Day

Yesterday at our Student Free Day our School Support Staff got together to work on some team building activities. The success of most organisations depends on the ability of individuals to build effective teams. The main goals of team building are to improve productivity and motivation. Having this time out of our ordinary work schedule helps to break down political and personal barriers, eliminate distractions and have fun.

Although the activities were only conducted for a short time, it was great to see how well our Support Staff work together! There were opportunities for everyone to become the leader, everyone had the opportunity to discuss their opinions of the challenges each activity faced, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

Facilities Updates

Over the weekend we have had a few changes to the front office… these are the first of many changes for Dayboro State School! We have had 3 televisions installed into our Administration entrance, for our new digital signage. The 3 televisions will run simultaneously displaying videos, photos and presentations of our school. We will have the capacity to have one presentation running constantly throughout the term, as well as overriding it for temporary presentations for specific events (i.e. promoting Day for Daniel, Sports Carnivals, Prep Interviews, etc.). We will update the visitor furniture as well throughout the term.

We have moved our display/trophy cabinets, and will relocate these hopefully in the school hall where we can display them proudly to our school community.

The rest of the facilities upgrades are critical to our school’s needs, such as electronic sign-in registers, new classroom furniture, updating our playgrounds and tennis courts, and will take place in 2020.

Current Invoices

Students have been invoiced for the following activities:

• Year 6 Camp: $380.00, Due 8^th November 2019

If you require a payment plan for any invoices, please don’t hesitate to contact the school.

Payment: Plans & How to Pay

Payment plans are available for all families, whether you are experiencing financial difficulties or you would prefer to pay for excursions / camps in a lengthy timeframe. Payments must be made regularly, and must be completed by 29^th November 2019. This is to ensure all of our excursions are reconciled and meet financial deadlines.

There are several ways to pay for excursions and school activities at Dayboro State School:

• Online payments - BPOINT

By clicking on the BPOINT link on your invoice, it will take you directly to the website to pay.

• Paying by phone.

If you do not wish to process payments online, you are able to pay by phone using a credit/debit card via BPOINT 1300 631 073.

Please quote the CRN and invoice number located at the bottom of the invoice. .

• Paying in person. You can pay in person at the Dayboro State School Administration using EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard or cash.

Paying with Cash

Whilst we are progressing towards becoming a cashless school, we are also phasing out the use of payment envelopes. In Term 4, families who are paying cash for invoices will be issued a receipt at the same time of payment. This means, that we will no longer be utilising the ‘Permissions and Payments Box’ in the front office.

If students are taking the money to school, they will be required to come to the office before school or at lunch times for payments. Ideally, students making payments should be paid to the office before school, between 8am and 8:40am.

Facilities Hire

As Dayboro State School has a strong association with the local community, we allow community groups to hire certain areas of the school. Our facilities such as the Hall, Under Covered Area (CSA), Oval and Tennis Court are available to hire at a set cost.

All Facilities Hire arrangements need to be discussed with the Business Manager and are approved by the Principal. All fees go directly into the school, whether that be maintaining our grounds and facilities, or providing additional resources for our students.

For more information on our Facilities Hire, please contact the school office.

Voluntary Contributions

It’s not too late to donate to the Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme! The below details outline the cost involved, as well as a link to pay online. Payments can be made directly to the school also via Cash or EFTPOS.

The costs involved in the Voluntary Financial Contributions are:

• $50 per student; or
• $100 per family of two or more enrolled students.

The Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme is approved by the P&C each year, and is aligned to the Department of Education policy requirements. By donating to the Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme, Dayboro SS is able to provide classroom resources, home readers and other consumables to enhance learning activities for Literary, Numeracy, Science, Art and Technology.

To pay the Voluntary Contributions online, click here for a direct link to BPOINT.

On a personal note…

Lastly, as Mr Drummond mentioned in his previous newsletters, I got married on the 12^th October. I would like to thank the school and community for the well wishes I received. We had a wonderful day surrounded by love and laughter. I am in the process of changing my name, so invoices and emails you will receive by me may still have my maiden name, Ingham, on them until our HR and IT departments change it to Gault (pronounced like vault).

Kind regards,

Clare Gault
Business Manager