Dear Families and Friends

Well, the term and year is almost over……

Swimming Carnivals- completed! Music Night – successful!

Ice Cream Day - delicious! Graduation Night- almost there!

As always at this time of year, I am again reminded of my favourite quote:

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” Helen Keller

Over the last year I have been constantly reminded of this message as I have watched the Dayboro School and Dayboro community pull together and work tirelessly for the children at our school.  You all help to make a difference and contribute to the success of our students in so many areas. Many thanks!

Also, while Dayboro students continued to shine academically this year and excelled in a range of extra-curricular pursuits, what continues to define our students is their excellent commitment to the values and behaviour codes of our school. The support of parents is also highly important in ensuring our expectations around being safe, respectful and learners are constantly upheld. So...Thank you students and parents for making Dayboro a great school!

Finally …. I could not do an end of year Newsletter without personally thanking our Student Leaders and the other Yr 6 students who have been invaluable in the journey at Dayboro this year- thank you to  Max, Oscar, Amy and Zaisha, as well as all the Yr 6 Sports and Music leaders and cohort. Thank you all for your helpfulness and responsible ways. All of you really do demonstrate and model for others Responsibility, Safety and Learning in so many ways but most of all you are wonderful humans and I wish you all the best for your future at High School. You will all shine!!!

EXCITING WRITING 

At Dayboro one of our curriculum priorities has been to help all students improve in the area of writing. Teachers and students have been focussed on improving engagement and creativity in our students as writers. We have nurtured and celebrated every student as an author this year and all students have writing goals to work towards. In 2020 our main priority area will also be writing. We will be celebrating writing in all its’ different forms and aim to identify and extend talented authors that exist in every classroom.

To celebrate writing in all its’ forms, I would like to share with you a piece of Narrative writing, this time from a student in Yr.4.

It is titled “Up, Up and Away.”

A young owl opened its’ eyes, weeks after hatching. It was all alone in its’ tree hollow apart from two other eggs. Suddenly, it heard loud, hard flapping outside. Its’ instinct was to chirp and open its’ mouth. The larger owl landed outside of the hollow, onto a big branch. Liquid squirted into the little owls mouth and it swallowed the food greedily. The big owl flapped and flew away. “I wish I could fly,” thought the little bird.

Days passed and finally the big owl returned. “Today,” she said, her voice rather stern. “You will learn how to fly. In a few weeks you’ll be outside on your own.” “Oh, Please, tell me how to fly,” begged the little owl. “Alright,” the big owl answered. “First, you flap your wings- like this!” she said, flapping them. Little Owl flapped as hard as he could. “Now,” she said, lifting her wings up. “Jump!” Little Owl hovered a little, falling back down. “I did it! Did you see it?” Little Owl yelled excitedly.

“Yes, I saw. But you need to be better than that to survive out there. “So Little Owl tried again and again but still couldn’t get the hang of it. “I’ll never be able to fly!” he sobbed. “Don’t lose your courage, “Big Owl chimed in. “Otherwise you WON’T be able to fly.”

Days passed. Little Owl tried and tried again until he was confident he could leave the nest. Big Owl watched from above. Little Owl stood outside on the branch, lifting up his wings. Then he glided down, powering into the air. Big Owl watched on proudly. Soon Little Owl was a speck on the horizon. “I’ll miss you, “  both owls said at the same time.

By Una 4S

Booklists 2020

Kookaburra Educational Resources will be supplying our Student Packs for the 2020 School Year.

You will find that their prices are extremely competitive, with most stationery items being under the recommended retail price.

There are TWO convenient ways to complete your order:

1. Online - Order Online and pay via secure credit card payment (Visa or MasterCard), Bpay or EFT Ordering and Delivery Dates: Home Delivery – Order by 5pm Monday 16th December 2019 to receive your delivery by Monday 20th January 2020.

 Go to: www.kookaburra.com.au/login (Do not register) Username: DAYBO002 (the first five characters are alpha, the last three are numeric) Password: Student9 (lowercase)

2. E-mail to Kookaburra Fill out this form complete with credit card details and send in at least three working days before the cut-off date of Monday 16th December 2019: - Email: support@kookaburra.com.au Delivery:

All Student Pack orders placed by the online order cut-off date of Monday 16th December 2019 are to be delivered to your nominated daytime delivery address (signature required) by Monday 20th January 2020.

Please ensure someone will be available to receive the goods at time of delivery unless you have provided an Authority to Leave (ATL).

Please note: Orders received after the nominated order cut-off date: • Will only be available for home delivery (associated charges and fees will apply). • May not be delivered prior to the start of Term 1 2020.