Deputy's News
Dear Families and Friends
YR 1 FIRE EDUCATION VISIT
We were very fortunate to have our local Fire Services team and Rural Fire Volunteers come and visit our school last Thursday and talk to our Year 1’s about Fire Safety. The Year 1’s listened excitedly and intently as they learnt about how to “Stop, Drop and Roll” and how to call for Emergency Services. The team also asked the children to go home and ask their parents to check their smoke alarms and also to discuss where the fire exit locations in their house are. A very important conversation to have with all children, particularly at this time of year. The children also had many questions to ask our Fire Services team. The presentation concluded with a guided explanation of all the parts of the fire truck, the tools they use and all the different types of hoses they use. We would like to sincerely thank Scott Dun, Jason Andrews, Wayne Taylor and Dan Futcher for their time and enthusiasm. The children not only learnt a lot from the talk but they had lots of fun too.
EXCITING WRITING
At Dayboro one of our curriculum priorities has been to help all students improve in the area of writing. Teacher 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/ Retell writing, this time from a student in Yr. 2.
Jurassic Park
In 1988 a young boy named Tom lived in a house by himself because his parents had died in a car crash. So when Tom was twenty, he started studying dinosaurs. One day Tom was on a jet with heaps of dinosaurs and a new type of combined dinosaur. It was supposed to be a surprise for people in the city. Suddenly a lightning storm came and some lightning zapped the jet. It was coming down. Tom grabbed a parachute and jumped off the jet. Tom reached the ground just as the jet crashed beside him. He realised he was in the jungle. Tom ran over to the jet he realised that the new dinosaur wasn’t there. Tom grabbed his walkie talkie and called for a chopper. The chopper came and got Tom. Tom told about how the new dinosaur had escaped. So they called the army but the army was no match against the dinosaur. Tom had an idea and called for back up to help move everyone to a different place. They called in the special army who had to drop a warhead bomb onto the dangerous dinosaur. The army officer did a call out on the walkie talkie,” Mission successful….”
By Digby 1/2
PREP
We have now finished our 2020 Prep Orientation visits and Prep Open mornings. We enjoyed meeting all our new Prep parents and children for 2020. Thank you for taking advantage of this valuable opportunity to visit our school and learn more about our Prep classrooms. We look forward to meeting our whole Prep cohort of about 60 children at our Meet and Greet morning for the whole school on Thursday 23rd January at 9-10am. Please take this opportunity to come and meet your child’s teacher and show your child around their classroom.
Enrolments for 2020 are still being considered so please if you have an eligible Prep child for 2020 or know someone who does, come and enrol as soon as possible.
Yr 5 Parents Needed!
Year 5 Parents- Thank you to Kylie Juleff and her growing team of helpers who are organising and serving food on Graduation night next Wednesday. I am sure they would be happy to have more helpers though. Many hands!!!
Date: Wednesday 11th December - 7-10pm. You would be required for a couple of hours on the night to serve food and drinks to the Yr.6 students and their parents. We also need a small group of Yr.5 parents to help prepare the food for the night. The food will be paid for by P and C but they would like volunteers to assist in organising. Please see Karen Ryan DP or Mia Gillies, Secretary of P and C, if interested. You can contact us via the office. Your help is greatly appreciated. Thank you to those parents that have already offered to help.
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:
- 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)
- 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.
Finally, I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday and a wonderful festive season in 2019!
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
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