Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome to Week 3 of our unprecedented school term. Firstly, can I give a big vote of thanks to our school community for the overwhelming gestures of gratitude

over the past few weeks. From comments at the front gate to the emails I have received about our teachers and the emails which teachers have received themselves – it is appreciated by us all. COVID-19 gave both our school and our community a tough assignment at the beginning of this term, and the support and engagement has been inspiring and admirable.  Thank you to the Dayboro community – it has reiterated the meaning of teamwork for us all this term.  

Secondly, I would like to include here a reflection piece included in a recent Regional Director’s newsletter and written by an administrator in Wide Bay and is pertinent to our current situation.  How will your children remember it? 

“I would like to encourage all of our parents, particularly our primary parents, to take every opportunity to spend as much time with your little ones as you can. While the restrictions make normal life very difficult they also provide us with a unique opportunity to spend a great deal of quality time with our kids. Please take the time to play, to read books, to sing, to investigate the world around us, to build projects together, to fix cars or bikes, to imagine, to look at the clouds while lying on the trampoline, to create memories as a family. When your children look back on this time as adults, when COVID-19 is a record in the history books, how do you want your children to remember it?”

Please find below some important information relating to our school operations, especially from next Monday.

NEXT WEEK – How does it look for Dayboro State School ?

The Premier announced yesterday the return to full time schooling next Monday 11 May for our Prep and Year 1 students. This means that it will shift the mode of teaching from remote teaching to full time face-to- face teaching for these students. 

It is recognised that some Prep – Year 1 parents may still wish to keep their children home due to concerns about COVID-19. This is an acceptable decision and children will not be marked absent, rather they are learning from home. It is important for parents of Prep and Year 1 students  to advise the school office of their intentions and to contact the classroom teacher to discuss how we can continue to support learning at home.

For students in Year 2-6 , the current home-based learning will continue. If low COVID-19 transmission rates continue, students in these year levels will be able to return on Monday 25 May.  Again, we should only being seeing the children of essential workers and vulnerable children attending school on the days which they cannot be supervised at home by an adult. 

Thank you to our community for your continued support with this direction.

Visiting the School – Drop Off and Pick Up

• At the present time, if anyone needs to be on the school grounds there is a requirement for adults to maintain a physical distance of 1.5m at all times. Our school office is open via a window on the side of the administration block.
• Parents and carers should not gather in groups in areas in or outside the school grounds
• Our classrooms and classroom verandas are restricted environments and access is not available – please contact teachers by email or Class Dojo.
• Please drop off your children at the front gate of the school. This is preferable, however, If necessary, students can be brought to the top of the Admin steps.  All students, including Prep are to attend the CSA in the mornings before school.  Late students will need to attend the office to obtain a late slip.
• Please collect children from the front gate area. Prep Teachers or Aides will release the Prep students through the gates and supervise collection in the afternoons. Could I please request that everyone leave as soon as possible after children are collected.
• If it is necessary for a child to be picked up early, please come to the school office and your child will meet you there. ( A change in policy at this time)

Thank you to everyone for your support as we follow the Chief Health Officer’s restrictions in our school environment.  Could I also reassure our community that we have markedly increased our cleaning and sanitisation of our school property and touch points. Extra cleaning time has been allocated and stronger approved sanitising agents are being used across the school. With additional students attending from next week, cleaning routines will be reviewed.

New Chaplain

Last week our new Chaplain, Mr Andrew Pickard commenced at our school. Andrew will be at our school on Thursdays and Fridays. Andrew is an experienced Chaplain and works the remainder of the week at Bounty Boulevard State School. We warmly welcome Andrew to our school and look forward to his support and contribution to our community.

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Garry Drummond

Principal