Dear Families and Friends,

COMMUNITY  

Well, the term and year is almost over……

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

The School Review team who visited this term commented on how much the community looks out for, supports and values our school and staff and that the community partnerships we nurture and appreciate help drive improved outcomes for our students and add to the caring safe and supportive school environment we provide! WOW! Of course, there are  many people working busily behind the scenes making sure that our students don’t miss out on anything. Many thanks to our, Uniform, Tuckshop and P&C helpers who contribute so much and have worked so hard to make sure some of our favourite events like the Colour Run and Dad’s Tuckshop Day happen. Chaplaincy, Story Dogs (Thanks Leesa and Humphrey), our local Kindies, Sgt Ken and the Sheriff’s Awards, our Emergency Services who visit for Under 8’s, our local MP and the list goes on!!!!  You all help to make a difference and contribute to the success of our students in so many areas.

Of course, we say goodbye to Mrs Taylor this year, whose dedication and hard work in our tuckshop for over many many years.  She  has helped shape the community that is Dayboro State School. Always, the top priority for Mrs Taylor was the health and well being of our students. Mrs Taylor organised Special Tuckshop Days, International Food days, Christmas Long Lunches and Iceblocks on the last day to name a few events,  all for the enjoyment and delight of the kids. We’re going to miss you Mrs Taylor.  Many thanks and we wish you all the best!

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 Will H, Will F. Hollie and Bronte, 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. 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.  We even had our own D.S.S. Writing Competition and an Author’s Visit. We love celebrating writing in all its’ different forms and aim to identify and extend talented authors that exist in every classroom.

We have now finished our 2022 Prep Orientation process.  We enjoyed meeting all our new Prep parents and children for 2022. Thank you for taking advantage of this valuable opportunity to visit our school and learn more about our Prep classrooms.

Enrolments for 2022 are still being considered so please if you have an eligible Prep child for 2022 or know someone who does, come and enrol as soon as possible.

BOOKLISTS 2022

BOOKLISTS have gone out.  Bedrock Books are our preferred supplier for 2022. The lists are just a hard copy for you to see but the preferred way of ordering is to go to

www.backtoschoolbooklists.com.au

Our school code is DAYBORO2

You can also return the hard copy list via email or call Bedrock Books directly.

Please note: Orders needed to be placed by Monday 22^nd November to secure your delivery is made on time.

Collect your child's medication from school

Remember to collect your child’s medication from school before the holidays begin and store them correctly at home.
Learn more about storage of medications such as asthma inhalers and adrenaline auto-injectors (for example, EpiPens) at the NPS Medicinewise website.

You should also check the expiry dates before taking medications back to school after the holidays.

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

Finally, I hope you all have a safe and happy holiday and a wonderful festive season in 2021!

Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”