Instrumental and Choir Showcasing

This week we were treated to a performance from our Senior Band on parade this week. It was great to see the effort and commitment that our instrumental students put into their learning. On Monday afternoon, we also held our Spring Soiree where our choir all of our instrumental students, including our Year 4 beginners, performed. It was wonderful to see the enjoyment our musicians and choir enthused on the afternoon, especially as for some this was their very first performance!

Mr Rowan Yates spoke with the children on parade to let them know that our Year 3 cohort would have the opportunity to pop in an expression of interest in term 4 if they are interested in commencing an instrument next year. Choir of course is always an opportunity for our students. Our choir meet at 8:00am each Monday morning in the Music room.

Prep Interviews Saturday!

The Prep team, Karen and I are excited to welcome our future prep cohort and their families to our school on Saturday morning for our enrolment interviews. This is a chance for the students and their families to interact with our staff and explore our Prep facilities. A reminder that if you know anyone who will be eligible for Prep in 2023 (turning 5 by June 30), please let them know to contact Jill or Kay for enrolment details. Kay will be coordinating Saturday’s event. Thanks Kay!

We have already met several of our local Kindy students over the last few weeks with them attending some special days at our school. We welcomed the littlest of our community to our Junior Sports Day and also to our Fathers Day stall (with a play afterwards).

Book Parade

Book parade last week was amazing! Thank you to Mrs Wilkinson and Miss Cat for all their work towards the event and of course continuing to promote the love of reading and books!

Our parade was exciting with the students proudly participating and our special guests, Sargent Ken and Sargent Paul along with Ryan our Helping Hands coordinator, who had the very hard task of judging. Thank you Helping Hands, for partnering with us, kindly donated our book prizes!

The Meerkats performance was an amazing opportunity for our students to observe a live performance with very skilled performers, as well as to interact with the stories they presented. We love to offer our students a variety of experiences where at Dayboro to build their knowledge and experience of the world!

Payments for events

Thank you to parents for encouraging our students to participate in the incursion and excursion opportunities. At Dayboro we have a philosophy that we don’t want any child to miss out on an experience. We always list on our permission notes a due date for payments. Recently our Admin Officers and our Teaching staff have had to chase up multiple permissions and payments well after the due dates. These extra phone calls, notes etc place added stress onto our staff. To help us out, please note the due dates when receiving a form for one of these opportunities.

We are currently reviewing our processes and unfortunately, we will need to be firmer with the late payments (particularly those the day before or on the day of an event). Please let our staff know if you need assistance with the timelines, returning the permission forms early and we can plan for this assistance to avoid disappointment.

Can you help?

Volunteering is a great way for your children to see you caring for others and valuing their school. Can you spend an hour or so assisting with one of the activities below?

Family Dance night

Tuckshop assistance

Contact: Rhiannon Fealy P&C President at: president@dayboropandc.org.au

Remember when our P & C fundraise, it helps all our children as they contribute to our school events and resourcing.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle

Dear Families and Friends

RESPECT!

Last week and this week we have had a whole school focus on Respecting Others- Students, Visitors, Staff and Parents alike. We have been encouraging students to be polite and use their manners towards all staff, following directions of all staff and generally treating all others how they would like to be treated. It is so nice to hear students asking us how our day was or asking if they can help us in anyway. Often a smile and a wave go a long way in helping all our staff feel appreciated and valued by our students and of course we do the same for the students.

At Assembly yesterday every teacher gave an award for 1 student in each class who have been demonstrating and showing respect for others. I congratulate our parents on raising kind, considerate and respectful children generally and we appreciate greatly support form you all with reminders from home about what  respect means and looks like.

Premiers Reading Challenge

Congratulations also to all our great readers who participated and completed the Premiers Reading Challenge. 

Certificates were awarded to the Top Readers on assembly yesterday.

WRITING AT DAYBORO.

At Dayboro we value creative, authentic and engaging writing for a purpose. Our goal for 2022 has been to lift our student’s writing through the use of clear success criteria and goal setting and identifying where to next in their writing to make their writing even better and more engaging for their chosen audience. Our teachers work hard to embed the teaching of high-quality writing practices in their classrooms. Teachers meet regularly to discuss and share writing samples of students and it is pleasing to see our students working so diligently on their writing goals and becoming better writers!

Here are some examples of writing goals from students across our school.

“I am learning to structure my writing using key points and details of who, when, where and how.”

“I am learning to write using a variety of more complex and detailed sentences.”

“I am learning how to write a funny rhyme using rhyming pairs.”

“I am learning how to create mood in my narrative through effective use of similes and metaphors.”

Ask your child what their Writing goal is!

 Best ways to support writing at home

1. Provide a place for your child to write. ...
2. Read, read, read! ...
3. Encourage your child to keep a reflective journal. ...
4. Provide authentic writing opportunities for your child. ...
5. Be a writing role model. ...
6. Start a vocabulary notebook. ...
7. Ask questions. ...
8. Help your child publish her writing.

Thank you Mr. Yates and Mr. Moulds.

Chess 

SWIMMING NOTES FOR PREP-2 HAVE GONE HOME. SWIMMING STARTS WEEK 2 NEXT TERM. The cost will be $95.

 

Have a great week!

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

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

Year 5 Camp

Year 5 camp is on next week.  The payment deadline has passed.  Payment must be commenced by Friday 9 September.

Book Week Celebrations

Well done to everyone who joined in with our Book Week celebrations this year!  It was wonderful to see so many of our students come to school dressed as their favourite book characters.  It was fantastic to see many of our students bring the books that were the inspiration for their costumes as part of our celebrations.  A very big thank you to all of the parents, caregivers, and friends who helped students get ready for our parade.

Students from all year levels across the school enjoyed the Book Week performances from Meerkat Productions.  It is always interesting to see how familiar books can be adapted into a live action performance.  The students had the opportunity to ask many fascinating questions at the end of the performances – they were interested in how costumes were made, how long rehearsals take, how is the audio tracks are played during the performance, etc.  

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge.  Students who completed the reading challenge will receive a certificate of recognition later in the year.

End of Term Overdue Book Reminder

The end of Term 3 is rapidly approaching.  All students are reminded to return any overdue books as soon as possible.  Students will receive verbal reminders regarding overdue books before the break.

Have a great week!

Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.

French Day will be held on Friday, October 28, so start thinking about your costumes.

I am excited to announce that this year there will be a performance for years 4-6 called,

“Les Chansons Françaises.” The show will cost $8.80.

Pauline Maudy shares stories of her Parisienne childhood in an interactive vocal session with songs that explore intercultural understanding. She will teach students a popular children’s song which they’ll sing accompanied by the band. Students will hear and speak French throughout the workshop and end the session learning to waltz!

There will be more details, including costume ideas, next term.

Madame Shaw

French Teacher

We are in week 9 Hurray!!

Almost end of term and we are getting excited for vacation care make sure you have your bookings set for the holidays.

We have started a new afternoon routine with the children that gets them learning and playing together much quicker. They get to enjoy the playground and then straight into afternoon tea. We have seen the children be more engaging with each other.

The children have been showing interest in the piano we have, and we have been able to teach them some scales. They love to learn and show that they can play the piano, playing the scales that they have learnt.

REMINDERS:

• Please confirm your bookings are correct via the iparent portal.
• We still have some lost property in the black bucket outside the service.  Please encourage your child/ren to check this regularly or come and have a look when you collect your children (there are drink bottles, jumpers and hats with no names).

If your child/ren will be absent from a session, please ensure they are marked absent on the iparent portal. This is done under the bookings tab by selecting the date/session and clicking the red X on the right. Alternatively, please send the service a text message on the mobile number below. Failure to notify us of absences in after school care means educators are having to search for children and a no-show fee may be applied to your account. A reminder that bookings with less than 24hrs will need to be made via contacting the service on 0459 991 697.

Need a helping hand before or after school? Enrolling your child/ren is easy and there are no enrolment fees. Visit www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au , click 'How to enrol’ on the right-hand side of the page, and follow the steps. When this is submitted, we will be in touch as soon as possible to support the finalisation of your enrolment and initial bookings. If you have any issues, please contact Ryan at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts team on 1300 612 462.

Just a reminder to check out the Dayboro 2032 & Beyond bright sparks creative challenge for school students of all ages. It’s an opportunity for students to share their creative ideas for how they would like Dayboro and it’s community to be in 2032 and beyond, entries to be submitted by 24th October. There will be a total of $1000 lucky draw prizes for all challenge participants at the exhibition opening gala on 28th October. For full details of the challenge including links to entry forms click below: 

and ..... come along to the free screening of the '2040' movie this Thursday 15th September 4-5.30pm in the school hall

Just a reminder to check out the Dayboro 2032 & Beyond bright sparks creative challenge for school students of all ages. It’s an opportunity for students to share their creative ideas for how they would like Dayboro and it’s community to be in 2032 and beyond, entries to be submitted by 24th October. There will be a total of $1000 lucky draw prizes for all challenge participants at the exhibition opening gala on 28th October. For full details of the challenge including links to entry forms click below: 

NOTE: If you are taking part in the challenge please email moretoncan@gmail.com with subject Dayboro 2032 for the earliest notification of new resources and other updates