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P&C Dynamic Committee!
Thank you to everyone who attended our P&C AGM last week! It was wonderful to see so many attendees both in person and online at our first face to face meeting since 2019. It was wonderful to see the collaboration in the room as we planned for the 2023 committee!
Congratulations our new executive committee:
President – Rhiannon Fealy
Vice President – Emily Brown
Secretary – Joanna Sheehan
Treasurer – Katherine Fenwick
Can I express my sincere appreciation to two of our long serving executive committee members? Mia Gillies and Joanna Herricane who have been our P&C secretary and treasurer, respectively have worked for many years to support our P&C in a leadership role. They are committed to continue to support the P&C in a member role and I am sure will be some wise voices for several years to come. Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into serving our community ladies!
And our P&C support roles:
Fundraising and Events – Andrew Purcell, Lucinda Harris, Laura Jagersma and Stephanie Schlencker
Technology/Systems – Nathan Oldfield
Social Media coordinator – Natalie Cotte
Grant Writer – Alyce Strange
Tuckshop and Uniform Co-ordinator – Alison Hibbert
It’s not too late, if you would like to join the P&C, please read their section below in the newsletter to register your nomination to be a member of the committee.
We are fortunate to have many other members on our committee and we are super excited about how we will move forward this year to support the amazing children and community at Dayboro State School. Please look out for the shout outs for volunteers to help at the various community events throughout the year. Many hands make light work!
Cross Country Success!
We were excited to see the students’ participation in the cross-country events last week. It was wonderful to see so many parents and family members there to cheer on our little runners The children’s smiles and whoops of achievement were a testament to their engagement in the event. Thank you to Mrs Marks for preparing the children so well for the event through the many trial runs and coaching opportunities. Our staff and the parents who volunteered on the day did an amazing job at supporting and encouraging our students to have a go!
Thank you to the P&C and Helping Hands for providing the ice blocks for our students. These were super refreshing at the end of the day!
We always ask for any feedback after events, please send may feedback directly to me at gdoug7@eq.edu.au and I will collate to review when making decisions about events for the future.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Building parent partnerships is so important for setting our students up for success this year. Our teachers have worked hard to prepare for these conferences to provide you with details of how your child/ren have settles and are engaged in learning. The teachers are also wanting to hear from you about your child, their strengths and how you believe they are engaged in school so that they can work together with you to set up a great learning environment for your child.
If you have been unable to book in a conference, please contact your child’s teachers for a phone conference or maybe a catch up in the next term. Please let us know any feedback about this term’s Parent teacher Conferences to help us when we are making decisions about next semesters conferences by emailing gdoug7@eq.edu.au.
Parent Calendar for Term 2
Term 2 will be upon us before we know it! Please see below our Parent Calendar for Term 2, 2023 with all of our major events, excursions, incursions and activities to date. We always welcome parent participation, so hopefully with notice, families are able to prioritise when needed to attend events.
Can I take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution and partnership this term? The staff at Dayboro have been so pleased with the start our students have had to the year and participation by families in our opportunities for partnerships….Parent Information Sessions, P&C meetings and Parent teacher Conferences. We know if we continue to work together, we will be achieving the best outcomes for our students! Thank you and have a wonderful and safe Easter break.
Have a great week! Gabrielle
Dear Families and Friends
At Dayboro state school we celebrate difference and embrace every students’ unique qualities and strengths. This week we take time to acknowledge the importance of the message “Everyone Belongs” and reinforce this valuable ethos with all our students.
While Harmony Week is a very important event on our school calendar, it is important that we not just “talk the talk” but “walk the walk”. Every day our students and staff should be living the message that “Everyone Belongs” From the first welcome every morning at the front gate, to the classroom and in the playground, Dayboro staff and students strive hard to embrace and celebrate that everyone belongs here at Dayboro.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent teacher conferences here at Dayboro have begun! They will continue over the next two weeks. Thank you to those parents who have already organised their times and attended their conference. Our teachers go to a lot of effort to prepare for these interviews and look forward to sharing the progress of every child in their class, so it is important that all parents take the opportunity to attend.
Below is some information supported by the Australian Government about what to expect at Parent Teacher Interviews, particularly if you’re a first time school parent.
Parent-teacher interviews at primary school: what to expect
Throughout your child’s time in primary school, you might be asked to attend parent-teacher interviews, or conferences, usually once or twice a year.
These interviews are usually just short meetings – about 10-15 minutes – between you and your child’s teacher or teachers. Every parent is invited to attend at least one interview a year. Being invited to a parent-teacher interview doesn’t mean there’s a problem with your child’s progress.
Interviews might be held during school hours, before or after school, or in the evening. It’s good to make a time when both parents can go along, if you can. If you can’t manage any of the available times, you could call the school to arrange another time.
It’s important to be on time for parent-teacher interviews. But be aware that teachers might be running late because previous interviews have run over time.
Why it’s worth going to parent-teacher interviews
Parent-teacher interviews give you a great opportunity to:
- learn more about your child’s academic, emotional and social development
- meet and get to know your child’s teachers
- help your child’s teachers understand more about your child
- make plans with the teacher about how you can both support your child
- build a relationship with your child’s school
If you don’t have any particular concerns, you might wonder whether it’s worth going to parent-teacher interviews. But going along is one way to show your child that you’re interested in their learning and what’s happening for them at school.
Of course, if you do have concerns, it’s a chance for you to raise them with your child’s teacher if you haven’t done that already.
EASTER HAT PARADE FRIDAY 31st March P-3
PREP AND YEAR 1 Hearing Screening
The Prep Vision screening booking system has now closed. However, in the same week as vision testing we are also holding hearing screening for Preps and have now opened interest to the rest of the school. A permission note and Hearing Questionnaire have been emailed home to all students. The cost is $18 and the hearing screening will be conducted by the UQ Hearing Screening faculty. It is important that students have any hearing and vision issues identified early to help get on top of any problems that may arise from impaired vision or hearing in the early years. So far we only have 25 Prep students signed up to get their Hearing checked. Please check your emails for the permissions. There is still time to return with payment and book your spot. The date for Hearing Screening is Wednesday 29th March.
Week 10 important dates:
Monday 27th March- Prep Vision Screening – Free
Wednesday 29th March- Prep and Year 1 Hearing Screening -$18 -
Happy Easter everyone.
Thank you Mrs Ryan!
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM. It was wonderful to see so many faces in the room and I’m thrilled to say that all of our positons have been filled, except for our Book Club Coordinator. Our team have well and truly hit the ground running with lots of exciting initiatives underway. We still have plenty of room at the table for anyone else who would like to get involved, so if you are interested, we’d love to see you.
Tuckshop
To help ensure that our Tuckshop always has enough volunteers we would like to put together a list of people who may not be able to commit to volunteering regularly, but may be happy to get a call last minute on the off chance they can help. Perhaps a retired family member? Someone who works part time? Please reach out if you know someone who may be able to help.
Alison would love a couple more volunteers this Friday and next. Can you spare some time? Please contact Alison at tuckshop@dayboropandc.org.au or call on 3425 6111. It is wonderful to have so many students ordering tuckshop. To help avoid any delays some extra hands, especially on Fridays, would be greatly appreciated.
Expressions of interest - Book Club Coordinator
Do you have a love of books? Do you have a few hours per term that you could spare?
Our Book Club Coordinator helps to coordinate the distribution of the Book Club catalogue, collect any manual orders from the office and liaise with Katrina Wilkinson in the library. It only takes a few hours per term and can be very flexible with time commitments. If you think this is something you could take on please reach out to president@dayboropandc.org.au or touch base with the office.
Expressions of interest – Book Fair Volunteers
The ever popular Book Fair will be underway in Term 2, starting 28th April.
Mrs Wilkinson would like to invite any families that may be able to help out during Book Fair week. Can you assist on any of these days?
Thursday 27th April – Book Fair boxes arrive, set up
Friday 28th April to Wednesday 10th May – Families visit, assist with restocking and helping students with their purchases
Thursday 11th May – remaining books collected by Scholastic, help with pack up
Whether you can help out during lunch time or after school, any assistance would be greatly appreciated by the library.
Easter Raffle – Donations and tickets due Thursday 23rd March (tomorrow)
Thank you to everyone who has already brought in their raffle donations. We’ve had some eager students who have requested another pack of raffle tickets, if you would like any more please stop by the office.
Just a reminder that all tickets and raffle donations are due back to the office by 3pm Thursday, 23rd March.
We will be having a Packing Party on Friday morning to sort and wrap all of your generous donations and we would love some help. Please find below a link to our ‘Packing Party’ volunteer register. Little ones are more than welcome to join you, we can set up a mini packing party for all our little helping hands.
Thank you to everyone for all your support this term. I hope you all have a lovely Easter and enjoy some down time over the holidays.
Rhiannon Fealy
P&C President
Remember to sign up for QParents.
QParents - Term 2 paper copies of permission forms will cease
All parents are strongly encouraged to sign up to QParents.
QParents is a user-friendly portal accessible via app or web browser, providing parents with secure online access to information about their child’s schooling.
In Term 2 we will no longer print permission forms for excursions and incursions. This decision was made to not only made to support our sustainability efforts by saving paper and electricity but now that forms can be signed electronically via QParents it will save parents and carers time!
Simply follow the links from your email invitation sent to your email in the first few weeks The sender will be no.reply@qparents.qld.edu.au, with the subject – Nomination as a QParents account owner. Jill will send out another round of invitations this afternoon (please check your junk mail if it doesn’t come to your email address. Complete the verification process or drop in and see our staff to verify your identity and then you will have access to your child’s:
- Electronic permission notes
- Invoices - pay online via the links
- Attendance – you can advise us via the app if your child will be absent
- Report cards.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call the office.
Payments
Hearing Tests
Last chance to sign up for hearing tests - Open to ALL year levels. Forms and payment are due this Friday, 24 March. Forms are available in the office and payment can also be made in the office or via the Qkr App. PLEASE NOTE INVOICES HAVE NOT BEEN GENERATED FOR THIS EVENT.
This is a great offer as a quick, convenient and cost-effective way of ruling out any possible learning issues related to hearing that may affect your child's learning.
The cost is $18.00
Instrumental Music
Invoices for our instrumental program will go out by the end of this week.
Student Accounts
Statements for all student accounts will be emailed on Friday 31 March showing any outstanding payments and also any credits you may have on your child's account. (Credits show as a -$ negative figure).
Information on QKR
We are now in the last two weeks of the term. Please ensure all overdue books are returned to the Library before the school holidays.
Book Club Thank You
Thank you to all of the families who supported our recent issue of Book Club. When families purchase a book through Book Club or Book Fair is raises funds (through rewards points) with Scholastic which the school Library can use to purchase additional reading books for our students. Our display books this week were all purchased with rewards points earned at the end of last year – we have quite a few students who are eagerly waiting to borrow the Pokemon books.
Readers Cup Competition
Ten students from Year 5 and Year 6 have nominated to participate in the annual Readers Cup Competition. Readers Cup is a reading competition organised by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. This year’s regional competition will be held at Kurwongbah State School in June.
Students in each team are required to read 5 novels to prepare for the competition. Students will be issued with their books to begin reading in Week 10 of this term. On the day of competition there are several rounds of questions with teams working together to provide answers. These rounds of questions can be quite challenging – there are a lot of details to remember! We wish all of the Readers Cup students the very best as they prepare for the competition.
Maker Space
Maker space is always busy, but it just got a little louder. We have had students asking for a while for some sets of stacking cups that can be used in speed stacking competitions. They are already starting to look quite coordinated with the 3-3-3 stacking challenge, next step is the 3-6-3 stacking challenge. When they have mastered the stacking patterns, we’ll start timing their stacking trials. We can’t wait to see how fast they can stack!
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson
Book Fair
Book Fair is on the way!
Book Fair is set to begin on April 28th and will run until May 10th.
Keep an eye out for further information coming home after the school holidays. In the meantime families are more able to preview some of the exciting books that will be available at Book Fair.
Cross Country
What a wonderful day last Tuesday. It was hot but everyone ran in at least one race. Congratulations to all students and well done to our winning house, Armstrong. Thanks to the awesome water-wielding marshals. Thankyou to those parents who put their hands up to help on the day; Mrs Hay, Mr Warburton, Mrs Oberg and Mrs Bow. I couldn’t have done it without you.
District cross country will be held on Tuesday 2nd May. Eligible students have been told but I am still waiting for the paperwork to come through. If your child does not want to attend the district cross country please let me know so that I can send someone else in their place.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Harper W who was selected for the Pine Rivers District AFL team. Good luck in at regionals.
AFL
Next term we will be running AFL on the oval after school on Thursdays for a cost. More information will come out next term.
Enjoy your week
Here are some images showing some the fun being had, and the strength and agility of our Dayboro Students in PE Class.
Clare Marks
HPE specialist
Dayboro State School (Mon-Tues)
Chappy’s News
Hi everyone,
As always I hope you are doing well – I know the end of the school term can be a really busy time for families! The Easter holidays are one of my favourite times of year. I am going camping with my family and some friends at a place called Cania Gorge. I’ve never been there before and I’m hoping to get the chance to do some photography, something that brings me joy but something that I don’t always get time to do. One of my favourite things to take photos of is landscapes. Stars, sunsets and sunrises in particular.
When taking photos of sunrises, I have to get up in the dark (I am so not a morning person!). I set my camera gear up as the black sky changes slowly to grey. Sometimes, this will reveal that there is a low lying fog on the ground. Living here in Dayboro, you probably see a lot of fog. As you may know, this is caused by low flying cloud made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals. These droplets are so tiny and lightweight that they float on the air. Thankfully, as soon as the sun rises, the heat from it burns the droplets away and makes everything clear again. The sun rising and melting away the fog can make for spectacular photos!
Sometimes bad thinking patterns and behaviours can “fog” up our world view. I can certainly think of times where I have needed clarity in my life and couldn’t see the truth about who I am. Thankfully, the sun has always risen and cleared the clouds away. On the other side of my clouds, have been some really beautiful moments. So if you’re having a tough time at the moment or feel like you’re surrounded by fog – hang in there! Sunrise is coming.?
Breakfast Celebration – Last Day of Term (31 March)
On the final day of school this year we will be having a celebration breakfast. Children will be offered a free breakfast (blueberry muffins, yoghurt, fruit and juice) and parents will be able to purchase drinks from a local owned coffee cart. All of the proceeds from the coffee cart will go towards the chaplaincy service here at school. Come along at 7:30am onwards to meet some of the other parents from our wonderful school community while we celebrate finishing Term 1.
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