Engaging our students and giving them the tools to success!

We have been working hard to engage our students in learning this year discussing deliberate strategies to engage and ensure that our students are involved and representing their learning. Teaches provide lots of different and engaging ways for students to represent their ideas and learning.

We are continuing to ensure that our learning is visible in our classrooms to ensure that our students have access to previous learning and prompts. The children enjoy accessing the learning walls as they progress through the units. Student samples on the walls help them to see how they are tracking with their learning as teachers are sure to highlight the success criteria that the students have demonstrated. These scaffolds allow the students to discuss what learning they have already consolidated and what learning goal they may be working towards.

Why not ask your child about their learning and how they best like to represent their ideas?

ANZAC Day

Our school ceremony on 24 April was an opportunity for our whole school community to reflect and remember our ANZACs for all of their past service and continuing services. We were very fortunate to have the continuing support from our Dayboro War Memorial Society and the Dayboro RSL. Mr Simon McKechnie, one of our DSS parents is now the President of the Dayboro War Memorial Society and as such was able to participate in the ceremony.

We were also lucky enough to have Commander Kenneth Brown, a former Dayboro boy attending Dayboro State School until Year 7, come up from the ACT to speak with our students. Having Ken speak to our students about the service of ANZACs past and present was inspiring.

It was also wonderful to see how many students turned out for the Community March and Ceremony. How proud the students were to march/ride under the Dayboro State School name or other community groups. Our Year 4-6 students worked hard on creating Thank You Postcards to give to service men and women, that were supplied by the Dayboro RSL. Several community members contacted the school to personally say thank you to our students.

Some classes also had parents who have been in the armed forces volunteer to speak with the class about their time in the army and their service dog. Thank you to Mr Macdougall and Mr Knight for sharing your experiences to help our students understand.

 A Dayboro Learner – Quinn the Quokka is a Critical Thinker

This week on assembly we introduced another Dayboro Learner quality - Quinn the Quokka who is a Critical Thinker. We discussed that critical thinkers like to solve problems, ask why and reflect on their learning.

Our students have been collecting the Dayboro Learner tokens as they are able to demonstrate the qualities we are teaching. We are looking forward to presenting our first certificates to students able to model all six qualities of a Dayboro Learner.  

Student Success!

Henry participated in the 7 &Under Ultimate Ninja Athlete Association local qualifier on the weekend and won a gold medal, qualifying for the state championships. We are so proud of Henry and his efforts with training.

Term 2 Parent Calendar Update

Please find attached our latest version (V6) of our Parent Calendar to support you to stay informed about all of our school events.  We have had to change the date of our Student Council CRAZY CLOTHES event. Our previous date coincided with a Year 3 and 5 incursion which would be difficult for those classes to participate fully.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle

Dear Families and Friends

Building a national picture of child health- PREP students

From May 2024, our school, along with thousands of others across the country, will participate in the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC).

The AEDC is a teacher-completed census of our Prep students (similar to a questionnaire) which provides a comprehensive picture of how children have developed by the time they start their first year of full-time school.

The AEDC is an Australian Government Initiative and is completed nationally every three years.

Children don’t miss any class time while the AEDC is completed, and parents/carers don’t need to supply schools with any new information.

The data collected through the AEDC is used by schools, communities and governments to better understand children and families’ needs, and identify the services, resources and support they need.

AEDC data is reported at a school, community, state/territory and national level. AEDC results for individual children are not reported and the AEDC is not used as an individual diagnostic tool.

Some teachers have found that completing the AEDC made them more aware of the needs of individual children and their class, and that the data was useful for planning for transitions to Year 1 and developing programs.

Participation in the AEDC is voluntary, however the AEDC relies on all schools with children in their first year of full-time school participating in the collection. Parents/carers don’t need to take any action unless they choose not to include their children in the census.

To find out more about the AEDC and how it is being used to help children and families visit: www.aedc.gov.au.

Learning at Dayboro.

The Term 2 buzz around English and learning about stories in the lower school is all about CHARACTERS!!!!

What is a character? Why are characters important when sharing stories with others? (Prep)

 How do we describe characters? – their looks, actions and qualities (Yr. 1) and…

 Do we prefer some characters over others in stories and why? (Yr.  2)

We have learnt about many fun characters already this term - Goldilocks, The Big Bad Wolf, Rainbow Fish and Cinderella vs Cinders and it has been very exciting to see our students engaging in puppet shows, story walks and sharing their character descriptions, character profiles and character preferences with other learners.

EXCITING WRITING/ LEARNING WALLS/PHOTO GALLERY

WEAR YOUR COWBOY HAT DAY 

Students are invited to wear a cowboy hat this Friday to support our local Dayboro Rodeo event happening this weekend. Normal uniforms but a cowboy hat instead.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL

Thursday 9^th May in the hall. Organised by our P&C. Look out for details coming soon. 

Thank you to all our students and parents who attended our ANZAC Day March and Community service.  Thank you to our Band and Choir students for attending on a public holiday.

Good luck to all our students competing at District Cross Country on Wednesday.

Finally, a huge thank you to all the mothers, grandmothers and caregivers who love, support and work hard for their families every day. We hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday 12^th surrounded by your loved ones.

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

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

Invoices Due:

Students have been invoiced for the following activities:

Permission for the above activities have now been sent to parents via Qparents, and students invoiced accordingly. If you are not yet set up on Qparents, you are able to collect a hardcopy from the school office.

If you have a credit on your child’s account (including siblings), you are able to use the credit for the above excursions. To check the credit amount, please contact the school prior to making payment.

Payment plans are always available for parents and caregivers. To arrange a payment plan, please contact the school and request to speak to one of the Business Managers. We are always willing to assist families to ensure every student has access to every opportunity.

Payment Methods & How to Pay

Dayboro State School accepts and encourages the below payment methods:

• Qkr! by Masterpass.

Download the QKR! App and register.

• Qparents

Payment can be made directly on Qparents. If you are not yet signed up, we encourage you to sign up today.

• BPOINT

You can use BPOINT in two different ways:

1. Clicking on the link on the invoice, which will take you directly to the BPOINT page.
2. Payment by phone using credit/debit card via BPOINT: 1300 631 073

• In Person

You can still opt to pay in person. Please note, we encourage using EFTPOS over the use of Cash, particularly in this current climate. If you are choosing to use cash, please ensure it is the correct amount as our office does not hold cash on site for change.

If students are paying by cash, please ensure they bring it directly to the office and wait for a receipt. At no time should a student give any money to classroom teachers for excursions, teachers will redirect them to the office to pay.

Kind regards,

Dee Camm and Clare Gault
Business Managers

There are so many exciting events in the calendar this term which are a great opportunity to get involved and come together as a community. Please head to School24 Volunteer Roster if you are able to help out.

Please remember that any non parent volunteers will need a blue card.  Please reach out if we can assist you with the application process.

Dayboro Rodeo – This Sunday, 5th May

We are so excited to be hosting a Kids Corner alongside our friends at the Community Kindergarten at the Rodeo this Sunday.

You will find us down on/near the soccer fields, we can’t wait to see you all there, should be a fantastic day!

Face Painting - $5

Fruit and Snack Packs - $5

Water and Poppers - $2

Meat Tray Raffle - $2/ticket

Free Lawn Games

The Tuckerbox

• We are still looking for volunteers at the Tuckerbox this term. If you would like to check out our new equipment and help make a few toasties, please head to School24 Volunteer Roster and register your name.  No prior experience in necessary and we can help with any blue card applications for any non parent volunteers.

• Just a reminder that our longest break is first break. It is this break that the students have the most amount of time to eat and we recommend ordering the majority of their food during this time.  We have had hungry students coming to the tuckshop during first break on most tuckshop days asking where their order is, and often, the parent has ordered all their food in second break.  It may be an error or oversight but it does throw the kitchcen into chaos.

• Also, if your child is sent with money for food other than drinks or ice blocks, they need to come to the window before the start of the day and write their order on a bag. Unfortunately we don't have the volunteers available to make food on the run. We only do so if absolutely necessary.

Rhiannon Fealy

P&C President

president@dayboropandc.org.au

Maker space

We have had some very industrious students working in the maker space since the return from the holidays.  We had some very interesting designs showcased in our recent “Design an outfit for a rubber duck” challenge.  It was great to hear the conversations about the designs around the maker space table.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The 2024 Premiers Reading Challenge reading period begins next Monday.  To complete the challenge students in Prep – Year 2 need to read or experience 20 books, students in Year 3 and Year 4 need to read 20 books, and students in Year 5 and Year 6 need to read 15 books (this number of books acknowledges that older students are more likely to select longer and more complex books). 

Students will be given a reader recording sheet in class, they can also get a copy of this recording sheet from the library.  We would love to see as many students as possible working towards completing this reading challenge.

National Simultaneous Storytime

Students in all year levels are welcome to join in with the 24^th annual National Simultaneous Storytime event on the 22^nd of May during first break at the Library.  Students welcome to visit the display at the Library during first break throughout this celebration week in May and are invited to join in with our celebration activities.

We would like so say a special “Thank You!” to Miss Tracey who has been very busy making our fabulous display board to promote and celebrate Bowerbird Blues in the Library.  It looks amazing!

May is National Family Reading Month

This year is the 28^th year of National Family Reading Month which celebrates and encourages families reading together.  Why not take the 31 Day Family Reading Challenge?  To participate in the 31 Day Family Reading Challenge simply read for a minimum of 10 minutes each day and mark the day’s reading on the record chart.  The reading record chart is available from the Library and is also included below. Students who return their completed reading chart will receive a certificate of participation.  

Have a great week!

Mrs Wilkinson

Book Club

Book Club for Term 2 is currently open for ordering.  Brochures have been sent home with students  (spare book club brochures are available at the library), alternatively families are welcome to view the latest issue of Book Club on line. Orders for this issue of Book Club will close on Friday the 3^rd of May.

It is easy to order. The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card. Your child’s order is submitted directly to school and the books will be delivered to their class. You can place your child’s order at scholastic.com.au/loop or by using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.  Alternatively, order forms with payment can be handed in at the school office.  All orders placed through Book Club help to earn free reading books for the school library.

District cross country

Good luck to all the runners at district cross country this week. We hope you run your personal best.

Junior cross country

Yr P-2 will be participating in the junior cross country on the morning of Monday 20^th May. Further details and program will follow in the next newsletter. Parents and carers are encouraged to come and join the cheer squad.

Upcoming Chappy Activities

If you are interested in volunteering for Dayboro SS Chaplaincy Services – with upcoming fundraisers and community events such as Dayboro Day, Chappy Pancake Brekky, SUPA Club or as a part of the Local Chaplaincy Committee we would love to hear from you! Come down this Thursday 2^nd May at 3:15pm and/or email Chappy Hannah at Hannah.drage@suchaplaincy.org.au to voice your interest.

SUPA CLUB

SUPA Club begins Thursday 9^th May 3-4pm
Please click on link for more information and to register your child/ren.

School Holiday Day Camp

School Holiday Day Camp “Chappy Days” is coming up next school holidays.Chappy Hannah will be attending and is looking forward to seeing some Dayboro SS friends there! Click on link below to register:

Change of Dates for Pine Rivers SHS and Bray Park SHS open days