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I received some fantastic news this week, I have been granted the permanent role of Principal here at beautiful Dayboro State School! After 3 years of acting in the role, I feel privileged to be given the opportunity to lead this beautiful school. Thank you to the community for all of your support over the last 3½ years. I look forward to the future plans to continue to foster an amazing learning environment to support and enrich our Dayboro Students’ learning and wellbeing.
Community!
What a celebration of community in the last couple of weeks! Dayboro Day was such a positive day for our community and for our students. The Choir and Band performed confidently sharing their joy, our Flash Mob with Chappy Hannah and Mr Makepeace lightened up the crowd and our DSS student reps at the march showed the community how proud they are of our little school and its history.
I wanted to express a HUGE thank you to our P&C members and Chappy for their fabulous work on the raffle, stall and chocolate throw!! Long day for all but it was an amazing demonstration of how dedicated our community are to our school.
I am sure that you will also agree that the Dayboro Rodeo was a great celebration of community. The organising team collaborated with the school to create this opportunity for us to join in the fun, and we supported by running the Poster Competition and the Wear your Cowboy Hat Day. Our P&C again ran an amazing Kids Area providing some great activities to engage kiddies and even contributed to the cleaning roster to raise funds for our school. In total they raised $1500. What a team! The Rodeo committee have thanked our P&C with comments like:
The Kids Area was truly invaluable to our 2024 Dayboro Rodeo. It's heartwarming to know that our collaborative efforts helped create a safe and enjoyable space for families at our event. The $1,500 raised through the P&C's participation is not only a testament to Laura's and your dedication but also a significant contribution towards enhancing one of our most important communal assets, the Dayboro State School.
The success of the 2024 Dayboro Rodeo is a testament to the strong sense of community spirit in Dayboro. We're grateful for the opportunity to showcase this spirit alongside Dayboro State School P&C and all the other local Dayboro community groups.
Our school is so fortunate to have such amazing community backing. We treasure this support and love to give back where we can to enrich the community.
Reconciliation Week
This week our Indigenous Ambassadors spoke to our students on assembly about the significance of Reconciliation Week and challenged our students and staff to commit to achieving a fair Australia for everyone. Our staff have been working with our students to share their thoughts about reconciliation and our Indigenous Ambassadors have also been sharing stories with our students.
Student Success
We love to celebrate our students’ successes outside of school as we know how much hard work and persistence is involved in their extracurricular events! In the past few weeks, we have had the following students celebrated at assembly:
- Lily rode in the Darling Downs Regional Equestrian Championships where she came 5th overall in Show Horse and 8th overall for Dressage. Lily has now qualified for Show Horse, Combined Training and Dressage for the Inter-school State Championships in June and will be proudly representing Dayboro State School.
- Flo and Hattie competed at the Rodeo in the barrel race and Hattie rode the poddy with all their Dayboro friends cheering them on!
- Imogen participating in the Queensland state Netball trials – playing for Met North Team
- Matilda won the junior camp draft at Kilcoy in a big field of 35 competitors
School Calendar
Please find attached our latest version (V8) of our Parent Calendar to support you to stay informed about all of our school events.
Have a great week!
Gabrielle
Dear Families and Friends
DAYBORO DAY!!! What a special community day it was.
Thank you to our Band and Choir and Mr Yates and Mrs Anderson for their performances Sunday morning. Despite the cold, the nerves, a new stage and being first to perform they did a wonderful job.
How wonderful it was to see our school students walking in the parade for our 150 years celebration. The old school bell was ringing, past uniforms on show and our very old school banner showing our school colours with pride. Thank you to everyone who was part of this and made the day so special.
Also, a big thank you to our P&C who set up and served at our Dayboro School stall with lots of home-baked goodies on offer, our 150 years Commemorative pieces to sell and an amazing chocolate-filled Chocolate Throw for the kids.
UNDER 8’s DAY
On Friday 24th May we also held our annual event “Under 8’s Day”
The Prep-2 students, many assisted by their wonderful parents, spent the morning doing a range of fun activities that supported the theme of Under 8’s week across Australia this year “Connecting to Culture through Play”. Thank you to everyone who contributed and I think we showed that Play is the Way!!! Thank you to our local Kindy groups, younger siblings and our very own Dayboro’s Little Learners playgroup for coming and joining in the fun. A huge thank you also to Helping Hands, our Fire and Rescue services, Sgts Ken and Paul, the local Scouts (Possum) and Bray Park High School staff and students for helping to make the day very special also.
Of course this special morning wouldn’t be able to happen without the support of all our staff and the Yr 6 students who prepare and run the activities with a huge thanks to Mrs Johns for organising the event every year.
Thank you to the parents of our Band students who transported our students to Fanfare on Tuesday. Thank you to Mr Yates and Mrs W for the big last push to get everyone there. The Band got a Bronze Medal! Well done everyone.
Playgroup is on this Friday. A reminder that the BIG school are wearing Crazy Clothes on Friday if you want your little ones to join in the fun. Looking forward to seeing everyone and we have some birthdays to celebrate together. How exciting!
Thank you 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:
|
Year Level |
Excursion Name |
Cost |
Payment Due Date |
|
4, 5, 6 |
Les Chansons Francais |
$10.00 |
Monday 17th June |
|
Prep to Yr6 |
Dance Fever |
$32.00 |
Monday 17th June |
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 please see the Office on how to get set up.
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:
- Clicking on the link on the invoice, which will take you directly to the BPOINT page.
- 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
THANK YOU!
We are blown away by the amazing generosity of our families and their contribution to Dayboro Day 2024. We saw so many of our families stop by to say hello at our stall on Sunday, it was wonderful to share the day with you. Thank you to all who donated chocolates, baked goods and their time volunteering, we could not have done it without you.
The Tuckerbox
Unfortunately, our great Tuckerbox leader is unwell and needs a week of rest. Is anyone able to spare some time on Friday to make some toasties? The students will be forever grateful! Please register your name on the School24 Volunteer Roster if you can help.
To close out the term, we will have 2 x special tuckshop days.
Friday 14th June – Senior Sports Carnival – if there are any parents from the Junior School that would be available to help it would be greatly appreciated.
Friday 21th June – French Day – this is such a fun day to volunteer in the tuckshop, we would love to have some extra help to serve up some delicious French treats.
150 Year Merchandise
We have been working with the 150 Year Committee to come up with some memorabilia for our families in celebration of our school’s major milestone.
The first shipment has arrived and we will make these available through School24 Uniform Shop shortly.
In the meantime, if you would like to get your hands on some of the items, please reach out to a member of the P&C or to the school office.
Rhiannon Fealy
P&C President
National Simultaneous Storytime
We hope everyone enjoyed the story “Bowerbird Blues” last week. Keep an eye out for the sequel to the story coming later in the year. We had lots of students joining in with our National Simultaneous Storytime activities last week – the creations were awesome. Congratulations also to the three students in Year 4 who won the scavenger hunt competition which ran throughout the week.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
A reminder to keep on reading for the 2024 Premier’s Reading Challenge…
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson
The Dayboro State School Concert Band played in the Fanfare Festival at Lawnton on the 28th of May. The students performed very well and attained a Bronze award in a very challenging heat. The students enjoyed themselves and represented the school with Pride.
Well Done Students!
Mr Yates
Instrumental Music Teacher
Senior Athletics Carnival Events
Yr 3-6 800m
The yr 3-6 800m event will run Tuesday 11th June, from 1:20pm. This event is not compulsory, but we encourage students to give it a go. Students in the 800m event may earn ribbons and gain points for the house championship trophy and individual age champion medallions.
Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival
The Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival will be held on Friday 14th June with a backup date of Tuesday 18th June.
Time: 8:50am. Please ensure your child is at school promptly. Event will run all day.
Bring: School hat. Hat must be worn when not competing
House polo shirt or sports uniform
Suitable footwear
Full water bottle
Lunch (or tuckshop PRE-Ordered)
Sunscreen
Parent assistance will be required during each of the field rotations. Simply move around with your child and step forward if the supervising staff at the rotation ask for help.
10-12yr 1500m
The 1500m event is only open to 10-12 yr students, with the sole intention of selecting 1500m runners for the district carnival. As such, this event will be held after the athletics carnival, on Monday 17th June, at 11.00am. Students in the 1500m will not earn ribbons or gain points for the house championship trophy and individual age champion medallions. Students MUST nominate for this event by writing their name on the sheet on the sports noticeboard in the CSA. This ensures I have accurate recording sheets prepared with matching numbers.
Tuckshop
The Tuckerbox will be running a BBQ on the day of the athletics carnival. Pre-ordering is essential and is available as usual through Schools24.
