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School Musical!!!
It was super exciting to see our school musical cast and crew of the musical – We Are Monsters, pound the floorboard on Saturday morning. This dedicated cast and crew have been working hard for the past 3 terms to ensure that their performances are polished and performed beautifully.
The Musical kicks off – THIS THURSDAY and FRIDAY. Book your tickets now on School 24:
Our Musical Cast and Crew have been practising super hard (all outside of school time) all year, with our passionate musical staff – Sherree Anderson, Melanie Delisser, Chris Robbo, Alicia Tavelardis, Dee Mathiesen, Chappy Hannah, Jill Warschau and Tom Makepeace!
Thank you to the musical students (both cast and crew) for their commitment.
Student Leaders
This week, we had the pleasure of hearing from our Year 5 students, who have nominated to be a student leader for 2025 speaking to our Dayboro senior students. It was so evident to see how proud our students are of their school and what they felt made our school great.
Some of the students nominating for School Captain, Sports Captain or Vice Captains’ roles spoke about themselves so proudly and offered some great ideas about what they would like to contribute to our school. What was affirming was how confident our students were to stand up and speak before their peers about what a great school and community to which they belong.
Our students also learned more about voting and having a say in a super respectful way. Such valuable lessons.
Today, we also listened to and voted for our Sports House and Vice-Captain for 2025. This process was also supported by a Nomination Booklet to assist students in identifying their goals for captaincy and confirming with their teachers if they have been able to demonstrate the school values that we expect of our leadership team.
On Friday, we look forward to the final panel for School Captains and the finalisation of the selection and voting of the Band, Choir, Sports Captains, Environment and Indigenous Ambassadors. I couldn’t be more proud of all of the senior students involved.
Farwell to our Year 6 cohort
In week 11, we will farewell our well-loved Year 6 2024 cohort. While it will be with mixed emotions, I know that our students are well equipped and thoroughly prepared for their next step in education! This Year 6 cohort has worked hard throughout 2024 to lead our students, make the most of every opportunity and participate in everything Dayboro SS had to offer.
Congratulations to our class of 2024!!!
Christmas Disco
We are all getting super excited about the Christmas disco on Friday night, 6 December. We are very thankful to our P&C and Chaplaincy committee for putting on this event. It is sure to be a super fun evening. A reminder of the disco times:
- Junior 4:30-5:30pm (Prep-Year 2)
- Senior 6:00-7:00pm (Year 3-6)
DJ Chappy Hannah will treat our students will to dance music and games. Best dressed in Christmas gear will be awarded prizes. Please remember to send a gold coin for entry. All donations will go to support chaplaincy at our school. Thanks to our P&C, each student receives an ice block when leaving. P&C will also provide coolers with water.
I will speak to the students on Monday at assembly about the guidelines for the evening:
- Once students have entered the hall, they will need to remain in the hall until they are collected by parents or a family member over the age of 18. Please ensure they have someone to collect them.
- Younger siblings are permitted to the disco (thinking the Junior disco). Please note that any high school siblings or non-Dayboro State School students are not permitted and will be refused entry.
- Students are encouraged to bring their water bottle for refill at the water coolers in the hall.
- No food or drinks will be for sale on the night. Ice Blocks are to be consumed outside of the hall once they are collected.
Looking forward to this fun way of celebrating with our community!
Planning for 2025
In week 11, we will release our final 2024 DSS school newsletter. In this edition, we will outline any staff changes for 2025. I will also announce all of our class teachers and specialist teachers for 2025. Student class placements will be emailed by the afternoon of Wednesday 22 January, prior to the Meet and Greet afternoon on Thursday 23 January. This afternoon allows the students to bring up their 2025 school supplies and meet their class teacher and see their new learning environment. Pop it in the calendar?.
We are currently trying to plan effectively for class lists, new enrolments, facilities, resources and staffing for the 2025 school year. Please ensure that you contact our school administration team if your child/ren are not returning to Dayboro SS in 2025. Thank you for your support.
Student Success!
We love to celebrate our student successes inside and outside the classroom. One of our Year 5 students, Abigail works hard to train for a compete in barrel racing at rodeos on the weekends. At her last rodeo at Lowood, Abigail came home with a win in the Junior Division and ran her fastest time yet in the Opens.
Little brother Samuel in year 2, also competes at rodeos in the bull riding and roping events. This certainly looks like it takes a load of practise!
We have an artist in our midst….Harrison from Prep C– Won 2nd prize in the prep category for Peter Dutton’s Christmas Card comp. He will receive a $30 Children’s gift card?. Congratulations Harrison!
REBOOT
Emotional Regulation Program – Let’s skill our students!
As the end of the year draws close, our children will be experiencing a variety of emotions; excitement, (tiredness ?) and perhaps some anxiety about what the new school year will bring.
The end of the Term 4 is both busy and less predictable, as routines change to fit in with special events. For some of our students this is an exciting time of year and for some it can be a little overwhelming. It would be a great time to check in with your child/ren to see how they are feeling. The Reboot ‘check-in’ faces are used in classrooms and are a nice point of reference for a conversation.
Importantly, the next questions to ask after checking in are; 1) what do you need to feel better and 2) who can help? It’s an important skill for all people to learn that if we aren’t feeling great, we know who or what can help us. Please remind students of their ‘toolbox’ of strategies that can help them self-regulate if needed and let our school team know if we can help. Reboot encourages us to either go somewhere, do something or speak with someone when we need to.
Unpredictability and change can be hard. Recently we collaborated with Autism Queensland who visited our school. Their advice for transitions was relevant to all students. They have encouraged teachers and families to brainstorm a list of things that will be different next year, but also things that will be the same. For example, it can be comforting for students to know that although they may have a different classroom for 2025 and a different teacher, they will still have their friends to play with at lunchtimes and the routine of the school day to follow.
Another important way to help children with transitions is to encourage positive thinking and celebrate achievements. It’s a wonderful thing that we have made it to the end of 2024. What challenges has your child overcome this year? What have they learnt? What have they accomplished? How have they grown? What are they looking forward to over the Christmas break and at the start of 2025? I think we all need to be congratulated for doing our part to help our students flourish and in creating a supportive school culture and community, so well done you… 2 weeks to go- we’ve got this!
Parent Calendars
Please find attached the latest version (V5) of the Term 4 Parent calendar to assist you in planning forward for events.
Have a great week!
Gabrielle
Dear Families and Friends
COMMUNITY
Well, the term and year is almost over……
Thank you to those special members of our Dayboro community who support and value our students and staff. Thank you for your tireless hard work and dedication all year round to make our school a better place of learning and community. Parents are key to helping us build the school community we want to be proud of and supporting your child’s learning and communicating with teachers and staff is so important.
The support of parents is highly important in ensuring our expectations around being safe, respectful learners are reinforced and spoken about at home and together we can continue to support our learners to be the best they can be.
Of course our school community has our amazing P&C to thank for so many important facets that go into making our school community thrive- our Dayboro Tuckerbox, (thank you to Alison and her regular helpers- they make a fantastic salad wrap!) Special Menu food days, Father’s Day and Mother’s Day stalls, Christmas Disco, Arts Night, Election Day sausage Sizzle, donations of …… and the list goes on. We are so grateful for our P&C team.
Other community teams who support us every year and help make a difference are our Chaplaincy team, Story Dogs (Thanks Leesa and Humphrey), our local Kindies, Sgt Ken, Sgt Paul and the Sheriff’s Awards,(Ice Cream day) our Emergency Services who visit for Under 8’s and Fire Education for Yr 1, our local MP , Ms Boyd , Conversation Club, Lions Club, 150 years celebration committee. Your donations of time and services all help to make a huge difference and contribute to the success of our students in so many areas.
So .......Thank you students and parents for making Dayboro a great school!
Finally …. A huge thank you to our Student Leaders and the other Yr 6 students who have been invaluable in our journey at Dayboro this year- thank you to Millie, Rupert, Jett and Duncan as well as all the Yr 6 Sports and Music leaders and cohort. Thank you all for your kind and helpful ways. All of you really do demonstrate and model for others Respect, Safety and Learning in so many ways but most of all you are wonderful students and I wish you all the best for your future at High School. You will all shine!!!
Junior Swimming Term 4
Last Friday we had our Junior Swimming final lessons for Prep, Year 1 2/3C and Year 3’s. Parents were invited to come along and watch what the students have been learning. Despite the consistent downpours many parents came along and it was great the children had a free swim at the end. Thank you to our swimming instructors – Amy, Michelle, Sam and Karen for teaching our youngest learners how to swim. We are looking forward to the Senior Swimming carnival next on the 3rd December.
PREP
We have now finished our 2025 Prep Orientation process. We enjoyed meeting all our new Prep parents and children for 2025. Thank you for taking advantage of this valuable opportunity to visit our school and learn more about our Prep classrooms.
Enrolments for 2025 are still being considered so please if you have an eligible Prep child for 2025 or know someone who does, come and enrol as soon as possible.
We will be emailing all our future Prep families with confirmation of enrolment this week.
BOOKLISTS 2025
BOOKLISTS are ready. Bedrock Books are our preferred supplier for 2025. The BOOK LISTS are on the Bedrock Books website. Please make sure you order for the correct year level for your child/ren.
Our school code is: DAYBSS25
You can also return the hard copy list via email or call Bedrock Books directly.
Please note: Orders need to be placed by Wednesday 27th November to avoid a packing fee of $6.50.
You need to order by 6/1/25 to ensure your Book Packs are delivered before school starts.
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 2024!
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
150 year merchandise – The Perfect Christmas Present – 20% off everything!
With Christmas not that far away, how about considering some of our 150 year memorabilia merchandise for any past students or families? The merchandise is available online and in the school office and is now 20% off! Jump online and check it out, you can now order online for pickup at school or we’d be happy to organise postage.
Uniform Shop
Just a reminder to everyone that the Uniform Shop is now open every Tuesday 8.30am – 9.00am.
Online orders will be packed on Tuesday mornings ready for collection at the school office.
The Tuckerbox
Special Tuckshop: Sushi Day – Monday 2nd December 2024 – orders close this Friday 29h Nov 12pm sharp!
Place your orders in the School 24 events section by midday Friday.
Tuckerbox closed week 11 - Just a reminder that the Tuckerbox will be closed during the last week of term (week 11) for stocktake and our annual cleanout.
Upcoming Events / Volunteer Opportunities
We are Monsters dinner service
Thursday 28th and Friday 29th – 5pm – 6.30pm
The P&C will be providing a dinner service for families attending the musical, we would love some help during service if you can spare some time. Sign up in the School24 volunteer section.
For those attending the musical, you can pre-order your dinner for Friday via the School24 Events section. The cutoff for Thursday evening dinner service has already closed but there is still a chance to order some Sushi for Friday night, jump on now to avoid disappointment. Friday night order cutoff is Thursday midday.
Rhiannon Fealy
P&C President
Library Books
A reminder that borrowing has finished for the 2024 school year. Students in all classes who still have library loans need to return these items as soon as possible.
Reminder slips for missing books will be sent home this week.
Summer Reading Club 2024
The Summer Reading Club is set to begin on the 1st of December! The Summer Reading Club is an initiative promoted through the Moreton Bay Regional Libraries. The goal of this program is to keep children reading and engaged with stories throughout the Summer holiday break. More information can be found on the Moreton Bay Regional Libraries website. There are a range of prizes on offer and parents can join in the reading fun too!
We are also offering Summer Reading Club challenge sheets at school. Challenge sheets are available in the library for students who are interested in participating. Students who complete all of the reading challenges and return their signed challenge form in the new year will receive a prize.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson.
This is the week. Get your tickets using the QR Code on the Flyer below.
The senior swimming carnival takes place next week (Tuesday 3rd December) starting at 9:00am. We aim to be finished by around 2:30pm. Nominations have now closed for this event. There will be a full program of events running on the day, along with sessions of novelty races and a free swim! Please ensure you have completed the consent forms on QParents, or on a paper copy, as no consent means no entry to the pool.
The children have two options for arriving at the carnival. Parents, you may drop children at school by 8:30am to walk down with school staff, or you may take your children directly to the pool to be handed over to staff at the gate there. If you choose the second option, please don’t bring them until at least 8:40am. These children will then be supervised in their house areas until everyone is at the pool. Of course, if you are attending as a spectator or volunteer you may bring your children with you. Rolls will be marked before events begin.
Thank you to those parents who have volunteered to help with timekeeping at the pool – you will be contacted in the coming week to let you know which session you will be required.
Please remember the following details:
- Lunch, sunscreen, hats, plenty of water and sun safe swimming gear need to be packed. There will be shade provided on the day. If hair is below shoulder length, it needs to be well tied up, or a swimming cap needs to be worn.
- If your child is walking to the pool in the morning, please ensure they wear togs underneath their sports house uniform if possible. Closed in shoes must be worn for the walk. The children need to be at school no later than 8:30am!
- If you are dropping your child at the pool in the morning, but they are walking back to school in the afternoon – please make sure they have the appropriate uniform and closed in shoes to wear for this trip.
- The pool canteen will be open for lunch and refreshments.
Kind regards
DSS Sports Committee
