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Dear Parents and Caregivers
Once again our School Choirs performed admirably before a delighted audience of parents and community members at Dayboro Day last Sunday. Both our Little Dayboro Voices and our Dayboro Voices performed several pieces at the Roderick Cruice Park stage. Congratulations to Mrs Janet Almond who worked tirelessly to perfect the students and to our many families who supported the students on the day. Certainly a wonderful showcase for our school! Als
o to be celebrated is the Dayboro “Resident of the Year” Award going to one of our Teacher Aides, Mrs Lorelle Costelloe in recognition of her many years of involvement with the Dayboro Community as a volunteer. Mrs Costelloe was presented with a plaque and perpetual shield by the Federal Member for Dickson, Hon Peter Dutton.
Dayboro Day is a great celebration for our local community. It is always a highlight to witness the town parade and note the number of our students (and ex-students) involved in sporting, scouting and cultural activities in the community. Dayboro is certainly a special place, supportive of our local students and our community. Once again, this was very evident on Dayboro Day.
I would also like to extend a big thankyou to our Prep-2 teachers who organised a wonderful Under 8’s Day last Friday. Apart from our students, it was a pleasure to
welcome children from our local child care centres to enjoy a morning of fun and excitement. My gratitude is also extended to the community organisations and clubs as well as the local emergency services for joining in and helping make the morning a great success. Well done everyone!
Free Dress Day – THIS Friday 31 May
The Student Council will be holding a Free Dress Day with the theme “Crazy” on Friday 31 May. Students are able to come to school with crazy clothes or crazy hair for the cost of a gold coin donation. On this occasion, our Student Council would like to donate the funds received to the RSPCA.
Winter Disco – Date and Theme Claimer
Our School Disco will be held on Friday 21 June ( P-2: 5.30pm-6.30pm and Years 3-6 : 7.00pm-8.30pm). Our Student Council has decided upon the theme of “The Wild West” for this year’s event. More details will be provided closer to the date.
Winter and Flu Season
Winter is almost upon us, bringing cold and influenza season with it. Some of our students (and staff) have already felt the effects of the flu season. Queensland Health’s influenza page , www.qld.gov.au/flu covers the symptoms, how to protect yourself and others from getting sick and discusses appropriate treatments.
Our school will help to prevent the flu from spreading by :
- Encouraging children, staff and visitors to cover their mouths and noses when they sneeze or cough
- Making tissues readily available and ensuring used tissues are disposed of immediately
- Ensuring children and staff wash their hands regularly
- Cleaning our facilities and resources regularly
- Encouraging staff and children with flu-like symptoms to stay at home
If your child catches the flu, please seek medical advice and keep them home until they are feeling well again. Any assistance that can be provided by parents in supporting our school in keeping the flu at bay as much as possible would be most appreciated.
Prep Enrolments -2020
We are already receiving enquiries about our Prep program for 2020. We are pleased to provide information and enrolment information anytime at our school office. However, I am able to advise that our Prep Information and Enrolment Morning will be held on Wednesday 28 August at 9.30am in our School Hall. This will be followed up with Prep interviews for all newly enrolled students from 14-18 October and a Prep Orientation Day on Tuesday 12 November.
If you have a child born between 1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015, he/she is eligible for Prep enrolment at Dayboro State School in 2019. Please note that Dayboro State School has an Enrolment Management Plan in place – please check at http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/catchment/ for further information.
We have had several enquiries regarding enrolling at Dayboro Prep from outside the catchment area. Families who view Dayboro as their school of choice are very welcome to submit an enrolment application, however the outcome of the application will not be advised until late October when available places are allocated in the order of receipt.
I would be pleased if this information could be circulated to people who are known to you and are wishing to enrol in our Prep program in 2020.
Garry Drummond
Principal
Dear Families and Friends
Last Friday we celebrated the Under 8’s in our community with a fun-filled morning of activities, sunshine and lots of laughter! It was wonderful to see so many parents and grandparents as well as the local Kindy and Day Care Providers come along and celebrate with us. Many thanks to our local Emergency Services, Tae Kwon Do masters, Bray Park High students and Bray Park High Cultural Group, Scouts and Kindy team who provided engaging and enriching activities for our students. Thanks must also go to those Yr. 6 students who helped with the activities. The children enjoyed Bubble Blowing, Bracelet making, Mrs Wishy Washy’s Clothes’ Line, Robotics, Fence painting, Flower Blotting, Face Painting, Peek a Boo cups and many more activities. Finally, many thanks also to our dedicated P-2 teachers and teacher aides who worked so hard to provide a wide range and exciting mix of learning opportunities.
More Under 8 Day Photos
EXCITING NEWS! OUR CLASS CHOCOLATE COMPETITION WEIGH IN WAS HELD!
So… the winners of the BIG Chocolate weigh IN were 6C! Their chocolate donations weighed a whopping 43kg. 6C will now receive a Pizza Party at the end of the term. Congratulations and thank you everyone for supporting this fundraiser.
Thank you to all our Choir students and Mrs Almond for their wonderful performances at Dayboro Day on Sunday!
PLEASE SEE BELOW A REMINDER OF UNIFORM EXPECTATIONS AND OPTIONS FOR WINTER.
DATE CLAIMERS TERM 2
Monday 27th May - Assembly- Choc class winners announced.
Wednesday 29th May - Pine Rivers High School STEM visit.
Friday 31st May - Free Dress Day- “CRAZY” Dress Up Day. Gold Coin donations go to RSPCA
Friday 7th June - Choir to visit Conversation Club.
Tuesday 11th June - Ice Cream Day
Tuesday 11th June - Yr 6 Leaders to Parliament House
Friday 13th June - Eight Yr 6 students off to Reader’s Cup challenge.
Thought for the week!
It’s timely to thank our Dayboro community for all they do to support the students at our school!
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Dance Fever
Dance Fever notes and invoices have been sent home on Monday. The cost of Dance Fever for Term 3 is $30, which ends up being $3 per lesson.
Payment is required by Friday 28th June (last day of Term 2). As always, we are able to offer families the option of a payment plan. Please contact the school office to arrange as soon as possible.
Payments can be made from the following methods:
- Online payments - BPOINT
Click here for a direct link to BPOINT.
- Paying by phone.
If you do not wish to process payments online, you are able to pay by phone using a credit/debit card via BPOINT 1300 631 073.
Please quote the CRN and invoice number below.
- Paying in person.
You can pay in person at the Dayboro State School Administration using EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard or cash*.
*Please note, to provide safety to our students and staff in carrying money through the school grounds and community, we are progressing towards becoming a cashless school. Payments made via BPOINT, phone or EFTPOS are encouraged over using cash.
Excursions & Payments
Term 2 is going by so quickly, that our excursions towards the end of the term and now fast approaching. By Wednesday of this week, we will have invoiced all excursions for Term 2. If there are any families that are having difficulty paying for invoices, please contact the school office to arrange a payment plan.
It is our aim at Dayboro State School to allow families enough time to pay for excursions, allowing payment plans to ensure that every student has an opportunity to participate.
First Aid & CPR Course
Dayboro State School is holding a First Aid and CPR course on Saturday 1st June. The course details are as follows:
HLTAID001: Provide CPR
HLTAID003: First Aid
HLTAID004: Education and Care First Aid (this encompasses Asthma and Anaphylaxis training, along with specified first aid for an education setting).
Fluid Learning are once again conducting the training for our staff, and we invite anyone from the local community or businesses that need to update their qualifications to participate.
The course is running from 9am to 2pm, with CPR being held first for those who only need this qualification.
The cost of the courses are:
$60 for CPR
$120 for First Aid
$150 for Education and Care First Aid
If anyone from the community wishes to participate, you will need to register directly with Fluid Learning via their website: https://switchon.fluidlearning.com.au/workshops?_ga=2.74815698.1134535988.1558913668-704514836.1558913668.
Find Dayboro State School and click ‘book’:
Voluntary Contributions
If you haven’t yet donated to the Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme, you can still do so. The below details outline the cost involved, as well as a link to pay online. Payments can be made directly to the school also via Cash or EFTPOS.
The costs involved in the Voluntary Financial Contributions are:
- $50 per student; or
- $100 per family of two or more enrolled students.
The Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme is approved by the P&C each year, and is aligned to the Department of Education policy requirements. By donating to the Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme, Dayboro SS is able to provide classroom resources, home readers and other consumables to enhance learning activities for Literary, Numeracy, Science, Art and Technology.
To pay the Voluntary Contributions online, click here for a direct link to BPOINT.
Congratulations to Lorelle Costelloe
Lasty, a HUGE congratulations to Lorelle Costelloe, a wonderful Teacher Aide at Dayboro SS, who was awarded the Dayboro Progress Association’s “Resident of the Year Award”. Well done Lorelle, we are very lucky to have you in our school and community.
Kind regards,
Clare Ingham
Business Manager
DAYBORO DAY
Despite this year’s overall event in our town appearing to be down in size and numbers, this event has been a very successful Fundraising event for P&C, from which all proceeds of course go towards our School and its students. We have calculated that this year there were 1785x throws at the Choc Throw table and we in fact gave away as various size prizes more chocolate than last year! We also sold a further 176x tickets for our major raffle. Because of the huge generosity of the chocolate donations for the class competition for the Class Pizza Party, we will be using the surplus of chocs to create an array of prizes for the School Disco on 21 June, from best dressed student prizes, through to lucky door prizes, best dancing prizes, and to get teachers and parents involved in the “Western” theme of the night, also want to include a best dressed parent and teacher prizes. P&C would like to sincerely thank all who have contributed to our Dayboro Day Fundraising event this year, from the vast generosity of chocolate donations, through to the hardworking P&C members and other parent volunteers who assisted in the lead up work over past weeks, through to helping out on the day itself. Thank you all!
Another huge shout out thanks of course goes to Craig Doyle Real Estate, who via their extremely popular and fun Kidszone and Parent Chill Out zone held in their car park during Dayboro Day has raised an amazing $1117.00 which is being donated to our School. THANKS SO MUCH!!!
P&C’s Major Raffle
Please consider buying a ticket or two (they are only $2.00 each) in our major raffle this year where the winner receives 4 nights at the Sea World Resort & Water Park for 2 Adults and 2 children, which also includes entry to Sea World, Warner Bros. Movie World, Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast, and Paradise Country over the same 4-day period, plus a Caltex Fuel Card valued at $200, along with food and beverage credit for Sea World Resort & Water Park valued at $100. Books of tickets will be soon be distributed to students, and tickets can also be purchased via our Uniform Shop Co-Ordinator Karen during the clothing shop’s opening times. This raffle will close on 19 June, with all tickets/monies to be returned to the Office on this date, with the prize drawn on 24 June.
Class Chocolate Collection Weigh-in Competition
Well the class winner for the 2019 Class Pizza Party is 6C for a whopping total = 43.3kg!!! Your P&C will now liaise with your teacher to set a date for your Pizza Party. Congratulations 6C! We would also like to thank all classes and their families for their generosity and participation in the competition this year which saw us raise a record total of 215.7kg. A very special mention must be made about the very strong competition that took place this year, and special commendations must be made to the following classes especially for being such strong contenders: 5/6F (16.2kg), 3OH (16.3kg), 5H (16.6kg), 4B (17.4kg), and 1D (18.9kg).
Upcoming events to keep an eye out for include the Book Fair at the Library which will be held over 7-12 June (8.15am to 4.30pm), and of course the Disco on 21 June. Please watch out for all posts on our P&C Facebook page for more details about these events.
Our next P&C meeting is scheduled for Monday 10 June.
Jeff Hopkins-Weise (P&C President)
Testing and Assessment
Teachers regularly monitor and assess students’ knowledge, understanding and application of learning throughout all units of work. Teachers use a range of diagnostic assessment tools to track individual progress in literacy and numeracy so that they can best support each student with their learning needs.
Reporting
Formal assessment of units of work is conducted regularly and parents receive 2 x written reports each year (Term 2 and Term 4) in addition to parent/teacher interviews at least twice per year (usually Term 1 and Term 3). Parents are always welcome to approach teachers for more regular progress updates. Making an appointment via email, telephone or in person will ensure that a suitable time for both parents and teachers is established.
NAPLAN
The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for all students across the nation in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. NAPLAN is made up of 4 tests in the areas of Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy.
NAPLAN tests skills in literacy and numeracy that are developed through all subject areas in the curriculum across time. These tests take place mid Term 2 for Years 3 and 5.
Linda Smith
HOC
Homework Help is available!
Mrs Smith (Head of Curriculum) will be available in Term 2 to assist with any homework questions or support students in completing homework on Tuesday and Friday mornings from 8:15 am in the LEAP room (B block).
This is available for any students needing assistance or for parents with questions about helping their child with homework.
Linda Smith
(HOC)
Year 2’s Excursion to North Pine Dam
Last Wednesday and Thursday, our year two students went on an excursion to the North Pine Dam. SEQ Water led us around their facilities, explaining how it all works and introducing us to all the wonderful wildlife that lives there.
Ruby, a water investigator, invited us to be water investigators with her, so we journeyed our way around the dam with her, learning how to watch and listen to nature deeply.
The qualities we worked on being throughout the day were: CURIOUS, CARING, CONNECTED AND COURAGEOUS.
Have a read of two of our students’ recounts of the day J
Dee Mathiesen, Leanne Anderson, Angela Pretorius
National Simultaneous Storytime
Well done to all of the students who came along to hear the story “Alpacas with Maracas” last Wednesday in the hall. You participated in the activities with so much enthusiasm! It was amazing to see so many students disguised as alpacas shaking their own maracas and dancing along with the music.
We hope you enjoyed the story as much as we did!
Book Fair is on the way!
A reminder that our school Book Fair will be open in the school Library from June 7th to June 12th. The decorations made by the students are looking amazing!
Remember that colouring-in competition entries need to be submitted to the Library by the 7th of June. One winning entry will be selected from each year level to win a prize which will be selected from the Book Fair. Winners will be announced during assembly on June 10th and prizes will be presented by our very special guest - Geronimo Stilton!
Keep an eye out for the Book Fair brochure that will be sent home next week.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Remember to keep on reading! Every book you read in the coming weeks will count towards your Premier’s Reading Challenge total. Reading books can be exchanged at the Library during both breaks each day, as well as during your class’s timetabled session each week.
Thank you,
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
District & Regional Trials
District trials for our 10-12 year old students has almost finished for the year. Please read below for further details on what trials are still left to happen. More information can also be found on the Pine Rivers District Sports website at http://www.pineriverssport.qld.edu.au/ or alternatively come see me on Monday or Tuesday.
We wish Cruz A. and Rohnan M. all the very best for Tuesday 28th May as they compete at the Met North Regional Cross Country Trials. It is a big achievement to get to this level in any sport and we know that they will do our school and district proud. Cruz has also qualified for the 800m event for Regional Athletics and so we wish him good luck for next week as well.
Term 2
Week 6
- Tuesday 28th May 2019: 10-12 YRS Met North Regional Cross Country Trials
Week 7
- Tuesday 4th & Wednesday 5th June 2019: 10-12 YRS Met North Regional Athletics Trials
Term 3
Week 2
- Wednesday 24th July 2019: 10-12 YRS Boys Cricket
School Cross Country Carnival
Already it is time to get ready for our annual Cross Country Carnival which is happening in just 3 weeks’ time, on Tuesday 18th June from 8:50am. Students are encouraged to participate and wear their house shirt on the day. They should also bring with them their water bottle, sunscreen, suitable running shoes and school hat. The order of events is listed below, and families are, as always, welcome to come and watch their child/children. Students will still need to go to their classrooms at the beginning of the day for roll marking and then walk up to the school oval with their classroom teacher.
- 12/13 Year old Boys & Girls – 2km
- 11 Year old Boys & Girls – 2km
- 10 Year old Boys & Girls – 1.5 km
- 9 Year Old Boys & Girls – 1.5km
- Preps – 500m
- Grade 1 – 500m
- Grade 2 – 1km
- Grade 3 – 1km
Students (except for Prep – Year 2) will compete in the age they are turning or have already turned this year. For example, if a student was still yet to turn 10 years old on the 1st of July then they will compete in the 10 year old race, or if they have already turned 10 on the 1st of February then they will also run in the 10 year old age group. The course will be clearly marked out on the day and students will also have the opportunity to walk their course during their PE lesson in the coming weeks. This year there will be only 2 courses marked out, a 500m and 1km course. For the age groups doing 1.5km this means that they will need to do 3 laps of the 500m course and those running 2km will do 2 laps of the 1km course. Both boys and girls for each age group will be out running their course together, however there will be a 1 minute gap between them starting. Our younger students in Prep to Grade 2 will also have some older students running with them to ensure they run the correct way. We look forward to seeing everyone up on our scenic oval.
PE Class of the Week
Congratulations to 1/2A for your wonderful cooperation in PE last week. It was lovely to see and hear everyone work so nicely in groups, to take turns with skipping and being the rope turner. Keep up the great work and you may see the PE trophy again this term. Well done 1/2A!
Mrs Julie Braun
Physical Education Teacher (Monday & Tuesday only)
I feel so lucky to have led such an amazing group of 50 singers at Dayboro Day on Sunday. They sang, smiled and grooved to the music and to an audience who loved it!
Thank you to all those families for bringing the choir members along to a very early Sunday morning performance. It was worth it for our biggest performance yet!
Remember Remember!
If you do not attend rehearsals, you may not be able to attend performances.
♫ Dayboro Voices - (Years 4 to 6)
♫ Little Dayboro Voices – (Years 1 to 3)
♫ Upcoming performances ♫
Dayboro Conversations Club
Who: Little Dayboro Voices
When – Friday 7th June 2019
Where – St Francis Xavier Church, 135 McKenzie St Dayboro.
Jack’s Place
Time – 10:30 – 11:45AM
What to wear – Little Dayboro Voices – Formal uniform, black shoes, hair neat and tidy – no bows!
A permission note is required to attend. Please see your child’s bag as it was handed out on Monday. Ask at the office for spare forms. Interested parent helpers, please contact Mrs Almond – jmalm0@eq.edu.au
Thank you for your ongoing support of Dayboro’s Arts program
Janet Almond Classroom Music teacher and Choir Conductor
CHAPPY CHALLENGE
Chappy Cam would like to invite you to come & play against him in a game. He will be holding this challenge on TUESDAY 1st BREAK (11:00 pm) in the School Hall.
Are you up to the challenge? Do you think you have what it takes to beat Chappy Cam?
Chappy will set up 4 or 5 different activities for you to do – colouring-in, loom bands, spinning tops or marble games or board games or card games or something special.
Chappy Challenge 1st Break on Tuesdays in School Hall.
(pictures are only for display purposes)
What’s happening at Helping Hands Dayboro?
Over the last week our children have continued to show an enjoyment for outdoor play, with games such as red rover, stand up sit down, Amazing Race style challenges with Miss Mele, basketball, touch football and soccer. Inside of the house, mini pool has been a favourite and constructing with magnetic tiles, lego and mirror blocks.
This week we also explored the game Papoose – an Indigenous game that revolves around the use of various Indigenous symbols. Children were enthusiastic to understand the meaning of the symbols and the rules of the game.
During our morning sessions games such as bingo and memory have been popular with the children, and our jigsaw puzzle is coming along nicely.
A reminder with the weather cooling down to make sure children are packing a jumper in their bags for the cooler mornings and afternoons to stay warm.
Bookings for our winter vacation care are now open. Please note that your child/ren must be enrolled with the service prior to bookings being made. Please see below for how to enrol your child at the service. We have some exciting theme days, incursions and excursions coming up so be sure to book in asap to secure your spot.
Our 2019 homework club continues daily from 4:30pm-5:00pm.
We welcome all new families to the service, Helping Hands Dayboro requires online enrolment forms to be completed before attending the service. Online bookings and enrolments can be made through the iParent Portal which can be access through the Helping Hands Network site by selecting Dayboro as your service and signing up following the prompts. If you have any issues, please contact Jenny at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts on 1300 612 462
Have a great week!
