Connecting with Community!!!

We have had the opportunity to link to our community in several ways this term already!!!

Our school commemorated ANZAC Day with our school service on 24 April. We were lucky to have parents Mr Glenn Wright and Mr Christian Macdougall help our students by speaking with them about the significance of ANZAC Day.

It was great to see how many of our DSS families also attended the Dayboro ANZAC Day March and Community Service. How proud the students were to march/ride under the Dayboro State School name or other community groups!

This weekend, of course was the Dayboro RODEO!!! What another wonderful community event. It was so good to see so many of our families attending. We had some students competing too…. congratulations to Matilda, Abigail, Sam, Hattie and Flo. It was an honour to see you participating and showing all of the hard work you obviously put into your sport!

THANK YOU P&C for providing a community service at the Rodeo – having a child friendly tent with great snacks, activities and the famous chocolate toss. Not to mention the wonderful raffle! Great job team!

Our P&C also provided the community an Election BBQ on Saturday. What a team!!!!!

Engaging our students – Lunchtime Clubs!

We have really been working hard this term to engage our students. One of the ways we can provide enrichment activities is in the form of Lunchtime Clubs or special activities like our Friday Rodeo inspired bush dance. We really try to follow our students’ interests to guide the clubs that we offer. Some of the recent favourites have been:

• Maker Space in the library where the children can get creative!
• Gardening club
• Loom bands
• Wellness club
• Mosaic club
• Bush dancing
• Mentoring - Year 6’s mentors played with the 2D class last week
• Prep mentors – Year 6 students play games with our preppies

Of course, these clubs would not be possible without the overwhelming support of our staff who volunteer to spend extra time engaging our students!!! One of our year 3 students said after the recent Bush Dance - “I love how the school provides treats for the students. It’s like Christmas because we get spoilt and I love dancing!”

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.  There have been some recent changes…..please find attached this version  4  of our Term 2 calendar.

Have a great week!
Gabrielle

Dear Families and Friends

Next Friday, we celebrate and recognise what it means to

be Under 8!

The theme this year is “Unleashing Scientific Thinking through Play.”

What an exciting theme this year. Play and understanding about the Natural world go hand in hand.  We take great pride in our links with the community and we are so fortunate to have many facets of our community involved in our Under 8’s celebration- our local kindies, our police and emergency services, the Scouts,  local high schools and many more help out on the day.

It takes a village working together to create curious, civic-minded, caring, engaged and successful learners for life. How lucky are we in Dayboro to be able to work together and wrap our support as a community around our learners.

Under 8’s Day this week will be celebrated at Dayboro State School on Friday May 16th. See details below. Parents and friends of our younger children in P-2 are invited to come along and celebrate with us! Many thanks to our hardworking P-2 team who have organised this event!

Learning at Dayboro.

The Term 2 buzz around English and reading and comprehending is all about Information Reports/Information Brochures/Information Posters with a focus in the lower school years on learning to read to understand and comprehend information texts and how facts and information about animals is presented in different types of texts.

Look at the responses from a Prep student about their learning below: Amazing!!

Question: What are you learning to read about at the moment? (DP)

Answer: We are learning to read Information texts about animals. We look at the real life pictures and photos to help us. We will read the words to help us understand what they like doing. (Prep)

WEAR YOUR COWBOY HAT DAY 

Thank you to all the students and staff who wore their cowboy hats last Friday to show support for our local Rodeo. Thank you to our P&C for also supporting on the day with the children’s activities stall.

Thank you to our poster competition winners - Gracen, Sophie, Kayla and Abby.

MOTHER’S DAY STALL

This Friday - Friday 9^th May in the hall. Organised by our P&C. Children to bring their money and a bag to take their presents for mum home in.

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

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 11^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.”

Get your School Photo Smile Ready

Leading Image School Photos are coming to Dayboro SS on Wednesday 28^th May 2025 to take our school photos! We have listened to parent feedback and, weather permitting, we will be taking these photos outside. Please ensure you order and pay for all photos online.

No forms will be given to students this year, and as such no money will be taken by the school. The flyer has a QR code for you to scan and access the ordering system. We look forward to welcoming the team from Leading Image to our school and seeing our students smiling beautifully!

Maths at Home

Just like reading, there are many things you can do at home to support your child’s maths development. The more children can see maths applied at home, the more they understand the relevance for maths in their lives.

Cooking is a great way to get children interacting with fractions using different sized ‘cups’, measuring using millilitres, measuring using grams, measuring time duration for cooking etc.

Cooking offers great opportunities for problem solving e.g the recipe says we need half a cup of flour but I only have a quarter cup, could I still measure out half a cup somehow? Or, I need 500 ml of water but I can only see 1L marked on my measuring jug? How can I still use the jug? Or, if it is 2:30pm and we need to bake the cake for 45 minutes, what time will it be ready?

Working in the yard can also provide opportunities for maths thinking e.g we need to turf down the side of the house which is 21 metres long and 4 metres wide, how much turf will we need? Or, we have 2 planter boxes we want to fill with soil to make vege gardens with the dimensions of length:2m, height: 1m and width: 1m, how many cubic metres of soil do we need?

Playing certain games is another way to bring maths into the home. Yahtzee is brilliant for number facts (addition facts for the younger children, multiplication facts for the older children), uno for our little learners, learning their number symbols and colours, monopoly for calculating money amounts (I cannot be held responsible for any family blow-ups playing these games however).

One thing I have often heard over the years is parents saying ‘I was never very good at maths so I know why my child doesn’t get it’. This can often set a really fixed mindset in our children when they hear us saying that. It leads them to believe that if they don’t get it at the start, they will never get it. We encourage a growth mindset at Dayboro which is believing we can get better over time with persistence, teaching, practise and focus. New neurons can be formed at any time if the learning environment is right. It is really important that children know just because maths might take them longer or just because they might not get it straight away, does not mean it will be difficult forever. They need to seek extra help, keep trying, be open to understanding the mistakes and learning from them and they will make progress.

Any questions, please feel free to e-mail me: dmath9@eq.edu.au

Dee Mathiesen (Head of Curriculum)

Upcoming Excursions and Incursions

The following excursions/incursions have now been invoiced to those who have provided consent:

The following excursions/incursions have had consents sent home. Invoices will be sent after the permission due date:

As we now must gain consent prior to invoicing students, only students who have provided consent will have received an invoice. If you are yet to receive an invoice, please contact our Business Managers. All consents/permissions must be provided via Qparents. If you are not yet signed up to Qparents, we strongly encourage you to do so. If you are having any difficulties with Qparents, please contact Jill in the office for assistance.

If you have a credit on your child’s account (including siblings), you can use the credit for the above excursion. 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,

Clare Gault and Cindy Stenson
Business Managers

What a wonderful weekend for our community.  Our P&C team and volunteers were busy serving delicious Bacon & Egg rolls and sausages during the election on Saturday, and on Sunday hosting the kids area at the Dayboro Rodeo.

So many members of our community contributed to making both of these events a great success and we would like to thank everyone involved.

A special mention to our donors, who so generoursly contributed to our raffle prizes and helped to make our weekend so successful.

Dayboro Village Meats, Your Place Mortgage Brokers - Elise Thomson, Form Fitness Club, PEK Electrical and The Dayboro Drop

A special mention to Woolworths Petrie & Strathpine for donating the chocolates for our Choc Throw, which again proved to be a fun activity for the kids (and some adults).

Mothers Day Stall – This Friday!

New P&C Facebook Page

We regularly post updates about the uniform shop, tuckshop and upcoming events on our Facebook Page.  Jump on over to Dayboro State School P&C Assoc. and give us a like and a follow so you don’t miss any updates throughout the year.

Uniform Shop (Open Tuesdays 8.30am-9.00am)

The weather is finally starting to cool.  We have plenty of fleece jumpers and jackets ready for the cooler months.

Uniforms can either be ordered online through School24, or purchased in person on a Tuesday morning.

Any online orders that have been placed during the week will be packed every Tuesday morning and taken to the School office.  You will receive an email when your order has been packed and ready to be collected.

Next Meeting:  Monday, 12th May 2025 at 6.30pm

Our P&C meet on the second Monday of every month, both in person and online.  It is a great opportunity to get to know Mrs Douglas and Mrs Ryan, along with other parents and community members who are all committed to the continued improvement of our school.

If you would like to come along, please contact Steph at secretary@dayboropandc.org.au.  We would love to see you there.

? Common Questions We Get Asked:

Do I have to come to every meeting?
Nope! We know how busy life gets. You can be as involved as you like—whether that’s attending meetings, helping at events, or simply staying in the loop with what’s happening at school.

When do you meet?
We meet on the second Monday of each month at 6:30pm, both in person and online to make it as easy as possible to join.

What does the P&C do?
We work together to support the school, students, and families in all sorts of ways, including:

✅ Running the tuckshop & uniform shop ?
✅ Raising money for important school projects (our current goals: a new playground & air-con for the hall!)
✅ Planning fun school events for students & families ?
✅ Advocating for students and parents by working closely with the school leadership team

The best part? You don’t need any special skills or heaps of free time to help out—many hands make light work! Whether you want to contribute a little or a lot, we’d love to welcome you to our P&C community.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

The 2025 Premiers Reading Challenge reading period began on the 6^th of May.  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). 

Each student will receive a reading recording sheet from their class teacher and additional recording sheets are available at the library. Students have until August to complete the challenge.

National Simultaneous Storytime

Students in all year levels are welcome to join in with the 25^th  annual National Simultaneous Storytime event on the 21^st of May during first break at the Library.  Students are 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.

May is National Family Reading Month

This year is the 29^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 and will go into the draw to win one of 10 prizes.  

Have a great week!

Mrs Wilkinson

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

By the time you read this a number of our students will have participated in the district cross country. Good luck to all of them.

JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY

The junior school cross country carnival is racing up on Monday 2^nd June. All Year P-2 students will be running laps of a 500m course. Kindy students will join us for their own race. Family members and friends are welcome to come and join the cheer squad.

10:00:   Yr P-2 arrive on oval.    

Yr 1 girls 500m

Yr 1 boys 500m

Prep girls 500m

Prep boys 500m

Yr 2 girls 1km

Yr 2 boys 1km

Kindy 500m                                  

All runners will be given a ribbon for participating.

Students need to come to school with:

• house shirt and shorts
• appropriate footwear
• sunscreen
• school sun safe hat (students do not have to run in their hats but they must wear them when not racing)
• plenty of water

SENIOR ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

The senior athletics carnival, for year 3-6,  will be held on Tuesday 17^th June with 800m on 16^th June and an optional 1500m on 23^rd June. More information will be sent out in the next newsletter.

DISTRICT SPORT TRIALS

Expression of interest forms are now on the sports noticeboard in the CSA for the following district trials: 10-12yr softball, baseball, tennis, cricket and girls rugby league. If your child is highly competent in any of these sports and are interested in attending district trials please remind them to write their name on the relevant form so that I know who to talk to.

Clare Marks - HPE specialist

cxmar5@eq.edu.au

Would you like to earn money AND help your local schools? ?

Transport and Main Roads is looking for school crossing supervisors in your area to help get our kids safely to and from school!

✅ Generous casual pay-rate starting at $37.10 per hour

✅ Morning and afternoon shifts
✅ Long-service leave entitlements
✅ The Queensland Government superannuation scheme.

If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, call 3863 9871 to speak with your local Road Safety Officer.

Comment: To be deemed suitable for the role, some criteria apply, which include requirements to:
? pass a health assessment, organised by TMR

? hold a current blue card, cost covered by TMR

? disclose any serious disciplinary action taken against you in public sector employment.

For more information or to apply, contact the school administration office or email CSB.SEQN.RoadSafetyCarseldine@tmr.qld.gov.au