Supporting the Engagement of our students

We are continuing to work on our 2025 Annual Implementation Plan, and with our Key Priority 2: To promote positive student behaviour in learning through a whole school approach to support student engagement and wellbeing.

Chappy Hannah is one of our DSS secret weapons in terms of student engagement! Chappy is available to support students with any worries they may be having, is proactive in building up our students’ skills, like her Yr5 ‘Girls group’ and also creates a sense of fun and happiness like last weeks Chappy Week activities. Tuesday was of course PANCAKE DAY! Our students loved the opportunity to have a hot delicious pancake for brekky. We had so many community members volunteer – thank you to or Chaplaincy Committee and our local Lions Club, who always support our school.

Chappy also ran a Gaga Ball lunchtime club for the year 2 classes on Friday. They loved the opportunity to play this fast paced and fun game together, supporting each other and celebrating the winners of the game. Thanks Chappy Hannah for all that you do for our students and our community!

Junior Cross Country

This week also saw our youngest learners join in and have fun at our Junior Cross Country.  The weather managed to hold off and a great time was had by all.  Our Kindy Community was able to join us for a race and had a great time being supported by our Parent and School community.

School Review

A reminder that we are currently still collecting feedback from our whole community about our school for our school-led school review. Over the last week, our Student Council reps have been gathering information from our students. Below is a snapshot of our students’ responses to our question: What do you like about our school?

Reconciliation Week

Last week, Claire, our Indigenous Ambassador, 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.

The 2025 theme for Reconciliation week: Bridging Now to Next urges us to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons guide us. At a time when Australia faces uncertainty in its reconciliation journey, this theme calls on all Australians to step forward together. In the #NRW2025 theme artwork created by Kalkadoon woman Bree Buttenshaw, native plants − known for regenerating after fire and thriving through adversity − symbolise our collective strength and the possibilities of renewal. This is a time for growth, reflection, and commitment to walking together.

In her Indigenous Ambassador role, Claire has been sharing stories with our students to help them understand the history behind Reconciliation Week and more specifically, Sorry Day.

Next Monday Claire will talk to the students at assembly about Mabo Day, another important day to recognise in our Australian History.

Renovations at Helping Hands House

We are super excited that the painting has been completed at the Helping Hands house and that OSCH are able to return this week. Thank you to everyone especially the helping Hands staff for being so flexible. We look forward to being able to once again use our lovely cottage!

Student Success

We have had super success in the sporting space with our senior students!

7 of our year 6 students are off to the Regional Touch Football, after being selected through the district sports trials. Congratulations to Imogen , Georgia, Abigail, Isla , Karsyn, Liam and Leo! We can’t wait to hear how you progress!

Karsyn also recently competed at the regional Cross Country Carnival and came 6^th place in the region. Karsyn has now qualified for the State Carnival in July. We will be cheering him on!

Term 2 Parent Calendar Update

Four weeks left of term 2, 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

Upcoming Excursions and Incursions

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

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

Next Meeting:  Monday, 9^th June 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.

So why not stop by, say hi, and see what we’re all about? No pressure, just good company, and a chance to connect with other school families. See you there! 

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.

Rhiannon Fealy

P&C President

president@dayboropandc.org.au

Junior Cross Country

P-2 students had a great day yesterday at the junior cross country with the some amazing fitness levels demonstrated and a wonderful ‘have-a-go’ attitude shown by all. Wear those ribbons with pride. You ran a long way. It was great to see parents, grandparents and friends cheering everyone on. The kindy races were fun and we look forwards so seeing many of those students at Dayboro next year.

Senior Athletics Carnival

Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival

The senior athletics carnival will be held on Friday 20^th June with 800m in the afternoon of 16^th June and an optional 1500m at first break on 23^rd June. Attached is the carnival program. Parents are welcome to come along to cheer on their children.

Students need to come to school with:

• House shirt
• Appropriate footwear
• Sunscreen
• School sun safe hat (students do not have to compete in their hats but they must wear them while waiting)
• Water bottles and lunch. Tuckshop will run as normal.  

Regional Cross Country

Congratulations to Henry, Blue and Karsyn who ran at the Regional Cross County last week. Karsyn came 6^th and will now be competing at the State Cross Country. Good luck!

Clare Marks, HPE Specialist

Dayboro State School (Mon-Tues)

cxmar5@eq.edu.au

HPE specialist

Dayboro State School (Mon-Tues)

Readers Cup

Less than two weeks to go!  We would like to wish both of our Readers Cup teams the very best of luck as they begin their final preparations for their regional competition on the 17^th of June.

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). 

This year we are running an inter-house reading competition.  Each book read will contribute to the total number of books read for each sporting house. 

Congratulations to Terrors who are currently in the lead!  It’s not too late to change the reading results Rush and Armstrong – the reading competition isn’t over until August.

National Simultaneous Storytime

Thanks to everyone who came along and joined in with our “The Truck Cat” story and activities last week for National Simultaneous Storytime.  We hope you loved the story as much as we did.

National Family Reading Month

Well done to all the students who completed their “Read More in May” challenge.  Remember to bring your completed reading logs to the library to go into the draw to win a prize.  The lucky draw will take place this Friday.

Overdue Books Reminder

With a little over three weeks remaining in the term we would like to remind all students to return their overdue library books as soon as possible.  Students who still have books that they borrowed in Term 1 will be given a reminder notice.  Thank you for your cooperation with returning these overdue books.

Have a great week!

Mrs Wilkinson

Book Club

Book Club for Term 2 is now open.  Brochures for this issue of Book Club will be distributed to students as soon as they arrive and the catalogue can also be viewed online.  In this issue you'll find award-winning books and bestsellers, as well as old and new favourites.  The books included in this issue span a wide range of children’s reading levels and interests with prices starting at just $3.  

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.

Orders are due Monday the 9th of June.