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Good afternoon Parents and Caregivers
Teaching and Learning
Last week saw me enjoy my first full week of teaching and learning across Dayboro State School. Each and every school has its own unique rhythms and ways of working, and whilst an incoming leader can look at data sets to find student achievement outcomes, the burning question is always ‘how’ is the teaching and learning supported, and consistency enabled and maintained across the school. Last week, I had this question answered as I participated in the school-wide CASW process (Collaborative Assessment of Student Work.) where Dayboro year level teaching teams come together each fortnight with our Head of Curriculum to discuss teaching and learning sequences, student achievement, and ensure consistent teaching and assessment across the classrooms. Not every school carves out time for this, so it was wonderful to see the work of teachers being valued and supported through the provision of time for such important collaborations. As the old saying goes, ‘The proof of the pudding is in the eating’. Student achievement data across Dayboro is most certainly a ‘well-made pudding’.
Students – Respect
Last Week on assembly, we refocused on the ‘Respect’ rule across Dayboro State School. One of the loveliest things upon entering Dayboro SS, was the number of students who made eye contact and greeted me with kindness in my first few days. This is an important element of respect, leading into how we treat others, and our own standards for respectful interactions. Schools are busy places with a variety of age groups, personalities, opinions, needs and more. Respecting both ourselves and others is an essential life skill, and it is demonstrated in the ways each individual interacts with the world.
Last week when speaking to classes, in addition to discussing the general expectation of respect across all areas of the school, in the upper year levels we spoke in detail about the expectation of respectful language of students when speaking to teachers and school staff. Whilst schools make countless reasonable adjustments for students every day, to support students to interact positively and successfully with the world around them, normalising disrespectful or aggressive behaviour is not an adjustment that would be considered reasonable, and not would it be an adjustment that is in the best interests of with the child or the adult. We ask that parents ensure their children are aware of the expectations regarding acceptable, respectful communications at school, as this is an important focus, particularly for our senior students as they heard toward high school.
Our school’s Code of Conduct can be found below.
Celebrating Excellence
Congratulations to our incredible Dayboro SS Band, who participated in the Peninsula Music Festival last Wednesday and achieved a HIGH for their performance. This is a wonderful achievement that we are all very excited and proud about. Congratulations students, you represented our lovely school brilliantly.
Mrs Reed has included some photos further into the newsletter.
Digital Learners for the Future Program – 2026
Our Leadership Team recently met to discuss the ongoing provision of the Digital Learners for the Future Program for 2026. As the program progresses, we will continually reflect, assess and plan, taking in new learnings to ensure our teaching best suits the needs of our learners. As such, please note that both the current Digital Learners in years 3 and 4, and our current Year 2 students will soon receive a ‘Forms Survey’ to share your voice. Please keep an eye on your emails as we’d love to hear your voice.
Further information about the Digital Learners for the Future Program and the current setup/requirements etc., can be found on our school website:
Planning for 2026 – Class Considerations
Term 4 is a time of forward planning for enrolments, facilities, resources, and staffing for the 2026 school year. As enrolment numbers are important to well-balanced class allocations, we ask that if you have a child due to start Prep in 2026 who has not yet been enrolled, please contact our Administration Officer ASAP. This will assist us greatly.
It was lovely to meet so many of our 2026 preppies and their families last week. Mrs Ryan and our Prep teachers were certainly busy, greeting and learning about so many little learners who will soon become Dayboro Learners. Such exciting times for everyone involved!
In regard to Years 1-6, if you have any information that you would like us to consider for your child’s class placement in 2026, please email me on the principal email address, Principal@dayboross.eq.edu.au by Friday 7 November. Please note:
- You may wish to include information about family circumstances that should be considered.
- You may like to describe the qualities in a teacher that suit your child.
- We do not accept requests for a specific teacher.
A reminder that we usually only have two classes in each year level, so we cannot always accommodate student grouping requests. Class formation is a challenging task across all schools in Term 4 as teachers consider not only academic data, but the social/emotion needs of individual students, friendship groups, potential conflicts and more. The more classes a school has, the easier this balance is to find, but this can be tricky with only two options, so although requests cannot be guaranteed, our staff work incredibly hard to achieve the best outcomes across all classes, and parent information is an important consideration. Please be reassured that these requests remain confidential.
If your child will not be returning to Dayboro SS in 2026, please notify us via email so that we can ensure our staffing and resources are as accurate as possible.
Thanks so much for your assistance.
Student Leadership Opportunities
We are about to commence discussing with our Year 5 students the leadership opportunities for 2026. We will also begin to include our Year 4 students in this process. We will soon meet with our Year 5 students to discuss the application process for 2026 leadership positions and the timeline for the process. We will also discuss our Leadership Passport that can help guide our students when deciding on whether to nominate for positions.
Below I have attached the leadership process and timeline for this term. We look forward to working with students to provide opportunities and information for electing responsible school leaders.
Wishing you all a wonderful fortnight,
Kathy Dickson
Dear Families and Friends
World Teachers’ and All Staff Day
On Friday 31st October we will be acknowledging and celebrating the important work all our staff do here at Dayboro State School. We have hard working, caring and supportive professionals here at Dayboro who take pride in the work they do every day to make a difference in every students’ learning. Not only do our staff prioritise every student being a successful learner academically, but we also value and teach our students how to be successful life-long learners who are caring, kind and respectful towards others. In our rapidly-changing world, these attributes are more important than ever and teaching our children how to be connected and collaborative with others remains a whole school priority. We thank our Dayboro team for your dedication and the positive impact you deliver.
PREP 2026 INTERVIEWS
Thank you to all our current and future Prep families for attending their Prep interviews last week. It was wonderful to see so many confident and happy new faces. Many we already know because they have older siblings at the school and /or they have attended playgroup and Prep Readiness sessions. It has been very rewarding to work so closely with our amazing Early Educators in our community as we have built and strengthened our relationships over the years and we have seen the difference working together makes for our learners. If you have not yet had a Prep Interview, please contact the office.
PREP 2026 INFORMATION SESSION
The information session for parents is on Thursday 6th November 5:30-6 in the Prep rooms. This is an information session where parents will learn all about the organisation of Prep, what to bring, stationery requirements and uniforms as well.
PREP ORIENTATION MORNINGS
This term we are holding our Prep 2026 Orientation mornings on Monday 10/11 9-9:30 in Prep J’s room and Monday 24/11 9-9:30 in Prep C’s room. These sessions are just for the children to meet the current Prep teachers and become familiar with our prep rooms. Most children will visit with their kindy groups. They do not need to go to both. One session is fine.
A reminder that Playgroup is on this Friday starting at the Helping Hands House 9am. Come along and join in the fun and get to know our school community.
Playgroup fun at the start of the term- Chalk Drawing.
We have had an increasing number of students not having any food to eat at second break. Most children say they have eaten all their food at first break, which is their choice to do so and this is up to them. However, we have had an increase in the number of children, especially younger children asking if they can go to the office at second break to ask for more food. Parents could you help please by having a conversation with your child/ children around lunches please and ask how they are going with the
amount of food provided, keeping in mind we do have two eating breaks. Thanks everyone.
Thank you to all our amazing staff at Dayboro state school. You all go above and beyond and your care and thoughtfulness for all our students is inspiring. We are all working together towards our common goal and hopes for our learners. Helping our learners to be the best learners and people they can be!
BOOKLISTS are ready.
Bedrock Books are our preferred supplier for 2026. The BOOK LISTS (even PREPS for 2026) are on our school website. Please make sure you order for the correct year level for your child/ren for 2026. The password is DAYBORO26.
Swimming for Prep, Year 1,and Year 3 starts next week! Thursday 30/10.
Children will be swimming every Thursday and Friday for 5 weeks- a total of 10 lessons. The last day of swimming will be Friday 28th November. While there is not a Junior Swimming Carnival, this last Friday is our Junior Swimming Showcase where parents are invited to come along on this last day especially and watch their students’ achievements in the pool.
A reminder all students will need a bathing cap and a highly visible sunshirt is preferred to swim.
Please make sure payment and consents have been finalised.
Parent Calendar Term 4
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
The Tuckerbox needs you!
Some of our wonderful regular tuckshop volunteers will be away over the coming weeks, and we’d love a few extra hands to help keep things running smoothly.
If you can spare a few hours, we’d be so grateful — it’s a fun, social way to support the school and keep our hungry little legends fed!
Please note: volunteers (excluding parents of current students) must hold a Blue Card.
To get involved, reach out to Nikita at tuckshop@dayboropandc.org.au or pop your name down on School24.
Even an hour or two makes a difference!
New Menu Items at The Tuckerbox
Our new Tuckshop convenor Nikita has been busy looking at ways to extend the menu to include additional healthy and allergy friendly choices. Be sure to have a look through the menu as we now have a dedicated Gluten Free section of the menu, additions like Fruit Salad and Watermelon to the Snack menu, and extended options available on existing items. If you’ve lost your child’s favourite frozen treats, you can now find them in the ‘Frozen Treats’ section of the menu.
Please note that while all care is taken to avoid allergen contamination, we are heavily reliant on volunteers and have limited preparation space.
Join us this Halloween for our community BBQ!
Grab a sausage sizzle, snow cone, or drink as you wander through town trick-or-treating. It’s the perfect way to fuel your spooky adventures while celebrating what makes Dayboro such a special community.
Friday 31st October
Dayboro Village Meats
From 4:30pm
All funds raised support our playground and air conditioning projects
No tricks, just treats!
Next Meeting – Monday 27th October 6:30pm
(In person and on Teams)
Our next meeting is being held both in person in the admin building and via teams for your convenience. We welcome any members of the community who would like to attend.
If you would like to attend and have any items that you would like to discuss, please send them to Steph at secretary@dayboropandc.org.au so it can be added to the agenda.
Book Club
Book Club for Term 4 is currently open for ordering. This will be the final opportunity to order from Book Club in 2025. Brochures will be distributed to students in the coming days. Families are welcome to view the latest issue of Book Club on line. Orders for Book Club will close on the 24th of October.
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 using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. Alternatively, named 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.
A Wonderful Start to Term 4!
We’ve had a fantastic start to Term 4, with students in 4B teaming up with 1A for our Buddy Class program! The Year 4 students were excited to meet their new buddies and spent time getting to know what makes each of them special - from their favourite activities to what they love most about school. Together they shared stories, solved puzzles and began building some beautiful new friendships.
1A had a great time learning from their big buddies and are already looking forward to more fun activities ahead! All of the students are especially excited about spending time with their buddies in the playground, doing creative projects and having stories read to them by their buddies. It’s shaping up to be a term full of connection, learning and lots of smiles!
Our wonderful band participated in the Peninsula Music Festival on Wednesday and achieved a HIGH for their performance which is a wonderful achievement!
Congratulations students! You represented the school brilliantly!
Also.... If you are interested in learning an instrument in 2026 you need to return your Expression of Interest forms ASAP
To whom it may concern,
The Brisbane Bullets have back to back games for the next 3 weeks and we want you to bring the noise!
We want to offer your school community a special ticket offer. If you use code: BLITZ26, you will receive 1 FREE CHILD TICKET with a PAYING ADULT.
