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Dear Parents and Caregivers
Dayboro State School proudly supported the “Walk for Daniel” last Friday. Over 80+ students participated and supported our school’s commitment to providing a safe environment for all our students. Through our gold coin donation we raised a total of $220, all of which has been sent to the Daniel Morcombe Foundation.
Remembrance Day
Our School Captains will represent our school on Monday November 11 at the Remembrance Day Service at Roderick Cruice Park. Our students will be involved in the ceremony, reading poetry, laying a wreath and managing the flag raising. All members of the community are invited to attend with the service commencing at 10.40am.
Prep Orientation Morning
Dayboro State School would like to welcome our 2020 Prep students to an Orientation Morning on Tuesday 12 November from 9.00am. This is a great opportunity for our newest students to become familiar with the Prep classroom and experience some of the activities they will undertake in the first year of school.
Free Dress Day- Friday 8 November
The Student Council will be holding a Free Dress Day on Friday 8 November with the theme of “Celebrating Summer”. Students are invited to wear their summer themed clothing (please - no singlet tops, togs or other non-sun safe clothing) for the cost of a gold coin. All proceeds will go towards end of year Student Council activities.
Planning for 2020
Planning for staffing and classes occurs during Term 4. To assist with accuracy in planning, could I please ask at this stage:-
- Prep Enrolments – Could these be finalised as soon as possible by delivering the enrolment forms and birth certificates to the school office. An enrolment for Prep cannot be confirmed until all the required documentation has been submitted.
- Leaving Dayboro State School (excluding Year 6) – If any of our families are aware that they are moving from the area or the school, could this please be communicated to our school office as soon as possible.
This information assists us greatly with estimating teacher and class numbers for the new year and your assistance would be much appreciated.
Class Formations for 2020
In term 4 we commence planning for our 2020 class groupings. The starting point of this preparation is an invitation to parents to provide important student or educational information for consideration. Requests for individual teachers cannot be considered as staffing will not be finalised for some time and some teachers may be moving to different year levels. Please note that while the issues that impact on the educational needs of the student are a high consideration, our ability to fulfil requests may be limited by staffing allocation, class size numbers and the small number of year level cohorts.
Please email any considerations to principal@dayboross.eq.edu.au by Friday 1 November.
Student Leaders for 2020
Our new school leaders will be selected in Term 4. The process will take place throughout the term and will culminate with the announcement of the new leaders at the final school assembly on Thursday 12 December. School Leaders for 2020 will be inducted at a special ceremony by the State Member for Pine Rivers in February 2020. Interested students have received a nomination form which is due to be returned on Monday 4 November.
The key dates for the selection process are:-
Monday 4 November – Nominations due for all Leadership Positions
Thursday 21 November – School Captain speeches and ballot
Monday 25 November – Sports Captains ballot
Thursday 28 November – School Captain interview process
Dear Families and Friends
Day for Daniel
Thank you to Mrs Mathieson and her team for the organising our “Day for Daniel” school community walk last Friday. It was wonderful to “see the sea” of red walking through Dayboro town and up to school. Mr Drummond spoke to our children about the importance of keeping safe and gave the children some important strategies to follow. Thank you to our students, parents and teachers for taking part in this important event.
PREP OPEN MORNINGS
This term sees the start of our 2020 Prep Orientation visits and Prep Open mornings. See below for details. We encourage all our Prep parents and children for 2020 to take advantage of this valuable opportunity to visit our school and learn more about our Prep classrooms.
Yr 5 Parents Needed!
Year 5 Parents- We need a small group of Yr. 5 parents who would be willing to help with the Yr. 6 Graduation evening.
Date: Wednesday 11th December - 7-10pm. You would be required for a couple of hours on the night to serve food and drinks to the Yr.6 students and their parents. We also need a small group of Yr.5 parents to help prepare the food for the night. The food will be paid for by P and C but they would like volunteers to assist in organising. Please see Karen Ryan DP or Mia Gillies, Secretary of P and C, if interested. You can contact us via the office. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Now that the days are starting to get warmer please remember that it is an expectation that all children wear hats during play times and PE lessons. The rule is “No Hat, no Play!”
Children that do not wear hats are expected to be in the CSA areas during break times.
BOOKLISTS 2020
Kookaburra Educational Resources will be supplying our Student Packs for the 2020 School Year. Please note all orders take place through Kookaburra and can be ordered online or through emailing forms and payment details to Kookaburra. Booklists are also on the Kookaburra Website and our school website. Please note that our school and office staff do not handle any Booklist requests and any enquiries should be made directly to Kookaburra Educational Resources.
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Current Invoices
Students have been invoiced for the following activities:
- Year 6 Camp: $380.00, Due 8th November 2019
There are still a large number of students with outstanding Year 6 Camp invoices. We can accept part payments for students to attend, however need to have a payment plan in place. If you require a payment plan, please don’t hesitate to contact the school office on 3425 6111.
Payment: Plans & How to Pay
Payment plans are available for all families, whether you are experiencing financial difficulties or you would prefer to pay for excursions / camps in a lengthy timeframe. Payments must be made regularly, and must be completed by 29th November 2019. This is to ensure all of our excursions are reconciled and meet financial deadlines.
There are several ways to pay for excursions and school activities at Dayboro State School:
- Online payments - BPOINT
By clicking on the BPOINT link on your invoice, it will take you directly to the website to pay.
- 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 located at the bottom of the invoice. .
- Paying in person. You can pay in person at the Dayboro State School Administration using EFTPOS, Visa, MasterCard or cash.
Paying with Cash
Whilst we are progressing towards becoming a cashless school, we are also phasing out the use of payment envelopes. In Term 4, families who are paying cash for invoices will be issued a receipt at the same time of payment. This means, that are no longer utilising the ‘Permissions and Payments Box’ in the front office.
If students are taking the money to school, they will be required to come to the office before school or at lunch times for payments. Ideally, students making payments should be paid to the office before school, between 8am and 8:40am.
Facilities Hire
As Dayboro State School has a strong association with the local community, we allow community groups to hire certain areas of the school. Our facilities such as the Hall, Under Covered Area (CSA), Oval and Tennis Court are available to hire at a set cost.
All Facilities Hire arrangements need to be discussed with the Business Manager and are approved by the Principal. All fees go directly into the school, whether that be maintaining our grounds and facilities, or providing additional resources for our students.
For more information on our Facilities Hire, please contact the school office.
Voluntary Contributions
It’s not too late to donate to the Voluntary Financial Contribution Scheme! 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.
Kind regards,
Clare Gault
Business Manager
Upcoming Events
As we move towards the end of the year, the following are events which P&C are supporting, including the Volunteer Helpers Morning Tea on 29 November, which is to thank all volunteers to the School, our School Banking volunteers, Tuckshop, the Uniform Shop, and to P&C in general (with invites to be sent out very soon). Year 6 Graduation Disco and Meal Night on 11 December, which P&C will fund the costs of catering and Dance Fever hire, with Year 5 parents organising this evening’s graduation send-off for our Year 6 students.
Final P&C meeting for 2019 will be Monday 2 December at 6.30pm: It was wonderful to have a good attendance at last night’s P&C meeting at School – thank you all who came along! As the year is fast coming to an end, our last general P&C Meeting has now been set for 2 December. This will be a quick meeting reviewing this year’s affairs, along with setting the stage for re-starting the work of P&C early in the New Year. After this meeting, we will adjoin with Senior School Staff for a social end of year gathering and meal, with more details as we get closer to the date. At last night’s meeting, we also set the date for P&C’s AGM for next year, which will be held on Monday 9 March 2020.
Volunteering for Tuckshop and the Uniform Shop
The Tuckshop and Uniform Shop are P&C’s two main business entities which provide important services to our students and school families. More volunteers need to be found or willing to come forward to help staff and operate these school services. Please consider whether you can assist and can come forward to offer your time as volunteers as both require more volunteers to ensure these can operate effectively now and especially in 2020.
Jeff Hopkins-Weise (P&C President)
Woolworths Earn and Learn Thank you!
Our new Literacy and Numeracy resources have arrived…
Thank you to everyone who did such an amazing job collecting their Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers earlier this year. With our 40 047 points (10 000 more than last year) we were able to order many new and exciting resources, valued at over $2500, which have just arrived. Students and teachers from Prep to Year 6 are looking forward to checking out the new games and learning resources to enhance learning in Literacy and Numeracy.
Linda Smith
Head of Curriculum
SENIOR Interhouse Swimming Carnival – Years 3 – 6
Mark your calendars – the Dayboro State School Senior Swimming Carnival is exactly four weeks away!
Our carnival will be held during the day (9am – 2:30pm approx.) on Tuesday 26th November at the Dayboro Pool. We cater for most levels of swimming ability, aim to encourage participation and enjoyment for all students, and provide a higher level of competition for those students who are eligible to be considered for District Nomination in 2020.
We are very pleased to say that there will be no cost for entry to the pool – this includes participants and spectators.
House points and ribbons are given for winners in all levels of events – from swimming the width of the pool right through to the more gruelling 100m event. This gives all children the chance to participate at their own level of ability – while also contributing hard earned points to the Armstrong, Rush and Terrors Houses. ‘Age Champion’ medallions are given out to the boy and girl in the 9, 10, 11 and 12 age groups who accumulate the highest amount of points from 50m events. Encouragement awards will be given to our youngest swimmers – the 8 year olds. As usual, a wide range of novelty events will be organised by staff and House Captains on the day.
Today, all students in Years 3 - 6 should have received their nomination form (on bright orange paper) to choose their events for this carnival. Parents, please ensure that nomination forms are filled out with all necessary details and returned intact to your child’s class teacher by Friday 8th November so that work on the carnival program can begin.
Thank-you!
DSS Sports Committee
Colouring sheets have been sent to classes today. There is a quick turn around required.
All entries must be returned to the office by 9am Thursday 7 November.
