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Dear Parents and Caregivers
As we head into the final four weeks of the school year, there are several events which we look forward to and invite our parents and community members to share with us.
This Friday, we have our Junior Swimming Carnival. Commencing at 9.00am, our Prep- Year 2 students will participate in a range of water activities before finishing at about 12.30pm. Please note that there is no school organised food stall this year and parents are encouraged to pack their children’s own morning tea and lunch for the day. Teachers will have a sign out sheet for parents who wish to exit their child/ren at the end of the event.
Our Senior Swimming Carnival will be held next Tuesday 26 November and will be an all day event. Once again there will no school organised food stall and children will need to bring their own morning tea and lunch for the day.
For both events, please remember to pack hats, water and sunscreen.
Please note the times and dates for other events throughout this newsletter.
Final Assembly Time
Our final assembly for the term will be held on Thursday 12 December commencing at 12.00pm. At this time, our new school leaders will be announced to the school community. Everyone is welcome to attend. Assemblies will continue each Monday until the end of the school year.
Classes for 2020
Classes for next year are being developed and will be available on Thursday 23 January from 8.30am outside the School Administration. All classes are DRAFT until the Day 8 School Staffing Census and are subject to change.
On the same morning between 9:00-10:00am, teachers will be in their classrooms and the opportunity is available for parents and students to meet teachers and drop off book packs. This will be the only time available as teachers will be involved in a Student Free Day program at all other times.
School Leaders Selection Process Continuing
The nominees for the position of School Captains for 2020 will present their speeches to students in Year 3-6 this Thursday from 9.00am. A total of 22 students have nominated for the four positions. It is certainly wonderful to see so many students nominating and willing to be school leaders in 2020. After the speeches are presented, students in Years 3-5 will be invited to vote by ballot, from which a shortlist will be created with successful shortlisted candidates progressing to an interview in coming weeks. Parents are welcome to attend the speech presentations.
Next Monday, after assembly students in Years 3-6 will go to their Sports House Groups to hear short presentations from students nominating to be Sports Captains or Vice-Captains. Again a ballot will be conducted and preferences for all leadership positions will be considered before a final announcement of all the new school leaders is made on assembly on Thursday 12 December.
School Terms in 2020
School commences for students on Tuesday 28 January 2020
Term 1 :- Tuesday 28 January – Friday 3 April 2020 (10 weeks)
Term 2:- Monday 20 April – Friday 26 June (10 Weeks)
Term 3:- Monday 13 July – Friday 18 September (10 Weeks)
Term 4:- Tuesday 6 October – Friday 11 December (10 Weeks)
The Student Free Day for 2020 is Friday 4 September.
Dear Families and Friends
MUSIC NIGHT
Next Monday 25th November is our annual Music Night. It is a very special evening where we get to celebrate and acknowledge the diverse range of talented students in our school. The night begins at 6:30pm. Both the Senior and Junior Choirs will be performing as well as our Instrumental band. There will also be some Soloist performances to look forward to. A program will be available for a Gold Coin Donation. We look forward to see everyone there.
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!
We need a small group of Year 5 parents who would be willing to help with the Year 6 Graduation evening.
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 - INCLUDING THE USER NAME AND PASSWORD. 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.
DATE CLAIMER: Junior Swimming Carnival: Friday 22nd November. Starts at 9am at the Dayboro Pool. Please make sure children have hats and sunscreen. Children are to bring own food for the day as there will be no food provided. Children will return to school about 12:30pm.
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Student Leaders for 2020
As P&C President, I will be sitting in to listen to all the students who are giving speeches for the 2020 School Leaders selection process being held in the Hall on Thursday (21 Nov). Next week, I will then be part of the interview panel to determine the 2020 School Captains. I very much look forward to hearing from all the Students who have put themselves forward for candidates for the various leadership roles for our School.
PROPOSAL FOR NEW SPORTS POLO SHIRTS
P&C has been approached by one school family to consider new look Sports Polo shirts to replace the existing design house colour shirts which been in service at our School for many years. This proposal also provided four different new-look and coloured designs for consideration. For this proposal to be seriously considered, P&C is now distributing the suggested new design options via the School Newsletter and the P&C website so that families can view and gauge interest in changing the existing patterns Sports polo shirts, and if so, which design option is the most preferred out of the four sourced options. P&C will gather school families’ feedback and then table findings for further discussion at a future P&C meeting along with the School’s senior staff. P&C greatly appreciates any feedback you may wish to provide on this proposal for new Sports Polos.
Please forward any feedback to our Secretary for collation: secretary@dayboropandc.org.au
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Volunteer Helpers Morning Tea
The Volunteers morning tea is on Friday 29 November to thank all volunteers to the School, our School Banking volunteers, Tuckshop and Uniform Shop, and to P&C in general, for which invites have been sent out last week. RSVPs need to be received by our P&C Secretary Mia by Monday 25 November so that we can determine the venue and catering.
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 families. More volunteers are needed to help staff and operate both these services. Please consider assisting as both require more volunteers to ensure these can operate effectively not only this, but especially through 2020.
P&C’s final general meeting for 2019 is Monday 2 December at 6.30pm
This will be a quick meeting reviewing the year’s affairs, along with setting the stage for re-starting the work of P&C early in the coming New Year. After this meeting we are joining with Senior School Staff for a social end of year gathering and meal, with more details as we get closer to the date.
Jeff Hopkins-Weise (P&C President)
Maker Space
International Games Week.
We had a very busy week celebrating International Games Week. It was fantastic to see so many of our older students taking the time to show the younger students how to play a number of our board games in the Library. Students were able to use a variety of electronic and robotic resources to play and create games during their breaks.
Book Club
A reminder that Book Club brochures were sent home with students a couple of weeks ago and orders need to be placed by the 21st of November.
Thank you,
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
Year 6 went on Camp to Luther Heights Coolum last week and from all reports they had a wonderful time. Here are some photos showing a lot of happy faces and there will be some stories to tell included in next weeks news letter.
What’s happening at Helping Hands?
A big thankyou to those children who are remembering to bring hats and drink bottles every session; with this warmer weather it is essential hats and drink bottles are brought. We are happy to re-fill drink bottles as needed to encourage children to stay hydrated.
It has been great to see our children engaging and collaborating so positively in various games both indoor and outdoor. Children have problem-solved some tricky rush hour games and constructed exciting things with magnetic tiles and Mobilo. Outside of the house we have seen some great examples of teamwork and leadership in games of newspaper hockey, soccer, cricket and touch football. Our older children have shown patience and empathy to teach their younger peers how to play these games, plus handball and french cricket.
Vacancies are available for both morning and afternoon sessions on selected days, and we welcome all children and families to the service. To enrol your child, please visit www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au, selecting Dayboro as your service and following the prompts to access the iParent Portal. If you have any issues, please contact Jenny at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts on 1300 612 462.
