Dear Parents and Caregivers

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to Term 3.  I hope everyone enjoyed a restful break and are now ready for another busy term.

During Term 2, our way of doing business as a school was interrupted by the impacts of COVID-19.  This pandemic had us rethink and realign our school processes to ensure that the health, safety and wellbeing of our community was safe guarded.  I would again like to thank our school community for your understanding and support during this time. 

At this time all processes put into place in Term 2 will remain and any variances will be promptly communicated to our school community. Upon advice received from our Department, it is most likely that the current restrictions will remain in place for the whole of Term 3.

I would also like to extend a thank you to Sergeant Ken and his team of School Watch volunteers who keep a close watch on our school during the holiday breaks. This is much appreciated by all our students and staff.

Mandatory Attendance and Late Arrivals to School

Up until the end of Term 2, parents had the option of keeping students home for medical reasons or with concerns about Covid-19.  This period has now ended and parents are advised that all students should now be back at school, unless absent for illness or have a medical certificate to suggest otherwise.  More stringent measures will be employed from this week to follow up upon non-medical related absences. It is important that the office is advised of all student absences. 

Of increasing concern is the number of late arrivals to school and the portion of time that some students are missing in the mornings.  Mornings are prime learning time and some students are missing valuable learning, usually reading tuition, at this time. Please give consideration to arriving at school on time and assist your child’s teacher in maintaining an uninterrupted momentum in the classroom.

School Opinion Survey Closes this Friday

Thankyou to the many families who have already completed the Parent Opinion Survey.  This short survey will provide important information for our future planning and your input is valued.  There is still time to complete the survey – it closes this Friday.  Have your say by clicking on the link below.

Prep Enrolments -2021

We are already receiving enquiries about our Prep program for 2021. We are pleased to provide information and enrolment information anytime at our school office.  However, I am able to advise that our Prep Information and Enrolment Morning will be held on Wednesday 19 August at 9.30am in our School Hall.  This will be followed up with Prep interviews for all newly enrolled students from 19-23 October and a Prep Orientation Day on Tuesday 10 November.

If you have a child born between 1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016, he/she is eligible for Prep enrolment at Dayboro State School in 2021. Please note that Dayboro State School has an Enrolment Management Plan in place – please check at http://education.qld.gov.au/schools/catchment/ for further information.

We have had several enquiries regarding enrolling at Dayboro Prep from outside the catchment area. Families who view Dayboro as their school of choice are very welcome to submit an enrolment application, however the outcome of the application will not be advised until late October when available places are allocated in the order of receipt. 

I would be pleased if this information could be circulated to people who are known to you and are wishing to enrol in our Prep program in 2021.

Garry Drummond

Principal

Welcome back everyone to Term 3!

Big events this term include Dance Fever lessons. These lessons are part of our school curriculum and will be happening every Thursday for every class. Our first lessons start this Thursday, so payments need to be finalised before then. Please make this a priority this week.

Parents will also have the opportunity this term to discuss their child’s learning progress in parent teacher interviews that are scheduled for Weeks 9 and 10 this term. These interviews may be conducted in a variety of ways via phone, email or face to face. There will be more detailed information provided later in the term.

Also remember to name personal belongings like jumpers, hats and drink bottles. We had quite a collection of items in the Lost Property box at the end of last term that we could not return to their owners as they were unnamed. Thank you for your support!

IMPORTANT PBL NEWS!   (I SAW THE SIGN…..)

Exciting news…. Our PBL team (Positive Behaviour for Learning) team has been working hard on organising big, bright and bold signs  (in Dayboro school’s colours , of course) to be placed around the school. These signs clearly state our behaviour expectations for each area of the school such as the Tuckshop, Office and Playgrounds and provide an effective visual reminder to all- students, teachers, and visitors about how to Be Safe, Be Respectful and Be a Learner in all areas of our school. The rules have not changed and continue to be taught in classes and on Assembly in a positive and supportive manner. Our signs are a further way of helping students to make positive behaviour choices. Thank you to our clever team of teachers, teacher aides and office staff for working together to create these designs. They look amazing.

 

Author Visit – Dr Cameron Stelzer, The Story Doctor

On Wednesday 22 July, we have a special visit from Author and Illustrator Dr Cameron Stelzer. Dr Cameron is visiting Dayboro State School to run workshops with our P-6 students. Prep and Year 1 students will enjoy an interactive Big Screen Book Reading and follow-along drawing activity with Cameron. Year 3-6 students will be taking a behind-the-scenes look at creating a book, and applying their own creative components. Students and teachers are looking forward to a great day!

Our Learning Team has organised this visit to be conducted at no cost to our families. We, as a school, are providing this visit to enrich, engage and inspire future budding authors in our school and to help all children gain an insight into how an author works. Thank you to our Learning team for putting this event high on our agenda of engaging and encouraging all our learners to love writing and reading.

In conjunction with the Author Visit, Dayboro SS families have a special opportunity to purchase signed and personalised copies of Cameron’s books at special prices. Individual books are $15 each and there are also exclusive book sets available. Students will receive an order form on the day of the workshops. Forms and payment can be returned the following day, Thursday 23 July.

Thank you to everyone, students and staff, for our amazing 100 year celebrations on Thursday 25th June last term. It was a wonderful day of celebrating , commemorating and remembering. We hope you got a chance to see all the photos on our new Dayboro Facebook site.

Link below:

NCCD

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”

P&C Meeting – 20 July 6:30pm Virtual Teams

Welcome back to Term 3!

Our next P&C General Meeting is scheduled for Monday 20 July at 6:30pm. While P&C Meetings are now permitted on school grounds observing physical distancing requirements, due to the positive feedback received from our first virtual meeting, we will again be offering a virtual meeting this month. Please send through your interest in attending to Mia at secretary@dayboropandc.org.au so that a Team Meeting link can be provided to you.

Tuckshop

Welcome news this term! Volunteers have been approved to assist in the tuckshop under strict guidelines. That means we can start to return to full service over the coming weeks as our awesome volunteers start to return. Yay!

Stage one – Starting this week!

• Return to Full Menu
• Split Grade Tuckshop Days
• Prep to Grade 2: Wednesday’s only
• Grades 3 to 6: Friday’s only

Stage two – anticipated to start 29^th July

• Full service
• Full Menu
• All grades, both days!

Ordering Deadlines:

• Flexischools: 1am the day of service
• Brownbags: First bell the day of service

French Day 24 July – Special Menu

On Friday 24^th July, the school will be celebrating French Day, encouraging students to dress in their best French themed outfit and enjoy some tasty French food from the tuckshop!

A menu will be sent home with the oldest in the family and published on Facebook shortly. All orders will be due by 9am Wednesday 22 July.

On Friday 24^th July, all grades (prep – grade 6) will be able to order!

100^th Year Celebration

A HUGE thank you to Alison, Heather, Jenny, Lorelle, Mrs Ryan and many teachers for helping to bring the special tuckshop day together.  Over $800 was made which is a fantastic achievement and a very welcome injection of funds. After expenses and wages, all profits raised through the P&C Tuckshop go towards key projects to support the school to achieve great outcomes for our students. This year we have contributed to subsiding swimming lessons and hope to contribute to a new Senior Playground.

Thanks

Mareeta

President

Assessment and Reporting

Semester 1, 2020

Dear Parents/Carers,

Remote Learning during Term 2 has resulted in a change to the way teachers will be reporting to parents on student progress during Semester 1, 2020. Education Queensland has determined requirements for all state schools in consideration of the time students have been ‘learning at home’ that means the school academic report you usually receive in Week 10 of Term 2 will look a little different.

At Dayboro State School teachers report to parents about:

• the learning expectations for the student;
• the student’s achievement against expected standards;
• how well the student is engaging with the expected learning; and
• how the student may be able to improve.

Key Changes to note for Semester 1 reporting:

• Only 4 Key Learning Areas will be reported on in Semester 1 (Years 1-6): English, Maths, Science & Health and Physical Education (HPE);
• English, Maths, Science & HPE will each have a rating of student achievement on a 5 point scale (A-E for Years 3-6; VH to SR for Years 1-2), but no teacher comment;
• An Overall Comment only will summarise student learning progress in Prep (no ratings in English, Maths, Science or HPE)
• All students P-6 will receive a rating for Behaviour (5 point scale from Excellent to Needs Improvement)
• All students P-6 will receive an Overall Comment on student progress for the semester.

To ensure fair and valid assessment for all students upon their return from Remote Learning, Semester 1 reports will be delayed until Week 2 of Term 3. Reports will be emailed home on Wednesday, 22 July.

Parent/ teacher interviews are scheduled for the end of Term 3, 2020, as per the school’s normal reporting schedule. It is expected that all Key Learning Areas for Prep to Year 6 will be assessed and reported on in Semester 2, as usual.

If you have any questions regarding the changes to the Semester 1 school report for your child, please contact Mrs Linda Smith or Mrs Karen Ryan via the school office.

Regards,

Linda Smith                                                                            Mrs Karen Ryan

Head of Department (Curriculum)                                       (Deputy Principal)

The importance of Learning Goals 

What are your child’s learning goals for Term 3?

Depending on the age of your child, they might include:

• to write a sentence using a full stop and capital letter at the beginning;
• to solve a two-step Maths problem;
• to work co-operatively with others; or
• to identify the language features of a poem.

Teachers and students in all classrooms at Dayboro SS will be working together this week to identify each student’s learning goals for Term 3 and the steps needed to achieve these goals.

The starting place for all effective instruction is designing and communicating clear learning goals. Marzano (2009)

Ask your child tonight what his or her learning goals are for this term and what he or she will need to do to achieve them. Your support will have a huge impact on their learning.

Regards,

Linda Smith, Head of Department (Curriculum)

Invoices Due:

Students have been invoiced for the following activities:

There are still outstanding payments for Dance Fever due. If you are yet to pay, please note your child will not be able to participate until a payment has been made. You are able to pay in instalments, however a financial commitment must be made prior to this Thursday 16^th July. To arrange a payment plan for part payment, please contact the office. We would hate for any child to miss out on this fantastic curriculum opportunity.

Upcoming Invoices:

Please be advised of the following invoices that will be occurring this term:

Gala Day has been given the ‘go ahead’ to run this term, so will be invoiced by the end of this week. Notes & permission slips will be sent home by the end of this week also.

Payment Methods & How to Pay

Payment plans are available for all families, whether you are experiencing financial difficulties or you would prefer to pay for excursions/incursions/camps etc. in a lengthy timeframe. Payments must be made regularly, and must be completed by the 27^th November 2020.

Dayboro State School accepts and encourages the below payment methods:

• Qkr! by Masterpass.

This is a new payment option to our school, and we have been very excited to introduce to our parents! It is very simple and easy to use, just follow the steps of the below image.

Qkr! is used by many high schools, including our feeder high schools, so it is a great opportunity to begin using it.

• 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, they are to bring it directly to the office and wait for a receipt – we no longer have the option for students to leave money in an envelope. 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
Business Manager

Some of you may already know that over the past few weeks, the students in Prep, Year 1, 2, and 3 have been performing songs we have been learning in music class for their assessment.

First and foremost, I want to say that my students were all incredibly brave to stand up in front of me, (and most of them, in front of the class as well) and perform a piece of music. I certainly learned a lot about each of these young people, and I hope many of them realised how successful they were in being confident enough to perform before their peers.

As performance is a huge part of learning music, I am sending this message to encourage these young people to continue maintaining their confidence. I was sincerely impressed, and am proud of every single one of them.

Parents and teachers, please take this opportunity to congratulate and encourage these incredible young people. Building their confidence to stand in front of their peers is not only important for their learning in music and other school areas, but an essential life skill that I look forward to helping support while I teach at Dayboro State School.

Once again, I am sincerely proud of all of these brave students, and I look forward to working with them in Term 3.

Regards

Mr Jesse Moulds

Music Teacher

Where’s Spot? 

Entries will close on 21^st August, 2020.

2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge Reminder

The 2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge began on May 11^th and is open until August 28^th.   We hope everyone took advantage of the holiday break to read!

Reading recording sheets are available on the Premier’s Reading Challenge website in the Downloads and Forms section.  Recording sheets can be collected from the school Library.

Thank you for you continued support,

Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.

100 Days of Prep

During the first week of this Term, we will have been at Prep for 100 days. The Preps in Prep 1/D, Prep J and Prep T will be participating in activities to mark this special milestone. On Friday, July 17^th we are going to have a dress up day. We thought it would be fun to dress up as centenarians and have a picnic lunch and play some games in the hall.

Your child can dress up as an older person. Cosy flannelette, corduroy, tracksuits, cardigans, vests and overalls would be suitable. Baby powder is handy for greying the hair. For lunch, your child can bring their own as usual, but we will be setting out some picnic blankets in the sun. They can bring in something to share as well if they like, such as little cakes, fruit and slices. After the picnic, we will be going to the hall to have some more fun.

French Day

This year’s French Day will be held on Friday, July 24. This is an event for all year levels. You still have time to organise a costume celebrating all things French. Over the years I have seen all sorts of costumes: dancers, artists, sports people, mime artists, models, chefs, Eiffel Towers, and even a croissant. What will you come up with this year? Some other options are dressing in the French colours which are dark blue, white and red, or wearing clothes with French words or pictures on them.

Remember to order your delicious French-themed food from the tuckshop. French classes will also be doing a special activity next Friday.

Madame Shaw

French Teacher

Hi everyone, welcome back to Term 3.

Below I have added a little report on Term 2 to look back and remember what we did.  I'm looking forward to seeing you all and having some fun in Term 3.

Chappy Andrew

Vacation care was filled with a variety of activities across different theme days such as first aid, art and craft day, challenge the educator, wheels day and winter wonderland. Activities included learning CPR, practicing bandaging, challenging educators to board games, dance offs and skipping. Children also enjoyed making fake snow, crowns and block hospitals, while hospital tag, first aid charades, badminton, balloon tennis, blanket tennis, animal red rover and obstacle courses kept our children active throughout each day. It was great to see children engaged and building friendships. We anticipate the spring holidays will be just as exciting.

A big welcome back to all our families for term three. We have enjoyed catching up with you all and hearing all about what everyone got up to. A reminder to bring a drink bottle and a hat to each session.

If your child/ren will be absent from a session, please ensure they are marked absent on the iparent portal. This is done under the bookings tab by selecting the date/session and clicking the red x on the right. Please see one of our educators for support if you are experiencing issues making or managing your bookings. Please also ensure you are able access your iparent portal – this is where you make and amend your bookings and receive notifications, messages and newsletters from us in addition to this fortnightly segment.

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.