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Dear Parents and Caregivers
Parent Teacher Interviews
Our school is offering face-to-face or telephone interviews with parents for Term 3. Typically, the interviews are held in Weeks 9 and 10 (from 7- 18 September), however some teachers have elected to commence the process earlier this term. If they haven’t done so already, teachers will be communicating information about their availability for interviews in the near future. I would encourage each parent to take the time to talk about their child’s progress and development with the class teacher. To be COVID-Safe, please ensure that when visiting the school that all required protocols are carried out, as advised by the individual teachers.
Movie and TV Free Dress Day – Next Friday 28 August
Our Student Council is inviting students to dress as their favourite Movie or TV character for a free dress day this Friday. The cost is a gold coin donation. The Council have selected the Anglicare Homeless Youth charity as the recipient on this occasion.
Student Free Day
Our school will be closed on Friday 4 September for a Student Free Day. Our teachers will be engaged in a range of professional development and training activities throughout this day. Please note there is no student free day in Term 4 this year.
Prep Enrolment Information
Our annual Prep Information Session was held last Wednesday. If you were not able to attend please contact the school office for an enrolment information pack. 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.
Our Prep Interviews are being held between 19-23 October. Please organise a time with the school office if this has not already been done. An orientation day has been organised for Tuesday 10 November and will be followed up by morning visits on 16/23/30 November. All enrolment packs should be returned as soon as possible to the school office.
Garry Drummond
Principal
Dear Families and Friends
Well, it is getting closer to the end of term and the last few weeks are looking busier than ever. Parent Interviews have been booked and are ready to start in Week 8, 9 and 10! If you haven’t already made a time please take advantage of this valuable opportunity and organise a time to speak with your child’s class teacher. Just a reminder also that over the last two weeks of this term teachers will again be involved in Curriculum Planning days. Please be aware that there may be different teachers on your child’s classes over the next two weeks while teachers are released off class to collaboratively plan and moderate with their Year Level teams.
Also, please look out for Swimming Notes being sent out this week for Prep-Yr 2 (2/3L included) classes. Swimming starts next term in Week 3 of the term for these Year Levels.
As we head closer to the holidays, it is important to remember to remind children to keep focused on their work at school and at home.
Homework, especially reading homework, is an important part of being prepared for learning and revising concepts taught in class, at home, helps children at school. I would encourage all children to be reading or read to every night!
WRITING AT DAYBORO.
Best ways to support writing at home
- Provide a place for your child to write. ...
- Read, read, read! ...
- Encourage your child to keep a reflective journal. ...
- Provide authentic writing opportunities for your child. ...
- Be a writing role model. ...
- Start a vocabulary notebook. ...
- Ask questions. ...
- Help your child publish her writing.
Parent Teacher interviews notes have gone home last week. Please look out for them. The interviews will begin in Week 8 and continue until the end of this term. Please make a time to speak with the teacher via phone or face to face. If you are visiting the classroom for the interview please remember to sign the Covid register at the office counter before proceeding to the classroom. This applies during office hours from 8am- 3:30pm. If after these times, the teacher will have the register in their classroom.
FATHER’S DAY STALL- DATE CLAIMER
Finally a big thank you to our P&C and their band of helpers for their organisation
and holding of our Annual Father’s Day stall. Once again the children will be very excitedly choosing and purchasing their gifts for their Dad’s. We hope all our fathers, grandfathers and special others have a fabulous day.
DATE CLAIMER- EXCITING EVENT COMING FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
Dayboro Railway Centenary Celebration – Saturday 26th September 2020
Dayboro District Historical Society Inc is hosting a Dayboro Railway Centenary Celebration on Saturday 26th September 2020 on Brisbane Bus Lines block, cnr Williams & Heathwood Streets, Dayboro. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, plans have had to be changed. However, the Railway Centenary display will be open to the general public from 11.30am to 2.30pm that day so please stop by and have a look. Please remember the social distancing regulations.
Dayboro State School is also in this photo- Building up on top of the hill on the far right.
A big thank you to all our team here at Dayboro for a putting on a highly successful Prep Orientation session last Wednesday morning. It was wonderful to see so many families, new and old, seeking to enrol their students at Dayboro and coming to hear all about our school. We look forward to meeting your Prep children at the Interview sessions as well as at the Open Mornings being held soon. Please make sure you get your enrolment forms in as soon as you can.
Dates as below:
Have a great week!
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
What parents can do at home to help your kids with Maths
- Maths today is about understanding number patterns and thinking mathematically, not learning by rote.
- Saying "I was bad at Maths too" is one of the worst things you can do as it lowers their own expectations of themselves.
- There is always more than one way to get the right answer.
- Children are taught mental strategies, like using number lines, to work out problems in their heads.
- Ask "What is the question asking you?"
- Draw pictures to help them visualise.
- Practise number facts appropriate for their age/ ability/ interest (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
- Don't jump in with the answers.
- Stay positive.
- Explain how math applies to real-life situations and challenge them to help you solve the math problems you encounter when you're out together, such as figuring out how many apples to buy or calculating change. Your child will be more interested in mastering Maths if they realize its value.
- Encourage them to talk to their teacher if they need more help with their Maths.
The following websites may assist your child with Maths:
(All DSS students have a student log-in and password as this program is used at school)
Regards,
Linda Smith
Did you know that you can WIN a $20,000 Ultimate Family Experience by setting up your student profile online and raising $1 online? Just head over to schoolfunrun.com.au. Once you’ve created your page there are some great things you can do. You can sign up for online fundraising, pick your target prize and even become a fundraising superstar!
Thanks for supporting us with your fundraising efforts, we look forward to celebrating with an amazing day!
Father’s Day Stall – 31st August!
Coming up next week! We’re so pleased to be able to offer a Father’s Day Stall (fingers crossed nothing changes) and we are looking forward to helping the children choose something special to show their appreciation and love. This is a great opportunity for children to learn the basics of money and purchasing and helpers will be available to help them on the day. Items range from $3 - $8 each. Change or small notes would be appreciated and don’t forget to send a bag with them so they can carry their gifts safely.
We’re still looking for volunteers to help from 12 – 3pm Monday 31st August. Sign up below!
Thanks
Mareeta, President
Pine Rivers State High School Thank You!
Science Incursion Wed 12th August 2020
On Wednesday 12th August Pine Rivers State High School staff visited students from Prep to Year 6 for a Science Immersion visit to celebrate National Science Week. Students visited the school hall and took part in hands-on activities and learnt about science concepts by engaging with the interactive displays.
Prep students learnt about “weather in my world” and made a pinwheel.
Year 1 students learnt about “changes around me” and made a sundial.
Year 2 students learnt about “water works”, watched a world’s water demonstration and made a water filter to filter dirty water.
Year 3 students learnt about “hot stuff”, watched a wine to water demonstration and made a lava lamp.
Year 4 students learnt about “material use” and watched a density column be made and discovered the non-newtonian properties of cornflour slime.
Year 5 students learnt about “matter”, performed a states of matter dance and made a volcano in a vial.
Year 6 students learnt about “weather detectives”, watched a cloud-in-a-box demonstration and made their own barometer.
Thank you so much to PRSHS teachers Ms Brennan, Ms Berry and Ms Campbell, and their Science Technicians, Ms Ebert and Ms Harvey, for the huge organisation involved in preparing for and running the activities on the day. Dayboro State School students had a fabulous time and really enjoyed all the activities.
Mrs Linda Smith
Head of Department (Curriculum)
Last week on parade, 2M performed ‘Don’t Give Up’, a song by Bruno Mars and Sesame Street.
We have been practising this song all year to remind ourselves that we should never give up even when things get hard. We should keep on trying and learn from our mistakes and don’t stop just because things are tricky.
When we were deciding as a class to sing this song on parade, we had a lot of nervous kids who didn’t want to do it. So the discussion about learning outside of our comfort zones came up. We learnt that our comfort zone is the place in our lives where everything we do is easy and comfortable and not much of a challenge. If we want to challenge ourselves and learn new things we need to get outside of our comfort zones and try to do the things that are tricky or not easy to do the first time. When we do this, we learn more and our comfort zones grow bigger.
We ALL got up on stage and had a go and didn’t let the nerves stop us from getting out of our comfort zones. We are very proud of ourselves and now we know we can do it. Next term, we may sing another song on parade.
Dee Mathiesen
Classroom Teacher
Maker Space
It has been wonderful to see so many creative students making use of the maker space over the last few weeks.
One of the challenges this week was to make a paper plane to launch from the Library veranda. Some planes flew amazing distances, while others flew with style and grace!
Where’s Spot?
Thank you so much to all of the students who entered our “Where’s Spot?” competition. Interestingly, none of the entries that were submitted to the Library were able to identify all ten of Spot’s hiding places correctly – we certainly succeeded in being tricky!
The following students were very close with nine correct responses and they were presented with a prize duing assembly last Monday.
Congratulations to:
Sophie P
Karsyn J
Olivia W
Abigail G
Emily D
Abby S
2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge – Final Week
The 2020 Premier’s Reading Challenge reading period ends this Friday the 28th of August.
Students are reminded to hand their completed challenge forms in to their class teacher on Friday to ensure they are eligible for a certificate later in the year.
Thank you for you continued support,
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
Good Afternoon Parents and Caregivers
In the past fortnight our children have engaged in various craft activities such as Indigenous symbols finger painting, rainbow handprint art, lion leaf art, chalk firework art and popped bubble art. These activities have allowed children to demonstrate individual creativity and work towards creating a piece they can be proud of. We have also been utilising the art for kids website to develop our drawing skills once a week – it has been encouraging to see children’s development in their perception and confidence in their own capabilities.
Outdoor activities have included hopping out your name, where the alphabet is written on the concrete and children were required to hop to each letter of their name. This required gross motor skills and challenged children when needing to increase their hopping distance. Moovosity continues to promote different activities such as from planet to planet, where children needed to use spatial awareness to avoid landing on craters and atoms.
A reminder to please ensure the gates into the service are closed after entering/departing. This is to ensure we remain compliant with National Regulations and keep all children in attendance safe. We thank you for your co-operation with this.
Due to COVID-19, we are continuing our sign in/sign out area outside of the service; this means adults are not permitted to enter the building. Families will be informed when this restriction has been lifted and we appreciate your patience with this.
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.
Would you like to join in our exciting morning and afternoon sessions? Vacancies are available for both morning and afternoon sessions 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.
