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Asking our students about their learning….
Teachers at Dayboro State School, have been working on targeting our teaching and providing feedback for our students. To understand what our students know about their learning ad how to be successful or what is their next step in learning, we use Lyn Sharratt’s (2019) 5 questions:
- What are you learning? Why?
- How are you doing?
- How do you know?
- How can you improve?
- Where do you go for help?
Our teachers have been asking student the 5 questions during their learning and when our leaders visit classrooms, this is a great way to see how our students ae understanding their role as a learner. It is wonderful to talk with the students when I visit classrooms. They are always excited to talk about their learning and their progress.
The students’ answers allow us to reflect on whether the students understand what will make them successful, require feedback, or need help to access the supports in the classroom. Teachers can then target their teaching and feedback. We love seeing students take charge of their learning!
Uniforms
As the weather gets cooler, it may be time to visit the uniform shop! Please remember that students need to wear a Dayboro SS jacket or navy jumper and trackpants to keep them warm. Girls may like to wear navy tights. Please discuss these expectations with your child. A reminder that our uniform policy outlines that their school shoes should be plain black and socks navy or white.
Thank you for your support!
Have a great week!
Gabrielle
Dear Families and Friends
This week we celebrate and recognise what it means to be Under 8!
At Dayboro we highly value and support our early childhood team in nurturing and unlocking the vast potential our Prep- Year 2 children all possess. Our younger age cohorts bring such a wonderful sense of curiosity, wonder and playfulness to our school environment and it is these qualities we treasure and encourage in all our students.
Like our young children, we should never forget what it means to ask questions, enquire thoughtfully, ponder purposefully and generally have a sense of curiosity about the world around us. Every great discovery, advancement in medical science, new planet and progress towards a new and exciting discovery started with the question WHY? The theme this year is “Children celebrating outdoor play and learning!
Under 8’s Day this week will be celebrated at Dayboro State School on Friday 21st May. See details below. Parents and friends of our younger children in P-2 are invited to come along and celebrate with us! Many thanks to our hardworking P-2 team who have organised this event!
This Friday is P&C Day. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our hardworking P&C team who work tirelessly to support our school initiatives. The money they raise goes to support major projects that help make our school a better place for our children. We are fortunate at Dayboro that our P&C continues to grow and helps to play a major role as partners with our school team. Parents are always welcomed and helpers are always needed. So please consider supporting our P&C. It’s a great way to meet other parents too. As the saying goes, “Many hands make light work!” Thank you Dayboro P&C. You really do make a difference.
Thank you to all the students and staff involved in NAPLAN testing last week. You all worked very hard and should be congratulated on your efforts.
WINTER IS ON ITS’ WAY!
Thought for the week!
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Head of Department (Curriculum) Update
Reading in our modern world is more important than ever. When your kids see you reading and writing in everyday life – reading for pleasure, sharing a story with them, using a recipe, making a shopping list, writing a birthday card, reading street signs, or reading and writing emails – it teaches them that reading and writing are useful skills.
Reading with your child at home will help them in all learning areas at school. Often teachers will ask you to listen to your child read at home. This is a good way to support your child's reading. You can borrow books from your school library or your local library.
What parents can do at home to help their kids with reading PART A
- Be confident that your child will learn to read. Give positive messages and involve them in everyday conversations and opportunities to read.
- Read aloud to your child. It helps them to learn about the language of books and will encourage them to enjoy books and reading.
- Read to your child in your home language if your first language is not English.
- Make reading enjoyable and talk about books, magazines and computer stories that you have read together.
- Try not to let television or the computer intrude on reading time. Make a special time for reading with your child, away from interruptions.
- Listen to your child read as often as you can, every day if possible, even if only for a short time.
- Give books in print or electronic form as treats and presents.
Hints for listening to your child read
- When reading together at home try to make the time relaxed, enjoyable and positive. Vary it. Read together, read to your child and take turns or have them read to you.
- Before reading, talk about the cover, the title and the pictures, and discuss what the book may be about.
- During reading, discuss what has been read up to that point and predict what might happen next.
- After you've finished reading with your child, talk and ask questions about the story and the pictures.
Please watch out for PART B in the next newsletter.
Regards, Linda Smith
Thank You to our Mother’s Day Stall volunteers!
Thank you to everyone who assisted with both the Mother’s Day Stall and the preparations leading up to it! The day ran seamlessly and there were plenty of children proud of their purchases! Thank you also to the Dayboro Boomerang Bags team who generously donated some very lovely bags!
BOOK FAIR
You can't go wrong with books! Another successful Book Fair with students choosing some new favourites to add to their reading stash. our annual Book Fair provides a valuable source of funds, via rewards, that enable our school librarian to select new books for the library collection.
P&C MEETING UPDATE
In last week’s general meeting, the P&C Committee discussed and voted on several school and P&C operational matters. We;
- Voted to host another fabulous Colour Run later this year! This time we hope parents will have the opportunity to come along and experience this fun event!
- Voted that following this year, the Colour Run will be hosted every second year, alternating with a different fundraising event such as the long-time favourite Walkathon.
- Discussed options on how the P&C may wish to financially contribute to the school to enhance opportunities for learning, assist with additional or improved resources & facilities or provide unique & rewarding experiences. With State Member Nikki Boyd generously committing funds to build a new playground, the P&C is now exploring several other worthy projects incorporating feedback from our parent survey in late 2020.
- Shared draft versions of our proposed 3-year Strategic Plan and Annual Operational Plan.
BOOK LISTS AND STUDENT RESOURCE SCHEME – Special Meeting
The P&C Committee, which also includes both our Principal and Deputy Principal, have confirmed that a special meeting will be held to discuss the options available to families in purchasing required resources, including the advantages and disadvantages of the various options.
21st June 2021 @ 6:30pm
Virtual Teams Meeting
More information will follow closer to the date. To express your interest in attending, please email secretary@dayboropandc.org.au
JOIN NOW
To attend a P&C Meeting (held the second Monday of the month), please contact secretary@dayboropandc.org.au for meeting details.
School Banking – just 5 weeks left
The Queensland Government has decided to discontinue School Banking Programs in Queensland Government schools from 31st July 2021. As a result, the CommBank School Banking program will no longer operate at our school after the end of this term.
If you are unsure of other methods of depositing to your child’s account, please feel free to contact the Bank’s general enquiries hotline on 13 2221 or alternatively visit your local CommBank branch.
Therefore, School Banking at our school will continue up to and including Monday 21st June to facilitate the closing of the program after the last banking day and to distribute and order any prizes to the students before the close of the program.
The final date for your child to order rewards will be Monday 21st June 2021 and those prizes will be distributed at the beginning of Term 3.
If you require further information, please come and see one of the friendly School Banking Co-ordinators in the Tuckshop on Monday mornings at 9am or contact us through the school office.
We would like to thank you for your participation and support throughout the School Banking program.
Dayboro State School Banking Team
Congratulations to Ivy for her achievements competing at the Interschool Southeast Qld regional showjumping championships a couple of weekends ago. Ivy came 3rd and 4th in her individual events, coming 3rd overall in her class for the competition.
Ivy will be competing at the State Interschool showjumping championships in Maryborough in the July school holidays. We will all be cheering you on!
National Simultaneous Storytime
Tomorrow is National Simultaneous Storytime! All students are welcome to join in with this event in the school hall from 11.00 a.m. This year’s book, “Give Me Some Space”, will be read live by an astronaut on the International Space Station.
Book Worm Awards Term 1
Congratulations to our Book Worm award winners from Term 1. The students who receive this award are recognised for their regular borrowing of books, caring for books while on loan, returning books quickly, and for their willingness to share their enjoyment of reading.
Alexandra A Lilly-May B Douglas L
David H Jasper D Emily D
Layla W William D Lauchlan S
Thomas R Imogen B Django S
Lewis R Siobhan R Clover C
Nate W
New Books
We would like to thank Ms Nikki Boyd’s (State Member for Pine Rivers) office for their recent donation which enabled us to purchase new books to add to our Library collection. We were able to select a range of texts types to suit all reading abilities. We also made sure to include books focussing on fishing and motorsports that had been requested by some of our older students.
Other Reminders:
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2021 is underway. To complete the challenge students in Prep – Year 4 need to read 20 books, and students in Year 5 and Year 6 need to read 15 books. Reading record sheets are available from class teachers and from the Library.
May is National Family Reading Month
Is your family participating in the 31 Day Reading Challenge? Visit the Scholastic website for more information and take up the challenge with your family.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
Book Fair Wrap Up.
Book Fair 2021 wrapped up last Wednesday afternoon. We would like to thank all of our families who came and visited our annual Book Fair, your support helped to raise $1500.00 for our school Library to purchase new reading materials for our students.
Students who placed orders for popular sold out items, rest assured that these books have been ordered and we expect them to arrive this week.
Congratulations to the following students who won book packs in the raffle during book fair:
Billy Prep
Lexie Year 1
Lucy P Year 2
Lachlan K Year 3
Ian Year 4
Kaycee Year 5
Leah Year 6
District News
Girls Rugby League District Trials Tuesday 8/6/21, week 8. Expression of Interest forms now on the sports noticeboard
Boys and Girls Tennis District trials on Wednesday 26/5/21, Week 6
Athletic Carnivals
Yr 3-6 Athletics Carnival Tuesday 15/6/21, Term 2 week 9
Yrs P-2 Athletics Carnival, Thursday 12/8/21, Term 3 week 5
Clare Marks
PE Teacher
Mr M’s music classes have had a great time filming the performances we have been learning this semester.
We are looking forward to building more songs together this year.
ICAS Competition 2021 for Years 2-6
We are delighted to inform you that Dayboro State School will be participating in the world-renowned ICAS AssessmentsTM in English, Mathematics and Science again this year. This is available for students in Years 2-6 and will be offered online at school to registered students at the end of Term 3.
We encourage you to consider entering your child into ICAS this year. The assessments are suitable for students wishing to extend themselves academically and take up the personal challenge of competing in an international assessment, that has been running for 40 years. Your child will be presented with high-quality, expert-developed questions, allowing them to apply their learning without the need for prior study or revision.
Learn more about ICAS here:
If you would like your child to participate in any of the subjects listed above, please read the attached Parent Letter with all the necessary registration details.
CUT-OFF DATE FOR REGISTRATION IS Friday, 23 July, 2021.
National Road Safety Week will be held from 16 to 23 May. We can all do our bit to ensure that road safety is a priority. Every time you are on the road, choose to drive so others survive. Take the pledge online (link below) and visit roadsafetyweek.com.au for more information.
Our children showed great interest in helping Miss Jenny build our ant village to house ants. They have also helped Miss Jenny plant more seeds and are eager to harvest and use some of our veggies for afternoon tea. This week we have introduced our sustainability checklist which will be ticked off at the end of every session to build on ways we can reduce energy, water and waste consumption.
We have also enjoyed playing group games like master, red rover, soccer and four corners during morning and afternoon sessions.
Our scrapbook includes photos and information about what we have been up to, and this is available for families to peruse through when dropping off or collecting your child/ren.
On behalf of our team, we would like to welcome Mr. Daniel to our service. Mr. Daniel has been a familiar face during our vacation care sessions and is now with us during selected afternoon sessions.
A reminder with the weather cooling, please ensure your child/ren have a jumper packed.
New term means a great time to check your bookings are up to date via the iparent portal. 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. Failure to notify us of absences in after school care means educators are having to search for children and a no show fee may be applied to your account. A reminder that bookings with less than 24hrs will need to be made via contacting the service on 0459 991 697.
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.
