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A great start to Term 4!
Welcome back! It was wonderful to see the students return with great commitment to learning, reconnecting with their friends and our staff. This term promises to be an active and busy one with many events. Of course, our commitment to ensuring all students are progressing with their learning in a safe and supportive environment, remains our priority.
This term as we continue to focus on supporting and challenging each student to achieve their potential, our partnerships with parents continue to be so important. Thank you to those families who made time recently meet with your child’s teacher for a Parent/Teacher conferences. If you did not have a chance to meet, I would encourage you to make contact with your child’s teacher to understand their next steps for learning.
Facilities Progress
Over the holidays, it has been exciting to see the progress made with our current projects:
- Our persons with disability walkway (PWD)
- Installation of our new Prep shade sail
This adds to our 2021 improvements:
- Installation of our footy goal posts
- Replacement of the Prep cubby house
- $40 000 Phone upgrade
- Removal and replacement of our shade sails - Year 1 playground, hand ball court area
- Replacement of the Prep fence on entry to Prep and removal of old garden beds
We are looking forward to our upcoming projects being completed this term:
- Installation of our $150 000 Year 4-6 playground together with upgrades to our Year 2/3 playground
- Upgrades for our school oval - Removing the current broken cricket pitch, installing new undersoil and turf, line marking a football field (Thank you to our P&C for their successful grant application!)
We are excited by these improvements and look forward to seeing these projects completed for our students to use!
Colour Run – This Friday!
What an exciting start to term 4 – our Colour Run. A huge thanks to our P&C for their huge efforts in organising this fun event for our community!
A reminder that:
- Students are to come to school in their white-coloured shirt and an old pair of shorts /shoes. Students will be required to change into a spare pair of clothes afterwards if catching the bus or going to OSHC.
- Students will need to bring a spare pair of clothes / towel. Students are welcome to bring a bandana to cover their mouth, goggles or sunglasses if required.
School Review in week 3, term 4
This term we will participate in the postponed four yearly School Review on 19-21 October. Thank you to parents who volunteered last term to speak with the reviewers in a parent group. Please let me know if you would like to join this small group to discuss Dayboro State School on Wednesday 20 October from 8:30-9:00am. The discussion will take place in our school hall. All parents are welcome to attend to discuss our school with the school reviewer.
Attached is the fact sheet to explain how positive a School Review can be for our community in providing us with affirmations about what we are doing well and recommendations for our strategic direction for the next four years. We look forward to the feedback!
Planning for 2022 –
In Term 4, we will be busy planning resources and staffing for the 2022 school year. We would appreciate you keeping in contact with the administration team about your child’s enrolment (if changing) for 2022.
If you have any matters you would like us to consider for your child’s class placement in 2022, please complete the Class Considerations form (attached below) and return to the principal email - Principal@dayboross.eq.edu.au by Thursday 28 October.
If your child will not be returning to Dayboro SS in 2022, could you please let us know so we can ensure our staffing and resources are as accurate as possible. Thanks for your assistance.
Please note - Prep Interviews Saturday 9 October - If you have a child due to start Prep in 2022, or know of a child in the community due to start school, please make contact or encourage their family to make contact with our office as soon as possible. Our Prep interviews, tours and transitions are all happening in Term 4, Prep Interviews are scheduled for this weekend!
Have a great week!
Gabrielle
Dear Families and Friends
Welcome back everyone to Term 4. I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing break and enjoyed the extra day-Monday off.
This term will be extremely busy with a lot of events that usually take place in Term 4 as well as some extra events that were rescheduled.
This Friday we kick off the term with our Colour Run from 1-3pm up on the oval. This is only the second time we have run this event and it was hugely popular. Remember to bring along a white shirt to wear for this event.
A reminder that swimming for Prep to Year 2 (and 2/3J) starts in Week 2 on Thursday 14th October. Children will swim twice a week on Thursdays and Fridays for 5 weeks in total. Please make sure payments are made before next week so that teachers can finalise timetabling arrangements. A note will go home from teachers this week about what to bring and times for swimming.
Also in Week 2, Wednesday 13th October, UQ will be conducting hearing tests for our Prep and Year 1 students. Payments and forms need to be returned this week to ensure your child is tested. This is an invaluable service provided by UQ at minimal cost and the screening helps to pinpoint any areas of concern.
Book Week is also being celebrated in Week 3 this term. Our Dress Up day is Wednesday 20th October. The theme this year is “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds.” We will have our dress up parade on the oval on this Wednesday starting at 9am. So start getting your costumes ready.
In Week 5 of this term, Years 5 and 6 will be participating in our annual “Talk About It” unit. This program is part of the Life Education group of programs and covers important aspects of children’s social, emotional and physical health needs. Notes for this program will be sent home soon. The note will also have information about a parent session run via Zoom being held by the Educator.
Week 6 of this term sees our Year 6 students heading off to camp.
Towards the end of the term we will be having our Junior and Senior Swimming Carnivals and our final year assemblies and Yr 6 Graduation but we will be sending home more information about these closer to the dates.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS ABOUT KEEPING KIDS SAFE AT SCHOOL.
All students are reminded to wait in the CSA before school between 8:15 am and 8:40 am. Children are not to wait outside classrooms or other areas around the school. When the bell goes at 8:40am students walk up to their classrooms. This is an important safety aspect and it is very important children are reminded of this expectation. Thank you parents for helping us keep your children safe!
Thank you to Mr Horne, Mrs Mills, Mrs Hammond, Ms Foord, Mr Enchelmeier and Mr Fenech for attending the Yr 5 camp. From all accounts it was a hugely fun and successful camp with lots of team building and personal growth challenges had.
BOOKLISTS have gone out. Bedrock Books are our preferred supplier for 2022.
The lists are just a hard copy for you to see but the preferred way of ordering is to go to
www.backtoschoolbooklists.com.au
Our school code is DAYBORO22
You can also return the hard copy list via email or call Bedrock Books directly.
Please note: Orders need to be placed by Monday 22nd November to secure your delivery is made on time.
Hearing Screening Program
Forms went home last term to students in year Prep and Year 1 . These tests are a great opportunity for convenient and cost effective screening for your children. If you wish to take up this opportunity, please fill in the attached form and make payment of $18 at the school office. There are limited places available, please do not delay. If you cannot print a form, please come into the school office and get a form from us.
Thank you from Mrs Ryan
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
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COLOUR RUN
This Friday is our Crazy Colour Day! The event will kick off at 1pm at the school oval. We look forward to seeing students (and parents) get involved.
If any parents would like to get involved by volunteering, please sign up on the Volunteer Register but even if you can’t help, we’d love to see you down there on the day cheering the kids on… Everyone’s invited! For a gold coin donation, parents and staff are invited to participate in their own colour run! Wear a white shirt!
Please remember to keep collecting donations, so we will be able to brighten up our school with fun murals. So far, we have raised $10,021! Donations must be received online or at the school office by 11th October 2021.
TUCKSHOP
Mrs. Taylor recently announced her intention to retire at the end of this year. Alison has been involved with the tuckshop and school for over 27 years and it feels like the end of an era. We can’t thank Alison enough for her dedication, commitment, energy, and no-nonsense approach and wish her all the very best. We are now recruiting for a tuckshop convenor for 2022 with applications closing 15 October 2021. More information can be found on the school website or by contacting president@dayboropandc.org.au
GRANT SUCCESS
The P&C was successful in their application to the Gambling Community Benefit Fund. We have been awarded $6,500 to rejuvenate the school oval.
THANK YOU - DANCE FEVER FAMILY FUN NIGHT
What a fantastic night! Thank you to all our volunteers who helped out on the night. Thanks also to Ulrike and Denise for their contributions of jelly cups and cupcakes.
P&C MEETING UPDATE
In last month’s general meeting, the P&C Committee discussed several school and P&C operational matters.
- Mrs Douglas presented the final proposal for a “mini” Student Resource Scheme for 2022 which was not endorsed by the P&C. This will be explored further for 2023.
- De-briefed several events & activities including Prep Open Day, Father’s Day Stall, Booklists, and the Family Dance Night.
- Planned for the upcoming Colour Run.
- The next meeting is 11 October at 6:30pm via Teams. Please contact secretary@dayboropandc.org.au if you would like more information on the meeting and to receive the meeting invite link.
Thanks
Mareeta, President
Welcome Back
We trust that everyone had an amazing break and had an opportunity to squeeze in some reading.
We are currently adding the finishing touches to our Library displays in preparation for our Book Week celebrations. Art works that have been created by students have been displayed in the Library to help us get into the theme of “Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds” and they all look incredible.
Book Week Celebrations– October 18th to October 22nd
This year we will be celebrating Book Week from October 18th – October 22nd. Students are welcome to come along to the Library during lunch breaks each day of our celebration week to join in with the activities we have organised to celebrate Australian children’s literature.
We will host our annual Book Week Character Costume parade on Wednesday the 20th of October from 9.00am on the school oval. Prizes for the Character Costume Parade have been generously donated by Helping Hands. Thank you for your wonderful donation!
We look forward to seeing everyone’s fabulous costumes!
Please Return Library Books
All Library books currently on loan are now overdue and need to be returned as soon as possible.
We have a range of new picture books, novels, graphic novels and non-fiction books on display this week that will be available for loan from Friday. Students are reminded that they are able to make suggestions for books to add to the Library collection; the addition of requested books is possible due to rewards generated through Book Club.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
During the first week of the school holidays Kalani participated in the Indoor Netball State Championships where she was personally selected for the U8's Junior Queensland Team.
CONGRATULATIONS KALANI
School Parking Patrol Program
Moreton Bay Regional Council (MBRC) Local Laws Unit undertakes a School Parking Patrol Program where officers complete scheduled school patrols, both in the morning and afternoon, to ensure that vehicles are parked in a safe and lawful manner. The primary aim of the program is to ensure that students and family members/caregivers are able to safely move around the school area as part of dropping off or picking up students from the school.
The Moreton Bay Regional Council Local Law No.5 (Parking) 2011 and Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1999 control parking or stopping of vehicles on footpaths, bicycle paths, marked yellow lines, shared paths, dividing strips and nature strips, along with vehicles parking across residents driveways and within ‘No Stopping’, ‘No Parking’, and ‘Bus Zones’ and Pick-up / Drop -off zones. Council is legally required to enforce these areas and the School Parking Patrol Program forms part of this process. Drivers are reminded that footpaths and nature strips are in place to promote pedestrian movement in a safe manner along roadsides and that drivers and residents must not stop on a bicycle path, shared path, dividing strip or nature strip. Please also note that vehicles that are parked with two wheels up and two wheels down is not considered as a lawful parking practice.
Local Laws officers conduct enforcement through the issuance of Penalty Infringement Notices as part of each School Parking Patrol. Please be aware that Council officers may take photographic evidence of vehicles stopping or parking illegally with Penalty Infringement Notices to be issued via mail at a later date to the offending vehicle’s owner.
Visit the link below for further guidance on parking restrictions in the Moreton Bay area.
For any further information, members of the School community are welcome to contact Moreton Bay Regional Council on 3205 0555.
Welcome back to term four!
Our vacation care was a success, with children attending ice skating and fishing excursions as well as participating in an inflatable gladiator challenge. We also delved into science with a day of experiments as well as sustainability day, crazy construction and art masters to name a few. Keep your eyes peeled for what we are preparing for in December/January holidays.
Fruit for Schools is continuing this term. We will have a bowl of fresh fruit at the office every morning for those that forget to bring a fruit snack. This gets re-filled on Monday and Wednesday mornings. The only exception to this is the first week of term four given Monday is a public holiday.
A reminder that a new term means it's a great time to review your bookings. Bookings can be amended via the iParent Portal under the bookings tab. During the term, there is a 24hr lockout period before the session in which you will need to contact the service to make your booking (for example to book Tuesday morning, the lockout period applies as of 6:30am Monday).
LOST PROPERTY:
Unfortunately, our lost property pile has grown immensely, with several jumpers, hats, drink bottles and other items included. Please encourage your child/ren to check this next time they are attending and ensure that all items are named correctly so we can help return these items.
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.
Looking to join in on the fun?
Enrolling your child/ren is easy and there are no enrolment fees. Visit www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au , click Register on the top right corner, select Dayboro as your service and fill in all the details to register your iParent Portal account and enrol. When this is submitted, we will be in touch as soon as possible to support the finalisation of your enrolment and initial bookings. If you have any issues, please contact Jenny at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts on 1300 612 462.
