Look at our amazing writing!

This year we have been very focussed on developing our students’ writing techniques and what fabulous writers we have developed….

Our classes are exploring different genres of writing:

Preps are writing a new end to a familiar story and our Prep and Year 1’s are working on imaginative procedures. We will be entertained by our Year 1 and 2 narratives and our Year 3 and 4 poems about a special place. The Year 4 students are analysing advertising techniques and creating their own packaging. Our discerning Year 5 students are analysing and comparing films and books and the Year 6’s are expressing their views about authors purpose and forming a point of view about whether an information or narrative text delivers a more effective message.

Our teachers have working hard to make the learning explicit using guided writing sessions to progress their students and target the instruction. They have also spent many professional development hours discussing students’ writing samples and planning next steps which they communicate effectively to the students during feedback. Teachers have also been using their Bump it Up Walls to make the success criteria explicit for students. You should ask your child about their next step in writing!

Thank you to our teachers!

It was wonderful to thank our amazing Dayboro SS Teachers yesterday during our World Teachers’ Day celebrations. We know what an amazing job that they do each and every day keeping our students as the highest priority in their work. Thank you DSS Teachers!

Day for Daniel

It was wonderful to see our community commemorate the Day for Daniel on Monday and we had a great turn out for the walk to school. The Student Council representatives talked with our students at assembly about the 3R’s – Recognise, React and Report. I have included the attachments below to help you to talk about these important child safety messages with your children.

Have a great week!

Gabrielle

Dear Families and Friends

Over these last few weeks, the children and teachers have been very busy working hard on completing assessment tasks, checking in on reading, refining problem solving skills in Maths and finishing Art, Technology and Music tasks but most importantly they have been reflecting on and celebrating a year of wonderful learning achievements. While many children embrace the chance to show their teacher how much they have learnt and are easily able to reflect on their successes and challenges, some children may feel a little overwhelmed at this time of year with all the expectations they feel they need to meet.

But…..

We can help our children to navigate these challenges through helping to instil in them a “Growth” mindset.

Below are 6 tips for promoting a “growth mindset” in children.

Help children understand that the brain works like a muscle, that can only grow through hard work, determination and lots and lots of practice.
Don’t tell students they are smart, gifted or talented since this implies they were born with the knowledge, and does not encourage effort and growth.
Let children know when they demonstrate a growth mindset. “I can always improve so I’ll keep trying.”
Praise the process. It’s effort, hard work and practice that allow children to achieve their true potential.
Embrace mistakes and challenges. Children sometimes learn the most when they make mistakes. Let them know they are a big part of the learning process. There is nothing like the feeling of struggling through a very difficult problem, only to finally break through and solve it.
Encourage participation and collaborative group learning. Children learn best when they are immersed in a topic and allowed to discuss and learn with their peers.

(Based on research in Dr Carol Dweck- Revisits the Growth Mindset)

YEAR 6 CAMP.

Next week our Yr. 6 students head off to camp at Camp Coolum Luther Heights. They leave on Tuesday and return on Friday. We wish them all a safe and adventurous week of fun, friendship and flying foxes! We hope they make the most of this chance to develop new friendships and to cement lasting bonds before they leave for High School next year. What a great way to finish the year!

Below is an informative article about the benefits of school camps and how important they are in developing life-long learning skills in our students.

School camp is a fantastic opportunity for children to develop new skills, friendships and interests. However, for many kids (and their parents!) just the thought of sleeping away from home can provoke high anxiety.

Some of the common worries about camp include:

Not being able to sleep properly
Not liking the food camp will offer
Who they will be sharing a cabin with
Not enjoying the activities, the camp will offer
Feeling homesick

Although these are understandable concerns, it is important to help kids feel more positive about camp and to overcome the fear of not enjoying camp.

The benefits of school camp are numerous, here are my top five:

Development of social skills

School camp is a great opportunity to develop a range of social skills. Most activities at camp involve team work, which is great to strengthen established friendships and also to develop new friendships by connecting with children they don’t regularly talk with at school.

Through bonding activities, children develop supportive relationships not only with different children, but also with their teachers. At camp, children have the opportunity to learn about acceptance, caring and understanding.

Development of independence skills

For many children school camp is their first time away from family and home for a few nights. Parents are not there to remind their kids to eat their vegetables, brush their teeth, or to have a shower. Therefore, this is a great opportunity for kids to grow up by learning how take care of themselves and to do things on their own. Most kids do rise to the challenge and learn to rely on themselves when they spend time away home.

Development of decision-making skills

Should I go with my friends or should I do the activity I really want to do? Should I have the third slice of pizza? Should I stay up or go to bed? Supervising teachers are not able to hover over each child all the time, so at camp, children are responsible for making more of their own choices.

Increased environmental awareness

During camp, children are exposed to authentic nature-based experiences. Hands-on activities in the outdoors stimulate all senses and facilitate learning. Children become more aware of the environment, develop outdoor skills and appreciation for nature.

Learning new skills

At school camp, children will be exposed to a range of activities that they may not have tried before. When away from their parents, children are often more adventurous and willing to try new things.

(Melbourne Psychology Unit)

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 2022

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 DAYBORO2

You can also return the hard copy list via email or call Bedrock Books directly.

Please note: Orders need to be placed by Monday 22^nd November to secure your delivery is made on time.

Swimming continues! Children will be swimming every Thursday and Friday for 5 weeks- a total of 10 lessons. The last day of swimming will be Thursday 18^th November. Please make sure monies and permission slips have been finalised.

DATE CLAIMER: Junior Swimming Carnival: Friday 19^th November

Thank you from Mrs Ryan

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

COLOUR RUN

Thanks so much to everyone for participating in the Crazy Colour Day! We raised $18,258* to go towards colourful mural around our school so thank you all again!

We want to especially congratulate 1/2A for raising $1,898! They will receive ice-creams to celebrate!

The event proved to be a great day and it was fantastic to see all of our students getting involved.

Get excited as we’ve just had word that prizes will be arriving in the next couple of weeks. Thanks again for supporting your child and our school!

*Subject to prize costs and fees

DADS DAY AT TUCKSHOP

Thanks to the dads (and mums) who volunteered last week serving sausages and burgers, fruit kebabs and donuts! Lots of great feedback from the children and the day ran like a dream!

If you’ve got a taste for volunteering on a more regular basis, please let us know. We’re always looking for new helpers!

TUCKSHOP DAY 5 NOVEMBER

The daily efforts of our tuckshop convenor, Alison, and the many volunteers who support our students and our school have been tremendous this year.

We should remember to say please and thank you every day, but on Tuckshop Day, Friday 5 November, we say a very special thank you to this wonderful team.

Our tuckshop provides a great service that helps out families who have to juggle many different tasks at the start of each day. We don’t take their hard work for granted and it is great when we see parents putting up their hands and getting involved with our school. Thank you everyone.

UNIFORM SHOP EXTRA OPENING TIMES

The Uniform Shop will be open again this Friday 5 November from 9:30 – 10:15am in addition to its normal opening times.

P&C MEETING UPDATE

The next meeting is next week, 8 November 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

Henry Reilly from 3P won second place in his category (Primary School Prep - Year 3 3D Art) at the Moreton Bay Youth Art Awards last week! Henry's family tell us that he was so excited to represent Dayboro State School! Henry brought his artwork into school to show his class and it was fantastic, very bright and very intricate.

Well done Henry - that is amazing work

CONGRATULATIONS

Library and Maker Space News

Maker space

Maker space has been very busy over the last few weeks - we celebrated Book Week and started welcoming our Prep students to our lunch time activities. We would like to congratulate all of the older students who make regular use of the Maker Space for ensuring our Prep students were made to feel welcome and for helping our Prep students when needed. Well done everyone!

Book Week Celebrations

We would like to thank all of the students and families who put in so much effort with their Book Week costumes. You all looked amazing!!!

Summer Reading Club is Coming

Activities to support the Summer Reading Club begin on December 1. More details about how to participate and reading tracking sheets will be provided to students during class visits to the Library towards the end of November.

Have a great week!

Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.

SENIOR Interhouse Swimming Carnival – Years 3 – 6

Mark your calendars – the Dayboro State School Senior Swimming Carnival is exactly three weeks away!

Our carnival will be held during the day (9am – 2:30pm approx.) on Tuesday 23^rd November at the Dayboro Pool. We cater for most levels of swimming ability, aim to encourage participation and enjoyment for all students, and provide a higher level of competition for those students who are eligible to be considered for District Nomination in 2022. There is no cost for entry to the pool.

House points are given for winners in all levels of events – from swimming in a 25m event right through to the more gruelling 100m event. This gives all children the chance to participate at their own level of ability – while also contributing hard earned points to the Armstrong, Rush and Terrors Houses. ‘Age Champion’ medallions are given out to the boy and girl in the 9, 10, 11 and 12 age groups who accumulate the highest amount of points from 50m events. Encouragement awards will be given to our youngest swimmers – the 8 year olds. As usual, a range of novelty events will be organised by staff and House Captains on the day.

Last week, all students in Years 3 - 6 should have received their nomination form (on bright green paper) to choose their events for this carnival. This form also acts as a permission form for your child/ren to walk to and attend the pool on carnival day. Parents, please ensure that these forms are filled out (both sides) with all necessary details and returned intact to your child’s class teacher by this Friday 5^th November so that work on the carnival program can begin.

Thank-you!

Mrs Kerry Cassell

kcass4@eq.edu.au

on behalf of the DSS Sports Committee

Over the last fortnight we have been busy with various forms of block construction and board games. These activities provide opportunities to develop collaboration, fine motor skills and creativity. We have seen block creations ranging from zoos and stables to towers and rocket ships. Children show high levels of enthusiasm for these activities, especially when it comes to showing our educators what they have created.
Board games have included enchanted forest, mastermind, and snakes and ladders. Children can demonstrate basic counting, problem-solving and turn taking during these games.

A reminder that children require a hat and re-fillable drink bottle each session. Please ensure these are correctly labelled should they get misplaced.

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.