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Dear Parents and Caregivers
School Crossing Concerns
The Department of Transport have raised concerns with me regarding motorists not following the correct procedures at our school crossing. Could I please remind everyone of the following rules regarding school crossings:-
- The School Crossing Supervisors are only permitted to cross pedestrians when the vehicles are stopped at the designated stop bars, not past them.
- Secondly, drivers must wait until all pedestrians AND the School Crossing Supervisor have left the road before moving their vehicle.
Thank you to everyone for your co-operation with this. Safety is always the priority in our school community.
School Annual Report – 2021
The School Annual Report has been uploaded to our school website. Please go to www.dayboross.eq.edu.au and look for the link on the homepage.
Prep Enrolments -2023
We are already receiving enquiries about our Prep program for 2023. 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 17 August at 9.30am in our School Hall.
If you have a child born between 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018, he/she is eligible for Prep enrolment at Dayboro State School in 2023. 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 2023.
School Watch – Look, Listen, Report
Thank you to Sergeant Ken and his wonderful group of School Watch volunteers, who will be looking after our school and its grounds during the winter holiday. If anyone is our scho
ol community sees or hears anything suspicious, please report this to School Watch on 13 17 88. Your continued support and assistance is greatly appreciated.
The school winter vacation commences next Friday 24 June. Term 3 commences on Monday 11 July. Enjoy a happy and safe holiday.
Dear Families and Friends
As we begin to edge towards the end of Semester One, our students have been very busy finishing work and assessment tasks. Teachers are also busily in the midst of marking students’ work and writing report cards.
Report Cards will be be emailed to parents on Wednesday in Week 10 of this term. Teachers will also be emailing an overview of what the students have been learning about in each curriculum area for Terms 1 and 2. Report cards will look slightly different from now on with comments on Academic strengths and weaknesses as well as comments about behaviour and work ethics now being given at the end of the report card. As always parents are provided an opportunity to meet with the class teacher if they so desire to discuss in more detail their child’s progress and reports. These changes have also been documented in the newsletter each fortnight and flagged at recent P&C meetings. If you wish to know more, our HOC Mrs Mathiesen, is more than happy to relay further information.
It is also at this time, that I am reminded of our School Motto, “Cultivating Knowledge” as well as our School vision “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
We strongly believe here at Dayboro school that our students should be engaged in the “richness” of learning and we strive to provide a diverse and challenging range of learning experiences that extend and encourage student creativity. We aim to provide a wide range of ways in which our students can present their knowledge and understandings and encourage all our students to have- a- go, take risks and do their best! Our ethos has always been around educating the “whole” child for the world of the future and to give them the skills and knowledge they will need to be happy, curious and engaged learners who will thrive in a variety of settings.
BEHAVIOUR - OUR RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR PLAN
Our school has a comprehensive School Code of Behaviour with a published Code of Conduct that outlines expectations and processes followed to encourage positive relationships and ensure students perform to their potential. Dayboro State School’s Code of Conduct can be found on the school website or accessed from the Office.
To keep things simple our code focuses on five values that encompass the behaviours that we want to see in our children.
Simply called the 5 B’s they are:
Be RESPECTFUL Of yourself, others and property
Be RESPONSIBLE Be safe and aware
Be POSITIVE Be kind, helpful and cheerful
Be PROUD Take pride in yourself, your work and your school
Be TOLERANT Be understanding of others’ ideas beliefs and feelings
We also have a Kindness Award and a weekly Principal’s Award. Once a term, in Week 10, we hold a Principal’s Morning Tea where all the Principal award recipients are invited. A Sheriff’s award is also presented once a term to students who demonstrate outstanding citizenship and are drawn from all the students who receive a Golden Gotcha throughout the term. This is also drawn in Week 10 of each term.
A REMINDER ABOUT MOBILE PHONES
Mobile phones and smart watches are considered a valuable item and are therefore not to be brought to school by students. The risk of damage, inappropriate use or loss is extremely high.
If, due to special circumstances, parents require a mobile phone to be carried by a child, the phone must be given to the child’s class teacher for the duration of the day.
We strongly encourage students to leave all toys at home. Treasured items may go missing, be lost, or sadly, taken. If something of value is brought to school (for Show and Tell for example) the student should hand it to the teacher for safe keeping. Any items brought to school should be clearly named for safe return to the owner if lost or misplaced.
LOST PROPERTY
Please ensure all clothing and property are clearly labelled with student’s names. At this time of year, especially, we are finding many jumpers being handed into the office as children warm up throughout the day and take their jumpers off but leave them behind somewhere. If they are named we can return them promptly to their owners. (which we do regularly) Having names on items means very little goes missing and items can be returned.
CSA Supervision Times
A reminder that we do not have staff on before school supervision until 8:15am each morning. Children should not be arriving at school before this time, unless they have before school commitments such as Choir or Band. We have seen an increase in the number of children arriving at school before this time, some even before 8am. We have an excellent before/after school service if needed. Helping Hands provide early morning supervision to students and walks them to the CSA every morning around 8:30am.
Thank you Mrs Ryan!
Our Vision: “To inspire students to reach their full potential in a safe, caring and educationally challenging environment.”
Hi Families!
If anyone has any matchbox cars that they are ready to off load, we would love them for our Year 1 playground.
The box we had is dwindling and Cars are back fashion!
Thank you.
Dear Parents / Carers,
At the end of this semester you will see that this year’s report card formatting is slightly different to what it has been in the past.
This year you will see an achievement and effort rating only for your child.
At the end of the report card there will be a behaviour comment as well as an overall comment encompassing your child’s academic progress.
If you have any questions about your child’s progress after receiving the report card, please contact your child’s teacher.
An e-mail will be sent to parents prior to report cards, reminding you of your child’s term overviews which outline what curriculum was taught throughout the semester in each learning area.
If you have any questions at all about these changes, please email me: dmath9@eq.edu.au
Thank you
Dee Mathiesen
Acting Head of Department – Curriculum
Readers Cup
Well done to the Year 5 and Year 6 students who participated in the annual Readers Cup competition last week. Students actually began their preparation for this competition back in Term 1. The students were required to read five novels for this competition, remembering as many details as they could from these books in order to answer questions. The teams worked collaboratively through five rounds of questioning on the day of the competition. Both of our teams performed well throughout the competition and are to be commended for their level of preparation and their enthusiasm.
New Books
We have been busy ordering new books for our Library collection with the money raised at our recent Book Fair and the books have started arriving at school. The titles included in this first order were a hit with students from across the school (especially the “Bad Guys” and Anh Do books! ?) .
Overdue Library Books
A reminder for all students to return their overdue Library books as quickly as possible.
Premier’s Reading Challenge
The Premier’s Reading Challenge for 2022 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.
Have a great week!
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs H.
School Athletics
By the time you read this we’ll have run the school athletics carnival. Fingers crossed for good weather, smiles, house points and good scores. Thanks in advance to all the people who helped out with set up, pack up and running of the event, particularly George Briskey and Kerry Cassell.
The 1500m event will be run Monday 20th June at first break. It is only for competitive 10-12yr olds who believe they have a chance to get into districts. Nominations were taken over the past two weeks.
If your child was absent for the track and field events but would have had a really good chance of getting into districts, please email me. I may be able to time or measure them in the last week of school.
District Athletics
The district track and field carnival has had a change of date and will now be held on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd August. Information regarding who is selected to represent the school at the district event will be sent out either in week 10 this term or week 1 next term.
Regional Cross Country
Congratulations to Lachlan Y, Laylah J, Kaycee J, Regan W, Emily D and Ivy S who competed in the regional cross country last week. Kaycee and Laylah came third and fourth in their events and will now compete at the state level.
Clare Marks
HPE Specialist
Dayboro S.S. (Mon-Tue)
Hello everyone, what a busy fortnight we have had at Dayboro State School! Congratulations to the winners of the Chappy Week colouring in competition. It was very difficult for me to pick the winners because you all did such beautiful colouring. Well done to:
Prep – Maya
Year 1 – Layla
Year 2 – Esther
Year 3 – Juno
Year 4 – Kalani
Year 5 – Tilly
Year 6 - Maeve
I hope you all enjoy going to the movies and creating memories with your families! It was also great to see all of the jerseys on Sports Jersey Day. Thank you for all of the support for school throughout these events.
This term I have been working through the ‘Big Life Journal’ with some students at school. These are a wonderful resource for building self esteem and resilience in children. If you’re looking for a way to work with your child on either of these things, I highly recommend looking up their website. I have found it a great way to check in with not only the students I see, but also with my own son.
This school holidays, there is a day camp being run by Scripture Union in Murrumba Downs. SHACK Murrumba is running over 3 days. There will be loads of fun with nerf wars, a scavenger hunt, sports, games, crafts and a huge inflatable obstacle course. There are some children from Dayboro State School who are hoping to attend, so feel free to send your kids along as well. See the flyer below for more information.
If you have any questions about any of the above, or are requiring extra support, please feel free to send me an email at: rachael.woodrow@suchaplaincy.org.au
Vacation care bookings are now open
Children will need to be enrolled in the service prior to bookings being made (see below for how to do this). These holidays we are venturing to laser zone on the 30th June and ten pin bowling on the 5th July. Incursions are both self-guided: teddy bear making and creating a favourites science box.
Please remember to bring a jumper for the cooler mornings and afternoons. We will be transitioning inside sooner than usual as the weather continues to cool down.
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 'How to enrol’ on the right-hand side of the page, and follow the steps. 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 or Katie at the service on 0459 991 697 or our customer accounts team on 1300 612 462.
