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DAYBORO STATE SCHOOL NEWSLETTER No: 17 02 JUNE, 2015
Dear Parents/Caregivers,
It was a pleasure for our school to be invited to be
part of the performance program for Dayboro Day.
Our School Band and Choir lead the program for
the day performing before a large gathered crowd.
A big thank you is extended to Natalie O’Boyle,
our Music Coordinator, for preparing our students
for performance and to Mrs Liz Baskin for her
work
with
conducting
the
school
choir,
and
with short notice, our school band. Both groups
performed in a professional and admirable manner
and certainly demonstrated much pride in showcasing
their talents to the local community. Well done,
everyone!
Instrumental Music
Mrs Catherine Hicks will be at Dayboro SS for the next two Fridays working with our
Instrumental Music Students. Lessons will return to a Monday when Mr Adams returns
from leave on 15 June. We welcome Mrs Hicks to our school.
This Friday is French Day at Dayboro
This Friday we are inviting our students to turn Red, White and
Blue as we celebrate everything French at our school. This
French Free Dress Day is an opportunity to wear not only
French colours, but to enjoy the French Fare on sale at our
tuckshop for the Day (remember, all orders for French Food
need to be in by tomorrow). Students in Years 3-6 will also be
treated to a performance by Les Bâtons Français in our school
hall on the day.
Queen’s Birthday Holiday
Dayboro State School will be closed NEXT Monday 8 June for the Queen’s Birthday
holiday.
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PRINCIPAL’S NEWS CONT.
Prep Information Morning Date Claimer
Our Prep Information Session will be held
on Wednesday 9 September at 9:30am in
our School Hall. If you are aware of any
children in the local community who are
intending to attend our school in 2016,
could you please advise the family of the
date? Prep in 2016 is open to children born 1 July 2010
to 30 June 2011. Please contact the school if further
information is required.
Sport Successes
Congratulations to Jack B (Year 5/6C) on earning a
place in the Regional Rugby League Team and to Taya
M (Year 5/6C) who made it into the Regional Netball
team and will go to the state trials in June. Well done to
both!
Garry Drummond
Principal
PARENT WORKSHOP
Parent Workshop – Right Brain Decoding and
Spelling Program
All parents and caregivers are invited to a workshop on
FRIDAY, 19 JUNE on how we teach Decoding and
Spelling at Dayboro State School. It will be held in the
LEAP Centre (B Block) at 9 am and will run for
approximately
45
minutes. Handouts will
be available. Please
phone Kay or Karen in
the office if you would
like to attend.
Regards, Linda Smith
Head of Learning
TALK ABOUT IT
Year 5 and 6 students received a letter with the
newsletter last week regarding the “Talk About It”
Program.
The “Talk About It” Program will be run for our Year 5
and 6 students on the 11th and 12th June this year. The
program is designed to assist young people develop a
positive attitude towards their own sexuality and
provides them with information on how to look after
themselves during this stage of their development. We
are fortunate to have very experienced educators from
Life Education conducting the sessions.
The first lesson will focus on the physical, social and
emotional changes experienced during puberty and
helping students understand and cope with this
important phase of development. The second session
will focus on the characteristics of healthy relationships,
focussing on friendships.
The total cost for the program is $10, payment is due by
Wednesday 10th June 2015.
FRENCH DAY ACTIVITIES
FRENCH DAY ACTIVITIES – FINAL
REMINDER
LES BÂTONS FRANÇAIS – FRENCH
INTERACTIVE THEATRE SHOW,
DRESS UP DAY & SPECIAL TUCKSHOP
LUNCH
Friday 5th June 2015
On Friday 5 June all students have the opportunity to
participate in la journée française. Part of our
celebrations includes French dress-up and all children
are encouraged to participate by dressing in a French
themed costume. There are many possibilities, ranging
from the French colours (dark blue, white and red) to a
French character or an item with a French theme.
Some ideas include: The French flag, King Louis XVI,
Queen Marie-Antoinette, a peasant or revolutionary,
Monsieur Guillotine, Joan of Arc, Napoléon, Babar the
Elephant, Madeline, Miss Clavel, the mime artist Marcel
Marceau, World Cup soccer players, Tour de France
cyclists, Grand Prix car drivers, French Open tennis
players, ballet or cancan dancers, skiers, chefs, snails,
frogs, artists, fashion designers or models, Hunchback
of Notre Dame characters, musketeers, Jacques
Cousteau scuba divers, balloonists, scientists like
Louis Pasteur and Marie Curie, French monuments
or items of food.
There will be a French themed Special Lunch available
at the tuckshop, which will include a variety of delicious
French inspired goodies. Miam! Miam! If your child is
participating in the Special Tuckshop please make sure
you order by the due date.
Finally children in Years 3 to 6 will share in the French
fun by enjoying a one hour theatre performance on the
day starting at 2pm. Les Bâtons Français will be
performing an interactive theatre show. The tradition of
French theatre is used to give the students the
opportunity to explore French culture, people and
places, and to stimulate enjoyment and use of a foreign
language without inhibition. Students in Years 3 to 6
need to remember to bring their $5.50 along to pay for
this special performance.
th
Mrs Susan Hughes
Deputy Principal
ICAS SCIENCE COMPETITION
Students in Years 2 - 6 who paid to complete the ICAS
Science competition are reminded that it will be
conducted tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Hall at 11:50
am. Students will need to bring 2 x 2B pencils and an
eraser with them to the hall.
Thanks, Linda Smith
Head of Learning
Mrs Susan Hughes
Deputy Principal
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PAYMENTS DUE
REMINDER
Payments are now due for the Year 5 and 6 Talk About Due to the fact that we have had quite a few students
It Program. Please send permission slip and $10 arriving late to school recently, parents are once again
payment to the office as soon as possible.
reminded that school classes commence at 8:50am. All
students are required to be in their classes to
Payments are now overdue for the French Day
Activities. Students will not be permitted to attend the commence their school day at this time.
theatre performance if payment of $5.50 is not received
by Thursday 4th June.
SCHOOL JUMPERS
As winter is now fast approaching, we find that quite a
number of students are arriving at school without
adequate warm clothing. School jumpers may be
obtained from the uniform shop and second hand winter
merchandise is available at a reasonable cost. Please
ensure your child’s name is clearly marked on all
clothing.
STUDENT ABSENCE
Once again we have a very large number of parents
failing to ring the school absence line, if a student is
absent for any reason on any given day. All student
absences must be reported through our absence line.
This service is available 7 days a week, 24 hours a
day. If a student has recorded an ‘unexplained absence’
a letter will be sent home for parents to state a reason
for this absence. Parents must also sign this letter.
Unfortunately, parents are also failing to return these
letters to the school office.
Failure to report will result in your child as being marked
as an ‘unexplained absence’, which will be recorded on
all report cards.
ABSENCE LINE: 3425 6160
BOOKCLUB
All bookclub orders and payments are due to the office
tomorrow (Wednesday 3rd June).
Please enclose cash with completed order form or
make cheques payable to Scholastic Australia. No late
orders will be accepted after Wednesday.
VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION
The members of the Parents & Citizens Association of
Dayboro State School strongly endorse the request to
you for a voluntary Information & Communication
Technology Contribution in 2015, which you received
home last term.
The contribution of $50 per child is capped at $100 per
family and will be dedicated to a 4 year replacement
schedule for classroom computers used by students.
We currently have 80+ classroom computers on our
network in order to meet the departmental target of one
computer per 5 children.
Thank you to all families who have already paid a
contribution. Contributions can still made at the school
office.
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ASSEMBLY AWARDS
MONDAY
01.06.15
NAME
REASON
BE RESPONSIBLE
Georgia H
Year 5/6F
Displaying exceptional
responsibility in the
classroom
BE RESPECTFUL
Lachlan F
Year 5/6C
His excellent manners to
all, and for his respect
towards himself and his
work also
BE KIND
Jonathan B Always including all of his
Year 3J
peers in games
BE TOLERANT
Mary P
Year 5H
Being sensitive to the
needs and feelings of her
classmates and willingly
working with different
groups
BE POSITIVE
Holly B
Year 3SO
Being a positive role
model by always offering
help to her classmates
BE PROUD
Cassie C
Year 1H
Beautiful handwriting and
taking pride in her
bookwork
JUNE
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11-12
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15
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ICAS Science Competition
Fabulous France Tuckshop Orders Due
French Day Activities & Special Tuckshop
Queens Birthday Public Holiday
Payment Due—Yr 5&6 Talk About It Program
School Disco
Yr 5 &6 Talk About It Program
Dayboro Rodeo
P&C Meeting
School Fun Run
Parent Workshop - Right Brain Decoding &
Spelling Program
JULY
18
First Aid Course
28
ICAS English Competition
AUGUST
11
ICAS Mathematics Competition
SEPTEMBER
9
Prep 2016—Information Session
SCHOOL BANKING - EVERY TUESDAY
P&C NEWS
P&C NEWS CONT…
Dayboro Day
Melbourne Cup Function
What a fantastic day! Our Bake Sale and Chocolate
Throw stall was a great success. Thank you so much to
everyone who assisted with the Bake Sale and
Chocolate Throw; our students and families who
donated chocolate, volunteers who manned the stall,
those who donated delicious Home Baking, and
everyone who helped to set up/pack up the equipment.
What an amazing effort! You have helped raise around
$2000 (still counting, we’ll let you know!) for our school!
While the P&C can organise things, we simply would
not be able to run them without your incredibly
generous help and support. Our sincere thanks to
everyone involved!
Our fundraising coordinators, Katy and Sandra, will be
running this year’s Melbourne Cup Event. They are
seeking volunteers to assist, if would like to help please
contact
Sandra
on
0428718010
or
[email protected].
First Aid Course – Saturday 18 July
Are your First Aid skills up to date? Dayboro State
School is offering Certified First Aid and CPR Update
courses on Saturday 18th July.
Certified
First
Aid
courses
$125.00
CPR update courses - $60.00
Each course helps to raise funds for Dayboro State
SO MUCH CHOCOLATE was donated and while it was School. If you would like to learn or renew these vital
a close race, this year’s winner of the class party is skills, please call Caroline Burns on 0417 636 858 by
5/6C, with a massive 13.603kg! Congratulations 5/6C, 4th July to register.
and a huge well done and thank you to everyone!
QCT Excellence in Teaching Awards
The Queensland College of Teachers is calling for
nominations in the 2015 Excellence in Teaching
School Disco! Thursday 11 June
Awards. If you would like to nominate a teacher for
Prep to Year 2 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
these awards, please visit www.qct.edu.au/awards.
Knights and Princesses Theme Dress Up!
Entertainment Book available
Hear ye, hear ye! All brave Knights and fair Princesses! The Entertainment Book is a great way to save money,
Come adorned in thy finest wares as we hold court with and now also has a digital version with a fantastic app!
merriment and good fare!
If you are interested, please consider purchasing
through
our
Entertainment
Book
portal:
www.entbook.com.au/22553s6
Year 3 to 6 - 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Each purchase through our portal helps to raise funds
for our school. The cost is $65 for digital membership or
1970's Theme Dress Up!
$65 plus delivery for the book version. Thank you to
Shake your groove thing, dust off your flares, get down everyone who has purchased one already!
and boogie with some Thursday Night Fever!
See flyer in todays newsletter!
Entry $5.00 per child
Includes popper and chips
As there is a public holiday on 8th June, the next P&C
Meeting will be held on Monday 15th June at 6.30pm in
the staffroom. Please come along, all welcome!
Coming up:
Available for purchase: Hotdogs - Home baking – 11 June – School Disco
15 June – P&C Meeting
Drinks - Glo products
Sandy Burnet
PRIZES will be awarded throughout the night!
[email protected]
0431 479 339
If you can help on the night in the kitchen, selling Glo
products, with home baking or at the door, please call
Caroline Burns on 0417 636 858.
TUCKSHOP NEWS
“Fantastic France” - Orders close tomorrow,
Wednesday 3rd June at 12 noon.
Dayboro Rodeo – Volunteer needed
Orders can be placed on bags, 1 for each break, or
One more volunteer is required for The Dayboro Rodeo
th
on Sunday 14 June 2015 to assist in the food outlets on-line using Flexischools.
and with some setting up/tidying up. In return for your
assistance, the Show Society makes a contribution to Roster
the P&C. If you can help, please call Caroline Burns on Wednesday: AM French, L Dalton, S Henzell, M Court
Friday: T Heathwood, A Wienert, S Burnett, L Little
0417 636 858.
Nicky Andrews will be filling in for me on Wednesday
and I will be back at Tuckshop on Friday.
4Alison Taylor - Convenor