NEWSLETTER
www.dalbsoutss.eq.edu.au
Term 2 Week 5 2017
Dear Parents and Friends
Well our Newsle er has been finally issued
this week even though it is quite a bit late!
My sincere apologies for it not making it
out on "me.
be a great a3ernoon of Rugby League. As
we have our school review currently
underway I am not able to a end though
Mrs Fletcher is planning to make her way
over there to support the team in this
important game.
spent a great deal of "me co-ordina"ng the
event which will certainly bring a great deal
of pleasure to our students in classrooms
across the school.
I would finally like to acknowledge the
great work of Doug, Keith and Jim in
Tomorrow we will have a number of special
Beginning Tuesday the Book Fair will swing making our grounds look simply amazing. It
visitors in a endance at our school as we
is a really big job and the effort that they
into ac"on in the Library. Mrs Santsingh
enter into our school review. We are very
put into our school certainly does not go
has a vast number of books that have
excited to welcome these visitors into our
unno"ced. We are very proud of the care
arrived for this years book sale. There is
school which provides our staff, students
certainly something there for everyone and that the grounds and cleaning teams take in
and parents the opportunity to share
ensuring that our classrooms and grounds
most importantly at a very reasonable
informa"on about what we do here at
always look amazing.
price.
South. At the conclusion of the review a
Enjoy your week
number of recommenda"ons will be made Tomorrow our Year Six students get the
by the review team which will assist in the opportunity to be the very first people to
David, Lyn and Kate
see the 2017 Dalby High Musical. We are
development of our Strategic plan for the
certainly looking forward to hearing just
next four years.
how exci"ng this years produc"on is. As
Last Wednesday I was pleased to be
men"oned previously lots of our past
present at the Rugby League Grounds when
students are in this years produc"on and
our boys took on the Dalby Central Team.
have put in a huge effort preparing for this
There were quite a number of parents and
years show. Tickets are available at the
supporters present to cheer the team on
High School Office.
and what a game they had. Their coaches
Friday 19 May
David Tate and Andrew Fletcher were very Our Mums, Dads and Grandparents reading Jen Tunley, Denise Crone &
pleased with the way they played working in classrooms program kicks off tomorrow.
Michelle Farquharson
together excep"onally as a team. The final We have been very impressed with the
Monday 22 May
score of 30-20 gave the team their first win number of people that have offered their
of the season which is very exci"ng indeed. "me to take part in this years program. We Chloe Bousen & Stacey Williams
This Wednesday they head off to Pi sworth are certainly very lucky to have such
Wednesday 24 May
wonderful parent and wider community
for their next game. The Pi sworth team
Francis Gilbert and Tracey
support of our school. Mrs Santsingh has
are always tough compe""on so it should
Mitchell
DATES TO REMEMBER
• 22-24 May
• 22-26 May
• 31 May
• 7 June
• 14 June
• 14 June
School Review
“Families Reading in Class” & Book Fair
Golden Letters on Parade for Prep &Year 1
Golden Letters on Parade for Year 2 & 3
Golden Letters on Parade for Year 4
Aussies of the Month for 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D
Owen St Dalby Q 4405. PH: 46723888
• 15 June
• 16 June
• 19 June
• 21 June
• 19-23 June
• 20 June
Dalby South Athletics Carnival Day 1
Dalby South Athletics Carnival Day 2
P&C Meeting - Library 7:30pm
Golden Letters on Parade for Year 5 and 6
Year 3 swimming (11:00-1:00)
Instrumental Music Concert
RESPECTFUL. RESPONSIBLE. SAFE.
ACHIEVER OF THE WEEK
Dalby South Weekly Attendance
Data for Term 2 Week 4
Prep A
Bladyn Poole
4A
Tait Marshall
Prep B
Shaniqua Kelk
4B
Willow Sargeant
Prep C
Ben Lindsay
4C
Brock Chard
4D
Isabel Gibbs
Our overall attendance rate for the whole school was 93.67%.
Classes between 95% and 98% were; Prep A, 1B, 2C, 3A, 4A,
4C, 4D, 5B, 5D & 6B. Classes over 98% were; 3C & 3D
Top Attendees this week were 3C with 99.09%.
Prep/1D Jennifer Johansen
1A
William Mc Kay
5A
Harmony Campbell
1B
Bonnie Broadhead
5B
Nathan Hold
Year Level:
Attendance:
Rating:
1C
Brysan Long
5C
Angus Hold
Prep
91.87%
Good
2A
Corina Jones
5D
Isabelle Jeude
Year 1
93.02%
Very Good
2B
Ollie Tasker
6A
Bridgette Webber
Year 2
94.02%
Very Good
2C
Lachlan Hudson
6B
Rhyan Rolls
Year 3
95.56%
Excellent
2/3E
Tamika Bliesner
6C
Harry Clague
Year 4
94.95%
Very Good
3A
Rachael Davis
6D
Logan Holder
Year 5
94.20%
Very Good
3B
Landon Robinson
SEP
Year 6
92.12%
Good
3C
Olivia Bannerman
IM
3D
Jelena Weier-Hiku
CLEANERS
TROPHY
The Cleaners Award
was presented to:
Prep B
Zac Duncan
Nicholas Goodwin &
Sophie Rooney
HOUSE POINTS THIS TERM
14907
Waratah
3717
Kurrajong
3767
Wattle
3745
Kalbarri
3642
‘GO GREEN’
The ‘Go Green’ Award
was presented to:
4D
Congratulations Kurrajong! This week’s winner!
(Positive Behaviour for Learning)
This week during our weekly PB4L (Positive Behaviour for Learning) lessons we are focussing on the topic:
Be responsible:
- Follow adult instructions straight away
- Be Active in class activities
Within the Dalby South community we continue to focus on the importance of good friendships and developing positive
relationships with others. The following information about friendships comes from KidsMatter.
Parents are children’s first and foremost teachers when it comes to relationships. The ways that parents relate to their children
and the guidance provided helps to develop children’s social skills. Parents can help children develop and maintain friendships
by modelling effective social skills, providing opportunities for children to practice interacting with others and offering support
when they go through difficulties. Taking the role of coach helps children learn the skills they need for themselves.
The following suggestions may be helpful:
Make time to play too- Parents can improve their children’s social skills by playing with them regularly.
Allow your child to try all sorts of different activities- Children who have a wide range of interests are more likely to have
something in common with others and so find it easier to make friends and get along.
Invite children for play dates- Having friends over to visit helps children to establish friendships and practise their social
skills. It also provides opportunities to provide ‘on the spot’ coaching for children as they develop their friendship skills.
Talk with children about what is happening for them with their friends- Find a relaxed time,
like the drive home from school or after dinner, to talk about what is happening in your child’s
friendship group.
Encourage positive, relevant strategies- Parents can talk about and encourage, friendly and
cooperative strategies that can help their child to develop friendships.
Take a problem-solving approach- Parents don’t need to have all the answers to all of their
children’s problems. You can support your children to think through a problem for themselves by
talking with them and asking some questions.
PE – Athletics
This term we have been hard at work developing the
fundamental skills of
running, jumping, and throwing to excel
at each athletic event. Preps classes are
busy participating in running and
throwing games, while the years 1-3 are
learning new ways to create force in their
throwing by using leg power, and have
been introduced to the shot put
technique. Years 4-6 are refining and
building upon skills in each event. So far
we have covered sprinting, shot put, and
long jump. This week we are excited to
be doing discus!
Round 1 LLI Celebrations
This week on parade we celebrated the successes of our 1st round of LLI students for 2017, who recently
graduated from the program. These students attended targeted, small-group reading lessons over an
11-week period to improve their word-attack skills, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Excellent results
were achieved by the students,
who gained on average almost 4
PM (reading) levels, and also
developed much confidence in
themselves as readers. Students
were awarded a certificate on
parade and shared a morning
tea afterwards with their proud
parents and LLI teachers. Great
job to all our LLI students! You
should be very pleased with your
efforts.
CREST Awards
Also on parade this week, our year 4 & 5
Enrichment students were presented with CREST
awards from the CSIRO. CREST stands for
CREativity in Science and Technology. Year 4
students were awarded a Green CREST award – for
completing both a science and technology project
around the topic of rocks and minerals. Meanwhile,
year 5 Enrichment students were awarded Blue
CREST awards for designing, conducting and
evaluating an open-ended science investigation with
real life application. Topics included “Which brand of
bubble gum blows the biggest bubble?” and “Which
chemicals will preserve cut flowers the longest?”.
Term 1 Perfect A endance Awards
Term One Perfect Attendance Awards were presented during this week’s
Parade. Seventy Dalby South students received these awards which celebrate
their attendance at school all day every day in Term One. A further 257 will
receive Excellent Attendance Awards which signifies a 95% attendance rate or
above. Every day counts! Congratulations to all these students.
JAPANESE
Celebrated on the 5th of May (5/5), Children’s Day (Kodomo no
Hi) is actually more of a festival for boys!! My grade 4 classes
were ecstatic to hear this news, particularly after I had them
making cut-out dolls for the girl’s festival (Hina Matsuri) on 3rd of
March (3/3). But what are these occasions all about you ask?
Great question!! In short, both festivals stem from parents’ desire
to see their children grow up healthy and happy. In the case of
the girls, they display doll size figurines of the Emperor and
Empress on their wedding day in the hopes that their daughters
will find a suitable partner in marriage. But most of the activities
for the boys focus on symbols of strength and courage, such as
the warriors helmet (Kabuto) and the carp (Koinobori). (a
veritable pest here in Australia, but seen as a strong swimmer for
its ability to swim upstream) Students delighted in folding their
pieces of Japanese paper to create fancy Kabuto warrior
helmets. A tad small for most heads and not quite battle
standard, but we had fun either way.
Dalby State High School’s Produc"on of
presents
A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt
Disney Film
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M Sherman and
Robert B Sherman
Book by Julian Fellowes
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by George
Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh
23, 24, 26 and 27th May 2017 at 7.30pm
Saturday Matinee 27th May 2017 at 1.00pm
Adults
Students/Concessions
Children Under 5 years
Groups of 10 or more
(Tues, Wed, Sat Matinee)
$15
$10
$ 5
$10
Tickets available
Dalby State High School Office (EFTPOS/Cash) or
Stellarossa Dalby (Cash Only)
OUR SCHOOL LEADERS
RELAY FOR LIFE
PRESENT A CHEQUE TO DALBY Dalby South will once again
be supporting the Dalby Relay
STATE SCHOOL
The Dalby South School Leaders were
pleased and proud to be welcomed to the
Dalby State School Parade on Monday
morning. The Student Leaders made a short
presentation and gave a cheque to the school,
which is the culmination of the fund raising
that took place on our 'Blue' Free Dress. We
wished the Dalby State School community
well as they rebuild following the fire at their
school on ANZAC Day.
Dalby South will be
participating in 'Australia's
Biggest Morning Tea' on
Thursday 25 May, as a
fundraiser for the Cancer
Council. We are asking for
donations of cupcakes for the
morning tea. These cupcakes
will be sold during the first
break on Thursday. Please
drop off any cupcake
donations to the Tuckshop
before school on Thursday all donations will be gratefully
accepted!
for Life, which is scheduled for
9 and 10 September. We will have two
teams participating in this all night walking
event, which raises funds for the Queensland Cancer Council. Our first
fundraising
event was a Sausage Sizzle held before
school.
Our thanks to the school community for
supporting our two teams in the lead up to
the Dalby Relay for Life 2017.
COMING SOON
Scholastic Book Fair 23-26 May
Pick up a great read while supporting the
school Library. Parents who also come up
to read their favourite book to their child’s
class (Prep-Year 4) during Book Fair
week, will go in the draw to win 3 x $20
book vouchers to be spent on this book
fair. Prizes are drawn Thursday morning,
25 May.
Suanne Santsingh | Librarian
Pie Drive
P&C Fundraiser
Homestyle Bake order forms were sent home
last week with the youngest in the family.
All orders and money need to be sent back to
the office by 26 May. The delivery date will
be 9 June between 2.30pm —
3.30pm at the hall.
Yesterday afternoon our South Development Cup team played Central. It was a thrilling match with our
boys putting their stamp on the game with a very early try. The boys have been busy in training over the
last two weeks practicing their tackling skills. Throughout the match both sides worked hard to overcome
the opposition. The final score line was 30-20. Players of the match for Game one and this game were
named. Congratulations to Jake Flanagan and Matthew Drews. They both scored an NRL lunchbag. Next
week the boys are off to Pittsworth. We wish them well!
Good luck to Nicholas Goodwin, Noah Cubby and Doug Hunter who are off to Stanthorpe this weekend
as part of the Bunya Soccer Team. A reminder that nominations for the Bunya Rugby Union Team (boys
and girls) are now due. Forms are available from the Office or from the Notes Homes section on
Skoolbag.