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155 Cunningham Street Dalby QLD 4405 Subscribe: Subscribe: https://dalbyss.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe Email: Email: [email protected] Phone: Phone: 07 4672 3666 Fax: Fax: 07 4672 3600 9 August 2018 9 August 2018 DSS STUDENT ABSENCE LINE—Phone: 4672 3660 (24 hour access) DSS STUDENT ABSENCE E-MAIL - [email protected] (24 hour access) From the Principal Congratulations to all students who have been involved in the Dalby Eisteddfod. Well done to students who were successful in the speech and instrumental sections. It is fantastic to see our students involved in both speech and instrumental - building confidence and enhancing skills in stage performance. Thank you to staff and parents for your role in enabling our students to shine. This week, I wanted to elaborate on the importance of reading. The frequency of reading to children at a young age has a direct causal effect on their schooling outcomes regardless of their family background and home environment. Cognitive skills of young children are an important factor in explaining success later-on in life. Skill attainment at one stage of the life cycle raises skill attainment at later stages of the life cycle (Cunha et al., 2006). Cognitive ability affects the likelihood of acquiring higher education and advanced training, and the economic returns in terms of wages and quality of jobs (Heckman & Masterov, 2007; Cunha et al., 2006). Cognitive skills are not fixed but can be influenced through investment in preschool training, education in school, and significantly, parental efforts. The most effective period for • Reading to children at age 4-5 every day has a significant positive effect on their reading skills and cognitive skills (i.e., language and literacy, numeracy and cognition) later in life. • Reading to children 3-5 days per week (compared to 2 or less) has the same effect on the child’s reading skills at age 4-5 as being six months older. • Reading to them 6-7 days per week has the same effect as being almost 12 months older. • Children read to more frequently at age 4-5 achieve higher scores on the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests for both Reading and Numeracy in Year 3 (age 8 to 9). • These differences in reading and cognitive skills are not related to the child’s family background or home environment but are the direct result of how frequently they have been read to prior to starting school.
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155 Cunningham StreetDalby QLD 4405Subscribe:Subscribe: https://dalbyss.schoolzineplus.com/subscribe
Email:Email: [email protected]:Phone: 07 4672 3666
Fax:Fax: 07 4672 3600
9 August 20189 August 2018
DSS STUDENT ABSENCE LINE—Phone: 4672 3660 (24hour access)
DSS STUDENT ABSENCE E-MAIL [email protected] (24 hour access)
From the PrincipalCongratulations to all students who have been involved in theDalby Eisteddfod. Well done to students who were successfulin the speech and instrumental sections. It is fantastic to see ourstudents involved in both speech and instrumental - buildingconfidence and enhancing skills in stage performance. Thankyou to staff and parents for your role in enabling our students toshine.
This week, I wanted to elaborate on the importance of reading.The frequency of reading to children at a young age has a directcausal effect on their schooling outcomes regardless of theirfamily background and home environment.
Cognitive skills of young children are animportant factor in explaining successlater-on in life. Skill attainment at one stage ofthe life cycle raises skill attainment at laterstages of the life cycle (Cunha et al., 2006).Cognitive ability affects the likelihood ofacquiring higher education and advancedtraining, and the economic returns in termsof wages and quality of jobs (Heckman & Masterov, 2007;Cunha et al., 2006).
Cognitive skills are not fixed but can be influenced throughinvestment in preschool training, education in school, andsignificantly, parental efforts. The most effective period for
• Reading to children at age 4-5 everyday has a significant positive effect ontheir reading skills and cognitive skills(i.e., language and literacy, numeracyand cognition) later in life.
• Reading to children 3-5 days per week(compared to 2 or less) has the same effect on thechild’s reading skills at age 4-5 as being six monthsolder.
• Reading to them 6-7 days per week has the sameeffect as being almost 12 months older.
• Children read to more frequently at age 4-5 achievehigher scores on the National Assessment Program –Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests for bothReading and Numeracy in Year 3 (age 8 to 9).
• These differences in reading and cognitive skills arenot related to the child’s family background or homeenvironment but are the direct result of howfrequently they have been read to prior to startingschool.
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cognitive skill investment by parents is early on in the life of theirchildren (Cunha et al., 2006). Previous studies have found apositive association of parents reading to their children and thechild’s subsequent reading skills, language skills and cognitivedevelopment. Children who are read to more frequently at anearly age enter school with larger vocabularies and moreadvanced comprehension skills (Mol & Bus, 2011).
Research has found that reading storybooks to children is oneof the most important activities for developing the knowledgerequired for eventual success in reading. Reading topre-schoolers has been found to be related to languagegrowth, emergent literacy and reading achievement. (Bus et al.,1995). In addition, reading to children also stimulates them toread books themselves and further develop their cognitive skills(Canoy et al., 2006).
Here are a few ways parents can help improve their child’sreading skills this term.
So, enjoy time with your student by taking time to be involvedin some of the suggestions above.
Have a wonderful week.Kind RegardsMona
News from the DeputyWelcome to week 4.
I would like to start by congratulating everyone involved in theEisteddfod this week, both students and staff. It is always abusy but wonderful time of the year. We have celebrated manysuccesses this week and that is due to the hard work that is putin by our students and our wonderfully dedicated staff.
PBL
Week 3 Behaviour ExpectationWeek 3 Behaviour Expectation
UNIFORMS
With days slightly warmer than in previous weeks, it is importantthat uniforms are named (not only on the tag) to ensure that ifthey are misplaced they can be returned to their rightful owner.There is a growing number of jumpers and tracksuit pantsappearing in the lost property box. I also ask all parents tocheck the Lost Property regularly (now located under the stairsin F Block) and school bags when they return home each week.If any items of clothing are found that belong to other students,please return them to the lost property box as soon as you can.Again, thanks for your understanding in this matter.
ATTENDANCE
This term classes are working towards earning raffle tickets inthe end of term attendance draws. Each week the class in eachboth the upper and lower sector will receive 3 tickets in thedraw, the class with the second highest attendance will receive2 tickets and classes who have days of 100% attendancereceive a ticket for each day. Certificates and photos of thewinning classes will be displayed on the Attendance walloutside the Library. Good luck to everyone!
Gold Attendance Silver Attendance
Lower Sector Prep/1D 2/3E
1. Guessing games: Play ‘guess my word’ to practiceblending sounds in words. Space out the sounds inthe words (i.e. c- a- t) and have your child blend themtogether and guess your word – “cat!” Blendingsounds together to make a word is how we decodewords while we read. This skill is one of the bestpredictors of reading success in early readers.
2. Explore the books you read – go off script! Don’t justread the words of the story, but interact with yourchild while reading. Point out what is happening inthe pictures, guess what is going to happen next, askhow the characters feel or explore why they aredoing what they are doing. This will increase yourchild’s story comprehension and can lead to greatconversations with your young child.
3. Reading and your daily routine: Did you know thatevery day errands are great opportunities to developreading skills? Reading packages, signs and logoswith your child helps them learn that symbols havemeaning. For example, point out signs on your wayto the grocery store. Then while shopping, ask yourchild to help you find the items on the shelf bylooking at the names and logos.
4. Reading together: Read with your child and,depending on their age, take turns reading pages,sections or chapters of a book. With older children,you and your child can silently read the same book.Most children really want to spend time with theirparents, but once children reach seven or eight yearsold, many parents don’t view reading together as anoption; they think that’s reserved for preschool orearly elementary school days.
5. Write, write, and write! Ask your child to help youwrite out the grocery list, a thank you note toGrandma, or to keep a journal of special things thathappen at home. When writing, encourage your childto use the letter and sound patterns he is learning atschool.
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Gold Attendance Silver Attendance
Upper Sector 3/4D 5C
A reminder that our attendance target remains at 94%. Don’tforget ‘Missing School = Missing Out’. Dalby State Schoolhas an obligation to follow up on students who are absentfrom school. This is done by a variety of different methodssuch as text messages, phone calls, letters or home visits.
Year to Date Term 3, Week 3
Prep 91.7% 90.3%
1 91.6% 90.2%
2 92.5% 92.1%
3 92.6% 90.9%
4 92.7% 92.2%
5 91.6% 91.8%
6 89.3% 86.9%
Whole School Target Year to Date Attendance
94.0% 91.8%
Until next weekBen EdmundsDeputy Principal
Master Mutterings
Word Inquiry: helping yourchildren with spelling. Part 4
When children struggle to spell or read a word, an automaticresponse is often to suggest ‘sound it out’. When this doesn’twork, it can be frustrating for both the teacher and the student.Children need to build an understanding of how English wordsare built.
Words come in Families.
Words that share a base with the same meaning and spellingare related – they belong in a word family, eg: cavity, excavateand concave are part of the cave family. Rhyming words such
as cat and bat share neither base nor meaning and are betterdescribed as just what they are – rhyming words.
As you help your students to develop a bank of prefixes andsuffixes, they can use them to build words linked to commonbase and create word families in the form of word webs. Theycan also begin to play with and think critically about language:‘If unfriend is now an established word thanks to social media,is refriend a word?’
Penny De Waele(Master Teacher)
Dates to remember
Term 3 2018
Monday 6th to Friday10th August
Eisteddfod - Instrumental
Monday 13th August Lift Off Commences
Tuesday 14th August ICAS - Mathematics
P & C Meeting 6.30pm GroomHall
Wednesday 15th August Beginner Band Rehearsal8.15am
Thursday 16th August Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00am
Concert Band Rehearsal3.00pm to 4.30pm
Friday 17th August Jump Rope Jump Off
Saturday 18th August Delicious & Delightful LanternParade
Wednesday 22ndAugust
Bottle Day and Book WeekDress Up
Thursday 23rd August Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00am
Wednesday 29th August Beginner Band Rehearsal8.15am
Thursday 30th August Stage Band Rehearsal 8.00am
Concert Band Rehearsal3.00pm to 4.30pm
Father’s Day Stall – Kavney Hall
Wednesday 22ndAugust
Bottle Day and Book WeekDress Up
Saturday 1st September Creekside Markets
2018 School Opinion SurveyThe annual suite of School Opinion Surveys will be conducted30 July to 24 August 2018. All families, school staff and arandom sample of students will be invited to participate. Weencourage you to take this opportunity to have your say aboutwhat this school does well, and how this school can improve.
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Access details for the Parent/Caregiver Survey will be senthome with students this week. The survey can be completedvia computers, tablets or smart phones with internetconnection.
Parents/caregivers are welcome to complete their survey onlineat the school. Please see front office staff for more details.
Survey queries or requests for translations can be directedto front office staff on telephone 46723666 or [email protected]
Students of the Week
Dayne 1A Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Dakota 1A Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Brax 1B Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Macie 1B Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Hayden 1C Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Tilly 1C Student of theWeek
Exemplary Behaviour
Cooper 2A Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Cody 2A Student of theWeek
Excellent Reading
Allie-mae 2B Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
William 2B Student of theWeek
School Values Award
Charlie 2B Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
ShelleyAshrielle
2C Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Denieah 2C Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Jackson 2D Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Madelyn 2D Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Erin 3B Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Ason 3B Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Ariella 4C Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Neliese 4C Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Pauleen 6A Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
George PrepA
Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Mason PrepA
Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Rhys PrepA
Student of theWeek
Exemplary Behaviour
Marcus PrepB
Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Kiralee PrepB
Student of theWeek
HPE
Izzabella PrepB
Student of theWeek
Classroom ParticipationAward
Althea PrepC
Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Kohen PrepC
Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
Jackson Prep/1D
Student of theWeek
Exemplary Behaviour
Annie Prep/1D
Student of theWeek
HPE
Chelsea Prep/1D
Student of theWeek
Curriculum Award
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Sport News
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QParentsIf you haven’t yet registered for QParents……. Now is the time.Finance has just been turned on. This will make viewing andpaying invoices easier for families.
On the payments screen, you can view invoices withoutstanding payments as well as paid invoices for your child.You can also make online payments against outstandinginvoices with Visa or MasterCard. These payments areprocessed through the Commonwealth Bank's BPOINT facility.
Click the "To Pay" checkbox next to any invoice to make apayment. It is possible to make partial payments, or to paymultiple invoices at the same time.
By the end of the week you will receive an invitation email withyour unique access code that is required at Login. You are alsorequired to enter your child’s EQID number. This is a 10 digitnumber with a letter at the end. This number can be found on arecent invoice or tax receipt from the school. If you are unableto locate this number you can call the front office on 46723666to obtain this.
The initial set up for Qparents must be completed on acomputer or laptop. Once set up is complete you candownload the app to use on any smartphone or tablet. Thefront office staff can help assist families who do not have accessto a computer or laptop.
Lift
Learning Is Fun TogetherMonday, Wednesday and Friday from
9.00am-11.00amin Groom Hall.
We ask that you bring with you:a snack for morning tea; water bottle; a hat;
and a fee of $2 a child or $5 for 3 or more children.
Uniform ShopTrading Hours Monday, Tuesday and Friday 8:30am – 9:30am
TuckshopTuckshop days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Don’tforget you can order your tuckshop online with Flexischools,to set up an account log on to the link below and follow thesteps to register. The traditional brown paper bag orders will stillbe accepted but need to be filled out at home with the moneyplaced in the bag and delivered before 9am to the Tuckshop.
http://www.flexischools.com.au/
Tuckshop Volunteers Needed
The Tuckshop is in real need of Volunteers on a Wed and Fri.Even if you can only spare an hour or 2 once a month it wouldbe greatly appreciated.
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