22 March 2017

Newsletter Articles

Principal’s Report

Parents/Carers

All T/EAP meetings have been held. Thank you to parents and carers who made time to come to the meetings. Staff will be writing up the plans to send home for parents/carers to sign and send back or to make adjustments. The plans are integral to the work students will undertake in the coming year. The school is aiming to send plans home in Week 10 of term 1.

Congratulations to Deborah Hall and Lauren Hofmeyer who will be presenting at the Australian Association of Special Education (AASE) National Conference. The conference will be held in Darwin from the 6th-7th of April this year. The session is entitled: Rich tasks, confident young people and curriculum success. This session will focus on Henbury School’s Modified NTCET journey, specifically the experience and effects on students and families and post school options for our young people. The school will take part in hosting a visit for conference delegates on Thursday 6 April. Delegates will view students working in various enterprises, Barista, Bakery, SenseSational Designs, Workshop and Horticulture in the Farm.

Change of Date for Term 1 Assembly

Due to the PossibeABILITIES Expo running on Thursday 6 April and the ASSE tour occurring, the Assembly for Term 1 will be on Thursday 30th of March at 11am in the Hall.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Joan Ocampo who received a national teaching award from ASG National Excellence in Teaching Awards (ASG NEiTA) for creating an inclusive learning culture, two weeks ago.

Joan strives to create a culture of significant student learning for young people with physical, mental and social needs. She received this award in Melbourne. Joan Ocampo was the only Northern Territory recipient. She was one of 13 outstanding educators from across Australia in receiving the top awards. She also received the Disability Inclusion Grant.

Couch Surfing

As part of their Integrated Learning subject CSC 2&3 Outreach will participate in Darwin city and compete in the Anglicare Couch Surfing race for 2017. This event is to raise awareness about youth homelessness.

Crazy Hair Day

The school participated in Crazy Hair last Thursday to raise awareness and funds for blood cancer. Thanks to everyone who participated, a great day!

Rising Stars Basketball

The 2017 competition started Friday 17 March. The school has four teams entered this year (44 students from 10 classes) and by all accounts students had a great time. A big shout out goes to Bob Jenkins (Buslink Charter Manager) for organising to get students to and from Marrara. Due to the generosity students do not have to wait around after the games have finished. Profits from the BBQ on Expo afternoon will go towards ongoing costs for Semester two.

Here is the link to see game times for the rest of the tournament.

Next Friday 24th:

11:00 – The Bruisers Vs Taminmin and Purple Power Vs CDS
12:00 – Reeking Havoc Vs SEC Flyers and Tiger Sharks Vs Total Stars

School Council Parent Vacancy

There is a vacancy for a Parent Member. The next meeting is Thursday 23rd March. Come along and join the meeting to see if you would like to nominate as a parent member.

Northern Territory Principals’ Association (NTPA)

The NTPA held its Executive Meeting at Henbury School on Friday 17 March. A big thank you to the Coffee Crew members who catered for the event. The principals were very impressed with the students’ skills and lunch was delicious.

NTPA-Sabina Smith President of the NTPA

2017 PossABILITIES Expo & Acquaintance Afternoon

Henbury School with the support of the NT NDCO, Julie Forrest-Davies, are coordinating the 2017 PossABILITIES Expo, formerly the “Henbury Youth and Disability Expo.” This will be held on the 6 April from 2pm to 6:30pm. This event will also include Acquaintance Afternoon.

Acquaintance Afternoons

On campus classrooms Thursday 6 April 4:30-5:30.
DHS Outreach Classrooms will occur at Darwin High from 2:30-3:30 Thursday 6 April.

Carolyn Edwards
Principal

Red Mouse Graphics

Natasha has designed our school yearbook for the past 4 years. Natasha has taken the time to learn about our school and the message we want to send to the community. This has produced a quality product that we are very proud of. I would highly recommend her to work with your school or business.

Sarah Corry
Senior Teacher

BLUE 1

What a busy start to Term 1 we’ve had! This year we welcomed Josie-Lyn to Henbury School who has settled in nicely and we also welcomed back Tessa and Indah. So far this term we have spent a lot of time getting to know each other and our teachers as well as learning more about our school values. In between our literacy and math sessions we have planted sunflowers in pots in our classroom -here is a photo of some of our Sunflowers starting to grow - we have also made pinch pots out of air dried clay which we painted, here is a photo of Tessa's pretty pink one. On Friday afternoons we enjoy our sensory sessions where we create different things to explore with our senses. So far we have made playdough, goo and experimented with air dry clay. Here is a photo of Indah and Josie enjoying the feeling of goo between their fingers. Even with our busy schedule we manage to go on community access on Wednesdays so far this term we have been to Nightcliff Foreshore and East point, this week we are going to the Botanical Gardens. Here are some photos of Josie and Indah enjoying the scenery at East Point. The students of Blue 1 are looking forward to what the rest of the year will bring and are excited to learn many new things and work hard to achieve the best outcomes they can.

BLUE 2

It has been a busy start to the year for Blue 2. We welcomed Danny into the class who has settled in well and become an important member of Blue 2. We have started a couple of new programs, in particular cooking and we have planted a new vegetable garden in Henbury’s farm. Last week we cooked pasta bolognaise and savoury mince that we will enjoy for lunch. In our vegetable garden we have planted tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley and lettuce, we also planted carrot seeds.

CSC 3

CSC 3 is a class of 10 boys. 8 year 10 students and 3 year 11 students. Our students are excited to be in a Senior School. We have been practicing, money math, writing, spelling, social skills, and class meetings. We also attend Clontarf, assemblies, the gym and camps. CSC 3 also worked with Deb Hall to host a Morning Tea. At the Morning Tea students spoke to staff and family about the school and our Outreach class. We look forward to an awesome year.

Our class along with CSC2 will be participating in the Couch Surfing Fundraiser to raising awareness to youth homelessness matters. See poster below for more details.

Entertainment Book Fundraiser

Thank you to all that have supported us in the past, last year we raised over $430.00!

You can now order your NEW 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for everything you love to do, and help our fundraising at the same time!

See link below for more information or call the school on 899 77077.

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March

Byron – 2nd
Samantha – 6th
Jeremy DM – 7th
Marina – 7th
Peter J – 8th
Bradin – 22nd
Omri – 23rd
Desbina – 23rd
Amanda – 26th

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