31 March 2017

Newsletter Articles

Senior Teacher’s Report

Parents/Carers

T/EAP meetings are now complete with informative goals now in place for our students. T/EAP plans will go out in week 1 next term. Thank you to all parents and carers who contributed to this process; goal setting is an invaluable part of what we do here at Henbury School.

PAT Testing

PAT Maths and Reading testing also occurred across the school this week; students were required to use their iPads to enter results making the administration of the tests easier and more enjoyable for our students.

Transition to work taster session

Transition to work taster sessions have also greatly benefited students this term with skills being taught in various trades including Bakery, Sewing, Hairdressing and Woodwork.

Farewells

This term we say farewell to Joan Prasser and Sarah Corry. Joan worked in Purple 5 replacing Tina Glover for the past 5 weeks; Tina will return next week. Sarah Corry ST1 Transition and Pathways has won an acting Assistant Principal position at Humpty Doo Primary School for Term 2. We wish both staff members the very best of luck next term.

Prowise Software

A new software product is being trialled in the school to provide a new way for teachers to instruct using their Commboxes. This interactive tool will aid in technological instruction in the school which is a big part of our ICT focus. More information on this software can be obtained by clicking on the link:

Assembly

Term 1 ended with a fantastic Assembly. Congratulations to all students who received awards at the assembly:

Year 7 – Kate C for Teamwork, Responsibility, Care & Compassion
Year 8 – Alex A for Teamwork
Year 9 – Kimberly TT for Care & Compassion
Year 11 – Dana J for Responsibility
Year 12 – Georgiah for Teamwork

Possibilities Expo

Don’t forget to bookmark the 6/04 into your schedules to attend the PossAbilities expo from 2pm-6:30pm. This is a community event promoting services, organizations and opportunities for people with a disAbility. Visit over 30 interactive stalls. Entertainment on stage from 2pm.

Try a Skill in our Enterprise Education work spaces from 3pm to 4pm. Classrooms open from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.... Crewz'N'Brew will be open and selling drinks and food.

A BBQ dinner will be raising funds for Rising Stars Basketball

Paul Drewitt
Senior Teacher

Greeting from Sanderson Outreach!

At Sanderson outreach, this year, we have a class of five boys – Bradin, Keanu, Alex, Mickey and Jaydon. We started off the year with a new student and an interesting program that involved a variety of classroom and outdoor activities. SMS Outreach boys do work trainings at The Patch and Henbury OP shop and participate in the small classroom business called “Cupcake Masters”. Our unit of work, for the Semester is about Intercultural understanding which allows students to recognise and develop respect for all cultures within and outside their communities. Together with these, we do cooking, sports, science, photography, woodwork.

At SMS Outreach our main focus is on developing effective life skills strategies through visible learning, to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. We put a lot of emphasis on Henbury school’s values that are: Respect, Teamwork, Responsibility, Resilience and Compassion, within and outside class activities.

We are looking forward to a busy and productive year.

SMS students were shown a local bee hive at the Patch by the work trainer. When taste tested it was revealed that the honey had a tangy flavour because the local bees collected the nectar from lemon flowers.

Greeting from Green 1

What a busy start to 2017! This year we have a wonderful class of 5 girls – Leah, Mary, Mikaylah, Hayley and Honor. We have been settling into our classroom, as well as the school for our four Year 7 girls. We have a very full timetable that includes daily numeracy and literacy, class swimming, community access, shopping and class cooking, work training at the Op Shop and finally getting some down time in the sensory room on a Friday afternoon. For community access we have been to the Military museum, Kingpin, the Wharf, Nightcliff Foreshore, Officeworks and Casuarina. We have learnt lots on these excursions and have a great time talking about our discoveries during our daily reflection. This term we have also started learning about what a growth mindset is, and how we can stop ourselves falling into the pit!

We look forward to getting to know each other better as the school year progresses, finding new friendships and becoming part of Henbury.

Honor participating in cooking

Blue 4

Wow, such a busy start to the learning year in Blue 4. Everyone has started their Transition 2 Work Training. Banjo is enjoying using the tools in Woodwork and has completed a wooden box. Rosemary and Nicole are excited every Monday morning when they get to go down to the Hair Salon and style the mannequin’s hair, and Amanda and Pearl have been very busy getting creative in Sensational Design.

Blue 4 students are once again participating in The Rising Stars program. All of the students were excited and were talking tactics 3 weeks prior to the competition starting. It is great to see the resilience and teamwork between players developing!

We have all started going to Margie’s Gym on a Monday morning, and we are getting strong while working on our strength training - getting sweaty is a common feeling amongst everyone.

This Term, we have had 2 class parties. First we celebrated Pearl Malapitan’s 16th birthday and then we celebrated Amanda Taylor’s 16th birthday!

Everyone in Blue are looking forward to the Holiday break and we wish everyone a fun and safe break

Dripstone Middle School Outreach

We’ve had a very busy Term 1 at DMS Outreach. Our class has been focussing on Healthy Lifestyles. We are trying really hard to choose nutritious food and drinks for our daily meal program. We have been regularly walking the 1.6km loop around Dripstone and Henbury campuses. Our best time so far is 17 minutes and burnt 100 calories. We’ve also joined the Edge gym at Casuarina for a weekly session with a personal trainer. We’re all feeling a little bit sore but stronger and fitter for it!

Upcoming Events

Happy Birthday

APRIL

Michael MD – 4th
Tom D – 8th
Kimberley TT – 12th
Alex A – 16th
Isaiah K – 19th
Fu Seng U – 27th

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