17 November 2017

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Northern Territory Disability Awards 2017

The awards recognise the achievements and promote the value of a career working with people living with a disability. They draw our attention to organisations making a real difference through ensuring inclusion and accessibility for all Territorians. They are open to all sectors of businesses across the Territory. Henbury School was nominated for and won two categories on the night; Excellence in Innovation Category and Emerging Leadership Category. Felicity Faull won the Emerging Leaders category and our Transition to Work programs won the innovation category.

End of Year

Reports have been written and are being collated and proofread. They will be sent home in Week 10. Classes have started being worked out for next year. This is a long process and we will let you all know again in Week 10. This year, as our reputation grows, we are enrolling an amazing number of new students. All new parents have been invited to a morning tea Friday 24th November to meet with school council and have the opportunity to ask our parents questions and have a look around.

ABC radio interview

Our Principal, Carolyn Edwards and students were interviewed by ABC radio. Click on the link below to hear the interview.

Back to School Vouchers for 2018

The NT Government is pleased to announce its assistance to families in 2018 by continuing the Back to School Payment Scheme. Please click links below to see letter from the Minister for Education, Eva Lawler and Frequently Asked Questions about the scheme. A hard copy will also be sent home with your child.

Henbury Art Exhibition

The 2nd Annual Henbury School Art Show was opened by the honourable Deputy Chief Minister Nicole Manison and Arts Minister Lauren Moss. CSC and DHS Outreach students coordinated the event. Students from all classes produced Art of a very high standard, according to Judges: Enterprise Education Teacher, Leizl Mowbray, Kate Worden MLA and Matt van Roden from Museum and Art Gallery of the NT. A total of 114 artworks were entered up from the 81 last year. Last year’s Exhibition organised by Lauren Hofmeyer and her CSC year 10 and 11 Class was a tough act to follow.

The winners were (by category):

Anime: Desbina N
3 Dimensional: Rachael, Dawyte, Desbina & Gerry
Photography: Aaron K
Indigenous: Robbie H
Abstract: Ben H
Other: Jonathan T

Highly commended were:

Michael D, Marina K, Yellow5, DMS, Jye N, NMS, SMS, Jayden, Despina, CSC3 with Saxon, Omri, Banjo, Melissa, Gerry, Manoli, Jayden, Min Min, Jeremy, Amanda, Faisal, Danny, Richard, Paul, Gilbery, Roxanne, Kyle & William.

This report by Nim, Shamus and Travis CSC.

HENBURY CORPORATE LUNCHEON

The amazing team at Rick Creative have kindly donated their time and money to fund our new HCL 2017 television advertisement. Keep an eye out for our ad on Channel 9 Darwin starting this weekend and remember to share and like our page with your friends and family! Tickets are still available via our website or by calling one of our fabulous front office staff on 8997 7077. Open link below to view advertisement.

RISING STARS BASKETBALL UPDATE

Week 2

This week the rising stars powered up and produced 2 players of the week

Player of the week for Northern Risers was Willis T

Player of week in basketball for Bulldogs team is Justin F for his enthusiasm and great teamwork

Week 3

Player of the week for the Dabbers is Rosemary T, the Basketball skills are improving and showing in the games against formidable opponents.

Player of week for Bulldogs goes to Julio A for fantastic teamwork, great basketball skills always shared the ball amongst his team mates.

The Northern Risers player of the week goes to Isaiah E. He had great ball skills and was a team player. He passed the ball around to his team mates and really enjoyed his first game.

Week 4

Player of the week for Northern Risers was Isaiah Keegan for his fantastic sportsmanship.

Player of the week the Dabbers is Nicole Cartwright. Nicole had a very strong defensive game

Player of the week for the cool Crocs was Faisal – for his enthusiasm and persistence on the court.

The teamwork skills and competitive spirit in all the games are definitely a noticeable progress, Fantastic Guys!

CSC 3

Students at CSC 3 have been energetic and hardworking this Term. Our four year 10’s are comfortable in their new setting in Senior School. Also our three year 11s have been displaying some maturity and leadership such as Gilbery presenting a Welcome to Country.

They have had access to many opportunities in VETiS studies and class subjects. This includes; Automotive, Retail, Work Skills and Hairdressing. In Clontarf students have been on camps, sporting events and have been involved in cooking and fundraising for a charity. For work experience Dominic has been attending Coffee crew and Gilbery has been attending Barbara James Aged Care. William is also accessing Health and Physical Education and enjoys running about with CSC students. Robbie and Dominic attend Science and created a Rube Goldberg Machine. Students are now working on attaining a White Card as part of their Integrated Learning course. Aiden also attained his leaners licence.

IT’S THE PURPLE 2 CREW

This Semester has been very busy for all the young men in Purple 2. We are excited to share some of our updates with you!

Over Semester 2 we have been working on helping our whole class access the community. Tom has started attending shopping with us each week and is loving the experience. At the end of Term 3 we also had the opportunity to attend the 360° cinema at the Waterfront. It was a different experience for us all! Another place we enjoyed was a long walk through the beautiful Botanical Gardens. As part of digital technology, some of our students have been learning to use a range of devices to take accurate photos while we are out and about. When we return to class we share the wonderful shots we have taken.

In the arts this Semester we have been learning how to play the Dejembe drum. All of our students sit together and practice bass and tone hits mixed with a range additional body percussion. At the moment we have almost mastered a basic musical sequence which we play to a range of different songs selected by students. Our favourite so far has been playing ‘bass’, ‘bass’ ‘clap’ to ‘We will rock you’ by Queen.

We have been very active this Semester, participating in a range of health and physical education programs including Gymnastics, Total Recreation, Rock and Water and Bike Riding. Our big school is great to ride around on the bikes as a whole class. Thank you to the Berends family for donating another trike to our school. This has allowed our class to all ride at the same time!

In literacy and numeracy lessons, we have all been working really hard on our individual goals. We are proud of our efforts and what we have achieved this year.

Thanks for reading our update!

UPCOMING EVENTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NOVEMBER

Daniel – 1st
Jevaughn – 2nd
Keanu – 3rd
Jeffrey - 4th
Faisal – 4th
Jayden M – 4th
Jolina – 10th
Ben – 13th
Josie Lyn – 15th
Jypsey Lee – 19th
Hayley - 20th
Leah – 21st
Scott – 22nd
Hugo – 22nd
Harrison – 23rd

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