1 December 2017

Newsletter Articles

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

How time flies it is week 8 already, most of the reports are written and classes are planning their end of year celebrations. There have been a number of fantastic achievements by our students over the previous fortnight which are discussed below.

BCA Certificate II in Skills for Work & Vocational Pathways

Congratulations to our Senior Outreach students who attended the BCA National NT, SA & WA graduation ceremony at Parliament House on Tuesday evening. 16 students successfully completed a Certificate II in Skills for Work & Vocational Pathways. The course, delivered over five weeks was a huge undertaking for students and supporting staff and a first for Henbury School. Well done.

Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training (NTCET) Modified Graduates

Henbury School has held a SACE number for only 3 years and already we have our first 4 Modified NTCET graduates this year, Omri M, Michael D, Nikolaos E and Simba R have been students at Henbury School for the previous 6 years. In 2015 they began their Modified NTCET journey and this week become the first students to graduate from Henbury School with a Modified NTCET certificate. Congratulations to Omri, Michael, Nikolaos and Simba you are the inaugural achievers of the certificate for Henbury and the first of many future achievers.

Year 12 Graduation Ceremony

At the time of writing our year 12 Class of 2017 are celebrating the end of their schooling lives at the Novotel Darwin on 30th November. This was the final celebration of the end of formal schooling for these Henbury students and was attended by students, parents and staff who farewelled their students at their last formal school occasion. Photos will be published in week 10.

End of Year Assembly

All parents/guardians and carers are invited to the end of year presentation assembly on Tuesday 12 December in our Hall. This event will commence at 11.00am and finish at 12.30pm. Please come along and support your child. Please enter through front reception.

Christmas Lunch

Students and staff will enjoy Christmas lunch in the hall this year on Wednesday 13 December, classes have made salads to add to the scrumptious Christmas lunch that we all so much enjoy. The man in the red suit might even pay us a visit!

Henbury Corporate Luncheon

The Henbury Corporate Luncheon is running again on Friday 8 December. This is our annual fundraiser and 2017 looks like being one of the biggest luncheons yet. We have sold 37 tables and look like adding even more in. Thank you to all those people who have supported this fundraiser in any way, all support is greatly appreciated.

Darwin High School Outreach

DHS students are breathing a sigh of relief. All the work from Senior Outreach Classes passed moderation and work experience finishes in week 8. For us this has meant the following workloads which students managed by lots of hard work and perseverance:

DHS students also did Creative Arts with Ms Penny where they learned photography and either SensAtional Designs or Garden Crew or Woodwork. They are also part way through another course which was highlighted in the Art Exhibition which they helped to organise.

Busy Busy Bees. We are so very proud of all the DHS students.

ARTICLE BY MIHALI AND MARINA

Are you wondering what the art work is on the glass wall of the room near Miss Felicity’s and Miss Darlene’s office? Do you know what room this is and who uses it?

This room is used by Outreach staff when they are at Henbury. It was jokingly named the Fishbowl by Mr Nim. The DHS class were looking for a project which they could do for their Stage 1 English Modified course. This had to be inspired by their study of the novel Blueback by Tim Winton.

The word Fishbowl started them thinking. They asked Miss Darlene for help and got permission from Miss Carolyn to decorate the walls. Originally they were going to use big marine creatures.

As time went on, only Marina and Mihali remained in the course. They had to change their plans and do a smaller project. They found pictures of smaller sea creatures and got some plants from the Henbury gardens. They laminated these and made them so they looked the same from either side of the wall. The outer figure was in the shape of a Fishbowl. The headings pay respect to the traditional owners of the land that Henbury is built on.

Mihali and Marina had a lot of fun learning to do this project and communicating with everyone and they would like to thank Miss Darlene and Miss Carolyn.

How about you have a look at the Fishbowl?

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 C. 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!

Week 5

1. Kim won for great team player.
2. Kate for great sportsmanship because she filled in for the Dabbers because they were short a player.
3. Cool crocs player of the week was Kimberley TT.
4. The Dabbers player of the week was Kate C.

Week 6

1. Player of week: Malakai S for his enthusiasm, sharing the ball and good defence tactics.
2. The Northern Risers player of the week went to Melissa K for being an enthusiastic team player.

Coral-Lee week 6 – for resilience on the court, demonstrating great basketball skills and being a great role model to her team mates.

Week 7

1. Player of the week for week 7 – Emily – for being more inclusive of her team mates and trying her best to slow down and take better aim when shooting baskets.

GREEN 2 BOYS

In Term 4 Green 2 Boys had some exciting adventures, the boys spent a lot of time practicing their social skills. This term we packed punches at the Margy’s Gym getting fit and agile. In the classroom we continued with our daily counting, alphabet sounds and days of the week routine, which the boys love and know very well. In the kitchen we cooked up a storm.

Students also participated in other exciting programs such as Basketball, bucket Drumming and Choir.

We have fun on our weekly visit to the farm when we feed the chicken, water the plants and make sure we keep those pesky weeds under control.

Our Phys Ed in lots of riding (weather permitting) also water safety and swimming lessons are coming along and lots of fun, everyone is relaxed and safe in the pool.

On community access we have a real fun time with Green 1, doing lots of fun activities like going to check out the shopping centers, special shows like the 360 degrees cinema and Lunch on the Wharf among many other places we hung out.

WELL DONE JULIO

We are extremely proud of student Julio Abdullah, whose photo was chosen by Lauren Moss MLA for her Christmas card this year. Lauren chose the photograph on her recent visit to Henbury School for our annual Art Exhibition. Well done Julio!

HCL TICKETS FOR REGISTERED CARERS

Carers NT are providing the opportunity for registered Carers of students who are attending, or have attended any of the Top End Specialist Schools (e.g. Henbury, Nemarlrk or Kintore Street) to attend the 2017 Henbury School Luncheon. The Luncheon will be on Friday the 8th of December and two tickets are available per registered Carer however only one registered Carer from a particular family unit can apply to this offer. Carers NT are seeking a $5 contribution from registered Carers who participate in this offer, which will pay for their 2017/18 Financial Membership if not already obtained. Tickets are limited and will be available based on a first in first offered basis. Respite will also be available upon request and subject to approval. Contact Noelene at Carers NT by calling 1800 242 636, emailing mhcoordinator@carersnt.asn.au or follow the link below to register online.

Click on the link below to find out more information.

PURCHASE OF HENBURY PRODUCTS FROM REDBUBBLE.COM

Looking for last minute gifts for the festive season? We've just published a stack of beautiful pictures taken by our talented photography students. They're available to purchase on greeting cards, postcards, and more. We've also compiled some into a 2018 calendar.

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

Henbury School’s Enterprise Education products were on sale at the Marrara Christmas Fair last weekend. Follow the signs to the air conditioned indoor stadium.

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SALE

Purple 3 have been busy creating beautiful Christmas cards. If you would like to purchase some of these cards please contact our staff in the Front Office on 89977077. Cost per card is $3.00.

UPCOMING EVENTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

DECEMBER

Nikolaos E – 9th
Simba R – 12th
Paulo T – 13th
Brandon – 18th
William BB – 21st
Terry H – 21st
Mikaylah CS – 20th
Jai P – 23rd

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