23 February 2018

Newsletter Articles

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Parents/Carers

Transition and Education Adjustment Plans (T/EAP’s)

Week 4 is already upon us and it feels like the year just started. Our EAP and TEAP process is well under way with parent/carer interviews happening as you read this newsletter. This process will finish by the 9 March in which case Plans will be adjusted and sent home for parents/guardians/carers to sign.

Staffing

Henbury School welcomes Ms Dannielle Inglis into a Special Education Support Officer role in Blue 1. Dannielle won the advertised position for the Semester. Welcome Dannielle.

Teacher Swim Rescue training

Teacher Swim Rescue training will begin for staff next week. This is a very important program that qualifies staff to take students into the pool, for class programs and hydrotherapy.

School Based immunisation program

This year consent forms have been distributed to go home with Yr 7 & 10 students only. Consents are to be completed and returned to the front office/school nurse where the student attends on a daily basis (Outreach students will be included into their outreach schools program).

Please contact Henbury School Nurse - Janine Kelsey if you have any further questions.

Human Growth and Development (HGD) begins next week 5

HGD begins Thursday 1/03 from 8:45 - 9:45 with a focus on the Keeping Safe Curriculum.

Riding for the Disabled (RDA)

Riding for the Disabled will begin in term 2, could you please discuss riding with your child, then let the school know and we will send home the appropriate paperwork.If students have ridden before they will not need to have the medical section(documents) redone, but the other paperwork is still needed.

Students will be able to use their sports vouchers for membership. There will still be a cost of $27 a week for each session. $25 per lesson and $2 for bus.

Rod Opie
Assistant Principal

QUEEN’S BATON RELAY

The school will be a Baton Relay Station. The Baton will be exchanged outside our school and then proceed through the school and proceed to Dripstone Middle School. This will be around 1:30pm on Friday 2 March.

The school will also be hosting lunch, made by our students, for the Queen’s Baton Relay support staff.

The parking out the front of school will affected by the relay and we apologise in advance for this.

HENBURY SCHOOL AGM

The AGM for the School Council will be held on Thursday 8 March at 5:00pm. This AGM will be followed by a General Meeting. There are parent vacancies, come along if you are interested.

PURPLE 2

This year Purple 2 consists of five young men and three staff members. James, Deacon, Tom and Paulo are back and we welcome our newest student Simaki to our classroom. Wanderson and Jessica are back again and Meena has joined our team.

Over the first few weeks back at school we have been setting up our classroom, getting to know each other and learning routines. We have a lot of programs planned for Semester 1 including Rock and Water, Music Jam, Zumba, Bike riding, Swimming, Basketball, Shopping, Cooking, Human Growth and Development and Community Access. Of course we work hard each day on our literacy, numeracy and communication skills. This Term in Science we are working on a unit about our senses. Purple 2 is also very lucky this year to have Sue come in each week to work with us for a sensory session and Shannon to work on Enterprise Education.

In week 3 we were provided with the opportunity to have a ‘taste’ of the different working opportunities available at our school. We went around and tried Woodwork, Kitchen, Enterprise Education (sewing) and Horticulture. It was good for us to see the different pathways we can try at Henbury for Work Experience over the next few years!

That is all for now.

From the Purple 2 team.

PURPLE 3

This year we almost have a whole new tribe in Purple 3! All of our students are new, from Darwin, Northern Territory and other parts of Australia, Jane is new to the school, and Gina is here to help us through! The Purple 3 boys have settled in nicely to their new school. This week in Literacy we have been working on sentences and making our own. Each student has written a sentence about what they like at school so far.

Jayden likes riding bikes with the class.
Will likes making paper with Leizl on Mondays.
Lachlan likes going on the bus to the shops on Mondays.
Aiden liked making the ‘K is for Kangaroo’ poster in our class alphabet.
Leigh likes to play on the trampoline and riding the bikes.

We’ve been trialling choir, going to Rock and Water, checking out the Sensory Room and school grounds.

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY

School photo day will be on Thursday 15th March. Envelopes will be sent home next week for parents to place orders. Please ensure that your child is wearing their school uniform on this day.

SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

Henbury School is registered in the Coles Sports for Schools program. The more vouchers we collect, the more sports gear our school receives. To find out more go to the link below.

UPCOMING EVENTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

FEBRUARY

Aiden – 4th
Jake – 4th
Mickie – 7th
Joshua – 8th
Danny – 13th
Coral Lee – 14th
Dawyte – 14th
Jeremy J- 16th
Tessa – 17th
Jamal – 18th
Faye – 20th
Nadia – 27th
Peter C – 27th
Pearl – 28th

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