21 May 2019

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Principal’s Report

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The Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) Summit will be held in Darwin Thursday 23-25 May. Joan Ocampo has a National recognition of being a Highly Accomplished Teacher. On Thursday, Henbury will have 7 teachers and/or board members coming from 9:00 – 11:10. At 9:00 there will be a welcome and walkthrough until 9:40 and then they go to HOA and Op Shop.

At the Friday Summit, (Darwin Convention Centre), Joan and 3 other teachers will be present to delegates a snapshot journey of the NT Learning Commission. Joan will also have a shared display space about her HALT journey.

On Saturday Nardia will speak for 15 minutes to 220 delegates on behalf of all NT students. Her focus will be on how teachers have given her opportunities to gain valuable life skills, which will enable her to have independence as an adult. She will also reflect on her learning and celebrate her achievements.

Henbury on Aralia

Henbury on Aralia (HOA) has been open for 5 weeks and has made a significant impact to the coffee culture in Darwin and to the expansion of work training sites for our students. Thank you to everyone who has come down to have a drink or something to eat. If you haven’t been down then make the most of the great weather and visit.

Twilight Sports and Family Night

Twilight Sports is back. Save the date Wednesday 26 June, starting around 5:00pm. After Twilight Sports families are welcome to come to school for Family Night and enjoy a BBQ and Salad. More information to come.

Carolyn Edwards
Principal

YELLOW 2

Yellow Two has been busy doing all manner of exciting activities. We welcomed Thomas to our class and enjoy his "can do" attitude. For the Arafura Games; Our year 12's (Scott, Julio, Thomas) and Lorenzo (in year 11) did the "late shift" at the athletics one night; running the canteen with Felicity and Nim. It was exciting to see Lorenzo's cousin, Raelene achieve a Personal Best in the 800 metres!

We managed to see some Table Tennis and some Sepak Takraw; including Australia A defeating the Singapore Police and in the Women’s; the Philippines beaten by China. It was great to see such athleticism and the Australian Team allowed us to take a photo with them.

Sweet Treats was in full speed ahead in term one and we used some of our profit to buy lunch on our end of term excursion at Gateway Shopping Centre where we watched The Missing Link. The boys had a good time and Tina managed to not cry. Although tissues were ready.

Congratulations to Scott S for winning a trophy for best male bowler in his age group recently.

YELLOW 2 @ BRAVE

On the 29th of April. I went to the Darwin Entertainment Centre with other students from around Darwin. I watched the show called Brave by Slide Dance Company. The show was about a girl being brave dealing with bullying

At the show I didn’t like the kids bullying one girl. They were very mean to her. My favourite part was when the parents came to help her. We had a lot of talking about the movie when we go back to school.

Article written by Mihali G

SEMESTER ONE YELLOW 3 HIGHLIGHTS

Preparing for Post School - As senior students, Yellow 3 are carefully considering their future work options. Many of the Y3 students completed their Barista Skills Set course and are applying their skills at Coffee Crew and at the new Henbury on Aralia Café. Some students are also working on their Retail and Cookery certificates, and working in Animal Care and Aged Care.

Arafura Games – As part of their Modified NTCET English subject, students researched which countries were participating, types of sports and how to read event schedules. Students developed their communication skills first hand as they volunteered at the Table Tennis event.

Integrated Maths/Health Project – students researched the effects of sugar on their bodies and how to calculate the sugar content of different foods. They surveyed Yellow block students and staff about their favourite deserts and learnt to create graphs and how to interpret them.

Maths in the Kitchen – as we continue the Henbury Healthy Chefs lunch business the focus is on using measurement in the kitchen. Students are learning about fractions, units of measurement and using measurement equipment. Enjoying their meals at the end of cooking sessions is always a great incentive!

Fijian Table Tennis para athlete thanking Jeffrey for being a ball retriever.

Gregory, Malakai and Kate greeting spectators and handing out timetables.

Working out how to cut our pizza damper into sixths

Working out the sugar content in food and drinks

HELLO FROM DRIPSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL 1

It has been a busy start to 2019. Everyone has been enjoying trying out the Electives here at Dripstone Middle School and with the Skill Sets at Henbury Campus. Some have also been working with the Gardening Crew and helping out with the Henbury Market.

We have also had a few excursions to places like the Darwin Museum and Darwin Entertainment Centre. Everyone really enjoyed going to the Spider Exhibition at the Darwin Museum.

Cloe with her Bird she made in Art

Two of the guys being attacked by the spiders at Darwin Museum.

Having morning tea at the Museum.

NIGHTCLIFF MIDDLE SCHOOL OUTREACH

What an exciting week during the Arafura Games Week! NMS Outreach had the most amazing opportunity to be involved in three days of volunteering at three different sports. Brodie, Trinidey, Torie, Nakeya and Tracey stepped up to the challenge and became Canteen workers at the Athletics, Basket carriers at Swimming and Volleyball retrievers at the Beach Volleyball. Hands on work and volunteering skills were put to the test at the International Sporting event which has now become such an important and memorable lesson for NMS Outreach. A huge thanks to Felicity, Clontarf and each of the Arafura Games Sports coordinators for believing in us and allowing us to be part of this incredible lifelong educational experience. Thanks to Amanda Holt and DMS Students for provided extra support in numbers during the Beach Volleyball session. Trinidey and Torie have written their account of these special moments. Well done to everyone involved!

Article 1 written by Trinidey S:

Arafura Games 2019

On Tuesday 7th of May 2019, the Nightcliff Middle School Outreach class went to Waterfront to help at the Beach Volley ball. The Beach Volleyball was played at the Waterfront, next to the Lagoon.

My favourite day was Friday spent at the Beach Volleyball because I was very excited to be the ball retriever. My job was the ball retriever, to grab the ball and pass it to the players when the ball goes out. When I got tired during the game or at half time another retriever would swap with me.

Another task given to our class was to keep track of the score on the score board. My best memory was changing the score board.

I think my role was important because spectators, teams and players at the back that can’t see the score board but with my help they can.

From Trinidey

Article 1 written by Torie C:

Arafura Games 2019

Monday the 29th April our class, NMS Outreach went to Marrara Athletic Stadium to volunteer at the Arafura Games.

My favourite day was Monday because we got to serve people. My first job was cooking & preparing. We cooked toasties then cut them in half and served them to the customer.

My second job was getting icy poles. I got the icy poles for the customers and cut the tops off.

My third job was handling the money. The customer’s would pay for their food and we would sort out the money into change.

Our role was important. So the customer’s don’t get hungry and leave.

It was great because I got to hang out with friends and watch the athletes running and compete in the sports.

From Torie C

SEVERAL PLACES AVAILABLE AT OUR PLACE

We currently have several places available for our After School Care program, for enquiries and further information please call Ange.

SRA@H – Social and Recreational Activities at Henbury provides group activities between 2.40 -5.30 Monday to Friday during school terms. We offer our teenagers a wide variety of activities including bike riding, swimming/water play, basketball, woodwork, sewing, cooking/baking, art, yoga and much more.

Located in a purpose built area at school we enjoy the benefits of Henbury School facilities including: swimming pool, playground, sensory room, school farm and buses for community access.

The SRA@H program provides teenagers important social opportunities with their peers and the wider community in a safe and happy scope.

During school holiday time our program provides community access activities including but are not limited to: going to the movies, visiting museums and exhibits, shopping trips, skate parks, water parks and bowling.

We offer support ratios 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 in accordance with your child’s NDIS plan and the existing daily service fee is still subsidised according to your level of eligibility by the CCS rebate. Should you not have CCS you can use your NDIS funding exclusively, but you would need to make sure there is adequate funds for this purpose in your plan.

There is provision for students who do not have their NDIS plans yet.

Operating hours:

Monday – Friday 2.40 - 5.30 During School Terms.
Monday – Friday 7.30 – 5.30 During School Holidays except for two weeks closure over Christmas / New Year.

Ange Newton
SRA@H Coordinator

UPDATE OF MEDICAL INFORMATION

As our duty of care, it is important for all schools to maintain current and accurate records of students with known medical conditions. It is a requirement for all health care and management plans be updated annually and reviewed 6 monthly.

Parents/Guardians/Carers are required to:

• Assist schools in their efforts to keep their child safe and healthy, inclusive of ensuring the school has the latest information available in relation to the child’s health status and needs.

Please contact the Health Promoting School Nurse, Janine Kelsey on 89977077 to update information or make an appointment to further discuss your child’s needs at school.

Janine Kelsey
Health Promoting School Nurse

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

Every purchase from Scholastic Book Club helps the school to buy extra library resources.

Scholastic Book Club orders for Term 2 are now open and orders will close on the 14th June.

The easiest way for families to order and pay for Book Club is to use the online LOOP platform. This will ensure that students get their orders, which are delivered to school for free, and that the correct payment is received. Please use the link to register and start your order at the link below.

LOOP is also available as an app, for both apple and Android devices.

Families who order via LOOP will receive a free reusable book bag with their second order for the year, and a poster and bookmark for those who place their third order.

For cash payments, please sent the order form and your money to the front office to get receipted before the due date.

Thank you to everyone who ordered from Book Club in Term [1]. Henbury School has earned $69 in Scholastic Rewards this year, as 20% of what you spend goes back to the school. Your support, in ordering from Book Club, has allowed the school to buy additional books for the library.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN IS ON AGAIN

The Woolworth’s Earn & Learn stickers are back on again. From now until the 25th June you will receive a sticker for every $10 you spend at Woolworths. Collect as many stickers as you can, hand them into Henbury School and help us redeem them for new equipment and resources.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday to the following students who celebrate their birthday in May!

Lorenzo M – 17th
Keira B – 18th
Roanin S – 19th
Trinidey -19th
Julio – 20th
Deacon R – 23rd
Isaiah E – 23rd
Cloe R – 24th
Agnes M – 29th

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