27 May 2022

Newsletter Articles

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

One thing is certain and that is that Henbury is never dull and always busy for our students and staff!

We were pleased to go ahead with our Professional Development days on 12th and 13th May. All staff participated in a two-day workshop focused on ‘Fresh Start’ which is our whole school phonological awareness and reading program. It was fantastic to learn about the program and how we can adapt to our learners to build this area of their skills and knowledge.

Structured Teaching expert and facilitator, Gail Preston once again visited us this week to provide professional development on this whole school framework. On 25th May a number of new staff participated in day one of the Structured Teaching workshop. Gail also visited classes, imparting her wisdom and providing feedback in order to strengthen our Structured Teaching practices and resources. The Structured Teaching framework considers the learning environment (physical structures), schedules, work systems, routines and visual strategies, and the visual structure of materials to make learning more accessible for our students.

Also, on Wednesday the 25th of May, Henbury’s student NT Learning Commissioners (NTLC) met up with John Cleary, Vicky Baylis and the PIVOT team to discuss Student Survey data, ABLES data and PIVOT. The Learning Commissioners also discussed big past projects and projects they are working on this year and into the future. Students were encouraged to share what they have done in their NTLC journey and what they are proud of at school and within themselves.

DECKCHAIR CINEMA

On Sunday evening, Henbury hosted a fundraiser event at the Deckchair Cinema. While is was a little quiet (being a school night!), a substantial amount of money was raised for our school. A big shout out must go to our staff for their time and for how smoothly the evening ran. Thank you to all our families who came out to support us.

HENBURY SCHOOL 40TH ANNIVERSARY

Please mark in your diaries Wednesday 22nd June (Week 10) for Henbury’s 40th Birthday celebration to be held on campus from 5pm. If you know of any past families or staff that you think would appreciate an invite, please let us know.

OP SHOP NEWS

Please remember our school Op Shop is open Monday to Saturday on Aralia Street Nightcliff, and Henbury on Aralia Café is open Thursday to Saturday morning. Please bring along any of your dry season visitors so they can see a bit of what our school is all about. The Op Shop and Café will be open as normal over the June/July holidays.

ALL ABILITIES NETBALL

The out of school All Abilities Netball Tournament kicked off on Thursday 19th May at Marrara Netball Stadium. A large number of current and past Henbury students are part of the tournament. If you are looking for a fun Thursday evening outing come down to Court 1 at 5:45pm to check out the action.

Greetings from Yellow 2

It has been a busy start to the Term trying to fit in all our NTCETM requirements and extracurricular activities. Along with Yellow 5 we have been out in the community each Wednesday enjoying the cooler weather throughout Term 2.

We have enjoyed outings to the Mangrove Board Walk, the Museum and our favourite so far has been the Reference Library.

Each Thursday Yellow 2 students have been practicing their cooking and barista skills in the Kitchen throughout Term 1 we served the community and for the reminder of Term 2 and the year they are practicing their communication skills by taking and delivering orders throughout the school.

This year we have two year 12 students who will be leaving us. Isaiah and Enrique have been preparing for their future lifestyles through visiting potential work sites and post school options. They have been working on their resumes and refining their work skills to ensure they are prepared for their future.

Hello from Yellow 3

Yellow 3 had a lot of fun making beeswax candles for the Mother’s Day stall this term. The students did a great job of working together on a tricky new activity and produced some lovely candles. We used our measurement skills to portion the wax sheets and wicks and used hair dryers to soften the wax for rolling. A sprig of rosemary and a gift tag completed the look.

Our class is learning all about measurement this term. Hands-on activities like cooking and craft give students the opportunity to use this knowledge whilst completing a fun, practical activity. We will be furthering our candle-making skills later this term with soy wax candles!

Dylan Alcott visit

Students from the Rising Stars Basketball and others had an amazing meet and greet with Dylan Alcott this week at the NT Tennis Centre. The meet and greet was organised by Sommerville, Jacinta (Disability Sports NT) and Tennis NT.

It was so inspiring to see Dylan mix in with the kids and give each of them a few minutes of his precious time. Such an incredible human and role model for our students. Our students were buzzing after. An experience like this can stay with them forever. A huge thanks to staff for supporting the students to get to the event.

Green 3 news

Green 3 have well and truly settled into the school year. We’ve had some hiccups and some fun on our learning adventure.

This year we have three year 12s; Karly, Honor and Mikaylah. Our year 11s are Willam and Judy. The new members of the gang are our year 10s; Cruz and Kobey.

We’ve been moving our bodies every morning, going for walks, shooting some hoops and jumping on the trampoline. This has helped us settle into our morning routine.

Our gang are learning skills in their communication devices and signing each morning during our morning meeting. We’re even requesting choice and regulation activities!

Of course, we’ve been shopping and cooking as well. Making sure that we’re making and eating healthy meals!

For our specialist subjects, we’re always busy in Woodwork with Vince and Horticulture with Matumba.

We’ve been making our way around Darwin on Community Access. Our year 12s have been going out and looking at future pathways!

Nightcliff Middle School

Nightcliff Middle School Henbury Outreach Class have had an amazing start to the year and a wholesome Semester 1 of 2022. Once the covid restrictions lifted, the students enjoyed the chance to learn and complete rich writing tasks about services around Darwin and work experience at Henbury on Aralia Café. As part of the NMS electives, students have proudly presented dance and bucket drumming in assemblies and after-school performances. The class thoroughly enjoyed the chance to go shopping and cook a group meal as part of our Nutrition program. In PE students have been training hard ready for the upcoming sports day at NMS, Henbury and the Top End Athletics. Students part of the NMS STARS and Clontarf academy who have immersed themselves in the various activities including Cricket, AFL, couch surfing and workplace visits.

Highlights for our class:

• All nine classmates relishing in their academic improvements along with excellent attendance
• Working hard to imbed the Henbury School Values and demonstrate role model behaviour in all aspects of their day
• Starting the NMS mainstream electives program: Dance, Music and PE
• Writing PowerPoints about Work Experience at HOA and services Around Darwin excursion to the Botanic Gardens, TOMRA, Dripstone Cliffs and Nightcliff Precinct/Foreshore
• Rising Stars Basketball in Term 1
• Representatives in the Darwin Region Middle Years School Soccer
• Bush Food/Medicine visits on country with Ms Alicia (AIEW) Holmes Jungle, Botanic Gardens and Casuarina Beach
• Exploring the street art in Darwin City and eating at the Mad Snake Café
• Success in the Art and Photography sections at the Freds Pass Show
• Completing their swim and survive awards at the Nightcliff Swimming Pool
• Three of our Year 9 students getting their NMS Year 9 shirts.
• Meeting Dylan Alcott (Australian of the Year and Golden Tennis Slam Champion, Paralympian Gold Medal Tennis Player)

A huge thanks to everyone who provides support for our students to succeed daily. We are so proud of their growth this semester and look forward to sharing learning stories in the new term.

Sports day 2022

THE SENIOR SCIENCE CLASS NEEDS YOUR HELP

Click on the link and at about 22:00 minutes in you will hear Carol talk about her senior science class and their task in building a boat for the Beer Can Regatta.

Well done Carol for promoting Henbury School in such a positive way!

Looking forward to seeing it float on the first weekend of the school holidays!!!

Please support the class with providing any cans you have, Currently they have 500 but they need at least 1500 more cans…………………..

SRA Social and recreational activities

In-School COVID 19 Vaccination Program

The Covid 19 Vaccination team will be returning to senior schools to undertake the over 16 years booster and administer 1st and 2nd doses if required.

Consent forms were sent home to all year 10, 11 and 12 students last week. If you would like your child to be a part of the program please return the consent form as soon as possible.

Immunisation dates are:

Henbury = 3rd June

Please note: Vaccines will only be given to students who return a signed consent form.

Janine Kelsey
Health Promoting School Nurse

UPCOMING EVENTS – Term 2 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students that celebrate their birthdays in June:

Kaleb C – 9th
Zyethan C – 11th
Oliver A – 13th
Laura Y – 13th
Sophie S – 27th

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