2 August 2022

Newsletter Articles

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome to Semester 2! What beautiful dry season weather we are having. It is great to see all our students utilising our beautiful school grounds throughout the day, especially during lunch and recess. Tip has been a favorite of many of our students during break times and it is so pleasing to see all students of all abilities included in this game. Thank you to P4 who is now B4 for sharing their video on the rules of Tip, so everyone stays happy and safe. Basketball is also a favorite among our students. Staff member Dylan has been running a hotly contested basketball competition on our outside court on Thursdays for when all our Middle Years Outreach classes are on campus.

At the start of the term, all teachers participated in the ‘Love Bites’ training to support our young people in respectful relationships. This program will dovetail into our Human Growth and Development (HGD) program which is reported under the subject Health. If you would like to know more about the program, please contact the school or your child’s teacher directly. Thank you to Rowan Barrow and Lucy Shiels who have been leading the HGD School Improvement group, to ensure teachers have access to resources that suit the range of student levels at Henbury School.

We have an exciting term ahead with Senior and Middle Years camp, Science Fair and Kids Teaching kids. The Education Department has updated excursion forms so new forms are being sent out for camps and Semester 2 excursions. Please make sure these get sent back to school ASAP, so your child does not miss out on these valuable learning experiences.

NEW STAFF

This Semester, we welcomed Della (Dahlia) Seden and Flynn (Brendan) Flynn as specialist teachers and Francesca Massey as teacher for Purple 4 (Formerly Green 4). All three teachers come with extensive experience in Education. We also welcomed new SESO’s to our team of dedicated staff. Kane Doughty joins Purple 1 and will work across the school, Dylan Fuller joins Purple 4 and will also work across the school, Sharni Cauchi joins Blue 1, and Abbey Smith joins Blue 2. We are very pleased to have you as part of our Henbury community.

CHARITY GOLF DAY

On Friday 12 August, Henbury School will be the beneficiary of the Darwin Airport Resort Charity Golf Day. Money raised on the day will help us with upgrades to our community café. More details about this exciting adventure will be updated over the coming months. To support our fundraising efforts, raffle tickets are available at the front office. If you can’t make it into the office please send money in an envelop with your name and number of tickets you would like and we can send the tickets home with your child.

Tickets are $5 each
1st Prize – 2 x Return airfares anywhere on Virgin domestic and 2 nights accommodation.
2nd Prize – 2 x Nights’ accommodation Mercure Darwin Airport Resort including breakfast.
3rd Prize – Apple iPad (9th Generation) Tablet 64GB

SEMESTER ONE REPORTS

If you missed getting your child’s report at the end of last term, please contact the front office or your child’s teacher directly.

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE

If your child is not attending school for a day or extended period, it is policy that parents/carers must contact the school and provide a reason. If we get repeated unauthorised absences, we are required to open a case with the Student Engagement team in the Department.

NUTRITION

If your child is on the nutrition program, please make sure your account is up to date. Contact leah.atkinson@education.nt.gov.au if you need to check the status of your account.

HELMETS

Please check your child is wearing their helmet and that it is correctly fitted if they ride a bike, scooter, or skateboard to school. Please talk to your child about the importance of helmets in preventing serious injury. There have been many instances where staff are seeing that students are not wearing helmets or wearing them, but they are loose, or the strap is not done up.

Sarah Corry
Principal

DMS 1

DMS1 have been learning and discussing significant events in Australian History. As a class, we brainstormed what we thought the key events, then created a timeline and research through each stage. We have learned about events dating from the Dream Time over 65,000 years ago up until the recent Covid-19 pandemic. We even got to explore the buildings at East Point which were made during World War II.

HI FROM DMS 2

DMS2 students got straight back into their learning this Term. They have started to shop online for the nutrition program. Students look for their products and add up all their purchases using long addition or with the use of a calculator. Starting in week 4, the class will be going shopping again and will be then compare their online shopping total with the instore value. Also, in week 4, the class will start bus training. We will visit numerous places around the community using the public bus. Students have started to study bus timetables and work out timings of when they will need to leave and when they will arrive.

We hope everyone has an amazing Term Three.

CSC OUTREACH 1 & 2 ARTISTS

Earlier this year several budding artists were discovered hiding amongst the CSC Outreach classes. They were discovered as unsuspecting students tried their hand at different art mediums and techniques as part of Creative Arts.

Students spent time experimenting with watercolour paints, acrylic paints, pencil and clay. As the term progressed, each talented artist was found as their stunning art caught the attention of others. It was an exciting experience. All artists have now been accounted for and are enjoying practicing their skills without the need to hide and sharing their skills with the rest of the students. They have kindly given their permission for a selection of their works to be on display later this year at the Henbury Art Exhibition.

Please come and check out the new talent

SRA SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITES

MENINGOCOCCAL B VACCINE

Our school will be involved in B Part of It NT, a study of the meningococcal B vaccine. The licenced vaccine is safe and proven to protect against meningococcal B disease, a rare but severe disease.

The study nurses will visit schools across Northern Territory in 2022 to offer free Meningococcal B vaccination to students in years 10, 11 and 12.

If you child joined the study in 2021, you do not need to sign another consent for them this year.

A reminder to parents/carers for the 2nd round of B Part of it NT study Yrs 10-12, Meningococcal B program will be held this Friday 5/8/22 at Henbury school approx. 9am for those students who are registered.

UPCOMING EVENTS – Term 3, 2022

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students that celebrate their birthdays in August and September:

COMMUNITY NOTICES