16 November 2015

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Assistant Principal’s report

Parents/Carers

Another fantastic week for Henbury School as we won the Disability Services award for Excellence in Innovation (sponsored by HPA- Helping People Achieve) for 2015. Henbury School was nominated for the innovative and inventive approaches to helping students increase their skills and post school outcomes.

Henbury has four business enterprises- Opportunity Knocks, Coffee Club, Gardening crew and Sense-ational designs all innovative programs through which students can apply their skills towards certificates in Business, Retail, Horticulture, Hospitality and Trade and supported employment opportunities at HPA, Ausdesigns and Kokoda Industries.

Opportunity Knocks

The Opportunity Shop is a secure workplace for students provides a workplace for adults with disabilities. Opportunity Knocks is not just a work training site but is a business that is employing clients supported by Disability Employment Support Service (DESS). Henbury School further demonstrates excellence in innovation and interconnectivity between mainstream and disability by providing post school community access pathways for clients of Life Without Barriers, currently 6 LWB clients are accessing this program.

Gardening Crew – The garden activities are completed in teams, providing opportunities for students to practice communication skills and to work closely with others toward a common goal in a non-threatening environment. Students undertake Work Health and Safety training. Students have ventured into the community offering services to community members since 2013.

Coffee Club –Trains and prepares students for Hospitality courses at CDU. The business expanded and grew into the Coffee Club where students are introduced to the skills and knowledge required to gain employment in a cafe or coffee shop. Students learn about a range of coffee styles; preparing and presenting coffee and the use and maintenance of a commercial espresso machine. This ‘café’ is open to the public one day a week.

Sense-ational Designs – Is a textile and screen printing business. The success of this innovative business has led to our students accessing a new Certificate in Textile Clothing and Footwear. Contracts have been with Darwin City Council for Youth Week, Darwin Symphony Orchestra and Palmerston Netball Association.

Enterprise Education.

Enterprise Education programs at Henbury School are designed to lead into one of the 4 businesses and are sometimes the inspiration for a new business.

The Tea Towel Run (pre work skills gives students’ confidence when working in outside agencies eg RDH Laundry)

Sweet Treats and Cupcakes build pre work skills for Coffee Club and then Certificates in Hospitality, Food Preparation, and Bakery.

Tie Dye is a classroom based business that trades through Opportunity Knocks and online. Pre work skills lead to Sense-ational Designs and Certificates in Retail, Textile Clothing and Footwear and Business.

School Farm and Garden are part of Henbury’s sustainability program and is a creative approach for students for pre training in WH&S procedures as well as construction skills. It provides opportunities for students to practice communication skills and work closely with others toward common goals in a non-threatening environment.

‘Shoe Box Tasks’ is classroom based, and creates the opportunity for high support students to experience success and build upon that success for greater skill and independence. Individuals with high developmental needs work on packaging and assembling the ‘Tasks’. Skills learnt can be transferred to Opportunity Knocks, Gardening Crew and HPA.

Henbury School did extremely well to win this award as it was up against other finalists from Life without Barriers- Katherine, Adult Allied Health Team and MJD Foundation Ltd, all worthy contenders themselves.

Congratulations to all staff members involved in the running of these programs and also to staff members who put together and wrote the application itself.

New School Photos

Maintenance Shed, Gardening store, recycling

pool

Reception 1

Reception from Henbury Ave

Science Room

GLA1 and Admin in background

GLA2 -left and GLA1 right

GLA3

Arts foreground, hall behind

Bus Road looking up to Henbury Ave

Rod Opie
Assistant Principal

Vacational Care

If you would like your child to attend our Vacational Care Program during the holidays can you please let Pat Hills know as soon as possible as spaces are filling up. Attached below is the booking form. If you would like a hard copy please contact the School on 89275088. Prices are $30 per day with additional 10% discount if your child will be attending full time.

Greetings from CSC Henbury Outreach!

It has definitely been busy at CSC this semester! We start the week with our shopping/cooking program. Students decide what they want to cook for lunch and we study the recipe. Then we head to Caz to buy groceries and while we’re there we do our banking practice. After recess we prep, cook, and then sit down to a nice class lunch together.

Tuesday is VET day when Omri goes to CDU Palmerston for his Cert II in IT and Nick goes to St John’s for Cert I in Bakery. Both boys have now completed their courses with flying colours. Min Min has also completed a VET Block Cert I in Cooking at CDU Palmerston and the whole class went to enjoy her Graduation Lunch.

Wednesday is time for learning about keeping active and healthy at Margy’s Fun & Fitness. The whole class has been sweating it out with Margy this semester.

Thursday is HGD and the Senior Girls Group went to Eclectic Hair Design one week for new hairdos. As you can see by the photo they were very happy with the results.

Fridays are Coffee Club at Henbury for Lara while the rest of the class have an intensive day of PLP and Online Classes at CSC. Throw in Work Experience, Traineeships, VET, Online Classes, DTAL Driver Training, the Patch Plant Sale, the SHAK, Career’s Expo, CDU Open Day, Total Recreation, Footy Colours Day and Henbury Movie night and you can see it’s never a dull moment at CSC Henbury Outreach.

Darwin High Outreach Semester Two 2015

Darwin High students have settled in in very well this semester and we they are starting to enjoy their well earnt independence.

VETis

Students have completed a Cert I in Retail at CDU. They were then invited to compete in the World Skills competition in Retail. Dorys was the winner for the NT region. He has been invited to represent the NT in the nationals. DHS are also completing a Cert II in Business with GTNT. This allows students build on skills such as Workplace Health & Safety, Customer Service, Information and Computer Technology skills.

Dorys has also completed a Skills Set in Automotive course at Kormilda College. Rami has successfully completed his Forklift License.

Work Experience

This is a focus with students attending Kokoda, and Coles. Tony has impressed his work experience staff to the point that they have offered him payed work. Rami has started paid work at McKinnon Cabinetmakers.

Transport

Students have been accessing Driver and Road Rules education. Raed, Hamish and Dorys now have a Learners licence.

Transition

Students from Nightcliff Middle School and Henbury have started visiting and joining our class to prepare for 2016.

Finance

DHS students are working with Deb H using a savings account at People’s Choice Credit Union. Students have saved for an excursion to the Territory Wildlife Park and are now saving for a trip to Kingpin.

Dorys welding at his Auto course

Dorys winning at the World Skills comp

Hamish with his Learners License

Samuel at the Gym

Territory Wildlife Park

Tony at Coles

Our 2016 transitioning students

Upcoming Events

19th November	Year 12 Formal @ 6pm
4th December	Henbury Corporate Luncheon
8th December	Presentation Assembly @ 10:30am
9th December	School Christmas Lunch
10th December	Last day of School

Happy Birthday

NOVEMBER

Daniel – 1st
Jevaughn – 2nd
Jayden – 4th
Jeffrey – 4th
Dorys – 5th
Caitlin – 6th
Jolina – 10th
Ben – 13th
Hugo – 22nd
Scott – 22nd

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