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October 28 World teachers’ day

31 October - November 2 Combined All Saints’ day & All Souls’ day

October, 2016

SenaiNT English Language Centre

Respect – We treat others as we expect to be treated.

Responsibility – We will take ownership to deliver individually and as a team.

Results – We deliver as committed.

Integrity- We have the courage to do the right thing.

Innovation – We do something new or better in anything we do to deliver better results.

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Welcome back to Term 4. I hope everyone is well

rested after the week’s break and is ready for the

next 10 weeks of hard work. Some great learning is

already happening in our classrooms with the CSWE

class studying the language of Weather and the FSK

class completing their speaking assessment at

Cristo Rei. Great to see our teachers designing real

life experiences for students to learn the content

and language skills.

During the week’s break, our teachers participated

in a study tour in Darwin. On our first day in Darwin,

we attended a Visible Learning workshop with

Jaylene Kellam-Stock and Lisa Foster and did some

work around the Visible Learner Characteristics,

Teacher Characteristics and Feedback. On

Thursday and Friday, we observed EAL teachers in

action at both primary and secondary schools and

visited of our sister schools. We will share more of

our learnings in future newsletter publications.

Thank you to all teaching staff members who

participated in the study tour. Already, I can see

the new learnings translating into classroom

practice.

To our SenaiNT students please make sure you are

seeking feedback from your teachers to discuss

progress with your learning goals and assessment

tasks. I also want to stress the importance of regular

attendance at school and arriving at school on

time at the beginning of each day and after each

school break. Every minute of your time in the

classroom makes a difference to your learning

progress, overall educational journey and future.

Mrs Albion

Principal SenaiNT

Bem-vindu mai fali trimestre dahaat nian. Ha’u

espera katak ita hotu deskansa di’ak hafoin de

semana ida feriadu no prontu hodi sebisu maka’as

iha semana sanulu tuir mai. Iha prosesu

aprendizajem balun la’o diak tebes ona iha ita nia

aula CSWE laran ne’ebé estuda linguagem klima

nian no klase FSK nian kompleta sira nia asesmentu

oral nian iha Kristo Rei. Di’ak tebes hodi haree ami

nia mestre sira dezenha esperiensia moris real ba

estudante sira hodi aprende konteudu no

abilidade linguage nian.

Durante ferias semana nian, ami nia mestre sira

partisipa ona iha estudu paseiu nian iha Darwin. Iha

ami nia loron dahuluk iha Darwin, ami tuir ona

workshop ida kona-ba prosesu aprendedijajen

visivel nian ne’ebé oferese husi Jaylene Kellam-

Stock no Lisa Foster no halo mos serbisu balun kona-

ba karakterisitiku estudante (aprendista) visivel

nian, karakterisitiku mestre no retroasaun. Iha Kinta

ho Sesta, ami observa mos mestre hirak ne’ebé

hanorin EAL iha nivel eskola primaria no sekundaria

nian no visita mos ami nia eskola irma sira. Ami sei

fo sai barak liu tan kona-ba ami prosesu

aprendedijajen iha publikasaun/edisaun tuir mai.

Obrigado ba ekipa hanorin hotu ne’ebé partisipa

ona iha estudu paseio. La’o duni ona, hau bele

haree ona katak matenek foun ne’ebé imi hetan

tau duni ona iha pratika iha imi nia hanorin loron-

loron.

School Principal

Maria Albion

September 2016

CSWE Excursion to Delta School

– Friday, 14 October, 2016 Sister School REACT Session –

Maubara & Wagaman School –

Friday, 14 October, 2016

World Teachers’ day

Friday, 28 October, 2016

Venue: 5-6 pm, Timor Plaza

Ba estudante SenaiNT hotu halo favor asegura katak ita-boot sira husu retroasaun (feedback) husi imi nia

mestre sira hodi diskuti kona-ba imi nia progresu ba imi nia objetivu aprende no tarefa avaliasaun (serbisu

asesmentu) nian. Hau mos hakarak foka liu tan ba importante tebes ba imi nia prezensa regular iha aulas

hotu-hotu iha eskola no tama ho oras iha dader-dader no mos kada rekreiu. Kada minutu ida iha sala laran

sei halo mos diferensia ida ne’ebé boot tebes ba imi nia progresu aprendedijajen, jornada edukasaun no

ba imi nia future tomak.

Mrs Albion

Principal SenaiNT

SenaiNT English Language Centre

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Dili-Timor Leste

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For an outstanding

performance on your oral

speaking assessment. You

delivered your

explanation on Cristo Rei

with confidence and with

all the elements required

in the assessment criteria.

Vicente Da Silva FSK Class

Mariano Belo CSWE Class

For always helping other

students on the orange

table especially recently

with prepositions.

DATES to Remember

Photo taken of SenaiNT Staff at the official study tour

welcome by Mrs Vicki Bayliss acting CE Department of Education N.T.

SenaiNT staff at a Visible learning workshop

with Jaylene Kellam-Stock and Lisa Foster.

Contact Information

Email: carmenf.gomes@ntschools.net

Email: madalena.barros@ntschools.net

Tel.

+670 73172697

Carmen Gomes (Teacher), Madalena Barros (TA), Joao da Costa (TA)

FROM CSWE

All about the Weather

Last week, our class started work on the “Weather” and practised measuring

the outside temperature using real thermometers. We are learning about the

weather because it is something we experience on a daily basis and it is

helpful to learn the language of weather to help us describe how it feels. We

also learnt about the four seasons and the names of the clothing items

associated with each of the seasons. This information might be helpful if we

do seasonal work in Australia.

Highest temperature,

cold and

windy, spring,

autumn, minimum

temperature,

winter, partly

cloudy, cloudy,

storm, stormy,

raining, rain,

showers, hottest,

coolest, summer,

thermometer

Below are some photos of our class members practicing to use a thermometer

at different locations and in different conditions around our Centre.

Some of the

language we learnt

last week included:

The temperature is 45 0 c.

We are under the full sun.

It is hot and sunny.

The temperature is 280 C. We

are under a big old tree. It is

shady and breezy.

The temperature is 300 C. We are

under the verandah sitting on the

concrete floor. It is cool and shady.

Contact Information

Email: Paulo.quefi@ntschools.net

Email: Gerio.patricio@ntschools.net

Tel.

+670 73172697

This week, our FSK group participated in a real life learning experience at

Cristo Rei. Our students travelled by bus to Cristo Rei at Areia Branca

accompanied by six staff members to complete their speaking

assessment tasks. This assessment task involved students’ imagining that

they were a tour guide giving a simple explanation about the ‘Cristo Rei

Experience’ to a visitor. During their verbal explanation to the visitor,

students had to ensure that they used:

Correct words, grammar and pronunciation

Communication strategies to make sure the visitor understood

what they were saying

Nonverbal communication

In addition, students had to ask for feedback after they gave their explanation and talked to their

teachers about how their explanation could be improved. Our students had a lot of fun completing

this assessment activity and also, experiencing the tour first-hand by walking up to the top of the after

their explanation to view the statue of Cristo Rei themselves.

Make sure that you

have a hat as it is

hot as you climb.

There are 427 steps from the

bottom to the top of the steps.

Paulo Quefi (Teacher), Manuela Babo (Teacher), Gerio Patricio (Teaching Assistant)

The statue is 27 metres high.

It was unveiled by

President Suharto

on the 25 October,

1996.

It is made of copper.

It was given to the

people of TL as a gift

by the Indonesian government.

FROM FSK

FROM SRC Mariano Belo (School Captaion), Lurdes Soares (Vice-Captain), Sabina Gusmao (CSWE Class Rep.) & Jaime Moreira (FSK Class Rep.)

On 29 September, Mr. Kevin Gillan, Mr. Satpinder from the N.T.

Department of Education, Australia, as well as Mr. Felipe our Timor

Leste Consul General representative in the N.T., came to visit

SenaiNT to meet and greet our students and check on our

learning progress.

On his speech, Mr. Kevin Gillan encouraged us to

study hard and to be committed to our studies

because our success will impact on the future of this

country. The student group were supported for this

event by our support teachers, Mr. Gerio, Ms. Ana,

Ms. Nona, Mr. Joao and Mr. Sebastiao as our other

teachers, Mr. Quefi and Miss Gomes as well as our

Principal, Mrs. Albion were away in Darwin

attending further studies and work. We had an

informative and enjoyable time with the

delegation. We hope they visit again soon.

Photo taken with delegation group with Mr.

Gillan, Mr. Satpinder and Mr. Felipe (Timor Leste

Consul General in the N.T.)

Students from CSWE and FSK asked questions to Mr. Kevin and his delegates about scholarships

and seasonal work in Australia.

Students had an afternoon tea with Mr. Kevin and his delegates from the N.T.

Email: mariano.soares@student.ntschools.net

Email: lurdes.soares@student.ntschools.net

Contact Information

Tel.

+670 73172697

WE WELCOME VISITORS TO OUR CENTRE

On Friday 14 October, members of the Darwin/Dili Sister City

delegation and English students from SenaiNT participated in

a joint sister city/school art activity at Delta School. Our English

students supported the 132, Year 6 students to draw pictures of

crocodiles and funny faces. This art work will be shared with

Delta School’s sister school, Karama Primary. This art work will

also be featured in an upcoming art exhibition in Darwin. We

can’t wait to see it. Thank you to Ms Zoe Scrogings, Lynne Bigg

and Hannah Illingworth for visiting our Centre and spending

time with students from Delta School and SenaiNT.

Ms Joanne Forrest, a lecturer from Batchelor

Institute visited our Centre on Monday 10

October. Ms Joanne is holidaying in Timor

Leste and spent a few hours at the Centre

talking to our students and answering our

many questions. She also taught us to do

“Laughing Yoga” which was a lot of fun and

made us laugh a lot. Thank you Ms Forrest for

your visit.

Delta Students at work drawing crocodiles and funny faces. Ms Zoe also delivered the wonderful news that Rotary Australia will

fund a water pump for the school. This news was well received by Principal Pedro, staff and students of Delta School.

Across 2. The opposite of “hot”

3. Ice on things in the morning

5. A blizzard is a type of this

8. Too much water everywhere

10. The noun of “hot”

11. What you use to measure the

temperature

12. The adjective of “rain”

13. A high or low ________ system

16. You can see this colorful thing

but you can’t touch it

18. What’s the _______ like today?

21. The sound of lightning

23. We went there in 1969

24. Frozen water

25. Look up on a clear day and you can

see it. It’s blue.

Down 1. Moving air

2. Rain comes from this

3. It’s like a cloud but near the ground

4. A hurricane in Asia

6. Very rough weather

7. The degrees used in the USA

8. To go from liquid to solid

9. The opposite of cold

10. Very, very strong wind

11. A thermometer measures this

14. It gives us light

15. The units we use to measure

temperature

17. The opposite of cool

18. When there is a lot of wind, we

say “it’s _____”.

19. We breathe this all the time

20. Large balls of frozen rain

22. Moisture on things in the morning

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