FROM THE PRINCIPAL

February 25th 2016 Term 1 Newsletter No. 5

OUR VISION:

QUALITY TEACHING, LEARNING,

INNOVATION & EQUITY

OUR VALUES:

RESPECT,

RESPONSIBILITY & INTEGRITY

IMPORTANT DATES:

Professional Development Day (Pupil Free Day)

Tomorrow Friday 26th February

School Council Special General

Meeting 6:30pm

Tuesday 1st March

School Council AGM 6:30pm

Tuesday 15th March

Easter Public Holidays

Friday 25th March Monday 28th March

End of Term Friday 1st April

SUPERVISION

PROVIDED BETWEEN 7:50am TO 2:45pm

Phone: 8935 9259 Email: durack.school@ntschools.net.

Dignity and Determination

Website address: http://durackschool.nt.edu.au/

Dear Mums, Dads, Students and Friends It is hard to believe that we are already nearly half way through Term 1. We have received the enrolment and attendance data for the first 4 weeks of the term and it was pleasing to see that the attendance rate for students was over 95%. Hopefully this trend will continue for the remainder of the year. Friday 26

th February - The Professional Learning Day for teachers is

on Friday and there will be no class programs on this day. Hopefully all parents will by now have made alternative arrangements for the care of their children for this day. Professional learning days are very important for teachers and give us the opportunity to learn together and from each other with the goal of improving outcomes for our students. House Captains Congratulations to those students who have been elected as House Captains and Vice Captains. A list of the House leaders is included in this newsletter. We look forward to seeing the House Captains organising events and leading the House teams. Life Education This week we have had Life Education lessons for all classes. Suzi Spedding has included information about lessons she has taught on the back page of this newsletter. Golf Next week we will be starting golf lessons on Wednesdays and Thursdays for years 3 – 6. There will be four sessions with the final one being held at the Palmerston Golf Course. Last year’s lessons were very successful and the instructor Keith was very impressed with Durack Students behaviour and efforts Literacy and Numeracy Tutoring Program We are investigating the viability of running an after school Literacy and Numeracy Tutoring Program for students initially for students in Years 3 to 6. Please read the information attached to this newsletter and let us know if you are interested.

Sheila Delahay

Notes Home:

Camp Deposit note -Yr 5/6

Shirt Order Form –Yr 6 ‘Clean up Australia

Day’ Excursion Yr 5/6, 4 , 3 Gronholt

and 1 Colling Class note - Pre

Pollock

Canteen News

School Canteen is open Tuesday - Friday

Dental Clinic

For any dental enquiries, to arrange an appointment or

for dental emergencies, please call 8922 6466

Next Coffee Morning Friday 11th March in

the Community Room

Back: Amelia Colling, Bailey Gunn, Lily Harden, Connor Blyton, Charli Brady.

Middle: Alicia Godinho, Ethan Reinheimer, Joshua Wallis, Aaron McFarlane.

Front: Cody Russell, Jayde Giles.

IVANHOE

Captains Vice Captains

Ethan Reinheimer

Jayde Giles

Aaron McFarlane

Alicia Godinho

LISSADELL

Captains Vice Captains

Lily Harden

Amity Partridge

Bailey Gunn

Cody Russell

ARGYLE

Captains Vice Captains

Amelia Colling

Charli Brady

Joshua Wallis

Connor Blyton

You have been “Frog Spotted” At Assembly doing the right thing

Congratulations

Jackson Gunn and

Joshua Valladares

ABSENCES

To enable us to keep

accurate records please contact the school if your

child is absent. This may be done by phoning the office on

8935 9259, emailing the class teacher, or-

durack.school@ntschools.net or email via school website or by sending a note with your child on their return to school.

Updating

Information

If you have changed any of your details such as

address, phone number, medical conditions or any other information we may need to know. Could you please inform us at the Office so we are able to

update your child’s records.

Student Banking

Student Dollarmite Banking is done each

Friday. If you are Interested in opening an account for your child we can provide you with an information pack at the

office.

Dear Parents, I understand this will be a very busy year for Defence members going away a lot which can be difficult for students, please remember to let me know if there is a parent absent from home due to a deployment or exercise. I have a range of activity books for students relating to a parent being away. You can also contact DCO on 1800 624 608 to receive absent from home support. Kind regards, Laura Simpson- Helman Defence School Transition Aide Ph: 8935 9259 Email: laura.helman@ntschools.net

Easter Fundraiser

Durack School Council kindly asks that each child donate an Easter egg or an Easter item for the Easter Fundraising Raffle. Tickets will be sent home next week and will be sold for $1.00 each.

Durack School AGM

Come along and support your school at the Annual

General Meeting

Tuesday 15th March 2016 6:30pm

All Welcome

Life Education at Durack School

It is fantastic to again bring our unique brand of health and drug education programs to Durack School. Hopefully everyone has relayed with

excitement , their experience in the Life Education Van and of course meeting Harold the giraffe. This year each year level has had a tailored module presented which will be followed up in the students Health and PE sessions : Transition to year 4 have learnt in depth about the wonders of the human body and ways to achieve optimum healthy practices. : Years 4-6 expanded on the previous knowledge by learning safe practises of using medicines as well as the short and long term effects of alchol on the body. In Australia alchol remains the number 1 drug which causes the most deaths in the 12-25 year old age group. Each year level has worked on implementing positive communication skills with peers, showing respect, remaining thoughtful and showing kindness to others. For further information on Life Education as well as access to our ‘Parent Hub” Please log into www.lifeeducation.org.au Suzi Spedding

Educator Life Education NT