nemarluk school newsletter · 2018. 8. 3. · acara has recently ... $125.00 that was collected for...

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Principal’s News 1

News 2

News

KidsMa er

Signing in

Facebook Safety

WSPBS

Nemarluk Gold Award

Dental Ma ers

Then and Now DVD

School fundraising

Potato Olympics

Coins for Biniam

Handmade Cards

Connec ons to Darwin

Alawa School vacancies

Sand Bar Cricket Match

Conni Swim pants

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Nemarluk School Newsletter

Term 3, 17August 2012

Dear Parents and Carers,

I hope you have all managed to stay warm during the sudden onset of our cooler weather in the last week or so. There certainly have been numerous students and staff who have been ill recently ‐ no doubt the change in weather has been a contribu ng factor.

The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Repor ng Authority (ACARA) is responsible for the development of a na onal curriculum, a na onal assessment program and a na onal data collec on and repor ng program for all Australian school students. ACARA has recently released dra Australian Curriculum materials for students with disability. Our school is one of 25 schools throughout Australia that are trialing the new materials this term. Families too are welcome to have a look at the informa on through the ACARA website. If you would like any informa on regarding this exci ng project, please don’t hesitate to contact me (or Elaine Ainslie).

Last Wednesday, approximately 26 students par cipated in the School Sport Athle cs carnival at Marrara. For several students, this carnival will be the start of further represen‐ta on at a wider and even more compe ve level. However, regardless of their individual performances, once again we received extremely posi ve feedback about the effort, sportsmanship and though ulness shown by all students. This week, several students a ended the Aussie T Ball Challenge at Tracey Village. Again, everyone had a go and en‐joyed the opportunity to mix with students from many other local schools. Well done stu‐dents!

At Nemarluk School we believe that it is extremely important that our students learn prac‐cal skills that will help them to become as independent as possible ‐ “Educa on for Life”.

Students “learn through doing”. Learning should also be meaningful and enjoyable. This term, our Maths commi ee has been busily coordina ng a “Potato Olympics”. To be held in week 10, this event will be a culmina on of lots of learning and prac ce that students will have experienced within the Maths area ‐ using potatoes, they will be learning so much about measurement, me, size, shapes and lots more. It should be a very enjoyable, differ‐ent and mo va ng program for everyone.

This week, our Assistant Principal, Lorraine, commenced a period of Long Service Leave un l the end of the term to travel overseas. We welcome Mrs Elaine Ainslie to the posi on of Ac ng Assistant Principal during Lorraine’s absence.

Mrs De Boddy has been an extremely enthusias c member of our teaching and leadership teams at our school. Unfortunately (for us), De has been appointed to a Project Manager posi on with Student Services and will be providing advice, guidance and mentoring to the Special Educa on teachers across the NT. De’s appointment commences on Monday 3 Sep‐tember and con nues un l the end of 2013. We wish De well with her new responsibili es and know that she will keep in touch with us.

I hope families took the opportunity to a end the Children’s Party at Government House last Saturday morning and that you enjoyed the event. Now we’re well into the excitement of the Darwin Fes val. Enjoy the weekend and the many wonderful ac vi es that Darwin has to offer.

PO Box 39729, Winnel l ie 0821 Northern Terr i tory

Ph: 08 8985 0400 Fax: 08 8985 0499

admin.nemar luk@ntschools .net

ht tp: / /www.nemar lukschool .com.au

Pr inc ipa l : Bert Beekhuizen

Principal’s News

Happy Birthday to the following students who celebrated their special day recently: Hamish (4 Aug), Wiremu(5 Aug), Leeam (8 Aug). We hope you had a great day.

Dates to Remember

1-8 Sept Disability awareness Week; Theme is ‘Our Lives, Our Choices’

10 Sept School Council Meeting

28 Sept Potato Olympics

28 Sept End of term 3

8 Oct Start of term 4

School News School Newsletter

Our new room between room 10 and the sports shed

Cameron using unifix cubes to help with addition

Latoya using an ipad to create colourful images

Roxanne using the whiteboard to write out numbers

Dane using chalk to copy his numbers

Siannah is using a puzzle to learn shapes

In room nine we do play based learning making our work fun, creative. It lets us explore, take chances, and participate. Our students are awesome.


23 students represented Nemarluk at the City Cluster Athletics. 11 of these students will now go on to compete in the NT Champi-onships representing the cluster. WE L L DONE E V E R YONE WE ARE ALL VERY, VERY PROUD

Whole School Positive Behaviour Support—WSPBS

Nemarluk Gold Award

The Nemarluk Gold Award and trophy will continue to be given to the student who earns the most number of tokens for following the three school rules:- I am a learner, I am safe, I am respectful. From this term onwards we also include a list of the top 10 students who have claimed tokens for showing these behaviours.

The top 10 students this fortnight are:-

1. Ambrose

2. Amanda

3. Peter C

4. Jack P

5. Leeam

6. Jye N-S

7. William W

8. Gregory C

9. Jeffrey J

10. Kai and Cruz

Congratulations to all of you and well done!

I am a Learner, I am safe, I am respectful


Nemarluk Gold Award. Awarded to

Ambrose Burrenjuck

Who received award nominations

in all three categories:

“I am a learner

I am safe,

I am respectful”

Congratulations -

you are a respected Nemarluk student

***57 students were nominated for the awards ***

Social Media and School Events These days social media such as facebook, twitter, blogs etc. is one of the ways we all communi-cate. It’s also a big part

of the culture of social media to share photos. Sometimes our families en-thusiastically take photos of their chil-dren when they are here for special events. However, at times, other chil-dren may appear in these photos (especially class photos). Several mem-bers of our school community, for many and varied reasons, cannot have their faces and names accessible on the internet. Therefore, we ask that parents do not post photos to their personal social media pages of school events which include other children.

Thank you for your help in keeping all our students cyber safe.

Parents, staff, contractors, visitors

Please ensure you sign in at the office if you need to proceed through to the rest

of the school area.

This helps us to keep your child safe.

Kids Matter 20—Social and Emotional Development

HOW CHILDREN CAN RESOLVE CONFLICT: Further information on helping children resolve conflict is available in the KidsMatter Primary resource sheet on Learning to resolve conflict and on our Kidsmatter website

www.kidsmatter.edu.au/resources/information-resources


DENTAL MATTERS: Many Nemarluk parents and carers have al-ready arranged a dental check-up appointment for their children this year. It is very important that your child’s has an oral health check every 12 months, as bad teeth and gums can cause other illnesses.

This is an invitation to those families whose child/ren have not had a dental check-up this year, to contact Parap School Dental Clinic on 89822966 to ar-range a suitable appointment time. The dental staff will be working at Ludmilla Dental clinic for 10 days in September. If this location suits you better this can be arranged when you ring Parap.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: All children attending dental appointments will be required to be accompanied by a parent or carer. Being present during your child's appointment helps you to understand what treatment is required and how to keep your child's mouth and teeth healthy. Parents can access dental services for their children at any NT Government facility that is conven-ient to their child/ren’s school, home or workplace.

For further information visit the Oral Health Services website: www.health.nt.gov.au/oral_health

For sale - packets of original cards produced by students in the Senior Class. Send in your order via the office or child’s communication book. Each pack con-tains a variety of 3 cards for all occa-sions. Xmas cards will also be available in October.

Only $7.50 per pack

‘NEMARLUK SCHOOL— THEN AND NOW’ ‐ DVD

Many families have had the opportunity to view our school DVDentitled “Nemarluk School Then and Now”.

It is a ten minute DVD that has been professionally record-ed and reflects some of the great pro-grams and stories of our old and new school sites.

If any families would like to purchase a copy of the DVD at the cost price of $5 each, please phone the school (8985 0400) ASAP.

Fundraising for Nemarluk School

We are still collecting Paul’s Collect a Caps.

Woolworths Earn and Learn

stickers collection has now come to an end but we are still collect-

ing any stickers families and friends may have.

Coles Sports for Schools vouch-ers also ended but still being collected.by us.

Thanks for your continued

support!

The Potato Olympics—Week 10 Start training now…

We are challenging ourselves to beat last term’s total of $125.00 that was collected for Biniam, our sponsor child in Ethiopia. So far we have $27.00. Thank you!

Please keep your spare 5c and 10c coins and send them in for us to count and tally. We have learnt so much through this worthwhile task such as writing letters, counting and tallying coins, how banks work and much more. Recently we received an update of Biniam’s progress and it is won-derful to see how much our contributions help him and his village. BIG THANKS to those who have already sent in

some coins to start the collection this term!

From Senior Class

SWIM PANTS

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Kids sizes: 2-4 to 14-16 years of age RRP $55.00 Adults sizes: Small through to XXXL RRP $66.00

50 Cowie Street, North Geelong, 3215 Vic. Ph: 03 5277 0536 Fax: 03 5277 1690

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.conni.com.au

Community News School Newsletter

National Disability and Carer Alliance NDIS Forums

The National Disability and Carer Alliance are hosting free forums on the Nation-

al Disability Insurance Scheme.

If you are a person with a disability, family member or a carer, we want to

hear from YOU. Topics for discussion include: Assessment, review &

complaints mechanisms Reasonable & nec-essary supports Individual choice & control

When: 18th September 2012

10am-2:30pm (Refreshments Provided) Where: Carers NT, 59 Bayview Blvd,

Bayview NT 0820

To Register go to: www.disabilitycareralliance.org.au

To register via phone contact:

Anna Morison: 02 6122 9909 [email protected]

Dear Parents/Guardians, Alawa Primary School is situated across the oval from Nemarluk School. We wish to advise the we are current‐ly accep ng enrolments for 2013.

Siblings of students enrolled at Nemarluk School may enrol at Alawa Primary. If you are considering this for next year (or earlier), please contact Alawa Primary to discuss enrolment.

Alawa Primary is the NT demonstra on school for the Stephanie Alex‐ander Kitchen Garden Program. Please feel free to have a look at the school’s website

www.schools.nt.edu.au/alawa

Regards, Fathma Mauger , Principal

CCONNECTIONS TO DARWIN

FOR FAMILIES OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER & Better Start Clients

Ann Crane, Occupational Therapist, is returning to Darwin.

24 to 29 September

Ann specialises in:

Sensory integration/modulation, therapeutic listening, hand function, investigating sensory issues which affect behavior.

2 session recommended.

Average Costings: $300 ph, $450 per 1 1/2 hrs. For further information and bookings, contact Ann on

[email protected] or phone 0409090014

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