INSID E THIS

ISSUE:

From the Principal 1

Assembly Awards 2

Canteen News 3

This Week at Wanguri - 4/5 Fraser

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WANGURI NEWSLETTER 46 Gsell Street, Wanguri NT 0810• PO Box 40519 Casuarina NT 0811

Phone: 08 89271655 • Fax: 08 8945 2193

Web: http://web.ntschools.net/w/wanguri/ • DECS: http://www.nt.gov.au/

Emails: wanguri.prim@ntschools.net • jen.coad@ntschools.net

DATES TO

REMEMBER

Good Afternoon Parents/Carers,

‘Our role as adults and educators is not getting students to do their best but to get them to exceed what they think their potential is.’ John Hattie

The last week of term is here along with some beautiful dry season weather, let’s hope it lasts for the school holidays. Yesterday was our Sports Day and it was great to see so many parents and families here to support their students. This was my first Wanguri Sports Day and the students participated and showed great sportsmanship - this coming at the end of a long term was fantastic. A big thankyou to Anne Goodman who organized the event, the students from Dripstone’s Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, teachers and admin staff for a fun day. The feedback from students was positive which is most important.

Reports and photos are being sent home today so please look out for them. Also with a couple of days to go a reminder of the disco tomorrow night and for those students in Year 3,4 and 5 an excursion on Friday.

Don’t forget coming up early next term is our Wanguri 40th Anniversary Fair on the 6th of August. We hope you have put it in your calendar and join in the festivities that day.

We are also having a Pupil Free Professional Day on August 12th - hope this early notice gives families time to make alternative arrangements for the day.

Thanks to everyone in the community

who has supported their students and the

school this semester. It has been a

privilege to complete my first full

semester with the students and staff at

the school. I hope you all have a great

break and look forward to seeing

everyone back on Tuesday 26th July.

Cheers Jen Coad

Principal

Principal: Jen Coad Business Manager: Robyn Nowland

Assistant Principal: Pam Adam Front Office/SAMS Admin: Jayne Carter

Assistant Principal: Michael Calwell Front Office: Nicole Schmitt

Senior Teacher: Julie Fraser Special Needs Teacher: Jill Williams

Senior Teacher: Mark Mangohig ICT: Justine Cox

June

23 Blue Light Disco

5.30-7.30

24 Group 3 & 4 Preschool Sports Day 10:30-12:30

24 Year 3-5 ‘52 Storey Treehouse’ excursion

24 Last Day of Term 2

July

25 Teachers Resume

26 Students Resume for Term 3

23 Last day of Canteen Orders

Canteen Closed Friday

26 School Council Meeting 6.15pm

Tr Aralar

• Enrryl Catayong - For working hard to learn your phonic sounds.

• JJ Reed - For being a kind and considerate friend. Fantastic!

1 Amidy • Justin Yun - All the best at your new school.

• Jose-zey Tom - Welcome to Wanguri Primary School.

1 Burchert • Lachlan - For fantastic improvement in his reading.

• Samantha Strano - For being a kind and caring classmate.

2 Finn • Cai Jerret - For trying hard to follow class expectations.

• Mahkie Tom - For a fantastic start at Wanguri Primary School.

2 Griffiths • Martika Assan-Petterson - For great editing and risk taking with her writing.

3 Pendlebury • Daniel Cunningham - For reading fluently and with greater expression during reading groups.

• Keana Ricardo - For writing some fantastic poems about gymnastics.

3 Pickard • Jairus Navidad - For excellent effort and focus during reading groups.

• Shayla Gibson - For trying her best during maths rotations.

3/4 Dobrini • Abu Khatri - For writing thoughtful opinions on world events.

4 Jones • Patrick Gardiner - For working on being and effective and collaborative team member when working in groups.

• Mackenzy Eagles - For always asking for feedback and striving for her best.

5 Reyneke • Kelvin Mu - For creating an excellent comic.

5/6 Draper • Jessica Moon - For displaying a growth mindset and welcoming feedback from her peers.

• Oscar Baird - For great creativity during our graffiti art lessons.

6 Webb • Brando Kantilla - For great effort with telling time.

• Ayden Beardsmore - For being a supportive and encouraging classmate.

4/5 Fraser • Summer Darcy-Duncan - For a well written news report on the Wanguri SRC.

• Bailey McKinney-Smith - For a good effort writing his news report.

Early Years Preschool-Year 2 Disco 5.30pm-6.30pm

Upper Primary Year 2-6 Disco 6.30pm-7.30pm

Disco entry $2

Hot dogs $3.50

Pizza Slice $2.00

Juice Popper $2.00

Flavoured Milk Popper $2.50

Water $1.50

Packet of chips $1.50

Glow products as sold by Blue Light.

Hello Defence Families!

Well that was quite a term. For those of you who are new to the NT I hope the holidays give you a chance to explore some of the great sights up here.

I wanted to share some work that kids and I have been doing in Defence Kids Club at lunch time. The kids have

called this the Forest of Strength. Each student made a tree with leaves that nourish it. The leaves are labelled with

things they like to do which make them feel happy or strong or at least a little bit better when things get rough. The

idea was that if we all take care of ourselves as individuals, then great things happen around us. These things are

represented by the life in the forest. You will notice the bugs help each other, share, make

friends, learn new things and are able to bounce back. All in all, a pretty great place to be. I

hope that you can talk to your kids about what things they can do to strengthen themselves

while Mum or Dad is away and that they can remember our beautiful Forest of Strength.

Cheers,

Veronica Merton DSTA veronica.merton@ntschools.net

Please have a look at the information about the Tyler Turtle

Medals Program for students from defence families. It is

running these holidays and comes highly recommended, particularly for those

affected by deployment.

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Canteen News THURSDAY CANTEEN SPECIAL

Pasta Bolognaise & Popper Deal $6.00

Flexischools Orders are encouraged and appreciated.

In the lead up to the holidays, the canteen is keeping less stock on hand, so to avoid disappointment please include a second option on any paper bag orders. Flexischools

will be updated daily to reflect availability of items.

Canteen will be closed Friday

Thank you for your understanding.

Year 4/5 Fraser have been working hard on articles for their class newspaper this week