Dear parent/guardian

The new Electronic Student Profile (esp) will be available from Wednesday 25 November 2009 for all Wanguri School students. esp is the first online program in Australian public schools to give parents easy access to their child’s records. esp will keep you in touch with your child’s progress and development. Your child will have their own profile that will last their entire school life in NT Government Schools. It will include the up-to-date records of your child’s enrolment history, attendance records, assessments, achievements, certificates, awards and sample of your child’s work. esp will help you keep in touch with your child’s attendance and progress from the office or at home. esp will also connect teachers with students. You will be able to view how our teacher/s have coordinated the educational progress, development and individual needs of your child. This will help children when they advance in year levels and if they move between schools. esp will keep student records safe. esp uses the same security technology as your online banking system. It is password protected and encrypted. Access will only be granted to the student, parents/guardians, teachers, the principal and authorised administration personnel within our school. How do I register? To register please attend the esp Parent Launch on Wednesday 25 November 2009 or visit the school office after this date where you will be required to sign a Parent Application to Access Electronic Student Profile. You will then receive a personal registration card for your child that will include a unique username and password as well as information on how to access esp. You can find out more about esp by:

visiting https://esp.ntschools.net and reading the frequently asked questions calling or visiting the school office at anytime

We encourage all parents/guardians to register for esp. It will provide a unique way to monitor your child’s educational progress and development. Yours sincerely Jenny Robinson

Dates To Remember

Term 4 Week 7

18/11/09

Phone: 8927 1655 Fax: 8945 2193

Email: wanguri.prim@ntschools.net

November

♦ 18 Transition Information evening - 5.30 pm

♦ 18 School Council meeting 6.30 pm

♦ 25 ESP Parent Information evening - 5.30 pm

♦ 27 Assembly: run by 5/6 Anna, item by 4/5 Sadowski

December

♦ 3 Year 6 Graduation dinner

♦ 4 End of Year Awards Assembly 8.40 am

♦ 9 End of Year Concert at Dripstone Middle School 6.30 pm

♦ 10 Classes attend movies 10 Class parties

♦ 11 End of Term 4

January 2010

♦ 27 Students resume

Dear parents,

Just a reminder that school holidays are coming around again, starting on Monday 14 December 2009 right through to when school returns on Wednesday 27 January 2010.

Our service will be closed from midday Christmas Eve and re-opening on Monday 4 January 2010.

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Fees include snacks, craft activities and excursions. If you are interested in your child/children attending our program, bookings can be made by phoning Sharron or Sandra on 89457954 between 1.30pm and 5.30pm week days, or drop in and pick up an enrolment package from OSHC or the front office.

Book early to ensure your placement.

Sharron Trethowan

Wanguri OSHC

☺ Sunscreen provides protection against the

damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun by reducing the amount of UV rays reaching the skin.

☺ Sunscreen does not provide 100% protection

against UV radiation.

☺ Sunscreen should always be used in

conjunction with other sun protection measures such as spending less time in the sun when UV radiation is highest, seeking shade, and wearing protective clothing and hats.

☺ The Cancer Council NT recommends using

broadspectrum, water-resistant sunscreen and reapplying at least every two hours.

Medical Help at School: First Aid: sickness and accidents

Our front office staff have current St John Senior First Aid and give first aid when required at school. In some instances it will be necessary to contact parents to take the child home. In the interest of the school community, it is requested that sick children be kept at home. Should a serious accident occur, parents are notified and the child may be taken to Emergency at the Royal Darwin Hospital.

Ambulance transport: school excursions/playground injury

If it is necessary to use the ambulance services, parents will be contacted and the service is free for enrolled students.

Medicine

Parents may, where necessary, send medication to school. All medication must be left at the front office where an office assistant will administer it at the appropriate time. It is essential that written instructions accompany any medication to be taken at school. These form are available at the Front Office.

Parents are requested to keep ill or infectious children at home to prevent a re-occurrence and to minimise the risk of infecting other children and members of staff. Please refer to the school for infectious disease exclusion times.

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Week 6

9 November - 13 November

Preschool = 94.31%

Primary School = 90.17%

Manners are important:

Saying ‘please’ & ‘thank you’, ‘excuse

me please’ and opening doors for

others helps show respect.

Student Merit Certificates Awarded at School Assembly on: Student Merit Certificates Awarded at School Assembly on: Student Merit Certificates Awarded at School Assembly on: Student Merit Certificates Awarded at School Assembly on:

18/11/2009 T/1 JanT/1 JanT/1 JanT/1 Jan ♦ Rhys Maurier for fantastic acting during concert rehearsals.

♦ Lara Pusterla for fantastic writing. T/1 AyresT/1 AyresT/1 AyresT/1 Ayres ♦ Jaime Collier, Alexandra Mencshelyi and Isabella Paolucci for great improvement in reading.

♦ Joseph Edwards and Tayla Chisholm for great improvement in writing.

♦ Nicky Schortz for great listening during class.

♦ Kurt Parriman for working hard to solve multiplication problems. T/1 ButlerT/1 ButlerT/1 ButlerT/1 Butler ♦ Sarah Hunt and Emily Duffield for a huge improvement in reading. 2/3 Amidy2/3 Amidy2/3 Amidy2/3 Amidy ♦ Hamish Gillis, Nathan Sellers, Monique Sylvester and Miah Wallace for always putting in 100% effort into everything they do.

♦ Quinlan Tran for working hard during spelling lessons this term. 2/3 Baldock2/3 Baldock2/3 Baldock2/3 Baldock ♦ Jack Dolbel for a great improvement in reading moving from level 18 to 26.

♦ Jake Rose for a great improvement in reading moving from level 17 to 28.

♦ Kirrilee May for a great improvement in reading moving from level 12 to 22.

♦ Scott McCurry Parriman for a great improvement in reading moving from level 8 to 22.

♦ Kendra Slade for a great improvement in reading moving from level 13 to 27 3/4 Dobrini3/4 Dobrini3/4 Dobrini3/4 Dobrini ♦ Izzah Majid for always being happy, friendly and positive!

♦ Gabriel Hernandez for producing neater work.

♦ James Bayliss, Kieran Schortz and Kaelyn Girao for consistently spelling words correctly for the whole year. 4/5 Sadowski4/5 Sadowski4/5 Sadowski4/5 Sadowski ♦ Jane Humphreys, Kirrily Hand, Mia Jesson, Taylah Mackney, Ciara Marah, Kenny Peckham and Skye Thomas for completing all their homework in Week 4.

♦ Isabelle Dalrymple and Junior Grant for completing their homework in Weeks 4 and 5.

♦ Coen Grant and Izzy Jarvis for completing all their homework in Week 5. 5/6 Murdoch5/6 Murdoch5/6 Murdoch5/6 Murdoch ♦ Julio Valentine for a great effort with homework.

♦ Amelia Dalrymple, Ashleigh Skinner, Niamh Marah and Efrosini Skyllas for consistent effort all term. 5/6 Anna5/6 Anna5/6 Anna5/6 Anna ♦ Jayden Lee for his improvements in writing and his wonderful poem ‘Life is Like a Dream’. Ms Heraud andMs Heraud andMs Heraud andMs Heraud and Mrs HumphreysMrs HumphreysMrs HumphreysMrs Humphreys ♦ Alice Glover for great work in Guided Reading.

Last week six of the parents and staff who attended the School Council planning session met to continue the good

work. They agreed that Council should be less involved in the operational business of the School and more involved in

setting its strategic directions.

The group will therefore focus on:

♦ Increasing effective communication between parents and staff and

♦ Setting directions for the School for the next few years.

They will develop a clear vision (the staff have already given this some thought) and put the work from the planning

session into the Department of Education’s Key Result Areas framework. This will be ready for the Council’s first

meeting in 2010.

If you would like to know more about this or have a comment or idea to put in please give me a call via the School or

send an email to avb1@bigpond.com

Andris Bergs

Acting Chair

During the first half of Term 3 2009 students from Years 3 and above competed in an International Competition that was run by the University of NSW in Maths and English.

We are very proud of the following students who represented Wanguri School in these competitions.

Maths Maths Maths Maths EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish

Kaelyn Girao Kaelyn Girao

Kieran Schortz Keiran Schortz

James Bayliss James Bayliss

Flora Radecki Flora Radecki

Jemesa Landers Jemesa Landers

Kirrily Hand Kirrily Hand

Isabelle Dalrymple Isabelle Darlymple

Jane Humphreys Jane Humphreys

Ciara Marah Ciara Marah

Saxon Radecki Saxon Radecki

Harmony Robinson Harmony Robinson

Jacob O’Brien Jack Brooks

Jack Brooks Izzy Chin Quan

Dylan Li Millie Hunt

Millie Hunt Anna Bergs

Anna Bergs Niamh Marah

Niamh Marah Nathan Tran

Nathan Tran Jordan Lockley

Jordan Lockley

If you would like more information regarding these competitions, please contact Annemarie Heraud on ph 89271655 or email

annemarie.heraud@ntschools.net

Congratulations and well done to all the participants!

The Wanguri Primary School Council Environment and Planning Committee organized a planting and grounds maintenance morning on 14 November. A mountain of mulch was spread (thanks

heaps to Rusty and Bruce for the Kanga and the donation of mulch).

With Jenny Robinson's help a number of trees were planted to continue to beautify and shade the school grounds. We also did some tidying in the bio garden. Thomas Dalton-Lum fixed the

pond pump and we admired the marbled frogs' eggs in two of the ponds.

The group did an amazing amount in a couple of hours.

YEAR 6 GRADUATION

FUNDRAISING

Thank you to all those who have supported the graduation by buying Zooper Doopers!

From Tuesday – Friday next week we will be having a ‘Guess the Lollies in the Jar’ competition: Closest estimate wins the jar of lollies. One guess 50c or 3 guesses for $1.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE LUNCH

The canteen will be closed for lunch on:

Thursday 26 November

as the Year 6 students will be running a sausage sizzle to fu rther support the i r graduation. Forms will go home this week for you to place your child/rens order.