From The Principal

OUR SCHOOL BIRTHDAY – FOUNDATION DAY Yesterday, Thursday 20

th September, was the

23rd

anniversary of the Official Opening of The Essington School Darwin by Mrs. Margaret Muirhead, wife of the then Administrator of the Northern Territory. Our school at that stage consisted of less than seventy students, mainly of Preschool age. It is hard to imagine our school of today, with its three campuses and Preschool to Year 12 program, not being part of the Darwin educational landscape. The School only exists, however, because of the desire and determination of the founding group of parents led by Prof. Grahame Webb to start a school that met their needs. In the twenty three years since, the support of many parents has allowed the school to develop and prosper from the small Preschool/early Primary school housed in leased facilities at the Greek School.

Our current three year Strategic Plan (for 2012-2014) allows the school to respond to the current challenges of accommodating new enrolments and providing the essential infrastructure for a leading international school. The School Board is currently working to address issues related to upgrading and replacing our buildings, and the consolidation and extension of existing programs for our students. The Strategic Plan sets out many of these goals, and the Board is continually responding to opportunities and challenges that come our way. The lead up to our 25

th

Year Anniversary in 2014 will be a busy period for the school, and one where we will need the support of our parents and school community as we prepare our School for the next twenty five years.

OUR FIRST GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD On Monday 17

th September in Honiara, the

Solomons, Ashley Watson, one of our Year 11 students at the Senior College, was presented with both his Silver and Gold Duke’s Awards by Prince Harry. We have several Senior College students about to complete their Gold Duke’s Award but Ashley will be our first current student to be presented with a Gold Award. He has certainly achieved another first by having it presented by Prince William. Ashley completed his Bronze Award in Year 9 at The Essington School Darwin before spending last year (Year 10) in the Solomons.

During this time he completed his Silver Award and Gold Awards. (Ashleigh’s Mum, Merrilyn Watson, is one of our current Music Teachers and a foundation Music Teacher at The Essington School Darwin).

YEAR 10/11 LEARN TO FLY PROGRAM Our Year 10/11 students completed their Learn to Fly Program this week at the Batchelor Airstrip. This is the twelfth year our students have had the opportunity to complete this introductory Learn To Fly Program. We are grateful to Gavin Wrigley and Reg Moore, our nationally accredited gliding instructors, who have provided this opportunity for our students.

Thank you also to Shaun Theiber for organizing the program this year, and to staff members who drove students to and from Batchelor: Garry Davies, Shaun Theiber and Deborah Halliwell.

MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURS NEXT WEEK Next week some of our Middle School students will be participating in three tours. One group of Middle School students will be exploring

Upcoming Events Friday 21st September Music Recital Monday 24th September— Thursday 27th September T-2 Swimming Program Monday 24th September— Friday 28th September Year 6 Canberra Tour Year 7 Singapore Tour Middle School Cairns Great Barrier Reef Tour Monday 24th September— Friday 28th September Year 10 Work Experience Wednesday 26th September Essington’s Got Talent Wednesday 26th September—Thursday 27th September Senior College P/T Discussion 3-6pm Friday 28th September End of Term 3 and Casual Clothes Charity Fundraiser

Chapman Road, Nightcliff (PO Box 42321, Casuarina NT 0811) Tel: 08 8985 0100 Fax: 08 8948 1910

Email: administration@essington.nt.edu.au

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T H O U G H T F O R T H E W E E K

A teacher is better than two books.

- German Proverb.

A Member of the Council of

International

Schools

ENROLMENTS 2013 We are processing enrolments for 2013 and will again need to have waiting lists

in place for 2013. If you have friends planning to enroll, please ask them to apply before the end of September as we will be confirming our Round One

offers then.

Ashley Watson, Year 11, received his Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award from Prince William on Monday in Honirara, Solomons.

three different Great Barrier Reef systems off Cairns and Port /Douglas. A group of our Year 6 students will be spending the week visiting the attractions in Canberra, our national Capital. A third group of Year 7 students will be spending the week in Singapore. We wish them all good weather and a great tour. In Term 4 a group of our Middle School students will travel to Tokyo to visit our sister school, Tamagawa University School. We are currently planning tours for 2013 including the possibility of a tour to Borneo, and a Senior College community service tour to Cambodia. David Cannon Principal/CEO

From the Assistant Principals Holiday Care Program Kelly, Haji and the rest of the Holiday Care Program staff will provide yet another exciting Holiday Care Program during the upcoming October school holiday break. Please ensure that bookings are made in Week 10 to secure a spot. We have a maximum of only fifty places in the Holiday Care Program.

Essington Early Childhood Forum-Helen Summers Helen Summers facilitated a very informative session on September 13

th

on ‘How to maximise your child’s learning’ with a special focus on Brain Gym. This was very well attended by both staff and parents. Thirty people attended this session in the New Library. Helen and her assistants demonstrated various Brain Gym activities including cross crawling, marching, heel-toe walking and similar exercises that develop, in young children, better control and coordination and promote better concentration skills. There are three imaginary mid lines in our bodies and many of these exercises are designed specifically to cross these mid lines to further promote learning in young children. She reiterated the importance of ‘rehydration’, as we enter the ‘wet’ season. Please ensure that your child brings along a water bottle that can remain in the classroom fridge to encourage children to rehydrate regularly during the day.

Our sincere thanks go to Helen Summers for facilitating this session last week. If you would like more information on this session please see me. Further more, if you have any

suggestions for a Term 4 Early Childhood Forum please let me know. Parent/Teacher Discussions Sincere thanks to all teachers for facilitating parent/teacher discussions this week. If, for unavoidable reasons you were unable to schedule a parent/teacher discussion, please see the classroom teacher to schedule a time that is mutually convenient before the end of the term.

Jaya Srinivas Assistant Principal Early Childhood Programs

Early Learning Notices It is coming to the end of term. All Preschool classes are going out with a bang! Preschool 1 and 2 will be having a 'Favourite Characters' Dress Up Day, whilst Preschool 3 and 4 are having an 'In Class' Crazy Hair Disco. We can not wait until next week.

Christmas Catalogue order forms are due back by Friday 21st September.

The Preschool are having a boat cruise fundraiser by Darwin City Cruises on Saturday 27th October at 12:00pm to 2:30pm. It is $50.00 for adults, $25.00 for children and there is a family special for $130.00 - 2 adults/ 2 children. Pay to your Preschool teacher by Friday 19th October.

Thank you to our classroom helpers this week: Georgina, Yves' mum and Adriana, Lucas Cova's mum from Preschool 1; Lauren, Noah's mum and Alexandra, Lucy Marshall's mum from Preschool 2; Emma, Gabriel's mum from Preschool 3 and Danielle, Jordan's mum from Preschool 4.

Thank you to Emma, Gabriel's mum from Preschool 3, for reading a story in the library.

A special thank you to Georgina, Yves' mum, for sharing some information about Japan and letting the children try on some kimonos. The children really enjoyed it. Miss Rhiannon and Miss Christine

Year 2A Hartley We are coming to the end of the Term and thoroughly enjoying our swimming program. We have had a great time racing our balloon powered cars and everyone has done a great job! Remember to start bringing all readers back for next term and searching for any lost library books. Cristina Hartley

Year 5A Burns Well done to all the students for their hard work and flexibility over the last couple of weeks. We all survived the intensive swimming program and thoroughly enjoyed the swimming carnival. Congratulations also to each of the students from our class who participated in the Tournament of Minds. It was great to see the commitment, dedication and positive team work you displayed. Well Done! All students have now completed their Olympic Project presentations and results have been handed back. I was extremely impressed by the effort students put into their Olympic Dioramas and the level of professionalism in conducting their speeches. With only a week to go of Term 3 we are very busy trying to finish up our theme related work on the Olympics, Ancient Greece and Greek Gods and Goddesses. Students created fantastic ancient pottery pieces this week with Miss Jones and really enjoyed getting creative. Thank you to those parents who came along to Parent Teacher Discussions on either Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. It was nice to see you and touch base again. Good luck for the last week before we can all enjoy a relaxing week off.

Ebony Burns Year 5B Materazzo Well it is the end of week 9! I can not believe how fast it has flown by. We had a fantastic time with swimming lessons and enjoyed starting each day with a swim at Nightcliff Pool. A great big well done to all the students that participated in our swimming carnival last Friday, we had a great time!

We are continuing our term theme on Ancient Greece and made Ancient Pots from brown paper which all tell their own story. Feel free to come up and have a look.

We have updated our display board outside our classroom with photos of the fantastic dioramas we made on different Olympic sports. All the students put in so much effort and I was very proud of them. Sara Materazzo

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Middle School Notices/Report Middle School Notices

Year 6A Dumesny Only one week left! Year 6A have been working really hard in class on their assignments and group tasks. We are looking forward to our one week well-deserved holiday break. In English, we have been writing our refugee diary entries and we presented them to the class using expression and different voices. Some students used accents or attempted nervous voices and they were very entertaining! We have been learning about the Government in SOSE and despite the videos on the PEO websites not working, we had fun learning things on the quiz game. We have learned about the three levels of government, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Did you know the House of Representatives is the colour green to represent the colour in the British Parliament? We have been studying Ecology in Science. We are learning about the energy that is transferred in a Food Chain. We have learnt about producers, consumers, carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, insectivores, scavengers and decomposers. In Maths, we have been working in small groups to research different Olympic years, medal tallies and the countries’ population to work out which country has the most natural population of athletes. This has been challenging, but we have learnt how to express data in a table and create a graph using Excel. Miss Dumesny wishes all students a nice, relaxing and happy one week break. Neisha Dumesny and Urvija Sadadia Year 6B Dearden It has been a big week for us in 6B. For some of us as it is our annual Year 6 Canberra Trip next week. We have completed our SOSE government test and Science ecology test. We are also putting the final touches on our Olympic Averages assignment. Our class is preparing for another debate; we are going to see if our class bill will be able to be passed and made into a law! We were so impressed with the refugee diary presentations and there were a lot of engaging and confident speakers in this class! Well done to those students who practised and rehearsed at home. Just a reminder that spelling and Mental Math homework will continue until the end of the term using the Spellodrome and Mathletics website. Well done to those students who have consistently handed in work and completed their assignments. Reminders have been given out to students who still owe assignments and classroom activities for marking. Tutoring before and after school has also finished and will start up again during Week 1 of Term 4.

Rebecca Dearden

Year 6C Morvant Thanks to all the parents who attended Parent-Teacher interviews. It is a great way to touch base. As the year has passed us by so quickly, there have been a number of parents I have only spoken to via the phone or through email recently, so it is good to catch up face-to-face. One more week to go before the holidays! How this term has flown. We had a lovely day at the Year 4-6 Swimming Carnival last week and all of Year 6C is congratulated on their behavior and participation in events. There was a great spirit of sportsmanship and it was so good to see you all cheering each other on and encouraging your class and team mates. The Mathematics Olympics assignments were completed last week and some very interesting findings emerged. Teamwork skills are really improving and student confidence in presenting information to others has increased. We continue to read’ Little Brother’ and answer questions using the point/example/ explanation format. Students have displayed good comprehension skills using this style of response and we have had some very good discussions about the experiences Vithy is having on his journey. We will continue with the novel next term also. This week we have had a Science test which the students have prepared for with revision and by noting in their diaries to revise their Science books. We will also have a Government test for SOSE next week to conclude our unit on Civics. I would like to commend all students for the focus and commitment they have given to their learning experiences this term. There is a very good work ethic amongst the students and they have worked diligently to cover a lot of work. Keep up the great effort next term as you get closer to becoming Year 7 students! Please remember to bring a drink bottle and a hat to school each day.

Donna Morvant

Middle School Report In Middle School Art this year we have created a range of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks. Some Year 9 classes have made wire figures, with inspiration taken from Alberto Giacometti. Others have completed a drawing study in trees, created and designed their own tile mosaics and the year sevens completed their marionettes. Classes this semester are

investigating the theme of wearable artworks. They have viewed different artists for inspiration and gathered ideas.

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Middle School The students have all worked through the design process, which is an important part of creating an art piece. Students have come up with some amazing textures and three-dimensional forms. All students are congratulated on their hard work in Middle School Art this year.

Megan Robertson Middle School Art Teacher The major focus for Year 7 this term has been ‘Poetry’. The students have been developing their understanding of Poetic Devices and the various forms of Poetry. It has been very exciting to observe the students gaining a greater appreciation of the Poetry genre. This unit is an effective ‘lead-up’ to our Term 4 Study of Shakespeare’s ‘ A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ . Throughout the term, students have analysed poems from both the technical perspective and their content, unwrapping the poet’s stories as they work their way through the sometimes complex and challenging writing. In addition, this unit of work has given the students an opportunity to demonstrate their speaking ability as they perform various poetry ‘recitals’. One of the most powerful activities occured when we moved from the lyrical ‘Ballads’ to a study of ‘Free Verse’ and, on completion of the discussion, students were asked to sit down and write a poem of their own, on any topic, in Free Verse style, (throwing all previously learned patterns of rhyming, rhythm and structure out of the ‘metaphorical window’). With pride, I present to you a collection of original poems by 7E. Ballad: My Dogs Teddy and Ralph My dogs Teddy and Ralph, Have been with me as long as I can think; Teddy is eight, she growls and howls Ralph is two he licks and licks. Together they play Together they bark Together they eat and drink And together they share a heart. If they were to leave, The house would be plain The yard would be quiet And I would be sad. By Erin Boyd

Friends and family Friends and family are great, but alone time is the best. When ever I get the chance to be on my own. You can do what you want without having any restrictions. But when they all come home it is just as good! By Drew Hersey Chocolate Chocolate is yummy it's my favourite sweet If I could I would eat it for breaky

lunch and tea It is brown white and Black I love it because it's smooth I love it because it's sweet And I love it because it melts in your mouth By Wyatt Arbon Jo Masters 7E English Teacher

Middle School Student Achievement and Involvement Casual Clothes Day Next Friday, the 28

th September, will be a Casual Clothes

day to celebrate the end of Term 3 and raise money to assist the Mountain Gorillas. With only seven hundred mountain gorillas remaining in the world, School Representative Council students identified The Gorilla Organisation (Formerly the Diana Fossey Fund) as a very worthy charity. Money raised will be dedicated towards protecting these magnificent creatures and their habitat from destruction in an area where poverty means people overuse the available land and hunt for bush meat in the National Parks where the gorillas live. Students are asked to bring a gold coin donation. Year 4-6 Swimming Carnival Seven of our School Representative Council members and assistants organised and ran a BBQ at the Year 4-6 swimming carnival last week. Yasna Delo, Lucy Edwards, Anna Maurer, Jacob vanDam, Demi Tcha, Garrick Foy and Beau Simmons are BBQ experts and handled the preparation, cooking and cleaning up with ease. They sold hash browns, sausages, vegetable burgers, skewers and snow cones to the hoards of kids that descended on them during the break times. These students managed to raise a whopping $615.00 which will go towards the Gorilla Organisation. Fone Raiser During Term 2, School Representative Council ran a ‘Fone Raiser’ campaign, collecting old mobile phones which were not in use or broken. We shipped the phones off to a company who refurbish them and then distribute them to developing countries where there are few landlines. Consequently people rely on mobile handsets, which they often cannot afford. From this initiative the Council received $51.00, which they have donated to The Essington School Darwin Building Fund. With the addition of this week’s activities, our 2012 School Representative Council has raised $8547.00 for local, national and international charities this year. This is an outstanding achievement. Christmas Hamper Fundraiser School Representative Council students have started collecting non-perishable food items for their Christmas fundraiser. Students will be assembling food hampers from donations of food items (all food items will require a use by or best before date of February 2013). All hampers will be distributed to Darwin people in need over the Christmas period by Somerville Community Services. Donations can

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Middle School/Senior College be left in Mrs Harvey’s office, the Middle School Office of the Front office. Student Profiles This week we introduce you to our hard working 6A School Representative Council representatives, Yasmin and Connor. Yasmin Simmons

Yasmin was the Cross Country Captain last year, has also been involved in the Port Power Australian Rules competition and represented The Essington School Darwin at the Rugby Gala Day. Outside of school, Yasmin plays Hockey for the Waratahs and is in the Junior Academy Squad for swimming. In her role on the Student

Representative Council, Yasmin would like to try to work out some more places for the Middle School students to sit and play during recess and lunch. Yasmin would love to keep on representing The Essington Darwin at as many Gala Days as she can. To help make the world a better place, Yasmin would like to get rid of litter and pollution throughout the world. Something that you may not know about Yasmin is that she once lived in Scotland for a short time. The things that Yasmin likes most about The Essington School Darwin are the friendly and helpful students and teachers. Connor Winter

Connor really enjoyed being a part of the Port Power Australian Rules Football Challenge that took place this year in Term 1. Connor also enjoys cricket, painting, chiseling and miniatures in his spare time. In his role on the Student Representative Council, Connor would love to develop his leadership skills to become a better leader.

To make the world a better place, Connor would like to try to decrease the amount of pollution and work out a way to make slums a thing of the past. Something that you may not know about Connor is that he has been to Europe three times and Canada twice. He also has relatives that live in Canada. The things that Connor likes the most about The Essington School Darwin is that the teachers follow through when someone breaks a rule, and that it is a very easy school to cope at because there is so much help for the students. Allison Harvey Student Wellbeing Coordinator

Senior College Report Year 10/11 students will be on Work Experience from Monday 24

th to Friday 28

th September as part of their

Stage One NTCET (Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training) PLP (Personal Learning Plan) course. Students will gain an insight into the world of work and look at careers they have researched in earlier PLP assignments. PLP is one of the compulsory subjects that all students must do, and receive a minimum of a ‘C’ grade to gain their Northern Territory Certificate of Education and Training. Reports will be posted home next week. We will be holding Parent Teacher Discussions on Wednesday 26

th and Thursday 27

th September from 3:00 to 6:00pm

at the Senior College. Please contact the Senior College office on Phone: 89466821 to make an appointment. We congratulate the following students on their achievements: Joel Kay, Liam Hardcastle and Harry Flux are through to the Final round of the Australian National Chemical Analysis Competition, 2012 (Titration Competition) which will be held on Saturday, 13th October. The team of Jemima Moore, Leon Tcha and Martin Waites is congratulated on their efforts in this competition. We wish Edge Bolton all the best for the SunChase Solar Challenge held on 21st September. He is entering his solar car, SOLO, which he built by himself. Art Coming soon!! Over the next few weeks, Stage 2 Visual Arts students are putting the finishing touches to their amazing artworks ready for the inaugural Essington International Senior College, Charles Darwin University Art exhibition. Keep the date free: Tuesday 13

th November 5.30pm at the

Senior College. Come and celebrate with the Stage 2 Art students and view a wide variety of artworks by these talented students. Important Upcoming Senior College Dates Monday 24

th to Friday 28

th September:

Year 10 Work Experience Wednesday 26

th and Thursday 27

th September:

Parent Teacher Interviews from 3.00 until 6.00pm Monday 8

th to Friday 12

th October:

Stage 2 Trial Examinations Friday 12

th October :

House Swimming Carnival Monday 19

th to Friday 23

rd October:

Stage 2 Swat Vac Week Monday 29

th October:

Stage 2 Examinations Commence Monday 19

th to Friday 23 November:

Stage 1 and Year 10 Examinations Monday 3

rd to Friday 7

th December:

Year 10 Work Experience

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Senior College Stage 2 Trial Examination Week We will be holding our Stage 2 Trial examination week from Monday 8

th October to Friday 12

th October. Please note

that morning examinations start at 8.00am and students will need to be at the College no later than 7.45am. Afternoon examinations start at 12.30pm and will conclude at 3.40pm.These times are the same as those used in the final examinations. Stage 2 End of Year Examinations Stage 2 (Year 12) End of Year Examinations 08.00am Monday 29

th October

English Studies (3 hour paper) 12.30pm Tuesday 30

th October

Mathematics Studies (3 hour paper) 12.30pm Wednesday 31

st October

Legal Studies (3 hour paper) 08.00am Thursday 1

st November

Physical Education (2 hour paper)

12.30pm Thursday 1st November

Physics (3 hour paper) 08.00am Monday 5

th November

Biology (3 hour paper) 08.00am Tuesday 6

th November

Psychology (2 hour paper) 08.00am Wednesday 7

th November

Chemistry (3 hour paper) 08.00am Friday 9

th November

Mathematical Methods (3 hour paper) 08.00am Tuesday 13

th November

Geography (2 hour paper) 08:00am Tuesday 13

th November

All examinations will be held at the Essington International Senior College, Charles Darwin University. Peter Moore Dean of Studies

Our Year 10/11 Learn to Fly Program finished this week for 2012. This is the twelfth year we have been able to offer this program. We appreciate the support of Gavin Wrigley and Reg Moore in making this program available to our students.

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General Notices Music News Our Music Recital is on tonight, Friday 21

st September, at 7:00pm, at the

Charles Darwin University Theatre. We have a good number of students taking part despite the numerous extra-curricular activities that our students are involved in. We invite parents and families to attend and enjoy the lovely music. Admission is by gold coin donation. Please arrive at 6:45pm for a 7:00pm start. Parents of current year 2, 3 and 4 students are reminded that notes indicating preferences for music – string instrumental and general classes- are due back tomorrow. Please be sure to indicate which instrument your child would prefer when replying to the string’s option. We welcome Lachlan Collis to our music instrumental program. Lachlan has commenced lessons with Caroline McNair. On Thursday 20

th September, a group

of twenty six Middle School Choir students performed at the Northern Territory Young Achiever Awards-Darwin Launch 2012. They are taught and conducted by Merrilyn Watson and accompanied by Kirsty McCallum. The students sang superbly and entertained the guests with songs such as Country Roads, This Little Light, We Are One, Under the Boardwalk, I Am Australian, You’ve Got a Friend,

Alone in the Universe, and Let Me Be There. They opened the function with the singing of the National Anthem. Thank you to the students and teachers for an outstanding performance. The Alzheimer’s Tea Dance is on Tuesday 25

th September which is next

week. The students have been Rocking around the Clock and are very excited about their performance. The event will be held at the Greek School Community Hall which is situated opposite The Essington School Darwin. We look forward to seeing the Songsters in their new Choir Outfits for this very special occasion. They will leave the school at approximately 1:10pmand return by 2:30pm. The afternoon will be an entertaining and enjoyable one for the guests and students. Our students continue to delight us with the Music items at Assembly. Ellayne Wall is a Year 7 student who has a passion for singing. On Friday 14

th Assembly she sang the song,

‘Defender’, at the Middle School Assembly. We thank our two piano students for their fantastic performance on the keyboard at the Junior School assembly on Friday the 14

th September. Abigail Hughes

played ‘Slowly Climbing’, and Avni Agarwal played Merry Go Round. Thank you to Kate Thompson for teaching and preparing the students

for their performance. If your child has achieved any great music achievements throughout the year please email leanne.bakker@essington.nt.edu.au and this will be acknowledged in the Weekly Bulletin and on occasions in assembly.

Leanne Bakker Music Administration Coordinator

Sports Notices Congratulations to our Frillies Gunn House on a great win at the Year 4 – 6 Swimming Carnival. Thank you to all of our staff and parents who assisted on the day. We had time keepers, recorders, cooks and marshalls working hard throughout the day. Spencer Harvey had concluded a full write up of results, later in this week’s bulletin. Year 7 – 12 Swimming Carnival The Year 7 – 12 Swimming Carnival will take place on Friday 12

th October

at the Casuarina Swimming Pool. Booklets and permission notes will be distributed next week. Transition to Year 1 and Year 2 – 3 Swimming Carnival The Transition to Year 1 and Year 2 – 3 Swimming Carnival will take place on Friday 19

th October at the Casuarina

Swimming Pool. Booklets and

Jade Ramjan competes in the recent Year 4-6 House Swimming Competition.

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General Notices permission notes will be distributed early in Term 4.

Essington Representative Teams Primary/Middle/Senior Zone Swimming Carnival This combined event will take place on the 25

th October from 5:00pm –

9:00pm. Primary Zone notes will be handed out this term. Please return notes to Adam Gulla by the end of Term 3. Middle and Senior school notes will be distributed at the House Swimming Carnival on Friday 12

th October. These

will need to be returned the following Monday 15

th October to Karly

Denmead to ensure our team is nominated by Tuesday 16

th October.

Students who wish to be considered for selection in the 2013 NT Swimming team must compete at the Zone event and attend our House Swimming Carnival for team selection. Come and Try Day Twenty of our Year 7 students will be representing our school on Wednesday 26

th at the annual ‘Come

and Try Day’ at Lake Alexander. It is a great opportunity to represent the school, try new sports and meet students from other schools. Good luck to all participants.

School and Community Sports Notices Notice Board In the Auditorium we have a notice board for all sports notices and community events. If you have any notices you would like attached to this board please drop them off at the sports office or email a copy through. Girls AFL Football Club Contacts Nightcliff Football Club, Phone: 89 85 6636 - Tuesday and Thursday Training 5:00pm-6:00pm Palmerston, Lateesha Jeffrey contact Phone: 0423 674 591, They train Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30pm-5:30pm at Northline Oval. The Gardens Tennis Centre School Holiday Camp 3

rd - 5

th October

2012. Cool off with a free movie over lunch. Tuesday 3

rd – Thursday 5

th

October.

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camps: $129.00. Casual Rate: $33.00/session half day mornings 8:00-11:30am, full day camp 8.30-11:30am, lunch and movie 1:30 – 4:00pm. Phone: 1300 30 15 30 Athletics Northern Territory Wayne Goldsmith, Triathlon Australia National Coach manager, is in Darwin this week. Wayne also works for the Brisbane Lions as a performance consultant and has worked for various NRL, AFL, SUPER RUGBY teams, Tennis Australia, Swimming Australia and as a High Performance manager for TA leading into the Athen’s Olympics. Wayne is “happy to chat on just about anything and I regularly work with athletes, coaches and teams on a wide range of performance and coaching issues. “More ideas can be seen at www.sportscoachingbrain.com”. If you would like to use this coaching education opportunity, please join us at the NTIS conference room from 5.00pm until 6:45pm. RSVP by sending an email to Lee Wislon lee.wilson@ausport.gov.au After that, you will have an opportunity to show your potential as a coach or athlete during the Build Up Athletics Competition:

Program 21st September Time Track Field 6.30pm 100 meters 6.45pm Long Jump 7.15pm 400 meters 7.30pm Javelin 7.45pm 800 meters/ 1500 meters 8.00pm 3000 meters/ High Jump 5000 meters COERVER Soccer Training in Term 4 Students interested in learning more about soccer and being involved in an intensive training program have the opportunity to take part in the following COERVER program.

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Water Station during clinic (Please bring drink bottle)

Clinic Venue: The Essington School Darwin (School Oval) Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm Date: 12th, 19th, 26th October and

2nd,9th,16th, 23rd and 30th Nov 2012 Closing date for applications: 8th October Email: robertwright.nt@coerver.com before the closing date: 24/08/12 to receive your nomination forms.

Student Achievements in Sport If your child has any great sporting achievements throughout the year please email karly.denmead@essington.nt.edu.au and this will be acknowledged in the bulletin and on occasions at assembly. Congratulations to the following Gymnasts; Chloe Montague who competed in the NT WAG - Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships and came second overall in Level 3 Prep by coming 1

st on vault and 3

rd on

bars and floor. Lucia Maguire-Crowley came 1

st on Beam, 2

nd on Floor and

1st Overall for Level 4 WAG. Sandy Hardiman also competed in the NT Gymnastics Championships in MAG Level 3. He came 2

nd in the

parallel bars and 3rd

in both the high bars and the rings. Overall he came 3

rd

in MAG Level 3. This weekend he flies to Queensland to complete in the MAG National Gymnastics Championships.

Rosalie Frichot, who only recently joined the Darwin Athletics Club, participated in the NT Championships after only a few weeks of training and achieved some great results. Rosalie came 2

nd in the 70 meters

sprint and 3rd

in the 60 meters hurdles.

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The NT Open Water Championships were held at Lake Bennett on the weekend. The following results are from some of The Essington School Darwin students; Boys 12 – 16 year old 1.2

kilometers, 2nd

Chris Milikins and 3rd

Chad Blenkinship. Girls 12-16 year old

1.2 kilometers, 3rd

Zoe Nibbs. Boys 12-

16 year old 5 kilometers, 3rd

Jesse Staples (Australian Nationals qualifying time) Girls 12-15 year old 5 kilometers,

2nd

Amy Messenger (Australian

Nationals qualifying time) and 3rd

Saskia Smid. The following students will be absent from school as they have been selected to represent City Cluster in the Cricket Championship to be held in Alice Springs from 19

th – 21

st September;

Samuel Bammant, Bailey Curran, Declan Curran, Thomas Flux, Rohan Heynen, Daniel Luttig, Kale Quinlan and Wilson Ryan. Good luck to Nicholas Spaulding who will be travelling to Tasmania this week in order compete in the Australian Orienteering Championships Carnival, and Australian Schools Orienteering Championships, to be held across two weekends and the intervening week from Saturday 22

rd September to

Sunday 30th September at St Helens on

Tasmania's East Coast. This is on the back of Nick representing Essington at the NT Schools Orienteering Championships at Charles Darwin

National Park earlier this week. Congratulations to the University Pirates who recently won the U16's Grand Final! They won 43-40! It was a great game, hard fought and they all played so well. The Essington School Darwin students involved were Ari Taulelei (Captain), Eli Taulelei, Lachlan Mckenzie, Tyronne Pedretti and Declan Armitage. Ari, Eli and Tyrone have all been selected to represent the NT at the U16 National Rugby Union Championships in Sydney between 1

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and 5th October.

Every week we endeavour to include as many of our student’s achievements that we hear or read about. If your child is excluded from events where many of our students are involved in, please email me and I will include their results the following week.

Karly Denmead Assistant Principal Sports Coordinator

House Notices

Gunn Frillnecks big win at the Swimming Carnival To the delight of all the Frilly students, and especially Sonya Barrett, the Gunn Frillnecks won their first swimming carnival in years. In an extremely close contest with Flynn Geckos, they outscored them 745 to 710. With 552 points, Wickham Skinks came third. Our participation rate was high, especially

with the relays at the end of the day. Well done to all students who got into the pool and gained points for their house. The strong swimmers for Gunn were: Ethan Cholet, Ryan Marsh, Joshua Barnard, Aubin Spurr, Hamish Bjornskov.McDonald, Michael Freeman, Aaron Jakimczuk, Aari Oliphant-Hand, Sam Hazelden, Connor Winter, Arabella Greene, Tippipon Morgan, Veronique Winter, Amelia La Pira, Jesse Noonan-Wade, Catherine Cason, Kyia Deimos and Grace Blanch. The swimmers leading the way for the Flynn Geckos were: Chloe Montague, Georgia McAllister, Alice Milikins, Marcia Dawson, Danika Zamolo, Mali Gordon, Mia Hardie, Tamsyn Stuart, Nicholas Byrne, Harrison Kenny, Patrick Rawsthorne, Ryan Blenkinship and Brody Moffat. The Wickham Skink swimmers who stood out were: Sebastian Lodge, Ned McConnel, Dean Ryan, Phoebe Fitzgerald, Lily McConnel, Harriet Hudson, Stella Musco, Amy Chisholm, Paris Van Den Herik, Mickaylee Nobbs-Carcuro and Romney Julicher. The day was very enjoyable due to competitive spirit from the students and the hard work by the teachers and parent helpers.

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Ryan Blenkinship wins another event at the recent Year 4-6 House Swimming Competition.

General Notices

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Year 4-6 House Swimming Age Champions

Boys 9 Year old Ethan Chloet (Gunn Frillnecks) 10 Year old Harrison Kenny (Flynn Geckos) 11 Year old Aari Oliphant-Hand (Gunn Frillnecks) 12 Year old Ryan Blenkinship (Flynn Geckos)

Girls 9 Year old Tippipon Morgan (Gunn Frillnecks)Chloe Montague (Flynn Geckos) 10 Year old Phoebe Fitzgerald (Wickham Skinks) 11 Year old Marcia Dawson (Flynn Geckos) 12 Year old Romney Julicher (Wickham Skinks) New Records There were three new records set during the Carnival. To break a record requires an exceptional swim, so well done to Ethan Cholet, Ryan Blenkinship and Marcia Dawson. Ethan Cholet broke the nine year old Boys 50m Freestyle with a time of 40.51. This is twenty four hundredths of a second quicker than the previous record. Ryan Blenkinship broke the twelve year old Boys 50 Butterfly with a time of 35.07. This is eighty two hundredths of a second quicker than the old record. Ryan now holds eight individual swimming records. Marcia Dawson broke the eleven year old Girls fifty meter Butterfly with a time of 41.21. This is eight eight hundredths of a second quicker than the old record set back in 2005. Marcia now holds two individual swimming records. Year 7-12 House Swimming Carnival This carnival will be held on the first Friday of Term 4 (12

th October).

Students will be able to participate in a variety of events throughout the day. If any parents are able to assist with the running of the day please let us know. There is a list of the current swimming records in the House noticeboard in the auditorium.

Outdoor Education Notices Cairns/Great Barrier Reef We have twelve very excited students, as well as two staff members, looking forward to our trip to Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef next week. Ms Edington took the students through an introductory snorkelling session down at the Nightcliff Pool last Friday where the students learnt how to effectively use their snorkel. A reminder to be at the airport by 5:15am on Monday morning for our departing flight. We have a fantastic itinerary lined up and it should be a very enjoyable experience for everyone. If you have any questions or queries about this tour please contact me on Phone: 8985 0121 or email spencer.harvey@essington.nt.edu.au Spencer Harvey Outdoor Education Coordinator

Duke of Edinburgh Notices Completed Dukes Bronze Congratulations to Elizabeth Lotfali, Jake Christian and Jemma Britton, who have completed their Bronze Awards. Elizabeth kept her ORB up to date and completed the following activities: Fitness – beach running, Skill- musical instrument-piano, Volunteering - assisted at the Casuarina library. For her practice adventurous journey she completed the Litchfield hikes and for her Qualifying journey, Elizabeth hiked a section of the Tabletop track. Jake has been busy completing the following:

Volunteering – assisted Kathy in the Essington School Darwin Library, Skill – stone crafting, Fitness – baseball training. Jake went on the Mount Hotham snow trip for his practice journey and the recent Katherine Gorge canoe/hike trip for his Qualifying journey. Jemma has done a great job in completing her Dukes by doing the following: Fitness – swimming, Skill – reading, Volunteering – swim coaching. Last year Jemma completed the Litchfield hikes for her practice journey and recently finished the Katherine Gorge canoe/hike Qualifying journey. I strongly encourage all the Year 9 students who have started their Duke of Edinburgh award to aim to have it completed by the end of the year. If you are having any difficulties please come and see me. Year 8 Dukes students canoeing at Katherine Gorge Any Year 8 students who are thirteen years and nine months are encouraged to join up. The award is terrific opportunity for students to gain and develop new skills, develop leadership and to challenge themselves. The cost of the award is $75.00.This covers insurance for activities, award ceremonies and development officer help. If you are interested in joining the award please visit Mr Harvey in Outdoor Education Office which is located behind JS 21 near the pre-school.

Spencer Harvey Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator

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International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) - English

The following students achieved

HIGH DISTINCTIONS:

Year 4 Jordan O'Brien Sarah Thomson

Year 7 Nisangi Wijesinghe

Year 8 Miriam Ellen-Barwell

Ellyane Wall

The following students achieved DISTINCTIONS:

Year 3

Cyra Sebastian Year 4

Mia Hardcastle Tippipon Morgan Veronique Winter

Year 6 Chloe Alder Kyia Deimos Yasna Delo

Keshia Kongwa (Past) Mickaylee Nobbs-Carcuro

Ross Staude Connor Winter

Year 8 Beau Anketell

Ruby Eckermann (Past) Olivia Fleming

Charlotte Guthridge Cassia Hodgson Bettina Kobelt

Max Oliphant-Hand Courtney Tha Emma Trier

The following students achieved

CREDITS:

Year 4 Thomas Alford

Kaysha Asokananthan Jemma Curran

Kodi Fiege Zachary Hand Ella Hardiman

Catherine Holland Sebastian Lodge

Lily McConnel Matthew McPherson

Year 4 CREDITS (Continued):

Ruby Michael Shaniece Nair Finn Niemeier

Jacob Randazzo Lachlan Ross

Haylei Whitehead

Year 5 Sourab Sebastian

Year 6

Grace Blanch Rose Dixon-Campbell

Mali Gordon Nicholas Gregory

Joe Hedger Kathryn Holmes Neel Kshirsagar

Daniel Moore Wilson Ryan

Liam Tha Alia Tutty

Sylvia Wright

Year 8 Jack Adlam

Isaac Belford Amy Bottolfsen Jemima Croser Declan Curran

Josephine Dridan Grace Goodman

Kaila Gordon William Hamilton

Faith Kongwa Georgia Marchant

Madeleine McDonald Asha Miller

Edward Moore Chelsea Mudge

Jessica Osborne Tiah Portelli

Eliza Rowberry Jaime-Lee Sheppard

Andrea Simpson Samuel Sitzler Kristin Smith

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The following students received Academic Award Certificates for Semester 1: Zelma Woodhead Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Applications Stage 1 Kacy Brennan Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Applications Stage 2 Renee Guesnon Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Applications Stage 2 Matthew Herbert Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Applications Stage 2 Sarah Frost Academic Excellence Award Mathematics Year 10/11 Kate Francis Academic Excellence Award Mathematics Year 10/11 Breanna Dyer Academic Excellence Award Mathematics Year 10/11 Marquette Stevenson Academic Excellence Award Mathematics Stage 1 Rachelle Tinning Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Methods Stage 2 Natasha Gray Academic Excellence Award Mathematical Stage 1 Dylan Bainrot Academic Excellence Award Numeracy for Work and Community Life Maddison Brown Achievement in Business and Enterprise Stage 2 Kirsty Wedmore Achievement in Geography Stage 1 Joshua Dalrymple Achievement in Geography Stage 1 Keely Wilkinson Achievement in Geography Stage 1 Georgia Smith Achievement in Geography Stage 1 Lucy Campbell Achievement in Geography Stage 2 Ashley Dougan Achievement in Geography Stage 2 Anne Wilton Achievement in History Stage 1 Lara Whitehouse Achievement in History Stage 1 Andrew Frangoulis Achievement in History Stage 1 Katrina Fritz Achievement in Legal Studies Stage 2 Kate Huntingford Achievement in Legal Studies Stage 2 Rebecca Egan Achievement in Legal Studies Stage 2 Harry Flux Achievement in Legal Studies Stage 2 Callam Yost Achievement in Physics Stage 1 Natasha Gray Achievement in Physics Stage 1 Daniel Bitzer Achievement in Physics Stage 2 Lucy Campbell Excellence in Academic Literacies Shaun Ostler Excellence in Academic Literacies Kate Huntingford Excellence in Biology Stage 1 Lucy Campbell Excellence in Biology Stage 1 Natasha Gray Excellence in Biology Stage 1 Kieran Caraher Excellence in Biology Stage 1 Liam Hardcastle Excellence in Biology Stage 2 Renee Guesnon Excellence in Biology Stage 2 Jayden Hughes Excellence in Business and Enterprise Stage 1 Marquette Stevenson Excellence in Chemistry Stage 1 Renee Guesnon Excellence in Chemistry Stage 2 Liam Hardcastle Excellence in Chemistry Stage 2 Monique Smith Excellence in English Communications Stage 2 Lucy Campbell Excellence in English Studies Stage 1 Ashley Dougan Excellence in English Studies Stage 1 Connor Nutton Excellence in English Studies Stage 2 Renee Guesnon Excellence in English Studies Stage 2 Shauna Hack Excellence in English Studies Stage 2 Kate Francis Excellence in English Year 10/11 Deena Gad Excellence in English Year 10/11 Isabella Green Excellence in English Year 10/11 Sophie Rabl Excellence in English Year 10/11 Callam Yost Excellence in Geography Stage 1 Hannah McCourt Excellence in Geography Stage 1 Isabella Green Excellence in History Stage 1

Senior College Semester 1 2012 Student Awards

Joseph Bibby Excellence in History Stage 1 Bryce Johnson Excellence in Information Technology Stage 1 Lee Neenan Excellence in Information Technology Stage 1 Breanna Dyer Excellence in Legal Studies Stage 1 Ryan Pearce Excellence in Legal Studies Stage 1 Sarah Frost Excellence in Legal Studies Stage 1 Paige Hazelden Excellence in Physical Education Stage 1 Anne Wilton Excellence in Physical Education Stage 1 Jake Roberts Excellence in Physical Education Year 10/11 Marquette Stevenson Excellence in Physics Stage 1 Kate Huntingford Excellence in Physics Stage 1 Jemima Moore Excellence in Physics Stage 1 Kacy Brennan Excellence in Physics Stage 2 Matthew Herbert Excellence in Physics Stage 2 Rachelle Tinning Excellence in Psychology Stage 2 Shauna Hack Excellence in Psychology Stage 2 Katrina Fritz Excellence in Psychology Stage 2 Lindsay Davidson Excellence in Psychology Stage 2 Kate Francis Excellence in Science Year 10/11 Anne Wilton Excellence in Science Year 10/11 Lewis Kilburn Excellence in Science Year 10/11 Isabella Green Excellence in Science Year 10/11 Hunter Waldron Excellence in Science Year 10/11 Kate Huntingford Excellence in Visual Arts Stage 1 Ashley Dougan Excellence in Visual Arts Stage 1 Marquette Stevenson Excellence in Visual Arts Stage 1 Georgina Nefiodovas Excellence in Visual Arts Stage 2 Shauna Hack Excellence in Visual Arts Stage 2 Deena Gad Improvement in Biology Stage 1 Grace Halliwell Improvement in English Year 10/11 Jake Roberts Improvement in English Year 10/11 Callam Yost Improvement in Physical Education Year 10/11 Kiara Musco Outstanding Improvement Award Mathematics Year 10/11 Anne Wilton Outstanding Improvement Award Mathematics Stage 1 Shauna Hack Outstanding Improvement Award Mathematical Methods Stage 2 The following Students received Certificates at our last Assembly for their participation in the Academies of Excellence Program over the Mid year break: Dylan Bainrot Dance Program Ashley Dougan Dance Program Breanna Dyer Dance Program Kate Francis Dance Program Connor Gibson Dance Program Grace Halliwell Dance Program Meagan Johnston Dance Program Kanako Kimura Dance Program Hannah McCourt Dance Program Candida Monteiro Dance Program Kiara Musco Dance Program Daniel Bitzer Mathematics Enrichment Program Harry Carr Mathematics Enrichment Program Liam Hardcastle Mathematics Enrichment Program Matthew Herbert Mathematics Enrichment Program Joel Kay Mathematics Enrichment Program Leon Tcha Mathematics Enrichment Program Lucy Campbell Visual Art Program Georgina Nefiodovas Visual Art Program Crystal Neves Visual Art Program Monique Smith Visual Art Program

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