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Working Together, nurturing personal achievement and life-long learning in a learner-centered environment, sustained by explicit values and strong school, family and community partnerships.

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Number 04 13/03/2019

Dates to Note

School Assembly – 8.30am Friday 22nd March Year 3 Bound 3 Way Conferences Tuesday 2nd April Easter Raffle Drawn Thursday 12th April Tickets will be sent home week 8 School Photo’s Tues 30th April - Wed 1st May Year 6 Camp Wed 8th May – Fri 10th May Naplan - Year’s 3 and 5 Tues 14th – Fri 17th May Athletics Sports Carnival Friday 17th May Sausage Sizzle

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST BULLYING AND VIOLENCE On Friday 15th March 2019, Australian schools will stand united in their communities to celebrate the eighth National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA). The NT Department of Education has endorsed a National Day of Action Treasure Hunt and our school has decided to focus on one of the nine topics listed as it best fits into this term’s whole school Global Concept of Identity and Inclusion. Each class will be working on the focus area of’

Throughout the year classes will choose how they will also look at the other areas which include;

Develop understanding of bullying’,

Raise awareness,

Build relationships,

Strengthen positive behaviour,

Learn skills to respond to bullying,

Involve families,

Communicate about getting help,

Connect with community, Much of the information that we will be using comes from the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence – Bullying. No Way! Website www.bullyingnoway.com.au and www.esafety.gov.au

CLUB/ ACTIVITY SESSIONS This year we have added special activity sessions for our students to participate in during their lunch breaks. These activities have proven very popular with our students and they are enjoying the additional opportunities they have during lunch.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Recycling – Mrs Liveris

ICT – Miss Toner

Gardens – Ms Dzulkifly

Meditation – Ms McGregor

Boomerang Bags – Miss Nalder

Lunch Club - Ms Chappell

Lunch Club - Ms Chappell

Lunch Club - Ms Chappell

Student Leadership – Ms Ford

Guardian Angels – Mrs Morgan

Student Leadership – Ms Ford

HARMONY DAY – Thursday 21st March March 21 is Australia's Harmony Day, which celebrates the country's cultural diversity. It coincides with the United Nations' International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Harmony Day is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values. It is an important day because it gives Australians an opportunity to celebrate our successes as a culturally diverse society. Orange is the official Harmony Day colour and many people wear orange clothes or ribbons. Our students are encouraged to dress in a National Costume or in clothing that is ORANGE.

Chinese Student Award - Isabelle Sinclair Last Friday I was honoured to be the Top Year 6 Chinese Language Student. My family and I were invited to the Confucius Talk at CDU where I was awarded with an amazing prize. It was fantastic and very exciting.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) Our Parap Primary Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held yesterday.

Your 2019 School Council representatives are:

Council Chair Catherine Trinder Deputy Chair Michael Hawkes Treasurer Rebecca Campbell Secretary Fleur Crowe Principal Yvonne Harding Assistant Principals Kim Morgan Kaye Baldock

Teachers Danielle Ford Kim Rowe

Members Deb Aberasturi Mary Chalmers Natasha Chandler Sarah Rheinberger Stephanie Hawkins Clara Tole Rajni Thakur Preschool Rep TBA

CERTIFICATE of MERIT - 08/03/19 Class Student Comment

T Bishop Alex Cockerell Being a self-directed learner in all learning areas!

Divakar Juneja Always showing acts of kindness around our school!

T McGill Frankie Baker Helping others stay on task during ground activities.

Charlie Boston Working really hard to improve your writing and never giving up.

T Giallouris Aaroosha Vayakajan Fantastic effort with literacy tasks.

Tasman Harding Excellent attitude in all learning areas.

T Sutton Angus Tole Demonstrating a growth mindset in his writing.

Indy Mangtree Demonstrating resilience and a growth mindset in her writing.

T Chappell Edith McDonald Always being ready and willing to learn! Amazing effort with your sight words.

Auglisya Dirahman Always being ready and willing to learn! Amazing effort with your sight words.

T Spinella Rachel Schutenko Being a resilient learner and always taking risks during maths.

Audrey Robinson Being a self-directed learner and always being ready to learn.

2 Coccetti Isabelle Atkinson Her happy and enthusiastic attitude towards all aspects of her work.

Christopher His great work in mathematics, Christopher is a fantastic problem solver.

2 Dzulkifly Daphne Schutenko Always giving her best throughout our assembly performance practice.

Bruno Gomez Pena Always giving his best throughout our assembly performance practises.

2 Rowe Divya Thennadil Always trying her personal best.

Tylar Chilcott Taking risks in your learning.

3 Bound Harry Lumsden Being a curious learner sharing and describing his strategies in maths.

Emme Pollock Being a collaborative learner in FFL. Sharing her depth of understanding with others.

3 Davies Sophie Tole A well written narrative with excellent fluency and word choice.

Alex Shultz Showing initiative when choosing resources to assist his learning.

3 Stephensen Liana Arias Doing what good writers do by choosing powerful words and editing independently.

Braiden Kuhn Always being curious and kind and for inspiring your classmates during writing.

4 Thomson Thando Hawke Her expressive artistic vision.

Damon Bowler Consistent enthusiasm in hard circumstances.

4 Ford Isla Joswig Being a curious learner who always asks questions.

Kaden Fava Continually striving for accuracy in all learning areas.

4 Liveris Jack Fitzpatrick Consistently showing respect and a readiness to learn.

Julienne Paredes Consistently showing respect, taking personal responsibilities.

5 Houghton Mason Williams Demonstrating a positive attitude in class and being a caring student towards others.

Naiara Castineira Being an enthusiastic participant in all class activates.

5 Nalder Sahanna Gowri Exhibiting a consistent and positive approach to all learning areas

Ethan Mu Demonstrating perseverance throughout forensic maths until he achieved outcome

6 Flint Will Anderson Resilience and persistence in maths

Isabella Fava Such passionate narrative writing.

6 Williams Abbey Pope Displaying growth mindset and grit in her spelling.

Roma Lewis Displaying growth mindset and challenging herself.

6 Brennan Amber Symonds Demonstrating her deep understanding of mathematics clearly and explicitly.

Scarlett Cobban Making effort to develop her leadership and communication skills.

Student Voice – Year 2 Rowe

The students of Year 2 Rowe have been learning about culture and how it

effects our daily lives. We began by looking at the different cultures of

the students in our class and the special celebrations that we have with

our families.

We have now moved on to looking at the traditional inhabitants of

Australia, the Indigenous Aboriginal people and their culture as displayed

through their art and Dreamtime stories.

Who Made Australia? A snake called Goorialla was a Rainbow Serpent. He made mountains. One of them was called Naradunga. He also made rivers with his big, heavy body. He made a lilly lagoon called Minalinka. It was not too deep so it was shallow. By Ismaya Hartono-Young The Rainbow Serpent The Rainbow Serpent is an important Dreamtime story which is one of the Aboriginal traditional stories. We have learnt that the Dreamtime stories are about the beliefs of the Aboriginal people that have been passed on by the Elders, telling the stories to the children. The Rainbow Serpent story is about how Australia was made. By Kayde Bishop The Rainbow Serpent The Rainbow Serpent is one of the special Aboriginal stories. This is the first amazing art story that they made because in the Rainbow Serpent he was trying to find his people and he did find his people. By Cody Combeer The Dreamtime The Dreamtime stories were made to tell a story about animals like the kangaroo and the porpoise. Also a lot of other stories. By Ethan Witham

How the Tasmanian Tigers got Stripes. There are Dreamtime stories because this is how the Aboriginal people believe the World was made and the things like the mountains and other things were made. By John Son

Student Voice – Year 1/T McGill

Canteen Weekly Special Week 8

Tuesday 19th - Wednesday 20th

Roast Chicken and Oven Baked Chips

Week 9 Tuesday 26th - Wednesday 27th

Teriyaki Chicken Wings and Rice

Small $5.00 Large $7.00

Sushi – Thursdays Teriyaki Chicken – Tuna – Californian

$4.00 per roll Made fresh on the day From a local supplier

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they

The principal was very excited to show us that they