INSID E THIS

ISSUE:

From the Assistant Principal

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Assembly Awards 2

Year 6 Shirts 3

This Week at Wanguri– 5/6 Draper

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Wanguri’s Got Talent

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2 1 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 6 T E R M 3 W E E K 9

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,

As we head towards the end of Term 3 I see students working very hard every day to achieve their set learning goals. Teachers are busy ensuring that goals are set, met and developed in order for their students to achieve success. As I visit classrooms I see just how focused and engaged students are.

Our 40th Birthday celebrations concluded with a fantastic evening of entertainment by all students in presenting ‘Wanguri the Musical’. This was a great way to showcase our music program and the school band. Students thoroughly enjoyed performing for their audience and should be commended on their outstanding behaviour during rehearsals and the main event. Well done to Mr King for planning, teaching, coordinating and directing this wonderful event. After the musical we all sang ’Happy Birthday’ to Wanguri and were treated to a colourfully decorated, yummy chocolate mud cake in the shape of our barramundi sculpture.

Last Friday our BEAT choir members enjoyed the success of their hard work by performing at the BEAT Festival, held at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. We were very proud that once again Wanguri Primary School students participated an event that not only showcases our students’ talent but of students from many NT schools. Many thanks to our Music teacher Mr King for the time he has given to the BEAT rehearsals and training our choir.

If you have a child who will turn four before 30 June 2017 and would like to enquire about enrolling at Wanguri Preschool you can make an enquiry by phone on 89271655, pick up an enrolment pack from the front office or download the forms from our website http://web.ntschools.net/w/wanguri/Pages/Home.aspx

A reminder that Parent Teacher Interviews are next week, bookings close on Friday, so please book now.

Have a great week,

Pam Adam

Assistant 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

September

26-28

Parent Teacher Interviews - Online bookings

27 Special General Meeting 6pm

30 Assembly - Hosted by 3 Pickard

30 Last Day of Term 3

October

10 Students Resume for Term 4

27 School Council Meeting 6.15pm

Wanguri School Council, along with all School Councils in the Northern Territory are required to review and amend our Constitution to align with the new 2016 Northern Territory Education Act. In order to ratify our constitution we are required to make the Constitution available to the wider school community for their perusal and comment.

The attached link will allow you to view the Constitution on the Wanguri School Web site. It is also available on the Wanguri Skoolbag app.

http://web.ntschools.net/w/wanguri/Documents%202016/School%20Council/NEW%202016%20School-Council-model-constitution.pdf

Tr Aralar •Daniel Wesley - For working hard to blend your sounds. Great!

•Alexa Uriat - For working hard with your reading. Fantastic!

Tr Henschke •Brayden Da Costa - For great sorting of 3D and 2D shapes.

•Delena Manakgu - For bringing her beautiful attitude to school everyday.

1 Amidy •Millie Curtis - For working to the best of her ability on all tasks.

•Ethan Baum - For being a great helper during class.

1 Burchert •Amellia Arnold - For being able to explain her answers and thinking during Maths.

2 Finn •Jathan Robertson - For his excellent ‘on task’ behaviour. •Kasih Bath - For reading with fantastic expression.

2 Griffiths •Mia Spencer - For great focus on her spelling. •David Craig - For great listening and participation on the mat.

3 Pendlebury •Keana Ricardo - For being a diligent worker and respectful student.

•Jack Moon - For showing initiative in the classroom.

•Brendan Baird - For planning and carrying out group tasks carefully.

3 Pickard •Brendan Reynoso - For trying his best at staying on task.

•Taylor Mcleod - For taking risks while learning.

3/4 Dobrini •Zach West - For settling into your new school so quickly. Welcome to Wanguri!

•Kayden Dench Dowler - For writing imaginative stories.

4 Jones

•Marsia Lay - For always being an inquiring learner, asking questions and striving for more in all learning areas.

•Darius Pastrikos - For confidently sharing his storyboard on a traditional story to the class.

4/5 Fraser

•Ava Jessep - For being a great classmate and self-managed learner. Wishing you all the best at your new school.

•Richard Webb - For an excellent poem ‘What is Blue ?’

•Summer Darcy-Duncan - For an excellent poem ‘What is Yellow ?’

5 Reyneke •Mikayla Borg - For showing great resilience in classroom life.

•Laudey Laughton - For being a positive role model

5/6 Draper •Awarded to the entire class for excellent collaboration on their Growth Mindset display.

Please copy this code jrzzu then click this link https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ and insert the code to book your Parent Teacher Interview. You can choose to meet with your child’s class teacher and/

or PE, Music Teacher

If you do not have access to the internet please contact the Wanguri Primary School office on 89271655 and a staff member will log in for you and you can choose from the available times.

October Vacation Care - Bookings are limited for Vacation Care. Bookings close on 23 September, no more bookings will be taken after this date. Full time bookings will be given preference.

Please call 0845 7954 or email Sharron on oshc.wanguri@ntschools.net for prices and bookings.

Mvodiujnf!Dpef!Dmvc!Want to join a club? Want to learn to code? Join our WPS ‘Code Club’ (18 people only at a time – first in, first served) When: Wednesday Lunchtime(T-3)

Friday Lunchtime(4-6)

Where: Miss Webb’s room

Who: The Techsperts

Cost: Gold coin - $ going towards ICT at the school

Our Year Our Year Our Year Our Year 6 Shirts6 Shirts6 Shirts6 Shirts This year the Year 6 classes designed another amazing shirt. We all had a say in how the shirt would look, it was a long process to design and be made. The final look of the shirts is great. We started designing at the very beginning of the year. We drew our designs of what it would look like from back to front and added colour. The teachers picked 15-20 shirts that were different from each other. Then we voted for our favourite one. Two Year 6 students won the front and back design of the shirts. The shirts were meant to come the first week after the holidays but because they were so detailed it took longer to make. We really like our shirts and enjoy wearing them. By Isma Majid & Jessica Moon

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Creamy Mushroom Chicken and Rice

& Popper Deal $6.00

ORDER YOUR TERM 3 THURSDAY ORDER YOUR TERM 3 THURSDAY ORDER YOUR TERM 3 THURSDAY ORDER YOUR TERM 3 THURSDAY

CANTEEN SPECIAL CANTEEN SPECIAL CANTEEN SPECIAL CANTEEN SPECIAL

Pasta Bolognaise & Popper Deal $6.00

Flexischools

orders are

encouraged and

appreciated.

Please note the canteen is no longer open

for counter sales at lunch time.

All food must be pre-ordered.

Canteen Volunteers Wanted

If you would like to volunteer in the Wanguri School Canteen please contact

Natasha in the canteen or email canteen.wanguri@ntschools.net

Current Ochre Card is necessary . This may lead to occasional paid

employment when staff are absent.

Front design and finished shirt

Back design and finished shirt

5/6 Draper Automatas

Over the last few weeks, our class was studying the Diary of Anne Frank. As part of our Design and Technology unit, we made automatas of a selected scene in the book. We learnt how they would work and based our movement off of that. The materials we had to work with were a cardboard box, satay sticks, straws, hot glue, tape, paint and some of us used string. Some of the movements were really simple, but some of them were really complicated. As well as making them, we also had to record every change we put on our automatas (e.g; using straws instead of satay sticks, or leaving out the cogs when we planned to use them) and work on our diagrams. We put a lot of work into them. Most of our expectations did not meet up with the reality, but they were still great.

By Megan Harris & Zahra Rafli

Hello Defence Families,

Do you know someone in uniform who is confident to speak at our Remembrance Day assembly on November 11? Perhaps you? It has been a busy year for defence in Darwin so I am trying to find someone from within our school community to participate. If you or your partner or friend feel you can participate, please contact me. I can

help with content if needed.

We have been busy talking about the power of smiles in Defence Club. How do we make them? And what are the practical things we can do to spread them. We read the book One Smile by Cindy McKinley and are working on a

display that spreads news!

Make sure you check out Billeroy Community Centres activities and get involved. They have lots of exciting

things coming up. I will keep you posted.

Remember to keep me posted with what is going on with you. If you are leaving please let me know so I can

farewell your children properly.

Cheers,

Veronica Merton

DSTA

Slinky Apples

with Ms Veronica! Every Wednesday Recess in the

Assembly Area BYO Apple All Welcome!

The Preschoolers have been

experimenting with paint.

We wrapped the pool fence and some

trees to create different effects. The

paint was very bright in the sunlight.

Term 4 Week 3

Friday 28 October

1.30-2.30pm

In the Assembly Area

Auditions

Term 3 Week 9 and 10

In Ms Dobrini’s room

At lunch time.