Humpty Doo Primary School - Newsletter
Inclusion - Honesty - Personal Best - Respect - Responsibility
Week 2, Term 1 - 9 February 2018
What’s On
20 February
Open Evening from 5pm
2 March
Clean up Australia Day
8 March
PARR AFL /Netball
21 & 22 March
Student Led Conferences
29 March
Harmony Day
30 March
Good Friday
2 April
Easter Monday
12 April
PARR Basketball/Rugby
Attendance 92.25%
All student absences must be notified.
If your child is away please notify the office 89881255, on your School Stream app,
Email [email protected] or SMS 0438 246 300
Principal’s News
The commencement of learning at 2018 has certainly taken off. As I move out and about, I see our classrooms are bright and settled, our teachers are so very organised and planned; and our students are happy, inquisitive and have adapted to new routines. As well as establishing relationships and routines the first few weeks, we are also creating learning goals from our learning data folders. We look forward to sharing these with families in Week 4, at our Open Evening.
Uniforms It is great to see many of our students in the new full uniform. The school bucket hat and plain/school black shorts (at least mid-thigh length) are also part of our compulsory uniform. For safety reasons, hair longer than shoulder length must be tied back while at school and enclosed shoes must be worn at all times while at school.
Supervised Eating and Playtime After some consideration amongst staff, we are have added a 10 minute specified eating time at recess in addition to our 10 minute eating time at lunch. Students therefore are always eating inside a classroom. If food is purchased at our canteen during recess or lunchtime, student will sit and eat in our assembly area. This change brings important benefits which include: students and teachers sitting together while eating to further enhance relationships, ensuring students do eat something to maintain energy levels and reducing/eliminating rubbish in our playground.
Open Evening All families and students are welcome to our Open Evening on Tuesday 20 February. This is a chance to visit your child’s classroom and discuss their individual learning goal. The evening will commence at 5pm with a free sausage sizzle, moving into classrooms at 5:30pm. At 6pm after time spent in the classrooms, there will be two parent information sessions you may choose to attend: Year 5/6 Canberra Camp – itinerary, requirements and behaviour expectations. This
will be held in Ms Hinds classroom at 6pm. Improving Reading – information about assisting your child develop skills and a love
for reading at home eg. This will be held in the Library at 6pm.
Thank You I would like to say a special thank you to the parents who came to our ‘laminating party’ on Wednesday. We even had one very dedicated group return on Thursday to complete the creation of the maths resources! Thank you, your time and efforts are very much appreciated.
Mrs Ali Brady
Class Awards
Quicksmart
Caleb Pickett
TR McDowell TR Johansen
Myra Walton
TR Lockwood
Ngoc Chau
Malika Coup
1/2 Dando
1/2 Nowland
Allexis Hutchinson
Nate Price
1/2 Norrington
Amanda Burns
1/2 Tucker
Laylani Worthington
Lily Tuckwell
Trinity Harding
3/4 Bakker
Shay Dries
Siobhan Thorne
3/4 Heffernan
Dominic Gunn
Danielle Bretherton
3/4 Kirwin
James Gabel
Ty Wheatley
3/4 Togni
Joseph Harris
Tiffanie Brown
Max Scragg
5/6 Harvey
Jake Dunn
Sommer Robertson
5/6 Hitchcock
Charlotte Christophers
Harvey Hu
5/6 McMahon
Andrea Trewartha
Charlie Newman
5/6 Hinds
Mick Marimowa
Jake Knight
Star Attendee
Award
Healthy Lunch Ideas
Congratulations
Myra Walton (TR Johansen)
Lachlan Johnson (3/4 Togni)
for receiving Week 1
Attendance Award
School No-
Sports Vouchers All NT Government Sports Vouchers have been sent out to families this week, please check your child's bag if you did not receive this. If you can not find it in their bag or are new to the school you will have to apply for a sports voucher by completing the online form at www.sportvoucher.nt.gov.au For further information go to www.sportvoucher.nt.gov.au or contact the Sport Voucher Team on 1800 817 860
School Council—AGM School Council is a representative committee of parents and community members who come together to inform and share ideas about our school. We welcome all members. As a School Councillor you will be representing the views of our school community. If you are interested in nominating for a position or would like to join as a committee member, please let the front office staff know. Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on Monday 5 March at 6pm in the staffroom.
Commonwealth School Banking
School banking is every Tuesday.
Any new enquires please contact the
front office on 89881255.
Humpty Doo Netball will not be submitting teams this season, 2018. We are in the process of joining with a local rural football club and are looking to have it set up for 2019. Sign on day for netball clubs
is on the 10th Feb from 9-11am at the Palmerston Netball Association Courts. Go along to choose a club and Palmerston Crocs are welcom-ing you. We would like to say thanks to current and past members of
the Humpty Doo Netball Club and big thankyou to Ms Jo De-Fransz and for all her commitments to the netball in the rural area over the last 4 years. Please watch this space. More info to come at the end of this season. Any queries please contact Sally Horsnell on 0455 669 600