OUR MISSION

A Community that ignites curiosity and prepares children for

the future.

OUR VALUES

Respect, Responsibility, Integrity

IMPORTANT DATES:

Friday November 23rd

Assembly 8.30am 3/4 Timms

Tuesday December 4th Year 6 Graduation

Friday December 7th Assembly 8.30am

3/4 Hawkins

Monday December 10th Award Assembly - 8.30am

Tuesday December 11th Class parties

Wednesday December 12th Reports sent home

Thursday December 13th Last day of 2018

SUPERVISION PROVIDED BETWEEN

7:50am TO 2:45pm

The end of the year is fast approaching but that doesn’t mean our school is slowing down! Quite the opposite.

The Leadership Team is busy working with staff and our School Board on plans for our school improvement strategies in 2019, including our workforce and budget.

Teachers are currently busily writing reports, developing the new class lists for 2019 and mapping out the curriculum for 2019, with inquiry learning units in mind.

Year 6 Teachers and students are preparing for the Year 6 Graduation dinner on Tuesday 4th December.

The Student Leadership Council (SLC) are working on a number of projects which they launched last Friday, ready for next year:

new playground design with feedback from students in Years 3-6. This will replace our existing old playground near the basketball courts in 2019

design of our new sports uniforms for each sporting house, to be launched in 2019

introduce Student Voice, Positive Choice awards to assembly, starting this week. Encouraging students in our school to be Awesome, Respectful, Brave & Positive!

Most of the work around the school with Power and Water has now been completed, with just a few fenced off areas now. Thank you to everyone for your patience. Don’t forget to put ‘Durack School’s Award Assembly’ in your diary. This year we will include the whole school and all our awards at this very special assembly. No other performances will take place at this assembly, as it is dedicated to celebrating the success of our students. Parents of students getting awards will be contacted the week before, so you will know to attend.

Durack School’s Award Assembly (Preschool - Year 6) Monday 10

th December 8.30 – 10.00am

This week at our Friday assembly, we have Mrs Timms Year 3/4 class sharing their learning with us, as well as a heap of awards, in addition to our On Track at Durack awards. I hope you can join us. See you at assembly. Jo Jefferson Principal

November 22nd 2018 Term 4 Newsletter No. 3

Website address: http://durackschool.nt.edu.au/

Phone: 89977555 Email: durack.school@ntschools.net.

Dignity and Determination

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Notes home:

5/6 visit to Palmerston College

Garden Tune up

challenge

Transition fire station excursion

Some names are intentionally left off this publication due to permissions. If you would like to update your child's details, please see the ladies in the office.

On Track AT DURACK

YOU HAVE BEEN

FROGSPOTTED!!!

Keith McClelland

Jess Goodchild

Congratulations for doing the right thing

at Assembly

Dental Clinic

For any dental enquiries, to arrange an

appointment or for dental

emergencies, please call 8922 6466

IS YOUR CHILD INTERESTED IN LEARNING A

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

Enrolment applications are now open for all students interested in the

NT Music School’s Instrumental and Choral Program for 2019.

Instrumental tuition may be offered to students from Year 5 upwards

on flute, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, trumpet, trombone and

percussion. Our choral program is offered in middle schools by

audition. The program is designed to develop playing and listening

skills with our teachers coming to your child’s school during school

time. If your child is a continuing student they will need to be re-

enrolled for 2019.

Enrol online at

www.ntms.net.au

Should you require

further assistance phone

NT Music School

8963 5550.

Early in Term 3 we had some students participate in the Australian Mathematics Trust, Math Competition. Well done to everyone who participated!

Year 3 Distinction

NICOLE CRAVEN

HAILEY VAN DER WESTHUIZEN

CORBEN JARRETT-WRIGHT

NAOMI MCMAHON

Year 3 Credit

SEBASTIAN COLLARD

OLIVER JARVIS

Year 4 Distinction

DAVID MELMETH

AZAAN IQBAL

FINN FOSTER

DAVIN ZARATE

A group of our Year 5 and 6 students have been participating in the Australasian Problem Solving Maths Olympiad this year. We are very proud to share the results below.

Top 10% Lucas Timms

Cadell McMahon

Top 20% Elsie Harden

Kira Mamo

Top 25% Vincent Mondol

Australian Mathematics Competition

Year 5 Distinction

LUCAS TIMMS

Year 5 Credit

KAMRAN MAUGER

CADELL MCMAHON

Year 6 Distinction

VINCENT MONDOL

Year 6 Credit

SEBASTIAN

ELSIE HARDEN

Edible garden Expertise Needed!!!

Our fantastic Aquaponics teacher, Mrs Christine Milne is seeking assistance to design and set up an edible garden off the side of the Aquaponics Farm.

If you can assist or know of a particularly talented person, could you please call Christine on 0427 792 582.

What’s happening at Aquaponics

Recycled materials wanted

Years 3-6 are building models around solutions to farming issues. We are seeking clean, recycled household materials such as: hose/tubing, pvc/aluminium pipe, pieces of wood, screws, nails, copper/fencing wire, flyscreen, shade cloth, switches, gears,

taps, springs etc. Any donations can be dropped into the school office, Mrs Milne’s

office or to the Aquaponics shed.

20 Years

2014 saw the beginning of an era

Brave Toad Busters from all over Durack come together 3-4 times a year.

armed with gloves, torches and garbage bags. to hunt and remove these ugly pests to

protect our native wildlife.

Durack School 1998-2018

TOAD BUST STATS YEAR PARTICIPANTS TOADS CAUGHT WEIGHT

2014 263 664 52.25kg 2015 281 2241 159.8kg 2016 516 3684 242.35kg 2017 223 2717 176.55kg 2018 232 2419 144.02kg

TOTALS 1515 11725 774.97kg

A HUGE thank you to our 2 amazing Toad Warriors Jackie Edie and Lia Finocchiaro.

Celebrate the start of the festive season at Palmerston’s Carols event, with activities for the whole family,

special guest Santa and we turn on the City's Christmas tree lights.

Food and craft stalls, coffee available.

Bring along a rug to sit on.

Performances by Angie Sublime, Ambrose Nicholls-

Skene, Shalom Kaa, Lisa Sennett, Paolo and the Vox Crocs Choir and local

schools.

Free activities Face painting, plaster painting, sand cards, balloon twisting and Santa's

Grotto.

5-6.00pm Free Children’s Activities and Santa’s photo opportunities 6-7.30pm Carols 7.30pm Goyder Square Christmas Tree Light up 8.00pm Family Christmas movie screening on Goyder Square TV.