June 19, 2019

Term 2 Week 9

Barramundi and Bush Fruit Time “The skies are clearing and the clouds are high. When there is a cold wind the old people say that the flowers are calling the cold weather. Doedirra (Green Sea Turtle) are hunted throughout the year except when they are mating and laying eggs. Strict laws decide when they can be hunted. We eat seeds from the Dundit (bush peanut). Damiyumba (Billy Goat Plum) is fruiting. Bilirrawarra (Black Cockatoo) eat the fruit now and the seeds later in the year after the Dry Season fires.”

From Gulumoerrgin Seasons - http://www.larrakia.csiro.au From the Principal…

A-E explained In the final week of this term, on Tuesday 25th June, we will send home your child’s report for Semester One. There should be no surprises in this report as your child’s teacher and you will have had conversations about progress and you should know how your child is going. One point that sometimes does surprise parents is the grade that their child gets from A to E. We often consider a ‘C’ grade to be not very good but in fact it means that the student is performing at the expected year level and that is good. It is where the majority of our students are placed. Below are the definitions of the A to E grades that teachers will be giving students.

A = Evidence of learning demonstrates outstanding achievement at this year level. B = Evidence of learning demonstrates high achievement at this year level. C = Evidence of learning demonstrates sound achievement at this year level. D = Evidence of learning demonstrates limited achievement at this year level. E = Evidence of learning demonstrates very limited achievement at this year level.

Stuart Park School Master Plan

The School Council is nearing the end of the development of our school Master Plan and the next step is all about consultation. The full plan will soon be available on our website but, in the meantime, we will have some significant aspects of it on display at the Arts Festival next week.

Preschool Enrolments for 2020 We are taking enrolments into our preschool for next year. Please let friends know that, if they wish to choose morning or afternoon sessions, it is a good idea to get their enrolment in as soon as possible. To enrol at Stuart Park the family must live in our Priority Enrolment Area.

We are now taking enrolments into our coming School Holiday Program which will run from

Monday1st July until Friday 19th July. Please call our OSHC coordinator on 89977321 or email spps.oshc@ntschools.net . Alternatively, contact the school office for enrolment forms and

information.

Nudl Street STUART PARK NT 0820 PO Box 37421 WINNELLIE NT 0821 Telephone: (08) 89 977333 Email: stuartpark.school@ntschools.net

Sports Day! Last Friday we hosted our 2019 Sports Day. It was a fun filled community event with students doing us proud with displays of their physical competence, sportsmanship and leadership. This event would not have been possible without the support and generosity of parent volunteers, the House Leaders and school staff. Thank-you for your time, thank you for your flexibility and thank-you for your help. An extra-large thank-you goes out to Nightcliff Friendly Grocers and NT Athletics who supplied fresh fruit for students to enjoy before the day started. Congratulations to all participants, you did your house teams and your school proud and hopefully had some fun along the way. The competition was fierce and results were close, however, as the day rolled to a close the winners were: Championship Plaque – Beagle

A very big thank you to Mrs. Hawkett, who organized the event. It was a fun day full of competition, support and encouragement.

Feedback Welcome This was the first time we have had our Sports

Carnival at school during the day for many years. We would appreciate any feedback that would help us to improve the carnival next year. Just send an email to

stuartpark.school@ntschools.net

Photo credit:

Thanks to Mary

Linnell

Stuart Park Arts Festival – Tuesday, 25th June

You will be amazed at the art works and talent that will be on show at our first ever Stuart Park Arts Festival. On Tuesday, 25th June, from 5:30pm you are welcome to come and share time with us and the community as we check out the art and craft of our students, watch and listen to the talent in dancing and music and have some delicious food from: La French – crepes, Potato Man – potatoes and hot dogs, Katya’s – popcorn, Shaved Ice Soft drinks You can bring a rug or picnic table and esky, set yourself up, wander around the displays on the oval and just enjoy.

Stuart Park Arts Festival – volunteers needed!

Can you give us some of your time on our School Council drinks van? Just 30 minutes would help. Please call the office on 89977333 and leave your name and preferred time.

Health and Wellbeing at the Stuart Park Arts Festival

The Wellbeing Team at SPPS have invited the following organisations to join us at our

upcoming Stuart Park Arts Festival.

*Life Be In It

*Fernwood Fitness

*FACES

Life Be In It is an organisation that promotes healthy active

lifestyles by providing fun, enjoyable programs across the nation.

Their mission is to prevent chronic disease and get everyone to ‘Be

More Active.’

FACES is a telephone hotline that offers information about and referrals to support

services throughout the whole of the NT. This service can be accessed by anyone in the

community from parents and carers to professionals, who are seeking advice on resources

and services that can help, support and empower families and children. FACES stands for

Families and Children Enquiry & Support. It is a free

service that is available by calling 1800 999 900 between

8am-8pm Monday to Friday.

As well as our staff being available to talk about Health and Wellbeing programs at SPPS,

representatives from these organisations will be available to answer any questions and

offer advice and support to our school families. So make sure you stop by the Health and

Wellbeing Stand and say hello.

Lost Property!!

Our lost property boxes are overflowing with jumpers, water bottles, lunch boxes and plastic containers. If you are missing some of these items, please take the time to check the lost

property boxes in the school office and Early Childhood hallway. Any items not claimed by the end of term will go to good will.

EARN and LEARN Thank you to all of the families that have been bringing in their Earn and Learn stickers! To date we have collected over 44,000 stickers. We are

more than half way to kitting out a classroom with new tables. Let us keep collecting and try to fill a classroom with new tables and chairs!

If you shop at Woolworths, we appreciate you collecting the stickers and either bringing them to school or putting them in a box marked Stuart

Park School. . THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK FOR COLLECTING STICKERS, SO

PLEASE COLLECT AS MANY AS YOU CAN - THANKS

Cyberbullying Parent Session

Last Wednesday, the ThinkUKnow team, which is partnered by the Australian Federal Police and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ran a Cyberbullying session at our school. We had approximately 20 parents in attendance. The session focused on informing parents about the different challenges we face when dealing with social media. It opened our minds to the dangers of grooming, cyberbullying, data shadows and much more. The key messages that came out is education is the best prevention and to create an environment where your child is comfortable coming to you with any issue they face online without fear of having their devices confiscated. If you have a chance to visit a session like this, I strongly recommend it.

All the Year 6 classes got their theatre on!

On Thursday the 13th of June, all of the Year 6 classes had the opportunity to go on an excursion to the Darwin Entertainment Centre to see ‘The Young King’. It was a spectacular theatre experience that we will no doubt be reminiscing over for months to come. Below are some of the reflections from our Year 6 kids!

The Young King On the 13th of June, Year 6 went to see an amazing play at the Darwin Entertainment Centre called ‘The Young King.’ It is based on a book by Oscar Wilde and produced by The Slingsby Theatre Company. I thought that it was going to be a normal ordinary play but, when entering, the atmosphere to the lead up of the performance, including making crowns and walking through a secret passageway, intrigued me. The play was about a young king having bad dreams the night before his coronation about the special crown, sceptre and cloak, and all the horrible things about them. Throughout the whole play it was a spectacular journey with emotion, effects and humour but what made it even better was the music from the live pianist that added the extra drama effect. Overall, from the start to the end, it was an excellent play that hopefully everyone thoroughly enjoyed. By Haylia Lewis

The Young King

The Young King was an excellent and stunning performance of selflessness and

generosity as well as greed and cruelty. The Young King is about to be a king

who wants a set of rare items and clothing but when he finds out how each was

made he refuses to wear them and escapes to his kingdom to live in the wild.

By Austin Armstrong

CALENDAR DATE DAY EVENT

25th June Tuesday Stuart Park Arts Festival 5:30pm on the oval

25th June Tuesday Reports and Portfolios go home 28th June Friday Last day of Term 2 23rd July Tuesday First day of Term 3 for students 26th July Friday Darwin Show Day holiday

5th August Monday Picnic Day holiday 27th Sept Friday Last day of Term 3

Dear parents, guardians and carers

Re: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD)

Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability. These relate to legislative requirements under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005, in line with the NCCD guidelines (2019).

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes: year of schooling category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice,

supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to: formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve

educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability. The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more about these matters, please refer to the Australian Government’s Privacy Policy (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy). Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au). If you have any questions about the NCCD, please contact the school.

Kind regards

Bernie Bree Principal

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