INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

From the Assistant 1

DSTA News 2

Come and Play report 2

Sports News 2

This Week at Wanguri 3

Assembly Awards 4

1 0 J U N E 2 0 1 5 T E R M 2 W E E K 9

THE WANGURI WEEKLY 46 Gsell Street, Wanguri NT 0810• PO Box 40519 Casuarina NT 0811

Phone: 08 89271655 • Fax: 08 8945 2193

Web: www.wanguriprimary.nt.edu.au • DECS: http://www.nt.gov.au/

Emails: wanguri.prim@ntschools.net • gail.quigley@ntschools.net

Principal: Gail Quigley Assistant Principal: Pam Adam

Administration Manager: Robyn Nowland Assistant Principal: Michael Calwell

Front Office: Jayne Carter, Justine Cox Senior Teacher: Julie Fraser

& Nicole Schmitt Special Needs Teacher: Amy Drury

Aboriginal and Islander Education Worker: (AIEW): Esther Carolin

June

5 Assembly 8.40am. Performance by 3/4 McNair

8 Queen’s Birthday

11 Twilight Sports

17 Student reports

19 Last day of Term 2

July

20 Pupil free day

21 Term 3 commences

9 Athletics Distance

DATES TO

REMEMBER

Semester One Reports will be sent home next Wednesday. Here is an article by Michael Grose, an author of 8 parenting books, including his new release Thriving! and the best-selling ‘Why First Borns Rule the World’ and ‘Last Borns Want to Change it’. His popular parenting columns appear in newspapers and magazines across Australia. Reading your child’s report Reports can mean anxious times for children. Will my parents be disappointed or proud? This is the main concern of most children. Could try harder . . . always does her best . . . lacks concentration . . . easily distracted . . . a pleasure to teach . . . Student reports bring mixed feelings for parents. Pleasure and pride if they are performing well but considerable angst when children are not progressing as you hoped. Reports can mean anxious times for children too. Will my parents be disappointed or proud? This is the main concern of most children. Kids of all ages take their cues from their parents, so your reaction to their school report can affect the way they see themselves as learners and as people. Here are some ideas to consider when you open your child’s report: 1. Focus on strengths. Do you look for strengths or weaknesses first? The

challenge is to focus on strengths even if they are not in the traditional 3Rs or core subjects.

2. Take into account your child’s effort and attitude to learning. If the report indicates that effort is below standard, then you have something to work on. If your child is putting in the required effort, then you cannot ask any more than that, regardless of the grading.

3. Broaden your focus away from academic performance to form a picture of your child’s progress as a member of a social setting. How your child gets along with his or her peers will influence his happiness and well-being, as well as give an indicator to his future. The skills of independence and co-operation are highly valued by employers so don’t dismiss these as unimportant.

4. Take note of student self- assessment. Kids are generally very honest and will give a realistic assessment of their progress. They are generally very perceptive so take note of their opinions.

5. Discuss the report with your son or daughter talking about strengths first before looking at areas that need improvement. Ask for their opinion about how they performed and discuss their concerns. After reports are read and discussed celebrate your child’s efforts with a forget about assessment, tests and reports for a while.

You can access Michael’s parenting ideas at: http://www.parentingideas.com.au/Home

Pam Adam, Assistant Principal

Students arrive at

12 noon

Events starts at 1.35 am

During the afternoon events food and drink will be

available from the canteen as follows.

MENU Steak sandwich - $4.00

with onion

Chick burger - $4.00

with lettuce

Sausage sandwich - $2.50

with onion

Popper juice - $2.00

Water - $1.00

Killer Pythons - $1.00

Popcorn/chips - $1.00

Emails received from the

DCO Community Database

Emails have been sent out to Defence families regarding:

� Yoga Flyer

� School Holiday Social Group

� Dassan Raffle

� Sound of Music Draw

The Top End Magazine

The Top End Magazine is full of good information and is such an interesting read. The June edition even has several pictures of Wanguri Primary School Anzac ceremony, well done everyone!

On Wednesday I went to Wagaman Primary School to participate in the NT Music School (NTMS) Play Day. At the NTMS I learn guitar and they teach other instruments like Percussion, Clarinet, Saxphone and much more. We have weekly lessons for half an hour. On the Play Day we split into 2 groups: the guitar ensemble and the concert band. I was in the guitar ensemble with Jayde, Lilly, Ayran and Jacquan. We practiced Shark Attack which we changed to Croc Attack and Sonor Bond which is a French song we performed, and we learnt to play I’m Yours, but we didn’t perform it. Then we performed and watched the concert band play their songs with Emma playing Bass guitar, Jocelyn and Anastasia on drums and Cherese, Rosza and Nicos playing clarinet. There were two other schools - Wagaman and Alawa. I really enjoyed it and it taught me a lot.

Written by Jessica Moon

Four days a week transi�on students engage in inves�ga�ons where they

explore a variety of learning centres and develop skills in social interac�on. A

favourite learning centre is the pirate ship. Transi�on Jones students have

become a crew of swashbuckling pirates. We have read stories about pirates

in literacy, made treasure maps in numeracy, painted ourselves as pirates in

Tr Amidy • Xander Cunningham - for being able to read all of the Golden Words. • Isaiah Viellaris - for being able to read all of the Golden Words.

Tr Jones • Tiffany Garrawurra - for having a go at identifying alphabet letters and

sounds. • Ethan Sexton - for improving in oral language skills.

Tr Laskazeski • Sophie Lam Paktsun - for using her known sounds to successfully write

sentences. • Phoebe Lam Paktsun - for always being a fantastic helpful class member

1 Burchert • Jathan Robertson - for continually practicing to write his name correctly. • Joseph Wesley - for a fantastic start at Wanguri Primary School.

1 Henschke • Felix Sargent - for being patient and keeping focused around distractions. • Matilda McDonald - for doing outstanding work in the classroom.

2 Finn • Cailah Schloss - for getting 20/20 in her maths assessment • Matthew Williams - for attending all his PE, music and history lessons

2 Glover • Annabelle Lam Paktsun - for remarkable achievements in reading.

• Nathaniel Savage - for a sensational pictograph

2 Wicks • Ava Neve - for always reading with great expression and emotion • Sara Bertchi - for always being an enthusiastic learner.

3/4 McNair • Kagiso Boitshwarela - for cooperation in the classroom. • Georgia Cruickshank - cooperation in the classroom.

3/4 Reyneke • Braiden callumpang - for working hard on his stop animation project • Nathaniel freeland - for being a fantastic peer coach

3/4 Rogers • Roadie Coppin - for improved marks in Literacy • Alex Calderon - being a kind and helpful class member

4/5 Dobrini

• Eldho Sunhil Thomas - for working quietly and diligently, what a super student!

• Eva Koirala - for being a fabulous cooperative student - all the best in Sydney!

5/6 Fraser

• Balin Mayne - for an interesting Author Study about Liz Pichon which included colourful graphics and detail about the author's writing and illustrations.

• Joshua Leong - for a well structured News Report which included a catchy headline, byline, lead and quotation.

Bonza Barra Winners

• Ashria Habib Tr L • Breenna Mozer 4/5 Rogers • Charlotte Reeve 5/6 F

5/6 Draper • Kai Draper - for his friendliness and positivity in class. Welcome to

Wanguri! • Jayden Lim - for a great 'stand up' routine in our Variety Show.