Our School Mission

Working Together, nurturing personal achievement and life-long learning in a learner-centered environment, sustained by explicit values and strong school, family and community partnerships.

Our School Values Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence and Doing our Best, Respect, Care and Compassion and Collaborative Learning.

Contact Us Urquhart Street, Parap PO Box 69 Parap NT 0804 Phone: 8982 2922 Fax: 8941 2606 Web: www.schools.nt.edu.au/parap Email: parapps.office@ntschools.net

From the Principal Number 16 24/05/2018

Dates to Note

School Assembly - Friday 1st June 8.30am – 4/3 Buhler Crazy Hair Day Friday 25th May ICAS – Science Tues 29th May Year 6 Camp 6th – 8th June Payment Now Due ICAS – Spelling Wed 13th June ICAS – Writing 14th June School Council Meeting Tuesday 19th June 6.30pm Values Assembly Mon 25th June 8.30am Reports Wed 27th June School Sports Day Wed 27th June Last Day of Term 2 Friday 29th June

Dear Parents/ Caregivers, SCHOOL UNIFORM I know that everyone has enjoyed our beautiful weather this last week. It is great to see the students being able to play on our ovals and actually wanting to run around. I would like to remind everyone that students need to wear their hats and have correct footwear so that they remain safe at all times. Our school has purchased long sleeve track jackets to cater for our students during the dry season. They look fantastic and ensure that our students are all dressed in our school colours. The jackets are available from our school office for $40.00

SHARING SESSION This term, our school will be conducting our first Sharing Session for 2018. You are invited to go to your child’s classroom and join in a Future- Focused Learning lesson on Wednesday 30th May. You will be able to learn how teachers use the 6Ds of Solution Fluency to create an exciting, engaging classroom where students find solutions to real world problems.

Each classroom will begin the FFL lesson at 8.15am. There will be a parent information session at 9:15am in the staffroom. This session is for Parents who would like to find out more about this important work. SPORTS VOUCHERS Please redeem your 2018 sport vouchers before they expire on 31 May 2018. If you have not received your sport voucher, or it has been misplaced, you can request a new or replacement voucher at sportvoucher.nt.gov.au up to 24 May 2018.

CHINESE TEACHER Miss Ruby, our wonderful Chinese teacher is returning to China this week. At last week’s assembly, three of our excellent Chinese students thanked Miss Ruby for all of her assistance and support during their lessons. They had practiced saying this in both Chinese and English.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Miss Elizabeth to our school. She will be working with Miss Ruby this week so that she is able to meet all of her students and learn about our school.

Dr Catherine Trinder who is our school council chairperson presented Miss Ruby with a present on behalf of the students and teachers. The gift was a beautiful screen printed indigenous bag.

REMINDER: SCHOOL BANKING The School Banking program provides a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good saving habits. The program has run in participating primary schools since 1931 and encourages children to regularly deposit money into their Youthsaver account and earn silver Dollarmites tokens. These tokens can be redeemed for an exciting reward through the school banking rewards program. When children join the program they receive a Dollarmites deposit wallet to use when making school banking deposits. To get started you will need to open a Youthsaver account for your child. For information on the Commonwealth Bank’s savings program, please call 132221 or visit your nearest branch. Ms Chen, an admin staff member of Parap Primary School, collects and processes all student banking deposits every Tuesday for your children. The Commonwealth Bank do not have any involvement in this, as funds are deposited via the Post Office’s Commonwealth Bank agency service. Commonwealth Bank deposit rules:

Only one deposit can be processed per day, so if your child misses a week, two

amounts of money sent to school the following week will be processed as one

deposit, and only one token will be received. If for some reason the school is

unable to process the banking that week the bank will be contacted and tokens

adjusted accordingly.

Token reward prizes must be ordered by the school once a child has collected 10

tokens, and it can take up to 2-3 weeks for the rewards to be received in the mail

at the school. Please be patient.

SCHOOL WEBSITE AND FACE BOOK Our Marketing Committee have been working to build our new website. This is going very well and we aim to have the site published within two weeks. There is an interim website in place with information from our school handbook available to download. The address is www.parapprimary.nt.edu.au We have also begun to post information and news to our new Facebook page, Parap Primary School – Working Together. We are finding that the response to the regular posting of news and events is growing very quickly. We think this is a great way to build connections with our community and get key messages out to parents. Please click the link below to find us on Facebook and like our page!

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Certificate of Merit - Friday 18th May 2018

Class Student Comment

T Rowe Madeline West Creating an amazing Happy House HHH.

Dhwanil Maske Excellent effort in all lessons.

1 Bishop Jessica Liebelt Being a collaborative learner during our Big Question.

Scott Griffiths Persisting with his writing.

1 Chappell Marlee Duffy Being an amazing self-directed learner who is always keen to learn.

Christopher Froggatt An amazing effort with his sight words.

1 Lancaster Toby Roulstone Being a self-directed learner during investigations.

Ruby Atkinson Effort and achievement in writing.

2 Collins Ethan Eames Improvement in his handwriting and being a compound word king.

Tylah Schwindt Caring friend and being a resilient learner.

2 Dzulkifly Addie Ortis Always trying her personal best.

Isaac Lay Always trying his personal best.

2 Norman Felicity Wilson Being a role model.

Amaya Mallard Excellent writing.

4/3 Buhler Darshian Capaque Having a fantastic attitude to learning and giving 100% effort.

Brent De Luna Being a creative learner and always opening his imagination and heart to possibilities.

4/3 Davies Mia Cottam A great work ethic and always striving to do her best.

Ethan Eustance Consistently displaying integrity through his positive interactions with his classmates.

4/3 Ellul Domonic Grimshaw Approaching school work with a positive attitude and growth mindset.

Djocko-Benjamin Delos Santos Being a respectful and responsible student at all times.

4/3 Oates Zamia Browner Her improved resilience and perseverance when tackling challenging tasks.

Betsy Bowden Always doing her personal best and preserving when tasks are difficult.

4/3 Newman Danita Sae-Be Always being a self-directed learner and a kind classmate.

Parker Young Being a resilient learner and attempting challenging tasks with a growth mindset.

5 Hardy Ava Robinson Making our Fairy Garden look wonderful.

Callum Doherty Extending his vocabulary.

5 Long Abbey Pope Being a resilient learner and always having a growth mindset.

Fadil Deveci Showing care and compassion towards others.

5 Nalder Caitlin Dempsey-Haala Enthusiastically embracing new learning experiences.

Lucas Hunter Always having a positive attitude towards his learning.

Rohan Thennadil Being a respectful collaborative learner.

6 Ford Brodie Miller Your amazing ability to fix things and your perseverance and

determination must be commended.

Gisele Phelan Demonstrating maturity and resilience in a tricky situation.

6 Johnson Tina Kigais Being a resilient learner and persevering with the presentation of her work.

David Dela Pena Always being ready to learn and taking on challenges.

6 Williams Rose Mitchell-Weir Being a self-directed learner in maths.

Amelia Aberasturi Excellent homework and being a self-directed learner.

Fannie Bay Gourmet Meats

Friday is Hot Dog Day

Fannie Bay Gourmet Meats BBQ Beef Sausage

With or Without

Sauce - Cheese – Onion In a Fresh White Roll

Plain with Sauce $3.50

Tasty Cheese $4.00 Freshly Sliced Onion $4.00

With the lot $4.50

Canteen Special Term 2 and 3

Mild Chicken Curry and Rice. Small $3.50 Large $5.00 Each term we will be selling a new meal item. This term and term 3 it will Chicken Curry, term 4 will be something new and exciting.

CRAZY HAIR DAY – Friday 25th May Ready to go crazy and help raise awareness about cystic fibrosis? This Friday, 25th May, is CRAZY HAIR DAY. For just a gold coin donation your child can come to school with their craziest hair style. All money raised during Crazy Hair Day will go towards helping the Cystic Fibrosis Federation in Australia provide vital support to those suffering from cystic fibrosis. Spray it, paint it, braid it or wig it, the crazier the better! Just remember that your child will be not permitted to bring aerosol cans and hair paint to school, so must have their ‘Crazy Hair’ done prior to coming to school.

SCHOOL CROSSING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Dear Parents and Carers, we have lost our valuable parent volunteer for our Parap Road School Crossing. If you have a little time to spare before school 8.00am to 8.30am and after school 2.30pm – 3.00pm we need your help. You will require a volunteers Working with Children Card.

Parap Primary School is fundraising with the Entertainment fundraiser this year, and we’d appreciate your continued support. Your 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Membership is expiring on 1 June 2018.

Please continue supporting Parap Primary School by purchasing the 2018 |

2019 Entertainment Membership from us today. Hundreds of great value

offers are ready for your enjoyment, while also helping our fundraising!