Issue: 8/2008
29 August 2008
“A Community of Achievers”
Dear parents/carers
Thank you for attending Parent Teacher evening last
week. We were very happy with the number of parents
attending and the very positive comments received.
We have started work with our primary schools and
senior college to commence the transition and
enrolment processes. Enrolment packs for 2009
were distributed to parents through our Information
Evening and are also currently being delivered to
primary schools. We would like completed enrolment
forms returned to the school as soon as possible to
help with organising classes for next year.
I’d like to thank teachers and parents who helped
out at our recent Athletics Carnival. Students had a
fantastic day.
As the weather is becoming more humid, could
I please urge you to encourage students to drink
plenty of water to avoid dehydration and its effects.
Last week was also Science Week. Thank you to Gail
Barwick and Travis Saunders for organising a range
of events for students.
We have one staffing change. Ms Bozkurt is returning
south unexpectedly and will be replaced by Mr Peter
McDowell as of next week.
At assembly this week we presented certificates
to students for outstanding and high academic
achievement for Term 2.
A list of these prize
winners is included.
Lyn Elphinstone
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20 Sept
24 Sept
24 Sept
26 Sept
6 Oct
6 Oct
IMPORTANT DATES
YEAR 7 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Bronte Malin
Fergus O’Gallagher
Connor Scholz
Rui Sihombing
YEAR 8
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT
Jethro Dickens
Avik Mason
Madeline Marchant
YEAR 9
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT
Mathilde Gordon
YEAR 7 HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Alexander Bottomley
Nadia Jong
Shekira MacNeil-Cardona
Melissa Nayda
Keith Turner
Damien Baronio
Kyle Bertram
Jasmine Christie
Brennan Connors
Lindsay Gerrard
Stacey Gould
Tiara Ladju
Sau-Ching Leung
Jennifer Schaefer
Daniel Simpson
Harrison Cable
Dripstone students leave for Japan
End of Term reports
Special General Mtg School Council
Last day of Term 3
Term 4 commences
CSC visit Year 9’s
Telephone: (08) 89202299
ACADEMIC ACHIEVERS TERM 2, 2008
Fax: (08) 89202298
YEAR 8
HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Hannah Motter
Diana Tam
Beau-Patrick Finch
Vaanathy Kandiah
Livia Lay
Tayla Bulluss
Rachel Fegan
Ankitha Hakeem
Theona Kessaris
Dani-elle McManus
Maria Ramilo
Loyola Wills
Rachel Avery
Casey Gray
Sarah Rawlings
Ben Ross-Phillips
Samuel Yicks
YEAR 9
HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
Sam Hood
Joshua Kimm
Michelle Lay
Alana Manhire
Matthew Perry
Kaitlyn Ther
Megane Marques
Monica Mu
Mariam Haider
Haylee Williams
Jacob Lewfatt
Natarsha Morse
Georgia Tomazos
YEARBOOK
Pre-order your Yearbook
now in the Bookroom. $15 if
a parent contribution is paid,
if not the price is $20.
Email: [email protected]
website: http://www.schools.nt.edu.drpstnhs/
PO Box 41370, Casuarina, NT, 0811
FROM THE NURSE
We all want our kids to be happy and healthy
and to give them a head start in life. We can
by helping them make the best choices, when it
comes to food and physical activity. Helping kids
develop health habits in childhood can make a
difference not only to their body weight and health
now, but also their weight and health as an adult.
Small consistent changes now, can have big payoffs later. Encouraging kids to eat well and be
physically active can be challenging. We need to
encourage kids to enjoy lots of different kinds of
foods. – National Heart Foundation of Australia
2008.
The aim of the Australian Guide to Health Eating is
to encourage you and your children to try a variety
of foods from the five food groups everyday:
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Bread, cereals, rice, pasta, noodles
Vegetables,
Fruit
Milk, yogurt, cheese
Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts, legumes.
These foods provide the important nutrients the
body needs.
For many of us breakfast or after school snacks
need to be quick and easy. Try these quick and
nutritious ideas.
MANGO SMOOTHIE
1 cup plain non-fat yoghurt
1 cup low fat milk
1 small mango
Blend to a smooth consistency. Try different fruits
eg bananas, pawpaw.
YOGHURT CRUNCH
1 cup low-fat yoghurt
1 sliced banana
1 chopped apple
2 tbsp chopped nuts
Mufti Day (No Uniform Day)
On Friday Week 7, 5th September, the Duke of Edinburgh Award Group is holding a uniform free day
for the students of Dripstone.
The group is holding this event to fundraise for
their adventurous journeys, which is a requirement
for the award. In order to participate in this event,
a gold coin donation will be collected in Roll Group.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
The Duke Of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award is an exciting selfdevelopment program available to young people
aged 14 to 25 worldwide.
The Award is a “leadership in action program, which
is voluntary, flexible, non-competitive. The participants have opportunities to reach goals and develop skills such as goal setting, teamwork, decision
making and leadership. The program provides the
motivation to undertake a variety of voluntary and
challenging activities”.
Students interested in participating in this program
should contact The Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator
in the school (Miss Schell). Information will also be
publicised through student bulletins.
For information on the
school buses please contact:
www.nt.gov.au/dpi
Combine all ingredients for a crunchy, tangy start
to the day.
have you recently changed your
contact details? if so would you
please contact the school on
89202299 so that we may update our
records.
CAREER AWARENESS PROGRAMS
On 21st of August, sixty Year 9 students had the opportunity to take part in various local industry tours.
Industry Tours are designed to give students the chance to investigate a specific local industry. The
tours offer students the opportunity to converse with various employees ranging from apprentices to
management and to observe some of the day to day operations of a business.
The day was a great success with students visiting a variety of local businesses. Dripstone would like
to thank all the businesses that participated and opened their doors and allowed us access to behind the
scenes. Without the support of these local businesses, programs such as these would not exist.
Trish Orr, Careers Adviser
DEFENCE AND SPORT AND RECREATION INDUSTRY TOUR
ROBERTSON BARRACKS
Thomas Grills ready to take on any obstacle they
put in his way
Aaron Pollard showing you don’t need to be a
ballerina to be graceful!
The boys displaying great teamwork
YEAR 8 Territory Wild Life Park
Excursion
ATHLETICS CARNIVAL
After checking and re-checking the results of the
Athletics carnival are:
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Carpentaria 775 pts
Phoenix
762 pts
Alexandra
761 pts
That’s seven wins in eight years! One of the reasons
why they won was the number of participants who
entered the events.
As part of Dripstone’s Science week program, the Year
8’s participated in a Science excursion to the Territory
Wild Life Park on Thursday 21 – Friday 22 August. The
Year 8 students had lots of fun studying and observing
the various habitats of different organisms including
animals, fish and insects. The Year 8’s were separated
into two groups and visited different areas of the park
such as the nocturnal house, the billabong, the aquarium
and the aviary. They also attended a presentation about
native raptors. The Year 8’s were amazed by the special
features and adaptations that enable different organisms
to survive in the wild. The students were required to
sketch a diagram of the Water Buffalo enclosure and
an area in the aviary, as well as overcome their fear
of snakes in order to enter the nocturnal house (which
displayed a variety of snakes…). They also got their
daily exercise from walking around the park.
The Year 8’s were able to collect information about
different adaptations and habitats of animals as well as
the needs of both animals in captivity and visitors to the
park. This will come in useful for the next assessment
piece for the Year 8’s – a combined Maths/Science
assignment to design a wildlife park and draw it to scale
- not to mention the fun students had that day! The Year
8’s will be having another Science based excursion to
the Casuarina Coastal Reserve next Wednesday 2 and
Thursday 3 September as further research into local
habitats.
Participation 1st Carpentaria 512 pts
2nd Alexandra
431 pts
3rd Phoenix
402 pts
AGE CHAMPIONS
Colt (Yr 7)
Ashley Morgan-Meeks (P)
Isabel Aniceto (P)
Jack Hatcher (A)
Junior (Yr 8)
Danielle McManus (P)
Senior (Yr 9)
Anthony Chisholm (P)
Sylvia Geranis (A)
SCHOOL SPORT NT CLUSTER ACHIEVERS
Cricket - Joel Logan, Shishir Ramakrishna, Dylan
Fuller, Jethro Dickens, Kyle Lawrence
Hockey - Timothy Fishlock, Jesse Lockley
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Written by Ina Geronimo and Danny Ly of 8.8
Year 8
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Thank you to Beach
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for their work
with students on a
Wednesday afternoon.
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247 Trower Road
Casuarina
Phone: 08 89272099