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Sanderson Middle School Newsletter July 2023

Engagement and Relevance equals STUDENT SUCCESS @ Sanderson, the middle school of choice and choices.

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VET @ Sanderson Middle School: Focus on RETAIL

Sanderson VET Retail Certificate students serve it up to Taminmin College students and staff on Sports Day 2023, putting their technical skills and knowledge to the test in a demanding, real-life customer service experience. This qualification that Year 9 students at Sanderson Middle School can choose to complete, reflects the role of individuals completing basic workplace tasks, providing a pathway to work in a variety of industry sectors and business contexts. Sanderson is indeed the school of choice and choices. Thank you to Mel Brown and Mel Davy for making this a very engaging and successful experience.

Student Representative Council

Thank you to the SRC for their commitment to Sanderson Middle School.  Thank you also to Ms Davy and Ms Becker for their support of the SRC, Student Voice and the management of whole school assemblies.

ASSEMBLY AWARDS Term 2 - Congratulations to all students recognised for their Academic Achievement or Endeavour

Thank you, Ngaree AhKit Member for Karama for your support of the Literacy Awards and Kate Worden, Member for Sanderson for your support of the Numeracy Awards.

SMS ROCK BAND

Congratulations to the Sanderson Rock Band members: Thomas McCarthy (Drums), Mathias Modra (Guitar & vocals), Leroy Romeo and Jayden Parker-Huck (Guitar), for their performance at the whole school assembly in Week 10, Term 2.

SPORTS DAY 2023

Congratulations to Zeke Richards and Jenara Grant 14+ Age Champions; Berousse Muketa & Skyler Gersch U 13 Age Champions; and Austin Patay & Lyka-Jelyn Calilan U12 Age Champions. Thank you to Mr Mansfield, Mr Smyth and Sanderson Middle School staff for making the day such a success.
Dalay - Red - Monsoon - Saltwater Crocodile claim the house trophy again in 2023.

Congratulations to Dalay, winners of the 2023 house trophy

Congratulations to our 2023 RECORD BREAKERS

New Record

Smart Theophile 14+ boys 400m 59.62s

New Record

Felismina Pereira 13 girls Long Jump 3.80m

New Record

Daniel Wesley 13 boys Discus 24.54m

New Record

Lyka Jelyn-Calilan U12 girls Long Jump 3.35m

New Record

Philimina Wosomo U12 girls Discus 14.15m

Two New Records

Jardel Da Silva U12 boys 200m - 28.93 sec

Jardel Da Silva U12 boys 400m - 1min 12.51sec

VET Careers EXPO

VET CAREERS EXPO. Year 9 students spent an informative and engaging day at the Vocational Education Training (VET) Careers Expo on 7 June at the Darwin Turf Club Pavilion. This was a great opportunity for Sanderson students to further explore and learn about VET and the many different industries, occupations and pathways they can choose from in the future, adding to the knowledge and skills of the VET choices - Retail, Workplace Skills, Engineering and Construction that Sanderson Middle School offers Year 9 students every semester. Sanderson Middle School - the school of choice and choices. Thank you to Mr Bennett for organising this engaging and successful experience.

Poetry in Action

POETRY INCURSION. On Tuesday the 13 June Sanderson students were excited to have an “incursion” from the Poetry in Action https://poetryinaction.com.au/ crew! It was a jam-packed performance (literally) in the library with many students laughing at the joy of the actor's skills and ability to make poetry SUPER engaging and entertaining!! Reminder of their poetry competition!! https://poetryinaction.com.au/poetry-comp/ The winner will… 🥇Have their poem included in a Poetry in Action show performed to our audience of over 100,000 students, with pride of place alongside some of Australia’s most revered poets. 🥇Have their poem filmed and performed by one of our troupes and uploaded online. 🥇Receive a $500 cash prize. 🥈The second-place winner will be awarded $250 and the 🥉The third-place winner will receive $100!

The Resilience Project @ SMS

In Term 2 Sanderson Middle School students were introduced to THE RESILIENCE PROJECT to support their mental health and wellbeing.
The message from the TRP team is strong, supportive and targeted. Here is what they say about TRP. What The Resilience Project delivers: These statistics drive our commitment to teach positive strategies to help people build happiness and resilience. We are especially committed to delivering programs in early learning centres as well as primary and secondary schools – settings the recent Victorian Royal Commission and Productivity Commission revealed as having the biggest unmet need. Our work in Education: We are grateful and proud to have delivered wellbeing programs to over 1500 schools and early learning centres across Australia. Our school's program has been designed by teachers for teachers and has been evaluated by the University of Melbourne. Through presentations, student curriculum, teacher resources and digital content, The Resilience Project’s Education Programs support mental health in the classroom, staffroom and family home. The research is clear; the more positive emotion you experience, the more resilient you will be. For that reason we focus on three key pillars that have been proven to cultivate positive emotion; Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness (GEM), with Emotional Literacy being a foundational skill to practise these strategies. Learn more about TRP here https://theresilienceproject.com.au/education-2/

Visual Arts & Dance Classes SLIDE into "LIFE".

The Year 8 Dance class and Year 9 Visual Art class went to the Darwin Entertainment Centre on Thursday 18 May to see SLIDE Youth Dance Theatre’s latest show ‘Life’. It was absolutely magnificent. Here are a few reviews from students who saw it: “Mind blowing! The Darwin Entertainment Centre is amazing. It was very entertaining with flashing lights, loud music and full of energy. My personal experience was emotional, seeing people go through bullying was upsetting. The show was about the difference of being alone or lonely” – Heidi Bennett. “The songs were really good, and they put energy in every step. The lights were colourful, they did everything really successfully” – Fatimah Dil Mohamad. “It was a story about bullying, it used movements, sign language and verbal communication to tell the story. I loved the part in the library when everyone was dancing” – Olivia Shaw.

Poetry Writing - Year 8 English

Miss Becker’s Year 8 English class have been developing their poetic writing and analytical skills. Their task was to write poems in response to the song I Was Only Nineteen by Redgum and to a poem called My Story is Your Story by Alice Eather. Here are a few stand out untitled poems.

IWS class TOUR of the HIVE at CDU

During Semester 1, students in the Year 9 Integrated Work Studies (IWS) class focused on goal setting, personal skills development and exploring the five growth areas in the NT - Mining, Health, Agriculture, Hospitality and Construction. Students also had the opportunity to study core subjects such as Health, Work Studies, Humanities and Science. The class, accompanied by Mr Jongue and Mr Coggan, visited the HIVE (Health Immersive Virtual Education) in the College of Health and Human Sciences at CDU to support their investigation of Scientific Advances in Industry. Thank you to Mr Coggan for organising this engaging and enriching learning experience!

Science - Heart Dissection

Meanwhile, back in the Laboratory, 83 Science class engaged in HEART DISSECTION. Year 83 Science students embraced their learning experience as they dissected and investigated the pig heart, comparing it to other mammalian hearts. Pig hearts are similar to other mammals, and we learn a lot from dissecting them. There are so many details to compare. Students enjoyed dissecting the hearts, learning new terms associated with dissection and drawing their findings on a heart diagram. Thank you Ms Fraser.

DUKES & OUTDOOR ED - living their best lives learning outdoors in the NT

DUKES CAMP 1 @ Litchfield National Park. In the Duke of Edinburgh Award classes, students engaged in practical learning experiences within and beyond the school boundaries. Students explored leadership characteristics and styles and engaged in leadership opportunities through volunteering and assisting students in local Primary Schools. Students gained an understanding of basic first aid responses and demonstrated these skills in a variety of realistic outdoor scenarios, applying movement skills and concepts while bushwalking, swimming and stand-up paddle boarding. They continued to refine specialised movement skills through a range of challenging outdoor situations. Students additionally completed risk analyses of outdoor excursions and completed practical assessments whilst in an outdoor environment.
DUKES CAMP 2 @ Litchfield National Park.

Outdoor Education

Outdoor Education Camp at Kakadu: In this semester of Outdoor Education, students engaged in practical learning experiences in natural environments within and beyond the school boundaries. Students analysed environmental sustainability and investigated the factors that influence risks in outdoor settings then applying first aid practices. Certainly, a highlight of the course was their engagement in leadership and teamwork-based activities while on excursions and the four-day camp where they applied their skills and movement concepts for orienteering, bushwalking, and swimming. Students also demonstrated their ability to move safely and competently in challenging situations while making connections to the level of risk involved.

The Smith Family and Sanderson Partnership

Viking Longboat Studies in History Class

Students Joseph Hinton, April Malibirr, Shakina Frank and Aisha Green show off their Viking Longboats. These Longboats marked the end of their Viking history learning journey this Semester with Miss Simone and Miss Sarmento. Meanwhile students in Ms Laughton's classes turned their hand to drawing Viking designs.

SANDSATIONAL ACHIEVERS

Each term students bank their SANDSATIONAL POINTS on Compass Chronicle striving for Gold, Silver and Bronze rewards.  Our Term 2 Sandsational Points ACHIEVERS earned themselves an exciting excursion to KING PIN, enjoying everything COOL at the venue.

LEGO Club is here to stay!!!!

Ms Curtis has established a LEGO CLUB, a very popular venue for students as they mix elements of science, technology, art/design, engineering, and math in seamless activities that create the critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators of the future. Thank you, Ms Curtis for creating this opportunity for students.

MINECRAFT CLUB is coming in Term 3

MINECRAFT CLUB - coming to A3 on Friday in SEMESTER 2.  Thank you to Mr Renner for creating the Minecraft Club at Sanderson Middle School. Minecraft Education prepares students for the future, building future-ready skills like creativity, problem solving, and systems thinking, and nurturing a passion for play. Students will have the opportunity to explore real-world issues in immersive, imaginative worlds; to prepare for a digital future of computational thinking with in-game coding; and to develop their social and emotional skills, building empathy and learning digital citizenship.

NAIDOC 17 AUGUST

NDA against Bullying and Violence 18 August

We're growing connections to help prevent bullying We are pleased to announce the theme for the 2023 National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA) is Growing connections. On Friday 18 August 2023, help us to create positive action by growing connections with students, school staff and our school communities for Australia’s key school bullying prevention initiative. The 2023 NDA theme promotes the importance of student connectedness and sense of belonging, helping students to feel accepted, respected, included and supported. Research has shown that strong school community connections and social skills are protective factors in the prevention of bullying and enable positive help-seeking behaviours in students.

B Part of It NT, a study of the meningococcal B vaccine

Our school will be involved in B Part of It NT, a study of the meningococcal B vaccine. All young people living in the Northern Territory aged 14-19 years can take part. The licenced vaccine is safe and proven to protect against meningococcal B disease, a rare but severe disease. Meningococcal B vaccine (Bexsero®) is recommended in Australia for infants and young people. It is the same vaccine funded for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies in the Northern Territory. The Meningococcal B vaccine is not usually free for adolescents and young adults. If you child joined the study in previous years, you don’t need to sign another consent for them this year. If your contact details have changed, please contact the study coordinator so we can update our details. Please read the information contained in the online information sheet and consent form https://is.gd/BPartofitNT. If you want your child to join the study, please fill in the student’s details and sign the online consent form. To access the vaccine for your child, you will need to book an appointment and attend a clinic at Darwin, or Palmerston. A study nurse will contact you to book an appointment if you have filled out the online consent form. If you want to find out more information about the study, please contact the study co-ordinator at: [meningococcalb.study@nt.gov.au or 0476599247] You can also ask for a hard copy of the information and consent form if you prefer to fill it out on paper. For more information see: https://bpartofitnt.com.au/

Term 3 commences at 8:00am on Tuesday 18 July 2023

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