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Online Prospectus - Beyond the Classroom
After School Care Program
The
Essington School Darwin runs a supervised After School Care Program for
students from Preschool to Year Seven in the After School Care Centre
located in the Preschool
Centre from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Students may be
collected at any time between the end of the school day and 5.30 p.m.
They may not leave the After School Care facility until parents or
an appointed person collects them. Children are not permitted to meet
parents in car parks or surrounding streets. Parents may place children in
the program on either a casual or a permanent basis.
At
the end of the school day children meet together for afternoon tea.
Snacks include finger food such as cheese, carrot, biscuits, fruit
and dips.
Following
afternoon tea, students are involved in activities such as art and craft,
videos, free play, drama, outdoor activities, and indoor and outdoor
games. The After School Care Program has always been a happy and enjoyable
experience for the many Essington School students who use it. Holiday Programs
A
holiday program runs for each day of the school holiday periods.
Details of the program are available to students from the Essington
School and outside the school. Information is available from the school
office in the weeks before the holiday period. Activities vary with the
age and interests of students but include features such as wheel days,
excursion to community centres and facilities, swimming pool, the beach,
etc. Round Square After School
Co-Curricular Program
Our
after school
Round Square
Co-curricular Program is based on the philosophy of Kurt Hahn (1886 –
1974) who founded the Salem School (Germany), Gordonstoun (United Kingdom)
and led to the formation of such organizations as Outward Bound, the Duke
of Edinburgh Award Scheme and the International Round Square Organisation.
The Essington School Darwin is an Associate Member school of
international group of Round Square Organization. Our Round Square Program
is conducted after school and provides students with the opportunity to
participate in a variety of activities and learn many new skills. It
seeks, as Hahn wrote in 1929, to “Give children the chance to discover
themselves”.
The
following activities have been offered to our students as part of The
Essington School Darwin’s Round Square Program:
Sailing, Rock-climbing, Judo, Beach Volleyball, Dance, Creative Art
Classes, Circus Troupe, Piano, Gymnastics, Tennis, and Ten Pin Bowling –
to name a few. Activities are conducted after school each term and
programs vary in length from six to ten weeks.
Duke of Edinburgh
Award Program
The Duke of Edinburgh Award Program operates for students from 14 to 25 years of age. Now that The Essington School Darwin has developed its Middle School Program in recent years, we have students of an age to participate in this excellent international program. The Program is a non-competitive program that allows students to choose activities from four sections:
These activities are usually
completed in a student’s spare time, however sometimes some of these
activities will be included in the daily school program. Alternatively,
some activities are offered after school. In 2000 the school developed
a link with the Duke of Edinburgh Award Program,
allowing our Middle School students an opportunity to participate in this
program. Outdoor Education
The
Outdoor Education Program at The Essington School Darwin is integral to
the school’s overall
objective of holistic education. Students from Year
Three attend camps at
various sites and follow outdoor education programs appropriate to their
age, interests and needs. Where
possible these activities are seen as part of a sequential program
designed to allow students to utilise and extend knowledge, skills and
attitudes developed in previous years. The program is designed to
encourage personal development through building self-esteem and confidence
while enriching social skills. Our
students have had the opportunity to participate in programs at the following Outdoor Education camps:
NT
University’s Dharra School
The
NT University traditionally offers a holiday school for students in Years
Six to Nine with special interests and talents. This program is usually
conducted over three days in early July and this year the University has
conducted its thirteenth Dharra School.
The Dharra School is an initiative of the University’s Faculty of
Science, Information Technology and Education and the Department of
Education. The aim of the school is to provide students who have special
interests and talents with access to extension activities in areas which
may not be provided for in normal school curriculum.
They also have the opportunity to work with recognised
professionals for an extensive period of time and to meet other students
with similar abilities and interests.
Activities are many and varied and include such diverse topics as
Photography, Ceramics, Video Production, Debating, Model Plane Making, and
Surfing the Internet. The Essington School Darwin encourages its Years
Six to Nine students to participate in this annual school in the July
School Vacation. Links With Other Schools
The Essington School Darwin seeks to provide opportunities for its students to interact with other students of their own age from different schools and environments nationally and internationally. The following schools have been involved in programs that have provided opportunities for our students to broaden their experiences of the world:
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