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Newsletter

Hunter River Community School

17 Melaleuca Drive, Metford NSW 2323 T 4933 5844 F 4933 5557 E hunterrivc-s.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 11 Friday 7th April 2017

Newsletter

Hello family and friends

The end of Term 1 is here! It has been a

wonderful start to the 2017 year, with all our

new students settling into HRCS life. All

students have made some outstanding progress

this semester and I look forward to seeing

that continued development in Term 2!

Easter Celebrations:

It was wonderful to host our annual Easter

Celebrations on Tuesday. Our Primary students

all looked amazing parading in their decorated

hats and chairs. Congratulations to all the very

crafty mums, dads, carers and friends who did

such a wonderful job!

The Art Competition was a bright and colourful

display and it was extremely difficult to award

the prizes. Well done everyone!

Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents

and friends who came along to join in the

festivities. It is always wonderful to share

these special occasions with members of our

school community.

The Easter Raffle was once again hugely

successful and as a result of everyone’s

generosity, 18 beautiful hampers were the

prizes. Congratulations to all those lucky

winners! Thank you for your continued support

of our P&C programs!

Gorilla Pit:

Last Saturday, April 1, the Gorilla Pit Gym in

Newcastle held a charity boot camp on behalf of

HRCS. Incredibly, over $1000 was raised as

participants made their way through a variety of

gruelling challenges. I would like to sincerely

thank Corey and the Gorilla Pit team for their

continued support of our school, and extend my

gratitude to Michael Peate for coordinating the

event. Well done everyone!

Star Struck tickets:

The magic of Star Struck is nearly here! Tickets

went on sale on April 6 and can be purchased

through Ticketek. Last year’s performances

were outstanding and I hope you can join us for

the 25th Anniversary extravaganza!

Immunisations:

Hunter Health will be on site on Monday May 1

for the next round of vaccinations. Year 11 & 12

students will also be eligible for the

meningococcal injection at this time. Letters and

permission cards for the new immunisation

schedule have been sent home to those

identified students. It would be appreciated if

all cards were returned to school by April 28. If

you have any queries, please do not hesitate to

contact the school.

Anzac Day Ceremony:

Our 2017 Anzac Day Ceremony will be held on

Friday April 28. Parents and friends are invited

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to come along to our whole school assembly and

participate in the activities. If you would like

for your child to lay a “family” wreath during the

assembly, please do not hesitate to send one in

on the day.

Guessing Competition:

The lolly guessing competition was extremely

well supported! Staff, students, families and

friends all enjoyed estimating how many little

lollies had been placed in the jar.

Congratulations to Sharon from the Singleton

Run who was the closest guess at 310: there

were 311 in the jar. Well done!

Autism Awareness Day

Thank you everyone for supporting Autism

Awareness day last Friday the 31st of March.

With your help we raised $146.15 to support

this worthy cause.

Entertainment Books:

The 2017/18 Entertainment Books are on sale!

These books are always wonderful value and can

be used in hundreds of venues around the local

area. If you would like to purchase a book,

please contact Barry in the front office! Thank

you for your continued support!

Holidays:

Term 2 will commence for staff on Monday April

24th and for students on Wednesday 26th April.

I hope that everyone has a safe and enjoyable

Easter and break.

Thank you for your support of our programs and

students during Term 1

Kind Regards

Tracey

Save the Date

Term 1

Last day of Term 1

Friday 7th April

Term 2

Teachers Return Term 2

24th April

ANZAC Day Public Holiday

25th April

Students Return Term 2

26th April

School Photos

9th May

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Easter Art Awards

Primary School 1st Place—Coby

2nd Place—Emilia

3rd Place—Orlando

Secondary School 1st Place—Justin

2nd Place—Student BER

3rd Place—Lillian

Hat Parade Awards

Room 5 Most Eggs-ellent Charlotte

Most Eggs-ceptional Ethan

Most Eggs-quisite Jack

Room 6 Most Eggs-ellent Hayley

Most Eggs-ceptional Student Room 6

Most Eggs-quisite Darcy

HUB Most Eggs-ellent Charleigh

Most Eggs-ceptional Hayden

Most Eggs-quisite Kody

Metford PS Most Eggs-ellent Malakya s

Most Eggs-ceptional Student Metford PS

Most Eggs-quisite John

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