The

Golden Quill

IMPORTANT

NOTICE

ATTACHMENT

Nutrition Snippet

Hill End

Public School

remains

closed to the

public.

Only staff and

students are

allowed on

school

grounds.

Take care

and stay safe

everyone.

HILL END PUBLIC SCHOOL

Reading Rules! Back into the swing of

regular school life and of

course our focus on

essential English and

Maths skills. It goes

without saying that

reading is of course an

essential skill in life, and

a skill that needs to be

supported and encour-

aged, not only at school

but just as importantly

at home also.

Reading is a fundamental

skill that has a profound

impact on our lives, and

it begins at an early age.

When you read aloud to

a child, you open the

door to new worlds,

new perspectives and

new opportunities to

grow. Every child de-

serves to experience the

benefits reading brings.

Learning to read is a

vital part of learning in

general. It triggers brain

development, enhances

thinking skills and builds

self-confidence. It’s easy

to take our ability to

read for granted but it

didn’t just happen.

Helping a child learn to

read takes patience, per-

sistence and praise.

As a teacher I know the

rewards of helping my

students master reading.

As a parent that person-

al reward of helping

your own child to read

must simply be wonder-

ful. It is a gift for life.

Make reading with your

child a part of your daily

home environment.

Music & Art

This week we welcomed

Mrs Smyth back to our

school with her focus on

creativity, music and art.

The children enjoyed

creating some autumn

artworks, worked on a

new rhythm item and

sang some of their fa-

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vourite songs.

It was great to hear

the school full of music

and singing again after

being so quiet without

students.

150th Celebrations

Planning and work for

the schools 150th

celebrations is well

underway. Part of the

celebrations include the

publication of a special

book to celebrate the

history of our school. I

am grateful to everyone

near and far who is help-

ing and contributing.

Enjoy the rest of the

week, remember to be

aware of personal space!

Kind Regards

Mr G

“This is

where

the fun

stuff

happens”

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In Class this Week

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Hill End Health Clinic News

The Hill End Health Clinic is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 1pm-3pm. Flu shots are

available for adults during this time. The next GP clinic is Tuesday 2nd June. Could I please ask

at this time that you book an appointment as there will be no walk up appointments.

Thanks for your patience. Help stop the spread of COVID-19, maintain social distancing and

please don’t visit anyone if you have the slightest cough or sniffle. There is a NSW call centre if

you are worried about visiting restrictions, it is 1300 006 005, this is a 24hr service. If you are

feeling overwhelmed during this COVID-19 crisis you can contact:

Beyond Blue 1800 512 348 - NSW Mental Health Line 1800 011 511

Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800 Stay safe everyone, Cheers Fiona

It was wonderful to wel-

come Mrs Smyth back at

school this week. All our

students were very excited

to see her. After morning

lessons Mrs Smyth taught a

new rhythm and some won-

derful artwork was also

produced. Well done!

Beth and Toby were happy to begin

ukulele lessons with Mr G this week.

Junior students enjoying

some word games on the

interactive whiteboard.

TERM 2 WEEK 3

“You’re

here,

you take

up

space,

you

matter!”

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To Check Your Old Photo Albums

If you have old photos, newspaper articles or memories of Hill End

Public School we would love to hear from you! As part of our 150th

birthday coming up at the end of the year, a book is being produced to

commemorate the occasion. We are looking for any important events,

presentations etc that you may have a photo of. So please check out

your photos, you never know what you may have hidden away…..

Beth English

Volcanoes being made with papier-mache!

Tectonic plates crashing into each other, creat-

ing earthquakes! (lattice biscuits and cream were

used to show how the tectonic plates move)

As part of these lessons students video-

conferenced with students from Glen Alice

Public School. Students love learning about this

fascinating topic with Mrs Rayner and Mr G.

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2020 is the year for our 150th Anniversary Celebrations

to be held on Saturday 7th November.

We will be holding an Open Day at the school, including a BBQ lunch.

For those interested, a dinner will be held at the Hill End Lodge in the evening,

this will incur a charge, the cost for dinner will be

published when prices are confirmed.

Past students, teachers, principals and parents are invited

to join us in celebrating this great event.

RSVP for this event is 30th September 2020

A list has been set up for attendees and names are already being added.

If you would like to attend please contact us at phone and email/facebook

addresses below with your name, number of guests, phone and email address.

150th Celebrations! Planning is still

underway for our

150th. We are

quietly confident

that it will still go

ahead at this

stage. Please

continue to RSVP

so we can put

you on our list.