Hillston Central School

Upcoming Events

P & C Meeting 13th November—TONIGHT

7pm

ACMF 12th - 16th November

Year 7-10 exams

12th - 16th November

Year 7 Orientation 14th November

ACMF Concert

15th November 1.45pm

Kinder Orientation

16th & 23rd November 9am - 1pm

Year 12 Formal 17th November

Intensive Swimming

26th November - 7th December

Principal’s Assembly 27th November

Year 6 Formal

30th November

62-80 Moore St Hillston NSW 2675 T 6967 2277 F 6967 2385 E hillston-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Principal S Ryan Website https://hillston-c.schools.nsw.gov.au/

Term 4 Week 5 Edition

You may have heard your child talking about these words at home. These dispositions are PERSIST, USE FEEDBACK and CONNECT. We are tweaking our year group awards at our term Principal’s Assemblies to reflect the Visible Learning focus; we will now include at least 1 award for a child that is demonstrating these dispositions.

Sandy Ryan

Principal

This week we welcome back HCS’s own version of royalty, Rachel. This is not just a regular visit — this time we are celebrating 10 years of working with the Australian Children’s Music Foundation. We look forward to sharing with our community all we have learnt over the years at the ACMF Concert this Thursday.

Music, music, music! Congratulations to our Senior School Band who performed at the Leeton Outback Band Spectacular over the weekend. All students are to be commended on their performance. A huge thank you to Mrs Bartholomew for her continued dedication to our school band and organising this great opportunity for our students. And to Mr Laurich who enhances our senior band with his talent on the tuba.

As part of our whole school commitment to Visible Learning, all students have been participating in two 20 minute lessons per week, all year. During these lessons students have been focusing on understanding the characteristics or dispositions of an effective learner and how to apply these skills to their learning.

PRIMARY AWARDS

Silver Awards: Lola, Blake, Amber, Ebony, Rhys, Maddison, Breanna.

Student of The Week Awards: David, Aynslee,

Tegan, Eli, Lane.

Reader’s Awards: Christine, Kenzy, Maddison, Rachel, Lewis.

SCHOOL NEWS

Found iPod: please claim from Front

Office

Excitement Plus

Kindergarten enjoyed visiting the Hospital

where they engaged in sharing photos

from their recent excursion with the resi-

dents. Primary students will be visiting

the residents each fortnight as a way of

connecting with our community.

Katie Maher | Kindergarten Teacher

P&C Meeting Tonight

The P&C are holding their monthly meting

tonight at 7pm in the Staff Common Room.

We would like to see some fresh faces

getting involved with the organisation. The

P&C has a valuable role within the school

community. Please come along tonight and

see what we do to support the students and

staff at Hillston Central School

Rebecca Dalton | P&C President

Leeton Outback Band Spectacular

On Saturday the HCS Senior Band travelled

to Leeton to perform in the Leeton Outback

Band Spectacular. They started at the Jarrah

Mall before joining with 160 other

musicians to perform as part of the Outback

Band Spectacular Concert at the Roxy

Theatre. What a wonderful opportunity for

our students!

Robin Bartholomew | Band Coordinator

GIRL’S NIGHT IN

#bigthanks #biglove #biglaughs

We donated $1000 to the Cancer Council

and

We deposited $265.30 to Hillston CAN ASSIST.

Special thanks to every person who attended to ensure the night was a great success.

Auctioning our precious garments was touching and poignant.

Lindsay Adams’ sensational Lemon Meringue Pie fetched $80 at auction and included all HCS ingredients.

Hannah Dalton delighted the crowd with a funny, embarrassing story, which resonated with all of us.

The candle ceremony was a moment to remember, reflect and be grateful for times passed and times to come.

#keepkermit #triplethefun #caringcommunity

Gardening and Sustainability

Kinder have been exploring Gardening

and Sustainability this term.

In Art the students were directed to

collect leaves from the playground and

glue tail feathers on an emu. Students

discussed Daddy emus looking after the

babies while Mummy emus went to work.

The whole class then joined the Blues

Brothers to… Shake a Tail Feather!

| Andree Bellamy

SCHOOL NEWS

Remembrance Day Service

We held a Remembrance Day service on Friday ahead of Sunday’s 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. Matthew

Downing shared the importance and meaning of this day for us to acknowledge all Australians who have served

our country. Students placed poppies around the old school bell in memory of those who have served.

| HCS Staff

Visible Learning Update

What makes an effective learner? Our school

community voted and we think effective stu-

dents need to PERSIST, USE FEEDBACK and

CONNECT.

Throughout this year, students have participat-

ed in 20 minutes lessons focusing on what per-

sistence looks like and sounds like in the school

context as well as how to give and receive

effective feedback.

This term we are focusing on the final charac-

teristic/disposition of Connect. Students whom

are able to connect their learning to previous

knowledge or something in their ‘real’ world

are more likely to be engage and have a deep

understand a topic.

Stay tuned for updates on making connections

to learning

Sarah Martin | Visible Learning Leader

SECONDARY AWARDS

COMMUNITY NEWS Hillston Amateur Swimming Club

“Fitness, fun and friends”

When: Swimming Club Race nights are held every Thursday night commencing at 5.15pm. Swimmers who can complete a minimum of

25m freestyle unassisted are also invited to participate in Squad training once a week held on a Tuesday afternoon from 4.15pm

Registration & Assessment of Swimmers: Rego will take place on Thursday evening the 8th of November at the Hillston ‘Swimming Pool @ 5pm, this will be followed by an assessment of all swimmers between 5.30pm-6.30pm (in order to place swimmers into squad training groups). A free BBQ will also be held to welcome everyone back to the pool for the 2018-2019 season.

Swimming Club membership fees: $80.00 per Family (includes

swimmers insurance during swimming club activities- Club time trials and squads) Registration does not cover pool entry, families/individuals must purchase a season ticket from the Carrathool shire council.

Pool season Ticket: $140 for family pass; single $70

For More Information please contact Robin Bartholomew (Pres) on

69672999 or 0466972999

First Aid Course

When: Thursday 20th December

9:30am-4:00pm approx. (times dependent on course below)

$155 full course OR $125 Refresher OR $45 CPR only

Places are filling fast. For more information please contact

Robin Bartholomew on 6967 2999 or 0466 972 999

The programme will run for 10 weeks in total. Starting on the

7th November and going until the 12

th of December and then

from the 13th of February until the 6

th of March.

The Junior Blasters will cost $80 and is for ages 4-8 de-

pending on skills and the Master Blasters cost is $35 and

is for ages 8 and up. If you are unsure, of which group your

child should be in please contact Merv Bartholomew on

0448072999. All registrations will need to be completed by

the second week (Wednesday 14th November) to

continue.