Hillston Central

School

Upcoming Events

ZooSnooz

Yr 4/5 Mar 19 & 20

POSTPONED

P & C AGM Tue March 24th

7pm

POSTPONED

RAP Study Day Yr 11 & 12

Tue March 24th

CANCELLED

Parent/Teacher Interviews Tue March 31

K-Yr 10

CANCELLED

Principal Assembly Tuesday April 7 @11.15am

CANCELLED

62-80 Moore St Hillston NSW 2675 T 6967 2277 F 6967 2385 E hill-ston-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Term 1 Week 8

COVID -19 Update

Due to COVID-19 and in response to

social distancing measures

introduced by the NSW Department

of Education, we advise students and

parents that all assemblies,

excursions, parent/teacher

interviews, all major Arts, Sports

activities and events will temporarily

be ceased until further notice.

We are revising hygiene practices this

week. Thank you to Kate Tallon (RN)

for her professional help and advice

in ensuring we are doing all we can to

slow the spread of COVID-19 in our

community.

Three Actions you can take

The health and safety of our students

and staff is paramount here are 3

actions you can take to help manage

the spread.

1. If you are unwell with

respiratory illness, you should

remain at home until

symptoms resolve and, where

appropriate, seek advice from a

medical practitioner (and call

ahead first).

2. Clean your hands thoroughly

for at least 20 seconds with

soap and water https://

www.youtube.com/watch?

v=k1rHk2xTLBM

3. Sneeze and/or cough into your

elbow or tissue, disposing of

the tissue straight away and

then wash your hands

As we all know, things are moving

quickly. The department is working

closely with NSW Health to ensure

we have access to the latest advice

on how to keep our staff, our

students and community safe.

Thank you for your support as we

contribute to efforts to keep our

community as safe as possible

during these unprecedented

times.

Ms Ryan

Principal

SCHOOL NEWS Students with Health Conditions and Allergies

(URGENT) If you are the parent/carer of a student with a health condition/allergy and you haven't yet been into the office to sign a 2020 Health Care Plan. Please visit the office BEFORE WEDNESDAY 18th MARCH as we need to finalise these documents for the year. Thank you for your help.

P & C AGM Report The P and C attempted to hold an AGM last week but unfortunately, only 1 executive position was filled. There will be another attempt to fill the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer at an AGM to be held on the 24th March at 7pm. Should these positions not be filled, the HCS P and C will be dissolved immediately as per the standard constitution. I urge everyone who has an interest in the P and C, the canteen and indeed the ongoing support of your school to attend this meeting. Kent Burgess (Acting Secretary)

Stewart House Donation Drive

Stewart House has supported children from across NSW public

school going through tough times, including children from families

who have been adversely affected by prolonged drought and

economic hardship.

Anyone interested in donating to Stewart House call into the

School Office and pick up an envelope.

Sport Notice Due to the current Covid-19 distancing measures effective as of today Monday 16th of March, the following interschool School Sporting events involving HCS students have been cancelled/postponed until further notice:

• Open Girls RAP Basketball- Wednesday the 18th of March 2020

• Open Boys & Girls Soccer - Friday the 20th March 2020

• U15 Girls Netball- Friday the 27th March 2020

• Riverina CHS Open Netball Trials 26th March 2020

• CHS Secondary State Swimming-1st-3rd April 2020

• PSSA Primary State Swimming - April 2020 Any students who have already paid for these excursions should contact the school for regarding credit of funds.

Band Notice

Due to the current Covid-19 virus distancing measures effective as of today the 16th of March, the recently organised band workshops and tutorials with the Griffith City band and the Murrumbidgee Conservatorium of music on the 28th of March has been cancelled. At this stage normal band rehearsals will continue on a Thursday afternoon. Mrs Bartholomew I School Band Conductor

ZooSnooz Excursion

Due to the current Covid-19 virus distancing measure, the

Year 4/5 ZooSnooz has been POSTPONED until later in the

year.

Mobile Library

Mobile Library will not be visiting the school on Monday

afternoon. Books can be returned to the school library and

put in the box provided.

SCHOOL NEWS The HSC minimum standard

The HSC minimum standard is part of an effort to

improve the literacy and numeracy outcomes for

students. From 2020, students in NSW will need to

demonstrate a minimum standard of literacy and

numeracy to receive their HSC. The HSC minimum

standard is a way of supporting and ensuring students

have a functional level of literacy and numeracy.

The HSC minimum standard is set at Level 3 of the

Australian Core Skills Framework which outlines the

functional skills used in everyday life, for work and

further study.

This framework provides detailed information on the

three areas in which the students will be tested: Reading,

Writing and Numeracy.

The current Year 10 and Year 11 and the online HSC

minimum standard tests

To achieve a HSC in 2021 and beyond, all students must

sit the HSC minimum standard online tests in reading,

writing and numeracy. Each of the three tests are of 45

minutes duration. The writing test consists of a response

of up to 500 words to one written or visual prompt, and

the other two are 45 multiple choice questions.

Schools will advise you when your child will sit the

online tests. Before doing this, however, students can

complete the online practice tests at school using their

Schools Online account as many times as is practicable.

Once the HSC minimum standard is achieved in all three

areas, a student is eligible to receive the HSC.

The administration of these tests is an important job in a

school. Parent support of this administration is very

important, especially in ensuring student attendance. A

letter will be sent to parents/carers about the timing of

the tests. Having students attend school punctually and

ready to sit the test will be very much appreciated by the

team of staff involved.

Support for students with additional needs

Some students with additional needs will be eligible for

provisions for the minimum standard tests. These

provisions can be approved by the principal.

This means it is a good idea to make sure the learning

support team at the school is fully aware of the needs

that concern you and that you have acquired

documentation that confirms your child’s additional

needs. The earlier that the school is aware of the needs,

the better prepared the school will be to determine both

the timing of the test and the extra provisions that will enable

your child to have equitable access to the test.

The learning support team will liaise with the principal about

extra provisions for the HSC minimum standard tests.

Further information

If you would like more information regarding the HSC

minimum standard please contact Anna Murphy, Head

Teacher of Teaching and Learning on 6967 2277. You can also

find information at https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au/

wps/portal/nesa/11-12/hsc/hsc-minimum-standard

First Time Competitor Makes it to State

Eight-year-old Ebony Taylor competed at Albury on Wednesday

11th March in her first Riverina Carnival along with George

McKenzie and Jessie MacDonald.

George swam extremely well narrowly missing out on making it

to Sydney bringing home fourth place.

Ebony competed in her 50 m Freestyle age race and came away

with a second place.

Ebony was due to compete in Sydney in early April against other

8-year olds from across NSW. This is an outstanding achievement

and we are very proud of her efforts, even though this event has

now been cancelled.

Ebony is the first primary student from HCS to make it to this

level in a long time and it’s an amazing result for this young

competitive swimmer.

Nicole Burgess

Primary Sports Coordinator

SCHOOL NEWS

SkoolBag App

Our School has our own SkoolBag

iPhone and Android App to help us

communicate more effectively with

our Parent/Student community. We

are asking parents/students to install

our SkoolBag School App.

To install it, just search for SkoolBag in

your app store, download the free app

and then add our school name

"Hillston Central School" in either the

Apple App Store, or Google Play Store.

Once you have downloaded the app

and have updated it. Be sure to set up

your groups. Go into MORE (in grey

down the bottom) My Subscription

Groups and choose your relevant

classes.

At this time of quickly changing information it is very important for all parents

to have the SkoolBag App downloaded on their devices. Most of our

communication is delivered efficiently using this App.

PRIMARY AWARDS

Sportsmanship Award: Christina, George, Hamish, Kobe,

Pena, Ebony, Blake, Memphis, Kyla, Amelia, Japneet, Noah,

Alex, Archer.

Inspirational Award: Sarah, George. Principal Award: Christina, Ethan, Maddison, Xavier, Tyson

Rhys, George, Lillian, Adele, Cienna, Ava, Sade, Chloe, Claire,

Elroy, Daniel, Shanaya.

Silver Award: Mitchell, Andrew, Alexis, Maddison, Levi - Jax,

Ebony, Jessie, Ava, Archer, Claire, Shanaya, Sade, Charlie,

Marnie, Elroy, Harper

Student Of The Week: Chloe, Bellah,

Indigo, Damien, Beau

PRIMARY AWARDS

Best Buddy Award: Lillian

20% Accelerated Reader Award: Bellah

25 Nights Reading Award: Rhys, Blake, Ebony, Pena, Olivia,

Japneet, Levi-Jax, Ava, Nate, Charlie, Shanaya, Noah, Elroy,

Sarah, Callie

FACEBOOK FEED

Marvellous Mathematics

Using hands-on activities, Year Two have been exploring ‘time’ and ‘money’. They have been learning about the different parts of a clock and how to tell the time. We cut our clock into four sections and made connections to other areas of Mathematics.

Sharni Scott | Year 2 Teacher

Wickets

RAP Cricket Team showed great determination and team

spirit in their Gala day at Narrandera.

Congratulations to Zahli Auld, Mel Devine, and Deanne

Clarke-Baldock who represented HCS in the side.

Mrs Bartholomew| Sports Coordinator

FACEBOOK FEED

Don’t Count your Chickens! Year Two have been learning about the life cycle of different animals. We are excited to be hatching our own Guinea Fowl & Chickens using incubators in our classroom! Stay tuned for our eggcellent arrivals! Sharni Scott | Year 2 Teacher

CPR Challenge Year 5 and 6 students took a lesson in CPR as part of the community CPR challenge. Students enjoyed taking part in the activities. Mr Tallon | 5/6 Class Teacher

Kinder Writers Kinder students have been doing a wonderful job learning their sounds. We are now putting those sounds together to make words and sentences. Katie Maher & Sarah Martin | Kinder Teachers

Future Careers

Students travelled to Wagga to explore their future prospects. Lots of useful information on various career opportunities. From the Defence Force, Wisetech Global to careers in radio and television.

We were so excited to see Storm Power an ex Hillston Central student studying at CSU. She gave the students some valuable information about Uni life. Was a good day for all.

Mrs Jatan & Mr Laurich | HCS Staff

COMMUNITY NEWS SWANS NETBALL

Junior and Senior Netball games and training has been suspended until the 2nd May 2020

following advice from NSW Netball.