Hillston Central School

Upcoming Events

Kinder Orientation 9am—11am Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30, Nov 6

HSC Exams

Oct 17—Nov 8

Year 6 into 7 Orientation 9am –3.25pm

Oct 30

Year 7-10 Exams/Assessments Nov 4—Nov 8

ACMF Visit Nov 11-15

ACMF Concert

Nov 14

Year 12 Formal Nov 16

Secondary Excursion

Nov 19—Nov 23

Kinder Information Night

Nov 20

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 1

Welcome back to the last school term for the year! Before we turn around planning for the 2020 school year will be well underway and Christmas will be upon us. We wish all our Year 12 students all the best with their upcoming HSC Exams, beginning this Thursday. From there, the exams continue for three weeks, with Visual Arts being the last paper exam held. We wish each and every Year 12 student the very best of good fortune in these exams. They’ve been well prepared at Hillston Central and now it is their opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge they have accumulated in the last two years of Stage 6 instruction. This is where all their hard work and diligence pays off. Thank you to those dedicated secondary staff who gave up some of their valuable holiday time to run HSC study days, we

really appreciate your dedication to our students’ success. At our final assembly on the last day of Term 3 we said our good byes to our outgoing Year 12 and presented them with their academic awards. We also welcomed our new school leaders

for 2019. Congratulations to Priyanka Jatan

and Charlotte Bartholomew who are 2020’s School Captains. We are very confident they will take on their new leadership role will maturity and confidence. Also a huge thank you to Mr Tallon and Mrs Burgess who gave up their own personal time to accompany our Year 3 to 6 students on their excursion to Ballarat during the last week of last term. An extra thank you to Mr Tallon for his organisation of the excursion. Everyone had a brilliant time and returned weary but very happy. Have a great week everyone

Principal

Year 12, 2019

SCHOOL NEWS

BEEutiful Bee Hives

Our bees have arrived and are getting very busy in their hives making honey. Our local apiarist Frank Papworth has kindly donated the bees for our new flow frame hives. The students are very excited to learn about our new bees and how these clever insects make honey.

Merv Bartholomew | Farm Assistant

Creature Creations

Kinder enjoyed making homes for their ‘Living Things’ unit of work. The students were very creative and had a lot of fun.

Helen Vagg | RFF Teacher

Sport and PE Reminder

Just a reminder to all parents to ensure students bring a

hat with their name printed clearly on them so we can

return them if lost. Also as it is warming up quickly that

students wear sunblock for sport and PE as well as in the

playground

Giz A Break

We are offering free adventures to the Victorian High Country

for 14-17 year olds from drought affected communities. Based

on the UNICEF Drought Report’s recommendation, the

adventures are designed to not only give kids a break, but also

boost their resilience. The first adventure is scheduled for 22-25

November, with three further dates to be locked in.

If your are interested in this opportunity collect an information

pack from the front office.

SCHOOL NEWS

Stage 2 & 3 Camp to Sovereign Hill and Bendigo At Sovereign Hill, our Year 3-6 students had a lot of fun exploring life in the 1850’s. We spent a lot of time gold panning were some students were more successful than others. We had a lesson in a 1850s style classroom where our students learnt manners of the period. We investigated some games that children used to play and even had a game of bowling.

We went through an underground gold mine and learnt about the risks people took to find gold. We saw how to make boiled sweets, and of course tasted them! At Bendigo we went for a tram ride to the Joss House Temple. We learnt little about Chinese culture and the how the Chinese people were treated during the Gold Rush period. We also went 60m underground and had a tour of the Central Deborah Gold Mine. Here we learnt about the risks of gold mining up to the 1950s and how drilling technology has change over the years.

The students had fantastic learning experience and lots of fun

TELL THEM FROM ME SURVEY

This term, our school, like many other public schools in the state, will participate in a Department of Education initiative: the Tell Them From Me student feedback survey. The survey measures factors that are known to affect academic achievement and other student outcomes. The focus of the NSW-wide survey is on student wellbeing, engagement and effective teaching practices.

You may remember that our students also participated in a Tell Them From Me student survey in Term 1 this year. Asking students to complete the survey twice in one year allows us to identify trends in student responses as well as track engagement and motivation across the school year.

The survey is a great opportunity for our students to provide us with valuable and quick feedback on what they think about school life, how engaged they are with school and the different ways that teachers interact with them. More than 6,300 schools in Australia and around the world have used Tell Them From Me to survey 5.4 million students. Capturing the voices of our students will help improve how we do things at our school.

More information about the survey is available at: http://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au

I want to assure you that the survey is confidential. The survey is conducted online and will typically take less than 30 minutes to complete. It will be administered during school hours between 26 August and 25 October. Participating in the survey is entirely voluntary.

A consent form and FAQs for parents/carers about the survey is being sent home with students. If you do not want your child or children to participate, please return the form to school by 18/10/19. Copies of the form and FAQs are available from: http://

surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/information-for-parents.

The consent form and FAQs are available in 23 languages.

We will also be conducting a parent survey. Information and a web link will be provided to all parents this week. If you have any questions please contact Anna Murphy 02 69672277.

https://surveys.cese.nsw.gov.au/images/FAQs/TTFM_Student_Survey_FAQs_Parent_and_Carers_T12019e.pdf

Molly, Gursimran, Charly, Logan, Storm

Pryianka Jatan & Charlotte Bartholomew

YEAR 12 FINAL AWARDS

YEAR 12 Dux: Logan Kerr

Year 12 Awards:

Gursimran Singh: Improvement in English Studies, Application

in Agriculture, Academic Excellence in Geography, Academic

Excellence in Technology Timber, Sporting Long Service Award

RAP.

Storm Power : Application in PDHPE, Academic Excellence in

Modern History, Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award

Charly Mott: Application in Community & Family Studies

Molly Horneman: Application in Visual Arts, Academic

Excellence in Ancient History.

Logan Kerr: Application in mathematics General, Application

in Chemistry, Academic Excellence in Legal Studies, Academic

Excellence in English Advanced, Academic Excellence in Biology,

Year 12 Dux.

Damian McRae: Sporting Long service Award RAP

Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award for Community

Involvement—Storm Power

2019-2020

School Captains

PRIMARY AWARDS

Silver Awards: Isabelle, George, Breanna, Emily, Adam,

Stevie. Maja, Kodi, Adele, Lola, Sarah, Memphis, Levi-Jax,

Japneet, Louella

Student Of The Week: Kallie

COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

CLEANERS REQUIRED

We are looking for reliable cleaning staff to work at a local Govern-

ment sites in the Hillston Area.

Experience preferred but not essential.

Training and uniform provided.

Please send your résumé to Joss Facility Management 148-

150 Pine Ave Mildura Victoria 3500

or email careers@jossgroup.com.au

Or for more information contact Mark Bevan

Ph: 0407004737 between 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Fri-day

A working with Children Check is required for this posi-

Junior Cricket

Commences Wednesday 16th October

5.30pm Hillston Exies Oval—Free BBQ to Follow

All children age 4-15 Welcome