Hillston Central School Newsletter

62-80 Moore St Hillston NSW 2675 T 6967 2277 F 6967 2385 E [email protected]
Principal S J Chapman
Website www.hillston-c.schools.nsw.edu.au
Term 4 Week 3
Tuesday 23rd October, 2012
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Music dominated most of last week at school. The presence of Rachel Scott introduced percussion, rhythm
and much excitement among the students. Within the school it was very pleasing to see normally shy
students becoming animated and engaged with music. There were many instances when students showed
some great musical skill. These visits are a real highlight of the term.
The presence of the Royal Australian Navy band was felt immediately. Walking around the playground on
Wednesday in their crisp white uniforms they were instantly noticeable. Yet it was their willingness to
interact with the students that made the most impact. The sailors/Band members spent as much time as
they could coaching the school band members and generally talking with the students. The performance for
the school on Wednesday was a real highlight of the year. The band also included the Hillston Central
School Band in the performance of the first two items. This was a great experience for our students. To play
alongside a professional and experienced band of musician added to their own enjoyment of the day. The
school drumming groups also gave a performance showing the great skills that they learned from Rachel.
During the band‘s performance each of the instruments was highlighted. The variety of music ranged from
swing to very contemporary. They also played to a very engaged and enthusiastic audience. In this
performance more than a third of the school‘s students were actively involved in the music.
Guest conductors included Markayla, Curtis, Preeya, Ellie, Hamish and Sophie. Another great opportunity
for our students. And the dancing; great to see over half the school up and dancing on the occasion.
Wednesday evening allowed the community to participate in the musical moments that the school had
enjoyed all day. Commencing with the P&C bbq at 6pm the music followed at 7pm. A crowd of over 250
came along to hear the performance. They were not disappointed with the musicianship of the band. The
inclusion of the school concert band and the school drumming groups was also highly appreciated. The
follow up evening at the Ex Services club by the rhythm section carried the music into the later part of the
evening.
This great week of music has its origins in the close association of ACMF with Hillston Central School.
Rachel appears each term and brings a bit of musical wonder. Within the school Mrs Jane Murphy has
played the leading role. Thanks for their contribution and congratulations for the success of the day are well
deserved.
Secondary students will experience the next phase of ACMF
involvement at Hillston.
Steve Chapman
Principal
Hamish Murphy, Delcie Coonan, Nicholas Hutchison-Spence,
Tanahia Woods, Paige McKenzie
Justin Williams, Simran Singh
Reading Award
Regular Reading Practise at Home
PBL (Positive Behaviour for Learning)
For following the school rules
Jordan Bartholomew
Sportsmanship
Sporting Behaviour and Fair Play
Preeya Burgess
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30pm
Did you know…?
Sedentary living causes over 20 different health
problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes
and some cancers. Obesity can make nine
different conditions worse including chronic back
pain and stroke. Get active and stay healthy!
Primary students love singing with Rachel
Crunch&Sip®
Fresh fruit and vegetables – the green food
Fresh fruit and vegetables are not only good for
your health, but they are also good for the planet. Fruits and vegetables come in their own environmentally friendly packaging. Fruit or vegetable scraps can also be composted or used in a
worm farm. You can also help the environment
by choosing produce without foam trays or plastic containers.
KNITTERS WANTED
Year 5/6 would like to (finally) knit their
thneeds!! If you indicated that you would be
able to help with knitting in year 5/6, we are
going to make a start at 11:10 on Friday and
then again on Monday. Please come along if
you can—we will need all the help we can get!!
WANTED
Can you type?? Mrs Murphy needs someone to type
up children‘s work to send away to thank the Navy
Band. If you can help please contact Mrs Murphy.
Next Monday, October 29th, Musica Viva presents the
Hummingbirds, an a capella group.
Please return your permission notes by Friday, with $5
per child. Please note that this is part of our primary
curriculum and students are EXPECTED to attend. If
Cooper, Brayden and Jamall
sitting down for lunch
Brayden showing all
the wonderful spaceships spaceships we
painted
Carter and Noah sitting down to
lunch with his buddy Jack and
Christian
Teagan with
her spaceship
Holly, Mackenzie & Teagan sitting down for lunch
with their buddy Charly and Madison
2012 Kindergarten students Shelley, Tiffany, Breana, Kayden
and Madison with their spaceships
ASSIGNMENTS? OR JUST
NEED SOMEONE TO HELP
GET YOU STARTED? DO
YOU NEED ACCESS TO
THE INTERNET FOR
RESEARCH OR A PRINTER?
Then come along to our Secondary Homework
Centre
When: EVERY Wednesday 3.30pm-4.30pm
Where: HCS Library Annexe
P & C NEWS
Thankyou to everyone who help out last
Wednesday with the Lunch and BBQ for the
Royal Australian Navy Band
A REMINDER:
Thongs are NEVER
acceptable at school
(including mufti days)
Chewing gum is banned at
school
Today, Cheyne Halloran arrives in the school to
begin our new secondary music
program.
Cheyne will be here for 3 days, during which time
he will conduct workshops for:
1.
Drummers
2.
Electric guitar
3.
Bass Guitar
4.
Any other parts of the band (vocals/
keyboard)
5.
Whole band
All secondary students are invited to give it a
go– experienced or beginner! If you haven‘t
already signed up and would like to be involved
see Mrs Murphy.
PRIMARY ART CLASS:
Students worked collaboratively and created the
best Farm landscape paintings. It was
displayed at the Hillston show and was a
Success. Well done to all the students for their
lovely work.
Ms Mekhitaria
These students got 2nd Prize.
Mobile Phones must not
be accessed during
class time, staff will
confiscate and a parent
will need to collect it
from the office.
On Wednesday 10th October students from Years 9, 10, 11 &12 PDHPE had the opportunity to attend
the Hillston Health Expo. This was a great opportunity for Year 9 students who have just begun a unit
on Health Promotion to see this in action. It also provided all students with the opportunity to learn
more about what Health Services are available in Hillston and in Griffith that they may wish to access
now and in the future. Students interviewed the stand holders about the services they provide and
whether their service was funded by a level of government or private organisation.
Thank you to
Cassie Sheridan
from Healthy
Hillston for inviting us to take
part in the expo
Year 9/10 PE students
who took the opportunity
to explore the Health
Expo in Hillston . They
all came home with bags
of information and goodies.
Kaid, Grant and
Jordan were really keen to complete their worksheet about what
each Health
service had to
offer the
community.
The Food Tech class provided refreshments
All students completed worksheets on the day
and received plenty of information to take home
with them.
the surplus food they gather assists in alleviating poverty.
As part of the web site project, Carrathool Shire and WNWN funded an excursion for us to visit a variety of charities
and Foodbank in Sydney. This enabled us to see firsthand where the surplus food from the Carrathool Shire goes
and how it helps alleviate poverty in different communities. Here are the places we visited and saw how the surplus
food collected by WNWN volunteers helps needy people.
The Salvation Army Streetlevel Mission feed up to 50 to 150 people
a day. We helped out in the kitchen serving lunch and bottling
conserves. They have a little grocery store which has the essentials in
it. These products are donated by companies or provided by services
such as Foodbank and SecondBite. Thanks to the services, the
products are affordable for the homeless to buy. Streetlevel has
computers connected to the internet, lockers so the homeless can
keep their possessions safe, there is a laundry and showers.
Centrelink caseworkers come to Streetlevel so the people don‘t have
to go to the Centrelink office. There are two resident Social workers
who support and council the people.
The Salvation Army Oasis Youth Mission helps homeless and low
socioeconomic youth from age 16 to 25. If people are not within this
aged group, Oasis finds another service such as Streetlevel or DOCs
to help them. They don‘t say No to anybody. They accommodate 13
beds, and if you‘re unfortunate not to receive a bed then most youth
sleep outside, inside the gates of the centre, to avoid the violence on
the streets. They provide a gym, showers, music studio, and also
provide a school which youth can attend as for long as it takes them to
complete their schooling. There are even a couple of students who
live in an empty train who attend the school. Whilst at Oasis we learnt
that couch surfing is a type of homelessness.
The Exodus Foundation food van visits an area near Kings Cross
and serves a hot, healthy and nutritious meal to over 200 homeless
and needy people. People can also take loaves of bread, fruit, drinks
and cakes that have been donated. It was a rainy night when we volunteered, some people wore boxes on their heads to try and keep
them from the wet and others gratefully wore the plastic ponchos that
were handed out. One family that came through had touched all our
hearts; they had two small children, aged 4 and 7 years. They travel in
from Campbelltown every evening to eat their dinner. For dinner we
Alongside the food van was the Salvation Army’s StreetNet bus.
This bus provides access to email, Centrelink and other online
services for homeless and disadvantaged youth through the use of
five laptop computers and a wireless broadband connection. Its
biggest advantage is enabling homeless youth to reconnect with
their family and friends.
Parramatta Mission is one of the largest providers of community
mental health services in NSW, as well as one of the largest providers
of community services to people who are homeless and facing crisis in
western Sydney. They provide 100,000 meals each year to families
and individuals. Housing and support is provided to 300 people each
day. Refuge from domestic violence is provided to 80 women and 125
children each year and telephone counselling support is provided to
17,500 people by 110 Volunteer Telephone Counsellors. During our
visit we helped unload the Woolworths Fresh Food Rescue truck that
delivered the fresh food that was not sold in their stores. Then we
sorted it and organised it for the needy people to collect. Some of this
produce is used in the kitchen to cook the free meals provided at lunch
times.
Foodbank is a non-profit organisation which acts as a pantry to the
charities and community groups who feed the hungry. The service
operates with a staff of approximately 90 employees and over 3,000
volunteers. Foodbank rescues edible but surplus food and groceries
from the country‘s farmers, manufacturers and retailers. Including
products that are out of specification, close to use by date, has
incorrect labelling or damaged packaging as well as excess stock and
deleted lines. Without Foodbank much of this food would simply go to
landfill. In 2011 they provided 24 million kilograms of food and
groceries. The food rescued by Foodbank feeds on average 88,000
people a day. WNWN send the surplus food they gather to Foodbank
for storage and distribution. During our visit we packaged four pallets
of apples into nets, getting them ready for delivery. Other volunteers
were loading delivery trucks, cleaning products that had spoilt
packaging and stocking shelves.
Oranges from the Carrathool Shire at Foodbank
In Term 3 Years 7-10 participated in a variety of gymnastics skills from floor, rhythmic, vault, beam, trampoline and static balances. For Year 9 many found the balances to be challenging and in most cases a
lot harder then what it looked like on paper. Students needed to demonstrate safety with spotters, team
work and trust. The four man push up turned into a great contest with it being extended from a balance
to an actual push up. Well done to the boys below for having a record of three. We had so much fun with
gymnastics we had an extension class during sport.
At the end of Term 3 Year
11 completed the Crossroads course where students spent two days learning about drugs and relationship issues relevant for
young people. As part of
the course students partici-
‗smell the roses‘
14 Byron Street & 59 Cowper Street,
Thursday 25th October 9.00am—
6.00pm
Friday 26th 9.00am—12.00noon
SWIMMING CLUB NEWS
Come along to hear about the fun that you can
have as a member of swim club.
A registration afternoon will take place on
Date:
Thursday 25th October
Time:
5.00pm
Place:
Lions Park
Price:
$65.00 for 1 Swimmer
$60.00 for 2 swimmers
$55.00 for 3 or more swimmers
There will be an
opportunity to order
and pay for
swimmers to arrive for
this upcoming season.
GOOLGOWI PUBLIC SCHOOL FETE
SUNDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2012
10AM – 3PM
Stalls available for $15
Bookings should be made by calling
Tania on 0429 055 173.
Talent Quest for all ages. Entries on the day.
Come along and enjoy the fun!
FOR SALE
$500 ONO
Large 3 piece velour lounge.
Can be inspected at Moores Motors
please contact Julie Storrier on
0269 674126 or 0418 890568
This year we are considering holding Milo
Cricket and Junior Cricket on a Friday evening
from 5.45pm to 8.00pm, followed with a BBQ
(sausage sizzle) and soft drinks.
Cricket is an enjoyable sport and we strongly
encourage boys and girls to participate in both
Milo and Junior Cricket levels. It is anticipated
that playing Milo and Junior Cricket on Friday
evenings may be more suitable for families and
ensures that Junior Cricket continues in
Hillston.
It is essential for parents to register their interest with Hillston Junior Cricket members by
Friday 26th October, 2012 so that preparations
can be made to start the cricket season. If
sufficient numbers have registered their interest
to participate in Milo and Junior Cricket,
registrations will most likely take place the
Following Friday 2nd November, 2012. We
request that you register your interest to assist
with organising Junior Cricket.
It is proposed that the Season will kick off on
Friday 2nd November for Six weeks, break after
7th December. Recommence on 8th February,
2013 for six weeks and conclude on 15th March,
2013.
To register your interest, please contact Scott
McKENZIE 0427826307,
David SLOAN 69671863,
Christine McMASTER
69675318 or Ged RYAN
0428952270 by Friday
26th October, 2012.
MINI KIDS FITNESS
Today first session starting at 3.30pm.
Fitness will be at the Exies oval today.
Please note that the times for Fitness sessions
will be co-ordinated with Swim Club as much
as possible so the children can continue to enjoy their fitness session and also swimming
squad training. ―Working together to make the
Hillston children fitter and healthier‖.
Salad (no meat)
Salad with Ham
Salad with Chicken
Chicken lettuce and Mayo
Salad with Tuna
Sandwich Roll &
Wraps
2.50
3.00
3.00
3.50
3.50
4.00
3.00
3.50
4.00
Hot Food Recess or lunch orders
Hot bread
1.50
Ham & pineapple Pizza
2.20
Sausage Roll
2.50
Small Pie
2.50
Pizza Rounder
2.50
Spinach and ricotta Roll
3.00
Potato Topped Pies
3.50
Sauce
.30
Hot food – Lunch Orders Only
Noodle Cups Beef or Chick
2.50
8 x Chicken Crackles
3.50
Chicken and Gravy Rolls
3.50
Chicken Burger (with patty, lettuce,
cheese & mayo)
3.60
Small
Sweet Chilli Chicken Wrap (with
Lettuce, cheese, tomato, chicken
Tenders, sweet chilli sauce)
3.00
3 x Chicken Tenders w/sauce
Snack Food
Home made Biscuits
0.25
Home made slice
0.50
Vegemite Roll
0.60
Tiny Teddies
0.80
Jelly Cups
1.00
Chips (chicken Honey &soy
and Sea Salt
1.00
Home made muffins
1.50
Grain Waves
(sweet chilly
and Sour cream & chives)
2.00
Popcorn
0.50
Pretzels
1.00
Pizza Shapes
2.50
Lol (razz, blackcurrent, tropical
Coke Zero
Sprite Zero
GV 100% Juice Apple
GV 100% Juice Orange
Sm Water
Lge Water
Flavoured Low Fat Milk
Choc, Strawberry, Iced Coffee
Ice Creams
Frozen Yoghurt Strawberry
Billabong
Dixi Cup Low Fat
Cruncha
Icy Pole Lemonade
Zooper Dooper
Snapper
Mony
Fruit Ice
Large
4.00
4.00
2.00
2.00
2.50
2.50
1.50
2.50
1.50sm
3.00lg
2.00
1.50
1.50
1.00
1.00
.50
.40
.70
.30
All effort will be made to provide your child with the
lunch they order. If for any reason we do not have
the item, a similar one to the same value will be offered. Please be aware that your child will be given
what is written on the lunch bag. If you require any
changes such as no cheese, butter, sauce etc. clearly print it on the bag, otherwise the standard order
will be given.
Please let Gloria know if your child is leaving early or
going home sick, so their order can be held for another day.