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19th October 2012
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Principal’s Report
CALENDAR
OCTOBER
Art Gallery Visit
25th
NOVEMBER
Musica Viva
Bathurst PS
13th
Y6 Orientation
20th
Day Mudgee High
Parent Info Night
22nd
Visual Arts
Camp
22nd
21st
23rd
ATTACHMENTS
Survival Cookbook
High School Transition
Plan
Art Gallery Permission
Thought for
the Week
Nothing is
impossible, the
word itself says
'I'm possible'!
Dear Parents
Congratulations to Jessie
and Harrison who
attended the Opera House
on Wednesday evening
to participate in the choir.
I am told it was a
spectacular event. Jessie
and Hannah start their
transition to high school
this Friday and will
attend Mudgee High
school every Friday until
the end of term. We wish
them well in their
preparation for High
school. I have attached a
transition plan to this
week’s newsletter to
inform families of all the
dates they need to know
in regard to high school
visits. Next Thursday,
we will be visiting the
Art gallery in Bathurst
and enjoying a swim at
the Aquatic centre. I have
attached a permission
note to this week’s
newsletter and ask that
you sign the note and
return to school early
next week. We will be
hiring a small bus from
Bathurst and I will be
driving the bus to and
from Hill End which is a
more convenient means
of transport and one
which should be fun.
Students will require a
packed lunch, drink,
school uniform, school
hat, swimming costumes
and a change of clothes
to enjoy the day in
Bathurst.
Michelle Gallop
AASC SPORT
We had a visit from Nina
on Monday. Students
showed Nina their bike
riding skills during sport.
She was most impressed
with their SLOW race!
Students practice their
slow bike riding to
enable them to ride safely
when we sometimes ride
out of school grounds
during lunch time.
Of course they like to
ride fast too!
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writing with
Mrs Gallop
On Tuesday morning,
Mrs Shanahan took us
outside to the garden
to pick a radish for us.
We all had one each.
It was peppery and I
liked the radish. I like
the school garden very
much. Grace Y1
Volcano
Dinosaurs
Once upon a time there
was a dinosaur called
Connor. He danced at
the volcano. When he
started to dance the
volcano started to erupt.
Conner ran back home.
By William Y2
Once upon a time a
dinosaur named Trent
wanted to have an
adventure, so he went to
the volcano then he
danced at the volcano.
When he was in the
middle of his dance the
volcano started to erupt.
When the
volcano
The End
By Allen YK
erupted, the volcano
got hotter and hotter
and Trent danced
faster and faster.
Trent wanted to go
home so he ran faster
than a meteorite and
he got there.
And art
garden
class
yummy
radish
On Tuesday, we
picked some of our
radishes to eat. They
were yummy.
Garden Update
This is was our first
harvest. At present we
have growing - peas,
kale, spinach, radish,
carrots, corn, tomato
and beetroot.
We planted some
cucumber, nasturtiums,
lettuce, chives,
oregano, basil and
more tomato seeds.
In our pots we have blueberry, pomegranate,
strawberry, blackberry, parsley and two bush tucker
foods - the yam daisy and flax lily. Wow!
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Flashback to 1872!
On this day 19th October 1872 the
largest single piece of gold known as
the 'Beyers and Holtermann
Specimen' was unearthed at
Hawkins Hill, Hill End.
Later the specimen was crushed,
along with 272 tonnes of other ore,
from the mine containing over
15,488 ounces of gold.
A few months later a larger mass of
gold was found with an estimated
weight of 5,000 ounces but the
miners broke it up underground to
save the arduous task of
manhandling another huge piece to
the surface.
Weighing approximately 3,000
ounces, it was put on display in a
tent in the village where people paid
to see it.
Hill End became famous overnight
with thousands of people flocking to
the area to make their fortune.
15/10/2012
Garfield
VOL 1 ISSUE 3
Jim Davis!
Jim Davis is the creator of
Garfield. He was born July
28, 1945, in Marion near,
Indiana. Jim grew up on a
small farm in Fairmount, Indiana. Jim used his family as
characters in Garfield. They
were the Jon Arbuckle’s
family.
As a kid, Jim was forced to
stay in his bedroom and
avoided the chores because of
his asthma. To keep himself
occupied his mum taught him
to draw. In Jim’s childhood
he loved the Sunday comics,
and his favourite comic strip
was “Peanuts” and “Beetle
Baily” and that what his influences.
Jim published his first comic
strip called “Gnorm Gnat”. It
ran weekly in the Indiana
newspaper for 5 YEARS.
After lots of hard work, Jim
finally came up with Garfield. Since then Garfield
has been a worldwide success.
Garfield
Garfield is a ginger cat that
LOVES to eat lasagne and he
always gets his own way and he
has his own slave Odie the dog.
Odie gets the remote and entertains
Garfield and does exactly what he
says even though it’s usually
stupid.
Hill End in 1872 was a gold town at
its peak. According to the Empire 7
June 1872, "The streets were
thronged by a motley crowd; the
stores and places of business
crowded with customers; the little
theatre so densely packed by an
admiring audience, that there was
not what is facetiously called
'standing room,' and even the
public-houses, whose name is
history
legion, were crammed.
The general aspect of the crowds of
decently dressed folk who thronged
'The Hill' was that of respectability rough indeed in many respects, and
loud and noisy too, in some instances, but not disreputable, and altogether good-humoured."
I did this Garfield newsletter
because I was doing some work
about Jim Davis and how he
created Garfield. It has become
so successful worldwide. I just
hope you learn something new
or just enjoy it.
Hannah Y6
Upcoming Video Conferences
24th October - Dynamic Earth
This is an interactive workshop with experiments that
explores the structure of the earth and plate tectonics.
Students will be able to make a volcano erupt in their own
classroom and learn about the layering of lava flows. The
lesson will also show Australian Museum specimens and
involve question and answer opportunities.
Student of the Week
William
Drakeford
for great
spelling test
results this
week
30th October - Interactive Invertebrates
Investigate the amazing diversity of invertebrates that inhabit your school. In this indoor and outdoor video
conference students will learn about the importance of invertebrates, their features and habitats and how to safely
collect them. Students will conduct an invertebrate investigation in the grounds of their school.
Collected invertebrates will be graphed and identified during the second part of the session.
Newsletter Briefs
Starting Kindy
Moving into
high school
Do you have a child starting
Kindergarten in 2013? Show
them this video which
explains what happens
during a typical day. http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/
wellbeing/development/whathappens-in-kindergarten
Starting high school means a
new location, new friends
and teachers, and new
routines. In this video
teachers talk about how you
can help to make your child’s
move into high school less
daunting. http://
www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/
wellbeing/development/
starting-year-7
Hill End Public School
Unique Location, Unique Education
Tambaroora Street
Hill End NSW 2850
Phone: 02 63378265
Fax: 02 63378307
[email protected]
www.hillend-p.schools.nsw.edu.au