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Hillston Central School

Locality: Hillston, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6967 2277

Address: 62-80 Moore Street 2675 Hillston, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.hillston-c.schools.nsw.edu.au

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25.01.2022 Mixing with the Best On Friday K-6 enjoyed a range of extracurricular activities including scooter riding, origami, dancing, art, robotics & gardening. Students enjoyed spending time socialising with other students in primary. | Primary Staff

25.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards K-6 have made a fantastic start to Term 4, receiving awards for Student of the Week, home reading and Accelerated Reader, Sportsmanship Awards, Silver Awards, Magic Mathematician Awards, Inspirational Awards, Citizenship Awards and Gold Awards. Well done everyone! Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

25.01.2022 Sliding into the Holidays Students enjoyed an afternoon of fun at the Hillston pool. They were rewarded with a little extra fun with a mega water slide and water castles for the younger students. A great day was had by young and old. | HCS Staff

25.01.2022 Curious Creatures, Wild Minds

24.01.2022 Day 2 Did someone call for a tradie? Year Twelve are on the job! Owen Cooper | Year Twelve Advisor

24.01.2022 Enormous Honey Project Last year, Years One and Two worked very hard to complete an enormous honey project for the CWA. They achieved HIGHLY COMMENDED for the combined project. Abbi Andrews | Teacher

24.01.2022 The 91 Storey Treehouse Year 4/5 enjoyed their trip to the Griffith Regional Theatre today to watch a performance of The 91-Storey Treehouse. Exposure to the Performing Arts is an important part of our school curriculum. Lucy Trewartha | 4/5 Teacher

23.01.2022 Using Numbers This term, Stage 4 Maths have been enthusiastically engaging in a range of maths-based activities. Here they were applying their knowledge of fractions to find out how consistent they were with getting a basketball in the hoop and following criteria to produce ‘perfect’ graphs! Shaina Peters | Teacher

23.01.2022 Times Tables Rockstar Challenge Here are some more snaps of the Magic Mathematician’s who participated in today’s challenge. Well done to Amity, Harper and Mel who each received the Encouragement Prize and congratulations to Chloe, Zak and Madison who took out equal first place. Mick Malone | Head Teacher Teaching and Learning

23.01.2022 "Learn as much as you can about the culture and participate." - Aunty Deanna. Each year, NAIDOC Week celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are part of some of the oldest continuing cultures on the planet. #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 *Posted by the NSW Department of Education*

23.01.2022 Learning in the Library Kinder students have been enjoying exploring our school Library. This week we concentrated on what goes on a book cover. Can you spot the title, author and an illustration? Sarah Martin | Kinder Teacher

23.01.2022 Terrific Transition This morning, our 2021 Kinder students came for their final Wednesday morning session. They were very excited to have their first Music lesson with Rachel from the Australian Children's Music Foundation - ACMF. We can't wait to start our full Friday sessions (9am - 3pm) from next week the 13th of November. Katie Maher | Kinder Teacher

23.01.2022 Times Tables Rockstar Challenge Mick Malone | Head Teacher Teaching and Learning

23.01.2022 Lest We Forget Today our School Captains represented Hillston Central School at the Remembrance Day ceremony at Memorial Park to pay their respects. Our school community paused for a minutes silence on the 11th hour on the 11 day of the 11th month in remembrance of the Service Men and Women past and present. ... | HCS Staff

22.01.2022 It’s The Simple Things Earlier in the term Year 3 had great pleasure in sending Rachel from ACMF letters in the mail. Recently they received a lovely surprise in the mail from Rachel. It truly made their day! Jane Murphy | Instructional Leader

22.01.2022 Create, Connect, Collaborate Our new Tech Hub furniture is finally here. A fabulous flexible learning space for K-12. A massive thank you to the P & C for donating the funds they raised from our school fetes. What an innovative learning environment, inspiring fantastic teaching and learning for all to enjoy. Sandy Ryan | Principal

21.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards Students received awards for Student of the Week, Magic Mathematicians, Sportsmanship Awards, Inspirational Awards, Silver Awards, Citizenship Awards and Gold Awards. And don’t forget that Friday the 4th of December is the last day for students to hand in merits of any colour for 2020! After that they will go towards the 2021 count.... Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

21.01.2022 Escaping the Heat Our school Library was a hive of activity at lunch time today. Students young and old enjoyed Christmas colouring, board games, reading, Minecraft and socialising in our air-conditioned comfort. Sarah Martin | Teacher

21.01.2022 Curious Creatures, Wild Minds Today we celebrated Book Week with our annual Parade. There were lots of fabulous costumes and happy smiles as HCS was alive with curious creatures and wild minds. It was great to see parents and community join us via the zoom link. Well Done to everyone for their fabulous costumes! Keep Reading! Rebecca Fitzgerald | Library

21.01.2022 Secondary Group Challenge Day! An opportunity for students to test their skills, resilience, teamwork, persistence and stamina. Congratulations to the winning team - it was a close call after 8 different challenges including a 30 minute stamina challenge! It was fantastic to see such great participation. | Secondary Staff

20.01.2022 Excited Engineers Stage 4 girls finally had their opportunity to test their drop cars and see if they could beat the boys, who raced earlier in the year. They harnessed potential energy to gain the furthest distance and had kindergarten and teachers vote on the best-looking design. The girls tested their designs relentlessly in the workshop and it was great to see them act on feedback to achieve their personal best. Owen Cooper | Industrial Arts

20.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards At our final assembly of Term 4, students received awards for Student of the Week, Home Reading, AR, MiniLit, Inspirational Awards, Magic Mathematician Awards, CWA Awards and Silver, Gold and Citizenship Awards. Congratulations to all students on their achievements! Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

20.01.2022 Super Swimming Over the past two weeks K-6 have been involved in Intensive Swimming Lessons. Primary students were lucky enough to work with the Secondary PASS class to help improve their swimming skills. Everyone has made great progress with their swimming and can now enjoy Summer safely around the water! | Primary Teachers

19.01.2022 Maths Maths Maths Students have been busy revising for their upcoming Maths exam next week. Room 13 will be open each morning next week before school from 7.30 AM for maths exam preparation. ... Mick Malone | Maths

19.01.2022 Remarkable Rewards Day! Today teachers surprised primary and secondary students with a rewards day for their excellent behaviour throughout Term 4. David Tallon | Teacher

18.01.2022 Willing Workers Last week, our Year Ten students participated in the Work Experience Program. Students gained valuable skills while working in their chosen fields. All students returned with positive feedback from their employers. Litiana Jatan | Careers Advisor

17.01.2022 Footy Finals!! Congratulations to our 6 primary school soccer teams who played in the finals on Friday following 3 weeks of competition. 1st Telly Tubbies (Yellow) ... 2nd The Noobers (Maroon) 3rd Power (Red) 4th Lightening (Black) 5th Storm (Green) 6th D Mack (Blue) Well done to everyone on their great participation, it has been a great competition. Thank you to the staff and the secondary students who volunteered their time to referee, supervise, set-up and pack-up. Mrs Bartholomew l PDHPE

17.01.2022 It’s in the Mail During Year 3 ACMF lesson, Rachel cheekily requested that we posted one of our lovely students to her, in Sydney. Sadly we couldn’t fit Izzy A in the post box, though we tried. Rachel will get a lovely surprise when she gets her mail this week, we posted lots of lovely letters to her. Jane Murphy | Instructional Leader

17.01.2022 Primary Parents’ Assembly Today Primary students showcased their fabulous learning and we celebrated student success with the following awards being presented: Principal Awards, Awards of Excellence and Gold Awards. It was great to see so many parents, carers and members of our community join us via Zoom, for our very first live streamed assembly. Congratulations to all students who received awards. Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

17.01.2022 PASS The Ball Year 9/10 PASS have been involved in coordinating and running small group activities for years 3 to 6 to develop their skills in netball. We have noticed a big improvement in their skills and next week they will finish with a fun filled game of netball. Robin Bartholomew | PD|H|PE Teacher

17.01.2022 Milkshakes with Ms Ryan Our Milkshake Club students were lucky enough to be treated to some milky delights with Ms Ryan at The Steam Yard Hillston. The Milkshake Club consists of students who have completed 100% of their Accelerated Reader goal or 200 nights of reading. A big thank you to The Steam Yard Hillston for sponsoring our ‘Inspirational Student’ award each week. | Primary Staff

16.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards Students received awards for Student of the Week, Home Reading, AR and Magic Mathematicians, along with Sportsmanship, Inspirational, Silver, Citizenship and Gold Awards. Congratulations everyone! Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

16.01.2022 Terrific Transition Year 6 students from Hillston Central School and St Joseph's enjoyed meeting their 2021 teachers and having a taste of high school life. Over the 3 days, they learned new skills and information in various classes, as well as in extra-curricula activities. All of their future teachers praised their enthusiasm, work ethic and inclusivity. We all look forward to seeing them again next year as they enter high school. Mr Cooper | 2021 Year 7 Advisor

16.01.2022 Class Pet Year 3 enjoyed the story "I Wanna Iguana' so much that they decided to write letters to our school principal, Ms Ryan, to try to persuade her that they needed a class pet. The letters were so persuasive that Ms Ryan has given in and has presented the class with their very own therapy-pet alpaca. The class have called their new pet Blueberry. ... Jane Murphy | Instructional Leader

16.01.2022 'The River' Magazine Cover Competition We have lots of talented students at our school and this years entries in the school Magazine cover competition are no exception! Vote now with a 'like' for your favourite entry. The winner is the picture with the most 'likes' by 9 AM Friday 20th Nov, 2020. Ali Harding | Magazine Editor

15.01.2022 Connecting To Culture Year 3 enjoyed learning about the different symbols in Aboriginal Art. They are creating a masterpiece using eucalyptus leaves. Nicole Burgess | Class Teacher

15.01.2022 What an Area Year 1 have been investigating, measuring, estimating and recording the area of different spaces. We discovered that not all shapes are the same size and it takes a lot more LEGO blocks to cover an area than we first estimated. Em Preston | Year 1 Teacher

15.01.2022 QuickSmart Graduates This morning we celebrated a number of our students graduating from our QuickSmart program. Students graduate from the QuickSmart program after completing the 4 operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Nat Parr | QuickSmart Instructor

15.01.2022 Day 3 Everyone loves a bargain! Just ask Year 12. Owen Cooper | Year Twelve Advisor

14.01.2022 High School, Here We Come! Congratulations to our fabulous Year Six students who attended the Year Six Formal on Friday evening. David Tallon | Year 5/6

14.01.2022 Academic Accolades Today we celebrated the achievements of the students at Hillston Central School. Congratulations to all award winners. A link to view the presentation will be shared later this week. | HCS Staff

14.01.2022 Fun! Fun! Fun! Was the order of the day on Friday as secondary students were rewarded with a special afternoon of activities and gourmet hamburgers for lunch to recognise their effort and application during Term 3. Thanks to all of the staff who involved themselves in the afternoon and congratulations to all of the students. Mrs Bartholomew | PDHPE

14.01.2022 Happy World Teachers’ Day! Today HCS celebrated World Teachers’ Day. Our Primary School Captains delivered gifts to our dedicated teaching staff to show their appreciation. Thanks to our teachers for all that you do! Sandy Ryan | Principal

14.01.2022 School Captain Nominees Congratulations to our potential leaders on their fantastic speeches today vying for the position of School Captain 2021. Good luck. Sandy Ryan | Principal

13.01.2022 EggSellent Eggs HCS students have been busy caring for the 16 Isa Brown chickens at our Ag Plot. They feed them, give them cuddles, talk to them and collect their eggs. We have plenty of eggs for sale at the Front Office. $4.50/dozen for our large eggs and $3.50/dozen for the smaller eggs from our pullets which have just started laying. Merv Bartholomew | Ag Plot Assistant

13.01.2022 2020 Athletics Champions Congratulations to our 2020 HCS Athletics Age Champions who received their medals on Friday. Well done to all students on a great day. Mrs Bartholomew and Mrs Burgess | Sports Coordinators

13.01.2022 Kinder Orientation HCS welcomed new Kinders for 2021 today for our Orientation Program. Kinders enjoyed recess with their buddies and some literacy rotations. What a fun time they had! We look forward to more of our Kinder Orientation sessions in the coming weeks. Katie Maher | Kinder

13.01.2022 ICAS Excellence Last term a number of students opted to participate in the ICAS English, Science and Digital Technologies Competitions. Baxter and Emily, both received a Credit in the ICAS Science and Digital Technologies Competitions. ... Nicholas achieved a Distinction in the ICAS Science Competition, which means that he achieved a result in the top 11% of students across Australia - A great achievement! Germaine Schooling | ICAS Coordinator

13.01.2022 Australian Olympic Change Maker Virtual Summit Congratulations to Melanie Devine & Charlotte Bartholomew on their nomination and participation in the Australian Olympic Change Maker Virtual Summit. The summit focused on the Olympic themes of friendship, sportsmanship and striving to be the best that you can be through connecting to tomorrow, uniting diversity as well as motivating and inspiring others. Robin Bartholomew | PD/H/PE Teacher

13.01.2022 HCS Begins The HSC Good luck to our Year 12 students who are sitting their first HSC exam today. We wish you every success on this path towards your exciting future outside of school. Ms Ryan | Principal

13.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards On Friday students received awards for Home Reading, Accelerated Reader, Student of the Week, Magic Mathematician, Inspirational Awards, Silver Awards, Citizenship Awards and Sportsmanship Awards. Well done everyone! Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

13.01.2022 Muck-Up Madness Year Twelve kicked off Muck-Up Week by dressing up as HCS teachers. Can you guess who they decided to come as? There could be some favouritism happening here! Owen Cooper | Year Twelve Advisor

13.01.2022 Engineering Experiments Stage 5 Industrial Technology Engineering students have spent the last few weeks building and destroying various engineered structures. They turned compressive loads into tensile reaction forces with mysterious tensegrity models, reinforced cantilevers to hold large loads with improved torque resistance and connected this knowledge to create arch bridges that had enormous strength-to-weight ratios. All models were tested to failure in order to discove...r maximum loads and weak points in their designs. Special mention goes to Lachlan and Sohan, as their bridge weighed less than a kilo and held a whopping 78kg! Well done Engineers. Owen Cooper | Industrial Arts Teacher

12.01.2022 Day 4 Today Year Twelve came dressed as characters from their childhood: Angelina Ballerina, Franny from Franny's Feet, Walt Disney, Emperor Kuzco from The Emperor's New Groove, Arthur, DJ Lance Rock from Yo Gabba Gabba, Violet from The Incredibles and Winnie the Pooh. Owen Cooper | Year Twelve Advisor

11.01.2022 Further Back In Time Last week, we joined over 600 schools to virtually go back in time! We learnt all about the 1900’s, how they cooked, washed and dressed. We answered polls and asked questions to special guests Carol & Olivia Ferrone from ABC’s hit show ‘Further Back In Time For Dinner’. Life was very different in the 1900’s. ... Sharni Scott | Teacher

11.01.2022 History's Dark Side As part of understanding World War 2, Stage 5 History today learnt about Stolpersteine, or stumbling stones. More than 75,000 of these memorial stones remember Holocaust victims in the world's largest memorial project. They can be found in the pavement outside the former homes of victims across Europe. This stone remembers David Jacobs, a Jewish man from Sögel in North-West Germany. Students appreciated learning about and showing respect for Jewish and other victims of one of history's darkest times. Gregor Newton | History Teacher

10.01.2022 Year 10 Work Experience Students were presented with their Ready for Work Experience Certificates. They have thoroughly studied and prepared themselves with the skills needed for the work place. We wish them all the best for next week and hope they returned with the skills they need for their future careers. (Photo: absent James)... Litiana Jatan | Careers Advisor

10.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards Students received awards for Student of the Week, Home Reading, Accelerated Reader, Magic Mathematicians, Inspirational Awards, and Bronze, Silver, Gold and Citizenship Awards. Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

08.01.2022 Rapid Fire K-2 students joined together to play Rapid Fire for Sport on Friday. This fun game is a great way to practise our cricket skills. | K-2 Teachers

08.01.2022 Magnificent Mrs Murphy The community of HCS would like to thank Mrs Murphy for over 27 years of dedication to the learning of students and staff at Hillston Central. You have been an asset to our community and we will miss you greatly. We wish you well in the future! | The HCS Community

08.01.2022 Exciting Elves Elfie, Dashwood, Naughty Elf and Nancy have been up to mischief in our classrooms. Check out what they’ve been up to in the photos. | Primary Staff

08.01.2022 Yummy Honey in my Tummy! Our Flow Hives have been drained for the first time this spring and have produced some excellent honey. Merv took Kinder and Year 1 students to observe the draining process and showed us how the Flow Hive works. Honey is available from the Front Office for $6. Em Preston & Katie Maher | Teachers

06.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards Congratulations to all students who received awards at our Week 8 Assembly. Students received awards for Student of the Week, Home Reading, MiniLit, Inspirational Awards, Magic Mathematician Awards, and Silver and Gold Awards. Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

06.01.2022 That's A Wrap! Year Twelve celebrated their last day of Muck-Up Week as Chris Lilley characters like Mr G, Becky, Gavin, Joyce, Ja'mie and Jana. The class wrapped up their week of shenanigans with a Year Twelve breakfast and a fantastic Students vs Teachers game of netball (congratulations to the Students on the win). While we're sure they have caused enough havoc at HCS, Year Twelve will return at the beginning of Term 4 to complete their final week of preparation before sitting the HSC exams. We haven't seen the last of them just yet! Owen Cooper | Year Twelve Advisor

05.01.2022 Fun Friday Pre-kinder students had their first full day at big school yesterday. They had a fantastic day learning all the routines of our school. We can’t wait until next week. Katie Maher | Teacher

05.01.2022 Primary Assembly Awards At our final assembly for Term 3 students received awards for Student of the Week, Magic Mathematicians, Silver awards, Inspirational awards, Sportsmanship awards and Home Reading awards. Congratulations to Sophia and Harper who have reached 200 nights reading, meaning that they have joined Ms Ryan's Milkshake Club! Lucy Trewartha | Assembly Coordinator

05.01.2022 Had Me in Knots Pre-kinder - Year 2 students were lucky enough to have James from The Athlete's Foot Australia visit our school today. He helped us learn how to tie our laces and gave the students a special pencil case to take home and practise with. Katie Maher | Teacher

05.01.2022 Term 3 Primary Parents’ Assembly We’re so excited to present lots of awards at our Primary Parents’ Assembly tomorrow, which you can join via Zoom by using the link below. Take a look at this week’s Newsletter for more information. https://nsweducation.zoom.us/j/68255425337... | Primary Staff

04.01.2022 Food Trends Have you ever tasted edible insects? Year 9/10 Food Technology students sampled mealworms, snack crickets and chocolate muffins using cricket flour. Students also prepared food using locally sourced produce, incorporating seeds and crunch. These are some of the latest food trends hitting the industry at the moment. Jo Burgess | Food Technology Teacher

04.01.2022 Ozobots are Fun Kinder enjoyed using the Ozobots for the first time with Mrs Harding (our Technology Teacher). Students coded the Ozobots using colours. Katie Maher | Kinder Teacher

04.01.2022 Excellence in ICAS Last term a number of students opted to participate in the ICAS Mathematics and Spelling Assessments. Congratulations to Rhys in Year 2 for receiving a Distinction in Spelling, which means that he achieved a result in the top 11% of students across Australia - what a fantastic achievement! Baxter Yr 3 and Emily Year 7, both received a Credit in Mathematics, and Nicholas received a Merit in Mathematics. Congratulations to these four students on their fanta...stic results and well done to all of the participating students. Germaine Schooling | ICAS Coordinator

04.01.2022 Welcome To Hillston Hillston Central welcomes our newest Executive staff member, Mr Mick Malone Head Teacher-Teaching and Learning. We look forward to Mr Malone becoming a long term member of our fantastic school community. Sandy Ryan| Principal

03.01.2022 Big Bash 2020 Today Years 3-6 went down to the Stan Peters Oval and enjoyed a round robin of cricket games with Kelly from Cricket NSW. Everyone showed great skill and an excellent competitive streak! Thank you to the PASS students who helped umpire the games. | Primary Teachers

03.01.2022 Finals Fever Congratulations to the Untouchables team on winning a very tightly contested league tag final today against the Chicken Tenders, who put up a strong opposition in the race for first place. Well done also to Tagged who placed third and to Thunder who finished in fourth position. It was great to see so many secondary students involved in this competition. We look forward to running more lunchtime competitions in the future. Robin Bartholomew | PDHPE

03.01.2022 All Good Things Must Come to an End Today we had our last Kinder Orientation Day for 2020. Kinder students were involved in a variety of activities throughout the day. We cannot wait for next year. Katie Maher | Teacher

02.01.2022 Margaret Merrylees Winner Congratulations to Rhys Burgess for winning the lower primary Carrathool Shire Council Margaret Merrylees Book Week Writing Award. Students were asked to write a short story based on the Book Week theme Curious Creatures, Wild Minds. Rhys’ winning entry was The Story Of Donka-Wink. Jane Murphy | Instructional Leader

02.01.2022 Always was, Always Will Be This week we celebrated NAIDOC week at our school. Students were involved in a variety of activities to celebrate Australia's Indigenous Heritage. Activities included writing a personalised Acknowledgement of Country, making a Rainbow Serpent and didgeridoos, painting gum leaves and Indigenous games. Some of our students were invited to help complete an awesome painting on one of the emus near the swinging bridge. Students were justifiably excited to be personally included in the painting design. Thank you to Maurice Goolagong for such a culturally enriching opportunity. Natalie Parr & Katie Maher | HCS Staff

01.01.2022 2020 Year 12 Graduates On Saturday our Year 12 students celebrated their graduation Covid-style with their family and teachers. Congratulations to our Year 12 students who should be so proud of all their achievements. We wish you all the best of luck for the future. | HCS Staff

01.01.2022 AMAZING Altina Yesterday, Year 1 visited Altina Wildlife Zoo. They were lucky enough to get up close and personal with all the animals, but in particular the giraffes and monkeys. They had an amazing day and the smiles on their faces speak more than words! Em Preston | Teacher

01.01.2022 2021 HCS Leaders Announced! Congratulations to Melanie Devine and Ukaipo Mann on being voted in as the HCS Captains for 2021. Well done to all of the candidates, it was a very difficult decision. The School Captains will be formally inducted into their role at a special assembly on the 13th of November. | HCS Staff

01.01.2022 Into the Wild This morning, Year 2 set off on an adventure to Altina Wildlife Park. We saw a range of animals, our favourites being meerkats, giraffes, red pandas and lions! We learnt lots of new facts about the animals, their country of origin and their food and habitat needs! It was amazing to see the animals we have been learning about in real life! Sharni Scott | Teacher

01.01.2022 Christmas Cheer Today, K-2 students were surprised by the sound of sirens and a ringing bell! We couldn’t believe our eyes... Santa had come to visit our K-2 students to spread some Christmas cheer. The students had lots of questions for Santa! | K-2 Teachers