7 December 2017

Newsletter Articles

Dates to Remember

Corrected Term Dates – 2018

From the Principal

Wow – what a busy time of the year! Many things are happening in the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye on the calendar and keep checking our Facebook page.

A reminder that our annual Athletics Carnival will be happening this Friday, 8th December. As always, families are most welcome to come along and cheer the teams on. The School Association Committee has recently purchased more gazebos, so there will be extra shade for competitors and spectators.

Our school will again be entering a float in the Devonport Christmas Parade. All Primary Choir members and 4/5K have been invited to participate on the float. The theme for our float this year is ‘Unwrapping the Magic of Christmas’. The parade will begin at 6.30pm this Friday, 8th December. Make sure you come along and cheer us on loudly, as we pass by!

Classes have been very busy preparing for our upcoming Celebration Concert – with a matinee and evening performance on Thursday, 14th December. It is sure to be exciting - don’t forget to get your tickets!

Teachers met last week to discuss classes for 2018. As always, teachers have been carefully placing students in classes considering student need, friendship groups, family requests and class numbers across the school. You will be notified of your child’s class for next year, when classes are finalised. We are still finalising staffing for 2018, so this will also be announced, when completed.

Jerome Pape - Principal

Hilly Kids Are Friendly Kids

Our HKFK focus for this week has been Rights. Our focus topics for the last two weeks will be Consequences and Celebrate.

Consequences

Whatever we choose to do, there will always be consequences. If you play outside in the rain, you will get wet, and your parents will probably not be happy. If you stay up late, the next morning you will not feel like getting up. Consequences are natural. The difficult part is trying to work out what the consequences are before you make your choices. It is a good idea to take a bit of time to THINK first! If you play football inside there is a good chance you’ll break something. That is not very smart. Better to play outside or in the park.

THINK about consequences before you act.

Celebrate

Congratulations to everyone on a great year and now it is time to celebrate and look forward to next year!

The last weeks of school presents us with many opportunities to celebrate. There will be class parties, excursions, fun, games and the final assembly. Join in all the celebrations and enjoy yourself. We have shared many good and a few difficult times over the year and it is now time to celebrate our achievements. Well done to all!

Our Hilly Kid of the Week for Fixing Things Up was Madison from 1-2B and for Setting Goals was Kiara from 4-5K. Congratulations, Madison and Kiara!

Well done to our other class representatives:

New Enrolment Requirements

Due to changes in the enrolment application process you must now supply the following when enrolling a student in a Tasmanian Government school for the first time:

Christmas Raffle – Tickets due back

Remember to sell your raffle tickets and return the books with the money in a sealed envelope to the school office by Friday, December 8th. The raffle will be drawn on Thursday, December 14th.

Good luck, everyone!

Lyn Aherne - Fundraising

2018 Calendar – Time is Running Out!

Have you ordered your calendar(s) yet? All families were sent home an order form for a 2018 calendar featuring your child’s artwork. They would make great Christmas gifts for family members! To order, please fill out the form and return it to the school office by Monday, December 11th.

Lyn Aherne - Fundraising

Hillcrest Athletics Carnival

Tomorrow, December 8th will be our school’s Athletics Carnival, weather permitting. Students will need to pack an extra drink and wear appropriate clothes for running. All parents and community members are welcome to attend to view the day’s running and novelty events. A program is attached below or is available from the school office.

Remember to wear your TEAM colours! Blue Gum – blue; Banksia – red and Wattle – green.

Students who apply zinc cream or coloured hairspray are asked to do so at home. Please do not bring any to school to re-apply during the day.

David Carter – PE Teacher

Athletics Carnival Sausage Sizzle

Remember that the Canteen will be open for parents to purchase tea and coffee during the day. There will be a sausage sizzle for lunch for those who have pre-ordered their sausages. There will be no other lunch orders on Athletics Carnival Day, but the canteen will be open for the purchase of snack items at recess and lunch.

Lyn Aherne - Canteen

School Banking

Thank you to all of our students who have participated in the CommBank School Banking program this year. A very big thankyou to Fiona and Megan, our school banking volunteers. Your help has been very much appreciated by everyone, especially the admin staff! Thanks for lightening our load!

Tuckerbox News

Friday December 15th is the last canteen day for the year. To celebrate, we will be selling Jolly Jelly & Very Merry Little Cakes for 60¢ each. These will be available at recess and after lunch. A big thankyou to everyone who volunteered their time to help out at the canteen and make our special events run smoothly. A huge thankyou to Theresa Johns for her hard work throughout the year.

Lyn Aherne – Canteen

Brekky Club – Last Day

Wednesday, December 20th, will be the last Brekky Club for the year. We will be having a special pancake breakfast. Come along and have a fun breakfast of 3 pancakes, juice or Milo and fresh fruit. There will be no cereal or toast offered and we will be starting at 8:15am. Everyone is welcome.

We would like to thank everyone who has volunteered their time and donated food for the Brekky Club. A big thankyou to the wonderful food donations from Second Bite via the Devonport Chaplaincy. A special thankyou to Mrs Hillier, Ms Johns and Mrs Jones for helping out.

Lyn Aherne – Coordinator

Walk-a-thon

Over $1300 was raised by our walk-a-thon. What a great effort! All students who raised money and returned their sponsorship forms went into a draw to win a prize pack. The Early Childhood winner was Maya from P-1P and the Primary winner was Kiara from 4-5K. Well done everyone!

Lyn Aherne – Fundraising

Hilly Kitchen Rules

Thank you to those families who came along to our Hilly’s Kitchen Rules! We had lots of fun!

A big thank you must go out to Mrs Archer and Miss Duff who came along and helped out on the night and everyone who pitched in to help set up. We made Chilli ‘Non’ Carne and soft shell tacos.

Another Hilly’s Kitchen Rules will definitely happen in 2018! So, if you missed out this time – keep an eye out for the next one….

Thank you again for your participation and, if you have any feedback, it is most appreciated.

Ann-Maree Mulcaster

P-1 Parker

In Prep/1 Parker we have been busy learning about how to write a procedure. We have made fairy bread, decorated a biscuit and made aeroplanes. After this, we had to write the steps we took to make them. We all enjoyed eating our fairy bread and biscuits, they were yummy!

We have also been learning about Graphing during Mathematics. We have been learning about picture graphs and learning how to interpret the information. As a class we wanted to find out the most popular animal in the class. After we graphed the information we found out that cats were the most popular animal in our class.

5-6 Hortle

Grade 6 Transition to Reece High

Today (29/11) the Grade 6s went to Reece. While we were at Reece we did MDT and cooking. In MDT we made a puzzle, which I really enjoyed making because it was challenging and interesting. In the puzzle you had to put the washers on the same rope which completely sounds easy, but it really is hard! In the end I got the rope all tied up in a knot, but when I took out the knot, the 2 washers were together! I really enjoyed cooking and MDT, it was a blast! – Monique

On Wednesday 29/11/2017 and it was also the most amazing transition to Reece High School I have EVER had. I did some woodwork and made a puzzle, which is EXTREMELY hard, then after that we did some cooking. My friends and I made some savoury toast, then we got to eat it and we also had a milkshake. I had a strawberry milkshake and it was delicious. I also had a lot of fun there and I hope I go there for high school. – Clayton

Cake Stall

Last week the Grade 5/6 students held a Cake Stall to raise money for the Grade 6 Celebration Tops we have been wearing. The amount of people who helped by baking cakes, selling them and coming along to purchase some delicious treats was simply amazing. At the end of the day we counted our profits, and found out that we had succeeded in passing our goal of raising $350. Thank you to everyone who helped us have a successful day. Here are a couple of letters written by the students to people who made a big contribution.

Dear Everyone,

Thank you Blair for helping in the cake stall and for handling the money. You have given your own time and effort to help us all raise money for the grade 6 leavers’ top. That is something you have achieved with your own time to help.

And I better not forget everyone else for helping in the cake stall for what they have done, like serving people treats that they would like. You have also contributed to helping raise money.

Thank you for helping. From Callum

Dear Customers and Helpers,

Thank you so much to everyone that contributed or bought a treat from our cake stall. It meant so much for our Grade 6’s. That money goes to our celebration/leavers tops. We had so much fun baking and selling the cakes and we hope you guys liked every delight we made.

Thank you to Mr Hortle and Mr Fenn for the amazing idea that you had thought of years ago, but today, it still brings a lot of people to the Cake Stall. We couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help, especially Mr Hortle . He let us use his room and most of his family baked some treats.

Thank you again. We hope you had a delicious time.

From Imogen in 5/6H

Move Well Eat Well

Fun family activity ideas:

• Instead of heading straight home, go by the park after school so kids aren’t tempted by the TV. Remember to take some healthy snacks & lots of water!
• Swimming is a great family activity. Head to the pool or, if you’re lucky, the beach. It’s also suitable for the whole family & a really important skill for the kids to have.
• Get the whole family washing the car. It’s a good way to burn off some energy!
• Get crafty! Make a kite together & then get outside to test fly it.

MWEW Team

Tuckerbox Tips

Consider the following snack ideas for your child’s end of year/Christmas school party:

• Fruit kebabs using green and red fruits (kiwi, green apples, grapes, strawberries, watermelon)
• Vegie kebabs using green and red veggies (cherry tomatoes, snow peas, cucumber, radishes)
• Yoghurt cups topped with berries
• Mini pizza muffins (on English muffins) with green and red vegies and a sprinkle of cheese
• Dips, biscuits and sliced vegie platter – arrange these to make a snowman, Christmas tree or reindeer face!

Lyn Aherne - Canteen

East Devonport Community House

Family Movie Night

Rubik’s Cube Competition

Boxworld

Riverbend Camps

Registration forms are available in the school office.