21 December 2017

Newsletter Articles

Dates to Remember

Term Dates – 2018

From the Principal

It has been a very busy year - I cannot believe another year has passed us by! As always, we have had a very hectic couple of weeks and I am sure everyone is looking forward to the holiday season.

We will have a few staff changes going into 2018.

Naomi Archer will be continuing in the role of Raising the Bar Coach – Literacy for the year, as well as undertaking her AST duties. Ann-Maree Mulcaster will be filling in for Naomi as AST during the first half of 2018.

Matt Hortle will be teaching part-time in 2018, to enable him to help care for his young family. Staffing to be advised.

Karen Thompson will be returning to work after a period of illness. She will be team teaching with Vina Bonner on the 3/4 class.

Anna Easther is transferring to Latrobe Primary School from the start of the 2018 school year. Anna has worked at Hillcrest for the last 7 years, in a variety of roles. I wish Anna all the best for the move to her new school and thank her for her service to our community. Good luck, Anna!

Linda Ellis has decided to retire at the end of this year. Linda has worked at Hillcrest for the last 23 years and has made an incredible contribution to the community during this time. Linda has worked with most students at the school and has been a positive influence for students, families and staff. I wish Linda all the best in her retirement – you will be missed, Linda!

Staffing for term 1, 2018

Launching into Learning – Nina Eberhardt
Kindergarten – Carol Miller
Prep/1 – Kimberley Parker
Prep/1 –Jaime-Lea Duff
1/2 – Jess Bellchambers
2/3 – Janmaree Peace
3/4 – Vina Bonner and Karen Thompson
4/5- Gaye Kelly
5/6 – Matt Hortle and TBA
5/6 – Steve Fenn
AST and Support Teacher – Prue Bezemer
AST and Raising the Bar Coach – Literacy – Naomi Archer
AST, Support Teacher and Flying Start - Ann-Maree Mulcaster
LIFT coordinator – Nina Eberhardt
Performing Arts – Emily Devlin
HPE – David Carter
Japanese – Rosie Baker
Principal – Jerome Pape

As this is the last newsletter for the year, I wish to take this opportunity to sincerely thank the Hillcrest community for your ongoing support of our school. It has been a great year and many things have been achieved. I wish everyone a well-deserved break over Christmas and hope you have an opportunity to spend time with family and friends. Have a safe break and I look forward to catching up with you in the new year.

Jerome Pape - Principal

Hilly Kids Are Friendly Kids

We have had a great year and now it is time to celebrate and look forward to next year. There have been a lot of chances to celebrate in the last week of school and we hope everyone has enjoyed themselves! Well done to all!

Our Hilly Kid of the Week for Rights was Andrew from 5-6F and for Consequences was Trinity, also from 5-6F. Our Aussie of the Month for November was Patrick from P-1BE Congratulations, Andrew, Trinity and Patrick!

Well done to our other class representatives:

Hillcrest Athletics Carnival

Many thanks to parents, staff and the Reece High School Leadership Group who assisted in making our Carnival a great success! At the end of the day Wattle collected 1136 points, Banksia 1126 points and Blue Gum 1026 points. Congratulations to Wattle for winning this year’s Athletics Carnival!

David Carter – PE Teacher

Reminders

The school office will close at 4pm on Friday, December 22nd and re-open on Tuesday, January 23rd. Please do not come in to collect books or buy uniforms, etc until January 30/31. Book collection/levy payments and uniform sales will take place January 31th & 31st strictly from 9am -2pm in the school office. Please remember to bring your green levy sheet, which was in your child’s report, with you on the day. Allow enough time to check and update your validation forms which will be handed out on the day. You can pay your levies and uniform by cash, cheque or eftpos.

If you have any second hand uniform items in good shape that you won’t be needing, please consider either donating it to the school or bringing it in for us to sell on your behalf. We always have families looking for second hand uniforms!

There are a number of items in our lost and found basket in the office foyer. At the end of the year any school uniform left in the basket will be washed and put into our secondhand uniform cupboard for sale. Any other items will be donated to an op shop if not claimed by 4pm this Friday.

Enjoy your holidays and see you in 2018!

Anna Lizotte & Catherine Roell – Admin Staff

Christmas Raffle Winners

Thank you to all the families that participated in our raffle and the wonderful supporters who donated the prizes. What a fantastic effort! Congratulations to the lucky winners:

1st: L Campbell
2nd: T Hays
3rd: H Buissink
4th: T Harrison
5th: B Pointon

Lyn Aherne – Fundraising

Certificates of Appreciation 2017

The following students have been reliable helpers in our school for the 2017 school year and have received Certificates of Appreciation:

Outstanding Achievement Class Awards

Grade 6 Major Awards

These awards are a recognition of excellence for the 2017 year; however, through their primary years, these students have consistently displayed persistence, hard work, respect, responsibility, and resilience. It is because of these attributes that they have received the highest accolades in our school.

• Exemplary Academic Achievement Award: Monique
• Principal’s Award for Contribution to the School: Seche
• The Minister’s Respectful Student Award: Bridie
• English Achievement Award: Chloe P
• Mathematics Achievement Award: Toby
• Arts Achievement Award: Imogen
• Sports Awards: Trinity & Jye
• Community Leadership Award: Zoe L
• Improvement Award: Hayley
• Personal Growth Award: Zakaree

Student Council 2018

Students, from grades 3-6, and staff recently participated in the election of the 2018 HPS Student Council. Each student participated in a process involving nominations and speeches to their peers. I congratulate, on behalf of the school community, the following students who make up the 2018 HPS Student Council: Breanna, Lily, Spencer, Matilda, Elliott, Jack, Sarita, Tahlia, Gemma, Jonty, Aisha and Aneeka.

Well done!

Prue Bezemer - Coordinator

Sports Leaders 2018

Congratulations to the Hillcrest Sports Leaders for 2018 who, I am sure, will do a fantastic job next year leading us all through the Daily PE programs: Chelsea, Hannah, Autumn, Lily, Elliott, Sarita, Amber, Tahlia, Jasmine, Jye, Jonty, Harry, Noah, Lukas, Kya, Aneeka and Chaz.

David Carter - PE

Kinder

Prep – 1 Berwick/Eberhardt

P/1BE did a wonderful job performing ‘Santa Koala’ at the Celebration Concert last week!

Bike Riding Group

Hurricanes Holiday Camp

Dental Services