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Term 1 Volume 4 27 March 2015 The Hillcrest View Wargado - To Strive
Literacy update
This year we are implementing a program at called Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar across the school. This program is designed to teach students phonics, grammatical and spelling skills that will assist them with development of English. It allows us to provide continuity between year levels and moderation between classes. Students are taught sounds, blends, diagraphs, tricky words, spelling rules, punctuation, tenses, dictionary use and part of speech. We are collaborating with the International Centre for Excellence to create a program that meets the needs of all students at Hillcrest PS. If you would like further information regarding this program, speak to your child’s teacher or come and see me. Thanks, Liz Ford, Literacy Coordinator
Dear Parents and Caregivers, Our lovely, happy, smiling and always helpful school officer Mrs Patty O’Connor, is retiring this week! Patty has worked for our school community over the past sixteen years and has affected the lives of many children and parents over this time. Her supportive and nurturing way in which she always goes the extra mile for everyone, as well as her ability to give and receive with a smile, creates happy moments for everyone to share. Patty will be sadly missed by our entire school community and especially the staff who have had the pleasure of working with her. We wish Patty good health and happiness as she moves onto the next
phase of her life with her family away from the Hillcrest community. (A personal note from Mrs O’Connor: “This is my last newsletter, I would sincerely like to thank the school community of Hillcrest for making my working days so enjoyable. Thank you! I will miss you all.”
2 Bayview Street, Bayswater 6053 Website: www.hillcrestps.wa.edu.au Email: [email protected]
Ph 9370 2330 Fax 9370 5259 EC 1,2,3 : 9271 5694 EC 4&5 : 9371 1438 Dental 9271 7184 Canteen 9271 8612
Wishing you a Happy Easter and
Safe Holidays
Term 2 starts
Tuesday 21 April 2015
Room 11 had a great time painting the backdrop for the Harmony Day/Japan assembly. Painting on such
a large scale was a challenge for little hands but we had lots of fun and discovered that when we work as a team we can produce a fantastic result! Room 11 kids are all Hillcrest S.T.A.R.R’s
Help Us Fight Waste ~ A Waste Audit for Hillcrest Thursday 19 March 2015 at 12.15pm , Patrick Hamill from the ‘Waste Wise Program’, came to our school to complete a difficult mission. He conducted a ‘Waste Audit’ of Hillcrest Primary School’s amount of waste from the green rubbish bins. Due to time constraints we only used half of the number of bins. First of all he set the equipment up in the undercover area. A very large plastic sheet, a number of plastic sorting bins, tubs of hot soapy water and thankfully, thick rubber gloves for each student! He then emptied out the rubbish from the 4 bins onto the plastic sheet! YUK! It was our turn. We had to sort the rubbish into different types of waste, such as commercial wrappers, plastic wrappers, plastic containers, food scraps, and untouched food. Then each group was counted, weighed and recorded. We soon realized that Hillcrest Primary School does need to seriously think about how we can reduce our waste. We found 8 beautiful whole pieces of fresh fruit in the rubbish, lots of excess packaging and many uneaten or half eaten sandwiches. Patrick said the amount of bread wasted in those sandwiches was equivalent to 4 loaves of bread! In shock, we all began to think about all the children around the world who don’t ever have the chance to eat a sandwich. It was an amazing experience and certainly encouraged us to be a little more honest and discuss our lunches with our parents. It has also encouraged us to move into Stage 2 of fighting waste, ‘How can we Reduce and use our waste in more meaningful ways?’ Composting some of our waste? Worm farms to break down the waste or even chickens? What do you think? Let us know. Mrs Langley & Students Room 6
CHESS CLUB Term 2 Hillcrest PS New members welcome. The chess club meets Thursdays after school 3pm till 4pm in the music room. NAME ________________________ YR _________ SIGNED ………………...……..……….. Please put the form and payment $80 ($70 each if more than 1 child, cheques made payable to Jack South) in marked envelope. Payment on the first club day please. Thankyou for your on going support. Jack South, Chess For Life Ph 9271 1006.
Helping Hands - Outside School Hours Care
Helping Hands OSHC will start at Hillcrest Primary School on Monday 20 April 2015 (pupil free day).
Enrolment packs and information is available from school administration or phone 1300 612 462 for more information
P&C Fundraiser - Easter Raffle The Easter Raffle is now selling with tickets only $1 each. Thank you to everyone who has already
bought and sold tickets and please continue to sell tickets as all money raised is for the school.
The Easter raffle will be drawn on Thursday 2 April 2015.
Canteen Roster: Term 1 Week 9, Term 2 Week 1
DON’T FORGET MORNING TEA MADNESS Tuesday 31 March
only $1.00 HOT CROSS BUNS
Please pay at the canteen
Merit Award Winners - Term 1 27 March, 2015
R6 Dylan Wilson R7 Evan Rickman Art Room 10 R8 Ruhan French Art Hewan Massaboi R8 Mirko Petrusich Art Rosa Deakin Thomas R10 Stephan McDaid R11 Catherine Anderson R12 Daniel Nguyen R16 Krish Patel R17 Keelia Burton R18 Tirza Köhler R19 Rosie Streeton R20 Hayley Carson Music Anahera Seymour Music Brian Lim
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Mon 30 March Kristie Butters Sharon Poh
Wed 1 April
Help Needed
Thurs 2 April
End of term
Term 2 Mon 27 April
PUPIL FREE DAY
Wed 29 April
Kristie Butters
Fri 1 May
Rachel Roberts
Wednesday 1 April
Fine Pupil Assembly
Thursday 2 April
Y6 Cake Stall Yummy Cakes!
Fundraising for Camp
Free Dress Day (Gold coin donation pls)
TERM 2
Friday 1 May NEW OPENING
TIMES
Uniform Shop Open
2.00pm – 3.00pm
PBS FOCUS FOR FORTNIGHT:
Walk inside, on the verandas, through
breezeways and around corners.
It has been great to see you all trying to make sure
you follow this rule. We are thinking of the SAFETY
of everyone, including yourself and others.
The Hillcrest Newsletter is online
To continue to receive your Hillcrest View newsletter by email, please register your details on our website www.hillcrestps.wa.edu.au or complete the form below and drop in to the payment box in administration. Name: ____________________________ Email address: _____________________________________
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - Term 2 2015
Registration forms and more information for all the before and after school activities are available from Administration or contact them directly to enquire about Term 2!
Total Football Academy Monday afternoon Alec 0410 899 819 www.totalfootballacademy.com.au 3.20 - 4.20pm Enquire now for Term 2 Family Fitness Monday afternoon Cecelia 0433 262 772 Fitness fun for the family 3.15 - 4.30pm Enquire now for Term 2 [email protected] Grasshopper Soccer Tuesday afternoon Ryan 0451 172 877 www.grasshoppersoccer.com.au 4pm Enquire now for Term 2 Music Rocks Tuesday afternoon Dean 9275 2111 [email protected] 3 - 5pm Tennis Thursday afternoon Darryn 0439 960 629 [email protected] Starts 28 April 3.30 - 4.30pm (T2) $15 per session or 8 weeks in Term 2 $100 School Netball Wed & Thursday Teams play Saturday morning at Noranda 3 - 4.15pm Jo Cottrell 0403 688 177
Chess Club Thursday afternoon New members welcome from Y2—Y6 3 - 4pm Try first day for free Jack South 9271 1006 Art n Ani Friday afternoon All art supplies provided Y1—Y6 3 - 4.30pm Michael 0429 131 979 [email protected]
SPORTING SCHOOLS Sporting Schools is the opportunity for Hillcrest PS to offer after school sports for children at no cost.
We are seeking coaches with some accreditation to run the program for 1 or 2 hours per week.
Coaches in the Sporting Schools program are paid.
If anyone is interested in coaching please contact Megan 9370 2330 or [email protected].
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Autumn River Festival—Sunday 29 March 2015 at Riverside Gardens
Hillcrest P&C will be fundraising with Hot Roast Rolls—heaps of fun and activities for the family
Morley Baptist Church Fete—Saturday 28 March 8am-2pm 33 Hanwell Way, Bassendean
Bouncy castles, amusement rides, games, entertainment, food, drinks and heaps of fun!
FREE Junior Floorball Clinic at The Rise—Free Session Friday 27 March 3.50-4.40pm All equipment provided
Club GB—Outside School Hours Care At Club GB Bayswater we provide before school, after school and vacation care in a fun and
stimulating environment at Hillcrest Primary School. We provide education and care for
primary school aged children from pre-primary age. Our qualified and caring educators are
experienced in working with children to develop their own healthy self image
and thrive to maintain a high quality of care at all times.
Our service has convenient opening and closing times of 6.30am to 6.30pm, to help busy working
families to not have to rush to pick up their children.
For more information please contact Kerri 0419 907 565 [email protected]
GuitarWorks is holding “Free School Holiday Guitar Workshops” for anyone interested in learning guitar. These 1½ hour demonstrations cover all aspects of guitar playing and styles. Bookings essential, for more info contact Stefan Cutri [email protected] Mob: 041 444 8907
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