Outstanding Student Achievements

HCS primary students follow in the

successful footsteps of our secondary

students with a great performance in the

pool at Zone PSSA Swimming Carnival. 15 of

our students represented our school

admirably.

Congratulations to Ebony Taylor, Jessie

MacDonald, George McKenzie and Tyson

Hutchison–Spence who will go on to swim at

the Riverina carnival on the 11th of March.

Thank you to Mrs Burgess for her

organisation and to our parents Claudia

Taylor, Kylie McKenzie and Jodi Cheatley for

their help on the day.

Yesterday, HCS secondary students

performed outstandingly in the pool at the

Riverina Swimming Carnival. The whole

team is to be congratulated on their

performances, with PB’s all round.

Congratulations to our 17+ relay team

Charlotte, Markaya, Chantal and Jordan and

our Central Schools Relay Team Charlotte,

Lachlan, Cody and Markaya who both placed

second and are off to Sydney. And a huge

congratulations to Charlotte who has

qualified for Sydney in 4 individual events.

Thank you to Mrs Bartholomew for her

organisation to provide this opportunity for

our students.

Last Friday our whole school got into

‘cleaning mode’ and participated in Clean

Up Australia Day. It was wonderful to see

Hillston Central School

Upcoming Events

Big Veg Crunch 10am

Thurs March 5

Secondary Immunisations Yr 7 & 10

Thurs March 5

P & C AGM 7pm Staff Common Room

Tuesday March 10th

Primary Riverina Swimming Albury

Wed 11th March

Big Day In Careers Expo. Wagga Wagga

Yrs 9-12 Wed 11th March

Riverina Wether Challenge

Jerilderie—Ag Class Thurs 12th March

Primary Parents Assembly

1.45pm Fri 13th March

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Term 1 Week 6

our students taking pride not only in our

school but our community. Well done

everyone and thank you to Mr Newton for

the organisation of the event.

Don’t forget school photos tomorrow – full

school summer uniform.

Looking forward to seeing lots of our parents

at the P&C AGM, Tuesday 10th March 7pm in

the staff common room.

Ms Ryan

Principal

School Photos Tomorrow,

Full School Uniform to be Worn

Primary Parents’ Assembly Term 1

Please join us for our first Primary Parents’ Assembly of the year. Come along and support your child’s achievements and enjoy a presentation of students' work and a whole primary singalong. Friday 13th March at 1:45pm in the Library Annexe.

SCHOOL NEWS

P & C Annual General Meeting

Next week, the P and C will be holding its AGM. This is a great opportunity to come along and get involved in this valuable

association.

Why? What’s so valuable about the P and C?

“The objectives of a school P and C are to; promote the interests of the school by bringing parents, citizens, pupils and teaching

staff into close co-operation; assist in providing equipment required by the school; report to the Minister the material

requirements of the school; assist the teaching staff in establishment of school policy and management in all facets of school

activity.” That’s a quote from the P and C Federation website but from a personal perspective, during my involvement with the

HCS P and C, your local P and C has done all of this and more.

It’s a great way to participate actively in your child’s education and to show your children that you are interested and making a

contribution to their school. It is also an important way to gain insight into how the school operates as our principal always

gives us a comprehensive report at the monthly meetings.

Apart from the input and contribution to the local school, the P and C is also an important community organisation, which are

so vital in places like Hillston, helping to act as glue that keeps the community together. Our role in catering for funerals is a key

example of this.

So next week March 10th at 7 pm, come along and get involved.

Kent Burgess

P & C Secretary

SCHOOL NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS

Griffith Zone PSSA Swimming Carnival

On Thursday the 27th of February, I accompanied 15 enthusiastic HCS primary students to Griffith Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre, to compete in the Zone Swimming Carnival.

We had students ranging from first timers right through to seasoned competitors who had attended for many years. The students represented our school to a high standard in both their swimming and their behaviour. It was awesome to witness the team spirit.

We arrived earlier to take advantage of a warm up in the pool and to settle some nerves before the events started.

In the 50 m Freestyle 8 years age race Ebony Taylor placed first with a time of 42.57sec narrowly missing out on breaking the zone record from 1974 of 41.90sec.

Lillian Aylett who was also a first-time competitor placed 4th in her age race. George McKenzie placed 3rd in the 9 years age race and Jessie Macdonald 3rd in the 10 years. Tyson Hutchison-Spence glided in finishing with 1st in breastroke as our HCS team roared with excitement on the side of the pool.

The junior boys relay team put in a huge effort in the pool. They were travelling in second place for most of the distance with Griffith North just touching the wall before the boys placing them in third place. Well done Jessie Macdonald, Baxter Taylor, Hamish Bourke and George McKenzie on making an awesome team in the pool.

All competitors gave it their best and did Hillston Central School proud on the day.

Congratulations to Ebony Taylor, Jessie MacDonald, George McKenzie and Tyson Hutchison-Spence for securing a place at the Riverina carnival to be held in Albury on the 11th of March.

A big thank you to Claudia Taylor and Kylie McKenzie for putting their hand up to time keep before the big day and Jodi Cheatley for relieving on the day. Without parent helpers these big events would be hard to run. It was also lovely to see so many family members who travelled to support us on the day making our voices heard across the pool.

We wish our four primary competitors all the best next week at the Riverina Carnival.

Nicole Burgess

Primary Sports Coordinator

Zone Swimming Team: Harrison, Brendan, Lily, Aynslee,

Breanna, Maddison, George, Baxter, Hamish, Jessie, Lillian,

Rhys, Ebony (absent Tyson, Ethan)

SCHOOL NEWS Skills of RAP on Show – RAP Cricket

Three Hillston Central School students were selected to play

for the RAP Open boy’s cricket team. These students were

Jordan Tuohy, Kayden Dauth and Manan Dave. These

students travelled to Narrandera last Wednesday to

participate in a gala day. The team’s first match was against

Yanco Agriculture High School. The team took some time to

gel together and begin to communicate and understand

each other’s strengths and attributes.

Yanco batted first and showed some strong batting with an

exceptional innings from one student taking them to a

formidable total. Kayden Dauth bowled well and troubled

the batsmen from his first delivery.

The RAP team did not let this total phase them as they took

to the run chase with positivity and enthusiasm. The team

started well with the openers setting solid platform.

However, the team suffered from little luck in the middle

order and were dealt some unlucky dismissals. Manan Dave

was a shining light during the innings with a strong stint at

the crease. Manan showed exquisite technique and timing

during his innings. Due to the slow outfield, the team

struggled to chase the total set by Yanco. Yanco were

victorious in game one.

In the second, and final game of the day the RAP team faced

the home side of Narrandera High School. The RAP team did

not let the home ground advantage of the opposition worry

them. With RAP winning the toss and electing to bowl, the

team began with great communication and enthusiasm.

They had built a strong rapport during the first game and

already had a strong bond as a team. The team bowled and

fielded very well. Jordan Tuohy bowled exceptionally well

and was rewarded with a wicket. Jordan deceived the

batsmen on multiple occasions. Manan Dave was also a

stand out with the ball, bowling a consistent line and length

where he managed to grab two wickets.

RAP managed to hold Narrandera to a modest total of 106

from their 20 overs. The team believed that this was a very

achievable total and again started in a positive fashion.

Kayden Dauth showed some exceptional hitting power and

shot making. He was able to rotate the strike as well as find

the boundary.

The RAP side showed some strong patches during the

innings, however fell 20 runs short of the total in the end.

The team enjoyed the day and should be commended on

their efforts and sportsmanship on the day. The future of

RAP cricket is looking very strong with a majority of the team

in junior years!

Jordan Dennis – RAP Cricket Coach

Canteen Special

Thursday 12th March

Fried Rice $5

Orders Must be in by Tuesday 10th

March

SCHOOL NEWS

What is The Big Vegie Crunch?

Did you know that only around 6% of Australian children eat enough vegetables? To help our community do better, our primary school will be taking part in The Big Vegie Crunch (part of Vegetable Week) at 10am on Thursday 5th March

Primary schools across NSW will be joining together to break the record for the most students crunching vegetables:

50,260 students crunching simultaneously (2018 record)

14,991 students crunching at other times over Vegetable Week (2019 record)

What can you do to help?

Pack a container of vegetables (not fruit this time) for your child to eat on Thursday 5th March

Remember to keep serving up the vegetables at home and in your children’s lunchboxes!

If you require more information on what activities our school is doing over Vegetable Week, please contact the school or your child’s teacher.

J Murphy : Vegetable Week School Coordinator

Riverina Secondary Swimming Carnival 2020

Congratulations to the HCS Riverina Swimming team

(Charlotte Bartholomew, Jordan Bartholomew, Tanieta

Maoate, Nelson Touhy, Wade MacDonald, Markaya Dalton,

Lachlan Keefe, Amelia Hutchison-Spence, Chantal Touhy,

Ukaipo Mann, Zahli Auld, Cody Headrick and Emily Tallon)

who swum in Leeton on Monday. All students performed

well in the pool with several students qualifying for the CHS

State Swimming Carnival in Sydney.

At the Zone carnival Hillston qualified 4 relay teams for

Riverina, of these team two of them were successful

qualifying for state. Congratulations to our 17 Years Girls 4 x

50m – Charlotte, Jordan, Markaya and Chantal who placed

second yesterday defeating MRHS who had pipped us out of

first at the zone carnival. Congratulations also to our Mixed

Central School relay 4 x 50m- Lachlan, Markaya, Cody and

Charlotte who also came in a close second to Coolamon C.S

smashing their time by 20 secs.

In the other relay events the Girls All Age 6 x 50m free team

(Emily, Zahli, Jordan, Markaya, Ukaipo and Charlotte) placed

3rd overall (taking 7 secs off their Zone time) and the 4 x

50m Medley Relay team (Chantal, Jordan, Markaya and

Charlotte) just missed out on state placing third and

swimming 3 secs faster than their previous times. What an

amazing effort by all of our relay teams- Go HCS!!!!

In the individual events our students also performed well

with many students smashing their times. Congratulations

to Charlotte who has qualified for CHS State in 3 individual

events placing third in the 50m Free, 100m Free and the

100m Fly- a massive effort!

Congratulations also to the following students on their

individual results:

Emily Tallon was impressive on the day with a full program.

She participated in the 200m free, 100 breast, 100m Back

events plus the relay and she improved on her personal best

times in everything.

Wade Macdonald competed in the 50m Free, Nelson Touhy

100m Breast, Markaya Dalton 100m Breast, Chantal Touhy

100m Breast and Jordan Bartholomew 100m Breast, 50m

Free, 100m Free, 100m Back and Amelia Hutchison-Spence

100m Breast, unfortunately these students did not place in

the top three competitors in their individual event but they

performed very well in their own right.

This was a fantastic effort on behalf of all students. A big

thank you to our cheer squad who travelled to support our

swimmers and Congratulations and good luck to our 6

swimmers who will be heading off to Sydney to race at the

CHS State Swimming Carnival on the 1st-3rd of April. Well

done Hillston Central School!!

Mrs Bartholomew I Secondary Sports Co-ordinator HCS

Riverina Swimming Team

FACEBOOK FEED

Drama Reborn

After quite a few years in the wilderness, secondary Drama classes have reappeared. Our students have been learning improvisation skills this semester with a long term goal of entering some teams in the Weeping Candle competition for Theatresports in Albury later this year.

The abilities these students develop will hopefully also give them the confidence to audition in this year’s production of The Lion King.

Two of the students are working at Preliminary level with the intention of attempting the HSC in Drama beginning in Term 4.

Jim Laurich | Drama Teacher

Paddling up a Storm

The 9/10 PASS class enjoyed a paddle on the Lachlan River as a part of their Aquatics unit. Students enjoyed the challenge of paddling and working as a team.

Mrs Bartholomew l PDHPE

Clean Up Australia Day

On Friday, HCS participated in Clean Up Australia Day, working hard to pick up rubbish around the school and in the community. We also collected dozens of recyclable cans and bottles which will go to the school's Return and Earn donation boxes. We are proud to be involved in keeping our town clean!

Gregor Newton | Clean Up Australia Day Coordinator

Kicking Goals

Five HCS primary boys attended the AFL trials in Narrandera to try out for the Leeton-Narrandera-Griffith trials for Western Riverina. Our boys displayed great sportsmanship and played extremely well amongst some tough competition. Great effort boys!

Nicole Burgess | Primary Sports Coordinator

PRIMARY AWARDS

Student Of The Week: Veer, Lily, Levi-Jax, Memphis, Braxdon

Silver Awards: Ethan, Adele, Noah Inspirational Award: Hayley, Robyn

Sportsmanship Awards: Lane, Xavier, Ruby, Levi-Jax, Maxine,

Daniel, Elroy, Chloe, Claire

Best Buddy: Anayah

COMMUNITY NEWS

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