Issue 8, 3rd June 2022
From the Principal
Yura families
Week 7 has been another busy week at Hilliard State School with many events taking place. I would like to share them with you today:
Under 8s' Day: A big thank you to the organising team (staff and P&C) for an amazing celebration of learning in the early years of a child's life. We know how important this time of their lives is and to see all of the happiness and age appropriate activites was delightful, to say the least.
Senior Band: On Tuesday, the Senior Band competed in the local Fanfare heat for 2022 at Cleveland District High School. Fanfare is the biennial festival for ensembles in Queensland state schools to celebrate musical excellence through performance. The Senior Band have been rehearsing every week with Miss Fung to prepare for the competition. For most band members, it was their first time performing to an outside audience. They performed three pieces and received a Silver Medal! Congratulations!
Rugby League U9s: Congratulations to our Rugby League 9’s team for their win for the first round of the competition. We are looking forward to hearing of their further achievements.
Miss Webb: We farewelled our Indigenous Teacher Aide for three month leave this week. Miss Webb had an opportunity to support her community in a different capacity and took the chance. We are proud of her and her achievements, but have also let her know that we expect to see her back after the 3 months. We are currently looking at finding a replacement.
Sports Days: Our Sports Days are coming up quickly during Week 9. Junior Sports Day is Thursday - 9am - 1pm and Senior Sports Day is Friday - 9am - 3pm. Further details will be shared including details around the famous cup cake sale organsied by the P&C. Unfortunately the Field events that were orginally scheduled for the Wednesday have been cancelled. Students wishing to try out for districts can see Mrs Mills.
Dance News: Our dance students (and parents) spent last Friday night preparing for their practice competition. From all reports, it was a successful night and we are looking forwad to seeing them perform in the near future.
Australian National Simultaneous Storytime: Last week our Prep to Year 3 students joined together with thousands of other students across Australia for National Simultaneous Storytime! Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country. Now in its 22nd successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children's book. Make sure you ask your children which book we read!
Once again, thank you for all of your support. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please just ask.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Leanne Witham
Mrs Young with the book "Family Tree" and Ms Hulett's AMAZING artwork - celebrating National Simultaneous Storytime 2022. Family Tree, by Josh Pike, illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.
News just in...
Today we had a number of students participating in the Osprey Cup at Wellington Point State High School.
We had three teams participating in the competition - Senior Girls, Senior Boys and Junior Boys. We are delighted to announce that Hilliard State School placed FIRST in each of these divisions, not only that, but our players were selected as "best and fairest" in these catergories also!
Congratualtions to:
Senior Girls - Cearne S
Senior Boys - Blake P
Junior Boys - Tyler R
Huge congratulations to everyone involved! And big thanks to Mrs Mills and Mr Craig for helping our teams!
Term 2 Event Calendar
From Your Friendly Office Staff
Happy Friday Everyone! Well it has been another fun-filled week at Hilliard State School. It was great to see so many members of our community turn up for our Under 8's day today!
We have quite a few excursions and class trips planned in the coming few weeks. Below is a reminder of the payment due dates:
- Monday 13th June - Prep "Barnyard Babies" Incursion - NO COST
- Tuesday 14th June - Year 4 "First Contact" excursion - Payments Due By 7th June
- Friday 29th July - Year 2 "Old Beenleigh Town" excursion - Payments Due By 21st July
- Overdue Invoices:
- Student Resource Scheme - Due 1st April
- Hilliard Dance A&D - Due 28th April
- Recreational Hip Hop - Due 19th May
- Year 6 senior shirts - Due 31st March
Statements were issued last month for outstanding accounts - prompt payment of these is greatly appreciated.
As always, if you need to contact us, please do not hesitate to come in and see us, phone us on 3820 1666 or email - admin@hilliardss.eq.edu.au
Have a great weekend,
Keryn, Lisa and Katy
Sport
Senior Band
On Tuesday, the Senior Band competed in the local Fanfare heat for 2022 at Cleveland. Fanfare is the biennial festival for ensembles in Queensland State Schools to celebrate musical excellence through performance. The Senior Band have been rehearsing every week with Miss Fung to prepare for the competition. For most band members, it was their first time performing to an outside audience. They performed three pieces and received a silver award!
Congratulations!
P and C
UNIFORM SHOP NEWS
OPENING HOURS:
THURSDAY 8:00 - 9:30AM
The Uniform Shop is available for ordering through the QKR app! Just log on as normal and select Uniform Shop. The order will be delivered to the students classroom. Whilst you can place your Uniform Orders any time of day, any day of the week, currently deliveries directly to the students classrooms will take place on Thursdays when the Uniform Shop is open.
Please note that whilst we do our best to have all stock on hand at all times, sometimes due to circumstances beyond our control, some items/sizes may be unavailable. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Looking to buy or sell second hand uniforms? You can now join the FACEBOOK group:
“Hilliard SS 2nd Hand Uniform Sale”
All enquiries please email hilliarduniformshop@gmail.com
Thankyou - Courtney
Uniform Shop Convenor