Issue 3, 1st March 2024
From The Principal
Please see another wonderful Weekly Update produced by our Yr 6 leaders. We have had a great week ending with our Yr 4, 5 & 6s listening to an inspiring speech by an Olympian.
Have a great weekend.
From the Senior Leadership Team
School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI)
To be eligible, a family must:
- Have a child living at home that is enrolled in an Australian school.
- Have no active broadband service over the NBN network.
- Live in a premise where they can access a standard NBN service.
- Not have had an active NBN service during the previous 14 days.
Families can directly contact the National Referral Centre to have their eligibility assessed or be referred by a participating nominating organisation.
Free broadband will last until Dec 2025.
Thank you!
Last week we had a surprise delivery of a brand new gazebo for the school! A family who wishes to remain anonymous noticed that we needed a new gazebo for sporting events. Whilst, we can’t name this family, we want them to know how wonderful this gift is. It is huge and will provide so much shade for students, staff and families at sporting events. We have such an amazing community!
New Gazebo
Expectation of the Week
The expectation of the week for weeks 7&8 is walking around the school and being in the correct area!
From the Office
Picking up Students Early
Just a reminder that parents / caregivers must come to the office and sign students out with the office ladies before removing them from their classroom / the school grounds. The early leaving slip should be given to the classroom teacher where possible.
Thank you!
Year One Excursion - Indigiscapes
Payments and permissions for the Year 1 Excursion are due on Tuesday 5th March. Payment is $7.00, permissions online via QParents. If you have any dramas please contact the office, we are here to help!
Parking around the school:
Just a friendly reminder to use the loading zones correctly around the school. We have had an increased number of calls and complaints regarding the traffic outside the school. Whilst this is a council matter, we urge parents to obey the traffic regulations around the school to ensure the continued safety of our students. We have notified the council and they will increase the monitoring around the school.
Drop-off and pick-up areas:
Drop-off and pick-up areas, where you can quickly set down and pick up your children, are common outside schools (always on the school side of the road). They create a safe environment for children and keep traffic moving. Drop-off and pick-up areas are signed with passenger loading zone signs or 2 minute parking signs. These signs mean you have a maximum of 2 minutes to drop off or collect your children.\
How they work:
There can often be queues at drop-off and pick-up areas outside schools.
When using a drop-off and pick-up area you:
- must use the area like a quick moving taxi rank
- need to move forward in the queue of vehicles to the signed area
- can get out of your vehicle to quickly help your children get in and out safely (once in the signed area)—however you must not walk away from your vehicle
- are only allowed 2 minutes in the signed area (if you take any longer you can be fined)—if your children are not ready to get straight into your vehicle at pick-up time, you will need to drive round the block and queue to enter the area again
- should only let your children out once you have pulled into the signed area (it is dangerous to let them out while waiting in a queue)
- should teach your children to look out for your vehicle and to get in quickly when you pull up
- must enter front in (never reverse).
A few drop-off and pick-up areas are monitored by a volunteer or designated staff member who:
- can help your children get into or out of your vehicle
- will make sure you only stay in the area for 2 minutes (to avoid traffic build up).
If a designated person monitors your drop-off and pick-up, you should stay in your vehicle at all times (they will help your children instead).
Advantages of drop-off and pick-up areas
Drop-off and pick-up areas help to make school zones safe because:
- children are dropped off and picked up close to the school’s entrance (so they do not need to cross any roads)
- they reduce traffic jams around the school (as parents and carers come and go faster than if they were to park and walk into the school grounds)
- younger (non-school aged) children can stay in vehicles while their older siblings are dropped off and picked up—they do not need to walk, or be pushed or carried, to the school’s entrance.
Term 1 Events Calendar
Scholastic Book Club
We would like to welcome and introduce our new book club coordinator, Lisa-Marie! Issue 2 brochures have been distributed and orders are due by Wednesday 6th March! Issue 1 orders should be delivered to classrooms shortly.
We would also like to thank Mrs Karen Moloney for her invaluable support and assistance as volunteer book club coordinator. Karen has been part of the Hilliard State School community for over 10 years and continued in the book club coordinator role after her children graduated to high school! Thank you Karen for your amazing committment to our school, we will miss you!!!
Term 1 Sports Calendar
P&C Update
Important Dates / Links:
Subway Meal Deal: orders due by 9am Thursday 7 March
P&C Trivia Night (Saturday 9 March): https://hilliard-pandc.square.site
P&C Annual General Meeting: Monday 11 March 6.30pm - Staffroom
Election BBQ & Stalls (Saturday 16 March): https://volunteersignup.org/MAFAW
P&C Trivia Night
Uniform Shop
OPENING HOURS - THURSDAY 8:00 - 9:30AM
Dance stockings have been delivered and updated on QKR ready to purchase.
The Uniform Shop is available for ordering through QKR! Just log on and select Uniform Shop. Whilst you can place your Uniform Orders any time of day, any day of the week, currently deliveries to students classrooms will only take place each Thursday.
If an item is showing as “Unavailable” this means it is currently OUT OF STOCK.
We are expecting deliveries of uniforms in the next few weeks. Stock will be added to QKR once they arrive and are available to purchase.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Search and join the FACEBOOK group: “Hilliard SS 2nd Hand Uniform Sale” where you will be able to interact with parents of all grades selling and looking for second hand uniforms.
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.
All enquiries please email hilliarduniformshop@gmail.com
Thankyou
Chloe
- Uniform Shop Convenor
Date Claimer!
School photos have been booked for Wednesday 22nd May! Put it in your calendar and diary! The team at Advanced Life Photography will be back out to take portraits, class groups and sibling photos. More information will be sent home closer to the date.
Whooping Cough
We have received numerous reported cases of Whooping Cough in across Year 3, 4 and 5; is a notifiable illness as outlined by Qld Health. Qld Health has provided us with a fact sheet (attached). The document contains an outline of signs symptoms, treatment, transmission, prevention and other links. Please review this information and be on watch for the signs and symptoms. If we are concerned with your child’s health, we will follow our usual processes within the school.
If you have any concerns or questions, please ensure you contact your child’s doctor or Qld Health on 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84).
Community Notices
