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Principal's Message 

Hello parents and friends of The Hills School. Welcome to our newsletter for Week 6 Term 2. As always there’s plenty happening at school and so here goes with some highlights.

National Reconciliation Week

National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two signi,cant milestones in the reconciliation journey — the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively. We all have a role to play when it comes to reconciliation, and in playing our part we collectively build relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures, and futures. At The Hills School we acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we teach and learn each day, the Dharug people. We pay our deepest respects to elders past, present and emerging and we thank you for sharing your lands with us.

P&C Move-a-thon Family Day

We are looking forward to hosting the annual P&C Move-a-thon again this term with the date set for Wednesday 29 June. The Move-a-thon is an annual fund raiser with this year’s target area being the provision of music therapy sessions for all classes. We are very keen to involve all families this year and so will be opening the event to create a family day where you can come to school, join in the Move-athon with your child and then spend some time with the classes in a family ‘picnic’. More information will be coming shortly.

Inclusive Activate Sports Day

We were so thrilled that some of the students from Room 5, 18 and 19 were able to represent The Hills School at the Activate inclusion Sports Day held last week at the Bernie Mullane Sports Complex. A brilliant day of high-level physical activity. The students had a great time….staff were exhausted!

National Simultaneous Story Time

On Wednesday last week all of our classes enjoyed National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). The event is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). 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. 

By facilitating event we aim to: promote the value of reading and literacy, the value and fun of books, promote an Australian writer and publisher, promote storytime activities in our classrooms. This year we enjoyed reading "Family Tree" written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh. A great book!

Stay warm.

Mark Gosbell

PRINICPAL