Address: Mary Street, NORTHMEAD, 2152 Phone: 9639 8448
Email: [email protected] Website: www.thehills-s.school.nsw.edu.au
Monday
15
FEBRUARY
School Information
Evening
7pm
Wednesday
17
FEBRUARY
IEP Meetings
Commence
Monday
22
FEBRUARY
P&C Meeting
7pm
Friday
5 MARCH
Clean Up Australia
Day
Principal’s Message:
Hello parents and friends of The Hills School. It’s been a busy few weeks and much is going on in classrooms and
other learning spaces across the school. Students and staff are settling well into new rooms and routines.
INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS
At The Hills School we strive to provide an education that is relevant and meaningful to our students. We utilise the
NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum as a foundation for our teaching and learning programs. In 2021 we
are refining our individual planning processes and will be introducing a negotiated Individual Education Plan
document for our families. We will continue to hold IEP meetings, develop shared goals and seek parent feedback
on student progression as in previous years. In addition to current processes staff will provide families with an
individual plan that identifies 3 key goals for your child and any key long-term goals as negotiated. The IEP will
show your child’s progress in the particular goal and is directly linked to our reporting process. The IEP document
will be prepared after the IEP meeting and sent to families for your consideration and agreement. Our hope is that
through this communication we can strengthen our partnership with families as we all work to improve the learning
for our students. If you have any questions about this process, please see your class teacher.
GROUND WORKS
Parents may have noticed a lot of work happening to the front of the school as we have our new automatic gates
fitted. The upgrade will see both vehicle gates and the pedestrian gate converted to centrally controlled access
points. We are looking forward to the added safety and security of access for all.
P&C
The first general meeting of the P&C will be held on Monday 22 February. The P&C is an integral part of our school
and provides support for access for our students through the P&C buses. The meeting is held in the Administrative
building (Meeting Room 1) of the school and via Zoom.
Mark
Newsletter No.1
12 February 2021
Room 1 & Room 2 Chris Achampong & Irene Rostom (Teachers)
Harjit Wirring, Leevan Bromfield & Conrad Moylan (SLSOs)
Hello all and welcome to 2021. The students in Room 1 and 2 are Isabella, Aaron, Joshua, Mark, Eshan and Rhun.
We have made a great start to the year and been pleasantly surprised by the way the students have settled back into our room,
the routines, and their eagerness to learn. The Class Team and students are continuing to work on developing the many
functional life skills needed for their future. We look forward to meeting all our students’ families in the coming weeks.
Room 3 Shanna Pereira (Teacher) Kathryn Jollow & Swapna Tadepalli (SLSOs)
Students and staff in Room 3 have enjoyed an enthusiastic and energetic start to the year. We have begun our Science topic
with a study about the planets in our solar system.
We have also incorporated lots of physical activity into our daily routine including daily walks along the bike track and around
the school perimeter.
We are looking forward to a great year of learning ahead!
Room 4 Kathryn Hall (Teacher) Rebecca Taylor (SLSO)
Room 4 has had a great start to the new year. Having lots of fun getting to know each other. We started off the year learning
about where we live and celebrating Australia Day! After reading the book ‘Why I Love Australia’ and ‘I’m Australian Too’, we
enjoyed making lamington cupcakes and Australian flag crafts.
Room 17 Jenny Unsworth (Teacher) Cheryl Rogerson & Khim Halpenny (SLSO)
This week we’ve been getting to know each other and have been having a lot of fun. Every day starts with smiles and laughs!
The boys have enjoyed taking part in numerous physical activity lessons as they have so much energy to burn. It’s fantastic!
We have also started our cooking program. The boys enjoyed making a shopping list of toppings for banana pancakes and we
completed an online shopping order. Despite the healthy twist, they insisted on having ice cream. Yummy!
Room 18 Deborah Lenon (Teacher) Daniel van Kruyssen (SLSO)
We have enjoyed our first full week of 2021, and students in Room 18 have been busy meeting their new classmates, learning
new routines and exploring their classroom and playgrounds. We have been finding out our strengths and interests, our
favourite music and videos and where to store our things. We are looking forward to a year of fun and hard work as we learn
lots of new and interesting things.
Room 19 Linda Weiss (Teacher) Lorraine Kirby (SLSO)
Welcome to 2021. Students in Room 19 are: Amelie, Ciara, Tara, Sergio, Chelsea, Zikry, Ashvini and Brandon. We have had
a great start to the year. We have created covers for our communication books using the jelly plate and the die cutting
machine. We have had a big party in our room already as we celebrated Amelie’s 16th birthday.
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Welcome back to all our families for another year.
As executive members of the P&C, we would also like to
officially welcome our newest families to this wonderful
community. We also send our best wishes out to those
families facing their final year at The Hills School. May this
year be one of excitement and smooth transitions.
Our first meeting of the year will be on Monday the 22nd of
February at 7pm in the Meeting Room. For those families
who are unable to physically attend but would like to
participate we also have a video link set up through Zoom
where attendance can happen virtually. A note with the link
will be sent home shortly so check your child’s diary for the
information. We always need and welcome new members
to our team.
Wishing you all a great year.
P&C News
John Scotting Monique Fenech Justine Stamatakis
President Treasurer Secretary
Monday 15 February 2021 at 7:00pm
Happy Birthday wishes go out to the following students
from all your friends at The Hills School
We would like to invite you to our school information
evening for parents and carers. Due to COVID-19
safety guidelines we will be holding our information
night in classrooms in smaller class groups. To assist
us in making the event COVID-19 safe it would be
appreciated if you adhere to the following guidelines:
• Please RSVP by Friday 12 February 2021 to
confirm your attendance (maximum of one
attendee)
• On the evening, please arrive between 6:45 –
7:00pm to allow for parking and COVID sign in
• Complete and sign the ‘External visitors to
school site form’ sent home with your child and
bring it with you on the night.
• Sign in and scan QR code in the classroom
• Please ensure you adhere to COVID-19 social
distancing and remain 1.5m away from other
visitors
• Leave promptly once the information evening is
finished, following directions from staff
This is an important evening for parents and carers only. Please arrange care for your child so that you can attend.
Amelie, Ashez & Pratyush