The junior dance group for 2012 have been working tirelessly for several months perfecting their salior inspired dance 'Ship Ahoy!'. The Year 4 and Year 5 students had a fantastic first performance at The Taste of Macintyre. In Week 4 the group will be performing at the Inverell Dance Eisteddfod.

The Ross Hill Public School community wishes them, and Miss Russell the best of luck!

Stephanie

Jasmine

Mariah

Missing your child's notes? Download them here:

Winter sports note and Zone Cross Country note.

On Monday the 7th of May, the Ross Hill netball team played thier first round game against Inverell Public.
The game was well played and Ross Hill were the victors, winning 22-3.

I would like to congratulate the 9 girls, who participated enthusiastically in the game and showed great sportsmanship.

Thankyou to all those parents, teachers and students who came and suppported the game.

Bec Stevens

As the end of the term approaches, I would like to congratulate all those students who received awards this term. We have celebrated our Term 1 Principal's Assemblies, acknowledged those who have received attendance awards and cheered with those who have received their Bronze awards and 'You Can Do It!' Awards this term. Your efforts have been appreciated by your teachers and we are very proud of you all. We look forward to seeing more great things next term.

I would also like to thank everyone for their support this term and wish everyone a happy and festive Easter, and a safe and relaxing holiday break. Staff return to school on Monday 23rd April, students on Tuesday 24th April and we will all meet to march on ANZAC Day on Wednesday 25th April. Students will move to wearing Winter school uniform in the first few weeks of the term. We ask that all school jumpers be checked for names as they are sometimes misplaced when students remove them once the day warms up.

Last week I was amazed by some of the best writing I have ever seen when some Year 4 students shared some of their learning with me. They have been working on Mulga bill’s Bicycle, pulling the text features apart and discovering the secrets to a great text. The quality of the independent writing samples is second to none. I am in awe of the fabulous teachers that we have at Ross Hill who work so hard to provide such outstanding learning opportunities for our students. I have asked permission from Imogen (Year 4) to share her work with you all. May you enjoy it as much as I did! Thank you Imogen and congratulations on such an outstanding piece of work. Find Imogen's work here.

Happy Easter!

Mrs D. Baker
Relieving Principal

Thank you to all the children who created a piece of wearable art for this exhibition.
Mrs Plowman said she had a lovely time setting up your hats for the exhibition.
Special congratulations go to:
Equal first place:

• Karlee Yr 6
• Claudia Yr 5

2nd place: Leah Yr 4
Equal 3rd place: Chelsea Yr 3, Erin, Ruby, Lara & Vanessa Yr 5.
These children will be acknowledged at our first Thursday assembly next
term.
The exhibition continues at the Inverell Art Gallery until 12th April.

Louise Walburn
Art Teacher

We live in an ever-changing world. Over the next couple of years will see even more change for our schools including the introduction of a National Curriculum and Local Schools, Local Decisions. Last week Mrs Croft, Mr Butler and I attended the New England Regional Principals' Conference in Armidale where change was the focus item for the agenda. What was reassuring to know was that students and quality teaching are, and always will be, our core business and this focus will be strengthened as we embark on changes in NSW.

Ross Hill has gained significantly from changes resulting from funding received via National Partnerships ... see more.

Mrs Debbie Baker

It's hard to believe that our Kindergarten students have been at school for six weeks! They have learnt so much about school already!

During Week 5, the children rotated around all Kindergarten classrooms for special activity time as part of their Rewards Day. It was a great opportunity for all Kindergarten students and teachers to get to know each other and all children enjoyed visiting other classrooms.

Our Kindergarten children are very lucky to have such a great team of Release Teachers on Wednesdays. On this day the students enjoy time in the library, music and sport as well as their regular lessons. Below are some photos taken of the children having a ball in the hall during sport.

See more photos at the gallery.

This week we will be having our school photos taken. These are a historical snapshot in time of our school and a wonderful momento for families. We look forward to seeing lots of great smiles and our students looking fabulous in their beautiful school uniforms. Primary students and 2B will be having their photos taken on Thursday. K-2 students will be having their photos taken on Friday. If you would like a family photo taken, these will be done on Thursday at lunchtime.

L3 - Language, Learning & Literacy
Last week I was able to attend my second in-service session on L3 training in Sydney. This is a new program to our area and we will begin implementation in our Kindergarten classrooms next term. L3 offers a structure for teaching Literacy that has been developed by the department and it will complement our current exemplary classroom practices. The achievements of Kindergarten students who have participated in the program in NSW have been very pleasing. Ross Hill is committed to providing the best educational practices for our students and we look forward to its commencement.

Ross Hill P&C Association
On the 14th March at 7:00pm the P&C will hold its AGM. All parents and community members are invited to attend. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Cheryl Hawkins who this year will be stepping down as president, a position she has held for the last couple of years. We have appreciated and respected Mrs Hawkins efforts in leading the P&C and acknowledge the contribution she has made to the school. You will be missed Cheryl! Ross Hill students and staff thank you and the current executive committee for their support of the school.

Mrs D. Baker
Relieving Principal

A special thankyou to our community and the Parents and Citizens who help make our school great. If you are keen to help, please be sure to attend the P&C meetings that are scheduled this year. P&C Meetings are held on the second Wednesday evening of each month at 7.00pm in the school staffroom. All parents and community members are welcome to attend these informal, friendly and informative meetings.

The P&C Dates for the year are:

• 8th March - Annual General Meeting.
• 9th May
• 13th June
• 8th August
• 12th September
• 10th October
• 14th November

Check out what our Support Unit are doing. They have a blog that updates nearly every week with photos of the kids enjoying school.

This week we celebrated as our 2012 School Leaders received their badges at the Leadership Badge Ceremony. Thank you to Mr Mick Migheli and our SRC for leading the ceremony and to our parents who pinned the badges on the students. We were joined by the Principals and student leaders from several other Inverell schools and thank them for being our special guests. Congratulations to all our leaders. We look forward to working with you this year.

Several staff have been working overtime in the last couple of weeks preparing quality lessons for their classes and undertaking professional learning to enhance their teaching. This week Professor David Rose again joins us as new staff are trained in Reading to Learn. This year Ross Hill staff and Inverell High staff are joining together to train so that our students moving into high school have support from teachers who understand, and teach, from the same knowledge and understandings. It is an exciting new venture that will reap rewards for our students.

Congratulations to all our students who competed at our recent school Swimming Carnival. It was a great day with lots of friendly competition and some very close finished. Congratulations to Cookson house who were the House champions on the day. Best wishes to our squad of swimmers who will be attending the Zone Carnival in Inverell on the 24th February.

Mrs D. Baker
Relieving Principal

We have updated our Annual School Report - from 2011, you can view it here.

We have updated our School Improvement Plan, you can view it here.

Welcome to the 2012 school year. Our staff are feeling well rested after the Christmas holiday break and are looking forward to a very exciting year. Students have commenced their first few days of school in a very positive and enthusiastic manner. It has been lovely to see such happy smiling faces.

For the first few weeks of the term I am relieving as the School Education Director for New England North, in my absence Mrs Debbie Baker is relieving as Principal. I wish all of our students the best for the commencement of the term and am looking forward to returning as Principal.

I commend our Kindergarten students and their parents on the wonderful manner in you they have transitioned into Big School, and I am looking forward to getting to know you all.

Teachers are holding a Parent Information Evening on Tuesday 21st February so that you can meet your child’s teacher and find out about some of the many learning opportunities planned for this year. Times for each grade will be advertised in our school newsletter.

Jenny Murray

Ross Hill Kindergarten children

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