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Principal's Message Family Fun Night - Change of Date!, Parking around the school, Ongoing Reporting, Building Routines @ HPS, As per last Newsletter:, Updated Photographing, Filming and Recording Policy and student consent form, Save The Dates - Term 1 2026

School Council: Nomination Results Banner Photo

School Council: Nomination Results We still have three (3) parent vacancies open that need to be filled.

Upcoming Events Hillsmeade Primary School calendar:

NOTICE BOARD Family Fun Night - CHANGE OF DATE, School photos, Save the date, Gate opening times, Breakfast Club , Next assembly, Curriculum Days, School tours, Hats, Food Bank Boxes, Hillsmeade Facebook page, Canteen, ACE Foundation Free Glasses Program, How Hillsmeade will communicate with you in an emergency., Dogs on school grounds - an adult must have full control on a leash

Useful information Keep Up to Date, Arriving Late - Late Pass Essential, Student Collection, Office Hours, Attendance, Uniform, Curriculum and Other Contributions, Canteen, Staff Carpark, Email, Excursions, Incursions & Camps, Student Mobile phones, Scholastic Book Club

Early Learning Centre Our Learning - Weeks 4 & 5, Celebration of learning, Long Day Care, Enrolments for free 3 and 4 year old sessional kindergarten.

Prep Update Our Learning for Weeks 4-5, News and Reminders:, Celebration of our learning:

Year 1 Update Our Learning - Weeks 4 & 5, News and Reminders:, Celebration of our learning:

Year 2 Learning in Year 2 (weeks 4 & 5), Continuous Reporting in Year 2, Hillsmeade Heroes , Take Home Readers, A Snapshot of Learning in Year 2, Reminders

Year 3 Update Our Learning – Weeks 4 & 5, Events and Reminders, Ongoing Reporting, Our Learning

Year 4 Update Our Learning – Weeks 4&5, Events and Reminders, Homework, Ongoing Reporting, Our Learning, Year 4s meet some Melbourne Football Club Players:

Year 5 Update Homework Expectations – Year 5, Diaries, Reading, Times Tables, Spelling, What We’re Learning in Year 5, English, Mathematics, Inquiry – Healthy & Active Living, Social & Emotional Learning (SEL), Looking Ahead

Year 6 Homework, Survivor Day, Learning in weeks 4&5, Important Dates, Productivity Incursion, Stars of the Week

Digital Learning & High Abilities Banner Photo

Digital Learning & High Abilities Exciting Opportunity for Year 3–5 Students: Enrol in Children’s University 2026!

Specialist classes Cultural Connections-Ms Wang

Sustainable snapshot Clean Up Australia Day

ONGOING REPORTING Please make sure you go through the process below to enable you easy access to further tasks in the future.

MUSIC LESSONS – 2026 MUSIC LESSONS – 2026

CSEF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE -INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES, CAMPS, SPORTS and EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

School Attendance

First Aid Update Please pack spare uniform , Medication at School, Information on Head Lice, Dental Care , How to get Care without going to Hospital

OSHC - Team Kids To enrol for Team Kids

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Year 3 Update

Our Learning – Weeks 4 & 5

English

-In Spelling, students will learn about the prefix de- and the Latin root /port/. They will learn what these mean, and build words using them.

-Students will plan, draft and edit narratives that include an orientation, complication and resolution.

-Students will learn about the structure of persuasive texts, including what belongs in the introduction, body paragraphs and conclusion.

Maths

-Students are engaging in Daily Review where we review the learning they completed previously about a range of mathematics topics.

-Students will work on using number lines to compare and order numbers. They will learn how to benchmark the halfway mark and look for the numbers they are close to.

-Students will learn how to round numbers to the nearest ten or hundred by identifying the rules of rounding.

SEL

-Students are working through Respectful Relationships lessons. In Week 4 they will explore how our emotions change across a school day. In Week 5 they will look at how we show respect for people and respect for country.

Inquiry

-Students are learning about identify and belonging. We are looking at cultural diversity and how cultural objects can hold significance and stories.

Events and Reminders

Hats Reminder- Just a friendly reminder that students MUST wear hats until April and after September. Please check with your child that they have a school hat and are bringing it to school daily. If they don't have a hat, they will have to play under the shade sails.

Drink Bottles - Please remind your child to bring a drink bottle to school daily so that they have easy access during class learning time.

Ongoing Reporting

In Week 4 students have completed a Maths Learning Task that will be available to view on compass. These are important updates for you to see how your child is going with their learning, and to see the progress they are making with the learning concepts we are covering. Please make sure to open this and have a look at your child's work!