Hollows House News

Dear Hollows Parents and students,

As 2022 draws to a close, we can truly celebrate a highly successful year.

Being our first official year as a house is the first thing we should all be proud of. As a community, we have fully embraced the house system and shown a strong dedication and commitment to connect to Hollows House, wearing blue with pride and engaging in a large number of competitions and activities. This will only grow stronger next year and we will continue to strive to achieve great things as a house. As your house leader, I am immensely proud of the efforts that you have put in, both academically and through events such as swimming carnival, athletics day, the house competitions, tournaments and within the community. It has been so great to see the blue worn and shown through free dress days, wellbeing events and annual days of celebration. Reports will come out for the 2022 school year very soon. It is important that you look at these with your parents and consider and reflect on where you can make improvements for next year. Don’t forget to also celebrate the small wins that will present in your reports. As human beings, we tend to focus on the negatives that present to us in such things, but I encourage you to look at what you have done well this year and make sure you make plans to continue to build on these and make further improvements in 2023.

Our total values nominations for the 2022 school year were:

These numbers are to be celebrated and congratulated, as it truly shows how much effort and care you are showing across our entire school and within our house. Well done to you all for achieving such amazing outcomes this year.

Over the past three weeks, you have been undertaking commencement, which involved the completing of readiness tasks in your 2023 subjects and getting a head start on what is required to be successful in your new subjects. As a house, we are once again really proud of you all for the work that you have done over this three week period, attending classes and completing the required outcomes to the best of your abilities. We encourage you all to make sure that you allocate sufficient time over the holiday break to complete any homework that has been assigned to you. Space this out- take the break and relax and refresh, however do not leave your homework to the last minute or simply not complete it! This homework will keep you in check with routines and academic expectations for your subjects moving into the new year.

Since the start of commencement, Hollows House have received the following values nominations:

From the Hollows team and HPSC, enjoy the summer break and we can't wait to see you in 2023!

The Hollows Team,

Mr Eldridge, Mr Andrews, Ms Lingard, Mr Knowles, Mr Hare and Ms Miller

Some fun facts about Fred Hollows:

Fred Hollows Trivia:

Fred Hollows was born on April 9, 1929, in Dunedin, New Zealand. His parents were Joseph and Clarice hollows on April 9, 1929, in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he continued to live for his first seven years of life. he was the middle child, with three brothers: Colin, John, and Maurice. as a young boy, he attended ‘northeast valley primary school’ in New Zealand.
He developed a love of mountain climbing at a tender age. Fred was an active member of the New Zealand alpine club while living in Dunedin. He climbed several peaks in the mount aspiring, Tititea region of Central Otago. in 1951, Fred met Sir Edmund Hillary.
He originally studied to become a minister, but a summer holiday job at a mental health facility opened his eyes to a different way of thinking. His talent in science meant he was offered a place in medicine, and after graduating, Fred began assisting eye surgeons.
He studied medicine at Otago medical school. in 1961, hollows went to moon fields eye hospital in England to study how to be a specialist eye doctor. Later Fred Hollows worked at the university of new South Wales.
Today, the Fred Hollows Foundation works tirelessly in more than 25 countries to achieve Fred’s vision of a world where no person is needlessly blind. Inspired by Fred’s legacy, the foundation has successfully restored sight to millions of people around the world and inspired by Fred we won’t stop until avoidable blindness is a thing of the past.
Fred Hollows is one of Australia’s greatest icons an ordinary boy who grew up to do extraordinary things, fighting to end Fred Hollows was a man who got things done. a passionate eye doctor and humanitarian, Fred always pushed for change.

Facts about Water:

There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed. The water from your tap could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank.
Water is composed of two elements, Hydrogen and Oxygen. 2 Hydrogen + 1 Oxygen = H2O.
Nearly 97% of the world’s water is salty or otherwise undrinkable. Another 2% is locked in ice caps and glaciers. That leaves just 1% for all of humanity’s needs — all its agricultural, residential, manufacturing, community, and personal needs.
Water regulates the Earth’s temperature. It also regulates the temperature of the human body, carries nutrients and oxygen to cells, cushions joints, protects organs and tissues, and removes wastes.
75% of the human brain is water and 75% of a living tree is water.
A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water.
Water is part of a deeply interconnected system. What we pour on the ground ends up in our water, and what we spew into the sky ends up in our water.
The average total home water use for each person in the U.S. is about 50 gallons a day.
The average cost for water supplied to a home in the U.S. is about $2.00 for 1,000 gallons, which equals about 5 gallons for a penny.
Water expands by 9% when it freezes. Frozen water (ice) is lighter than water, which is why ice floats in water.