Sport

Polding Swimming

As mentioned in the Principal’s report, HNS swimmers had great success at the Polding Swimming Carnival last week.

Sophie Scislo came 1^st place in the senior girls 50m Butterfly and 3^rd in the 50m Freestyle. Hamish Carmichael came 3^rd in the Junior boys breaststroke. This is a phenomenal achievement by these students!! Both Sophie and Hamish will return to the Olympic Pool at Homebush this week to compete against the cream of the crop in the NSW State Swimming Championships.

We can watch the children live online and I am sure that the Year 4 and Year 6 students will be particularly interested on how our own Madam Butterfly and Superfish swim! Good luck children and we hope that all your hard work and dedication (and your parent’s) pays off.

Winter Trials

Over the past week or so, several children travelled to Newcastle for Winter sports Trials. Levi Van Haren and Charlie Gibson (5/6P) were successful in making it through to Polding trials in Soccer. Liam Shanahan and Isabel Allport will travel to Polding trials for Hockey next term.

Cross Country

Diocesan Cross Country is to be held on April 27^th at Maitland. The children will get their information and permission notes tomorrow. As there is inadequate parking at the venue, this will be a parent free event and children will travel to Maitland on a Regional Bus.

ICAS

Early next term, I will send out information about the annual University of NSW ICAS assessments. These assessments will be available in Writing, Digital Technologies, English, Science, Spelling and Mathematics. The assessments take place at school using an online platform and the tests can be paid for online through the ICAS portal.

Here’s hoping you have a beautiful Easter with those you love. Stay safe and we will see you back at school on Monday, April 19^th.