April 9th Last Day Of Term 1 62-80 Moore St Hillston NSW 2675 T 6967 2277 F 6967 2385 E hillston- [email protected] Term 1 Week 10 Online learning will connue unl the end of Term 1. A decision about whether schools will return to normal operaons aſter the holidays will be taken in line with the latest advice from Government and we will keep the community informed. While I don’t have a crystal ball and don’t know what school will look like aſter the holidays, we need to be prepared to be all accessing online learning – just in case. Please use these two weeks leading into the Easter holidays to ask all the quesons you need and to get all the support you can around online learning for your child. Support for students at home Resource materials will be made available through schools. This will be a combinaon of online learning and wrien material that can be distributed to students. Schools are working to provide devices and technical equipment to students if required. And did you know many mobile, home phone and internet providers are offering extra/unlimited data at no extra cost during the COVID-19 outbreak. Telstra, Optus and Vodafone are definitely offering this assistance to their customers. Go online to register with your provider. I encourage you to access the Learning from Home resource which provides praccal advice to parents and carers on how to best create and support a producve learning environment in the home. Higher School Cerficate The Higher School Cerficate (HSC) is going ahead in 2020. The great news for our students is there will be limited disrupons as our staff and students are already well-prepared for distance learning thanks to our experiences as part of the Riverina Access Program. Advice to students Keep learning, do your assessments, make progress on your major projects. Look aſter yourself, whether you are at school or at home. Reach out to family, friends and your teachers if you need to. Go to UAC COVID-19 updates for informaon about entering university in 2021 NAPLAN Tesng is not proceeding in 2020 to help principals, teachers and school staff focus on student learning during the outbreak of COVID-19. Thank You Please do not hesitate to contact staff if you are uncertain about how to proceed or what is expected. If you have not done so already, it is recommended that you download the SkoolBag app to your phone to receive regular updates from the school. Thank you to our parents and community for your ongoing support. Please be assured we are listening to your concerns and are working hard to address your quesons during this uncertain me. Stay home and stay safe