On March 12th-14th the Keep Australia Beautiful awards were hosted in Murrurundi, just past Singleton. Our school entered the 'School Environment Achievement Award Category A' section and were the successful winners. This comes as a result of our efforts at embedding Environmental Education - our Gardening for Sustainability program into our school curriculum. Last year, all children had the opportunity to learn skills and knowledge in growing and producing food at school, investigating compost and worms and exploring the benefits of creating pollinating habitats to improve biodiversity to name a few of our activities. Our environmental goals continue this year with the establishment of the H.E.A.T (Huskisson Environmental Action Team) group. Students across the school continue to be motivated to undertake sustainability actions including waste management or habitat improvements enabling them to contribute to the world as informed sustainable citizens.  

This award is something we are all very proud of and a huge "THANKYOU" to our wonderful Mrs Norris for traveling all the way to Murrurundi for the presentation and receiving this fantastic award!!

 

On Wednesday March 17, we celebrated Harmony Day. Today we shared our various cultural backgrounds and celebrated diversity. Students came to school  dressed in traditional cultural clothing or orange clothes . We completed a range of activities in classrooms to support how we can all make sure everyone belongs at our school.

Parents came along for a very short assembly to watch the students (and teachers) parade for Harmony Day. 

Less than to weeks to go until the Colour Explosion Run for Fun hits Huskisson Public School.This will be an eventful day kicking off with the Easter Hat Parade in the morning session followed by an afternoon of fun rotations. There will be free ice-blocks, headbands and sunglasses for all participating students, an inflatable '13 metre obstacle course' and dry 'Supa Slide' and novelty games and races for all students to enjoy.The P&C will be hosting a canteen 'Meal Deal' for the day and notes will go out in week 9 as pre-ordering will be required. Congratulations to our leading students who are pushing further ahead and will be hard to catch. Well done to 3/4 White Sands who appear to be taking on the teamwork approach and taking top position on the 'Class Leader board'.Keep up the good work Huskisson! Not long now!

It's that time of year to start planning, designing, gathering and creating a wonderful, wild or whacky Easter Hat for our annual Easter Hat Parade. 

Remember that we are looking for masterpieces that support our school values of being sustainable and environmentally friendly. How creative can you be?

Mrs Hanson and Mrs Norris are working hard on what the prizes will be this year. Make sure you remember to bring your masterpiece on the last day of Term 1 when we will celebrate in style!

Happy making!

Due to the weather forecast for 100% chance of rain/thunderstorms we have had to POSTPONE our Working Bee until further notice - stay tuned!

PIRATES: THE (MOSTLY) TRUE STORY

Yaaaar! All aboard the pirate ship as we set sail to plunder and roam the seven seas!  

Search for hidden treasure and learn the truth about swash-buckling and fearsome pirates throughout history – from the notorious Blackbeard to William Douglas Campbell - a rogue who hid a ship in Jervis Bay! Not to mention a few rascally pirates like Madame Ching, Mary Reed and Anne Bonny. 

Come aboard to play on our Pirate ship and hunt for pirate treasure at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum.  

 

Jervis Bay Maritme Museum, Woollamia Rd Huskisson

Open everyday 10am – 4pm. 

FREE ENTRY for children under 16 with an Adult. 

www.jervisbaymaritimemuseum.com.au

With our Google Translation integration, your community can access your newsletter in ANY language. Simply scroll to the bottom of the newsletter preview to give it a try.