News

HopeTown Flood Update

Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:59:40 AEDT

We are currently observing the water level on site at Hopetown and as long as the weather stays dry we anticipate being operational for Monday 17th February.

We apologise for the inconvenience and are doing what we can to get the school up and running safely again.

Thank your for your patience.

School Closure

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:40:46 AEDT

Unfortunately Hopetown remains non operational whilst we wait for flood waters to recede and ensure the site is safe. We will keep the school community up to date with news while we wait for the all clear to return.

Hopetown staff are currently working in other schools across the Central Coast supporting colleagues and sharing expertise. Thank you to all our community for their support during this time.

Coronavirus - Department of Education statement

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:23:52 AEDT

The department is working with the Ministry of Health to monitor and respond to the unfolding international novel coronavirus situation.

Get up-to-date information about the department's response to novel coronavirus.

Starting High School

Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:02:29 AEDT

For lots of information about getting ready for high school please read https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/going-to-a-public-school/media/documents/starting-high-school.pdf

Thank you from former student

Sat, 04 Jan 2020 10:42:35 AEDT

Read Joel's Presentation Day speech here

Seat Program 2

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:17:15 AEDT

Year 5 & 6 students have enjoyed their second S.E.A.T Project. After completing their SEAT build, investigating bamboo as a sustainable resource, building their own model bamboo homes, researching life in the Solomon Islands and gaining an insight into their lifestyle, students became interested in helping families and schools.

Students be-friended a community in a village in the Malaita Province and fund-raised for their new Solomon Island friends including the sale of their decorated SEATs. Money raised was used to send directly to the school (as freight can be expensive) where basic needs (chairs, balls, blocks, learning charts) for the students could be purchased on home ground.

"These are photos of the children sitting on the chairs bought with your donation. This is for the first time these children are sitting on chairs. Some of these kids not even have chairs in their homes. This is a great life changing for them. These children are very happy and ask many questions about Hopetown School. The donations bring a lot of new life experiences for these children. The children, mum and the community send their big thank you to you, your students and Hopetown School for your donations. The children and mum were saying they have nothing to give you return, however, they feel they are connected with you through the beautiful heart your school have for them. May God’s blessing be upon you all. ”

Sharon Frank – teacher

Thank you Wyong Leagues Club

Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:15:06 AEDT

Hopetown Breakfast Club: More than just toast!

This term Hopetown School again extends a huge thanks to Wyong Leagues Club for their continued sponsorship of our Breakfast Club.

Breakfast Club runs every day for every student at Hopetown School and as a key part of our Social and Emotional Learning program. It sets up the day for students, allows them time to chat to each other, chat to staff, play board games and supports informal learning of social and life skills which allows students to settle into the day.

Thank you Wyong Leagues Club for your support this term!

IMPORTANT: BUSHFIRE UPDATE

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:59:37 AEDT

The Rural Fire Service have requested that our school will not operate tomorrow (Tuesday 12^th November) to ensure the safety of students and staff. As our school has been identified as a school at increased risk if a bushfire were to break out based on ‘Catastrophic Fire Danger’ ratings for our area.

This means there will be no staff on site tomorrow and we would like you to please make appropriate arrangements for your child.

It is important that you have appropriate supervision in place and that children are not left at home alone in case there is fire activity in your local area.

Regular updates will be posted on the Department’s website https://education.nsw.gov.au

We will recommence operations on Wednesday 13^th November unless advised.

Backpack bed for homeless

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:48:08 AEDT

Flinders used the profit they made from Wednesday cafe to purchase two backpack beds for homeless people. Well done Flinders!

World Teachers' Day

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:15:08 AEDT

Most countries around the world celebrate World Teachers’ Day on October 5, however, because this date usually falls during the Australian school holidays, we celebrate World Teachers’ Day on the last Friday of October instead.

This year, World Teachers’ Day falls on Friday 25 October in Australia.

In 2019, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the UNESCO theme, “Young Teachers: The future of the Profession.” The day provides the occasion to celebrate the teaching profession worldwide, to take stock of achievements, and to address some of the issues central for attracting and keeping the brightest minds and young talents in the profession.

1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 12:21:30 AEDT

This course gives strategies to resolve difficult behaviour is children 2-12 years old without yelling, arguing or smacking. For more information 1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching

Circle of Security

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:04:27 AEST

Topics include: Exploring your children's needs, Understanding how to build a solid emotional foundation with your child, How to be a 'bigger, stronger, wiser and kind' caregiver. See more details here:

Positive Parenting Program

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 12:56:32 AEST

With the FREE Triple P Program. Read more here Positive_Parenting_Program.pdf

R U OK? Day

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:59:52 AEST

On Thursday 12 September, staff and students will join in activities that promote wellbeing and caring. There will be a special assembly, RUOK cupcakes, guest speakers for parents, Blue Tree Project and a whole school lunch which will be followed by a whole school activity. Please wear yellow clothing if possible.

How to be smart and safe on social media

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:05:59 AEST

Use our new Digital Citizenship toolkit to empower your child to understand how their online behaviour affects themselves and others.

You and your child can find information on:

how to ‘be positive’ by understanding online behaviour and its effect
'be smart’ by thinking critically and being digitally aware
'be safe’ by protecting your security, privacy and wellbeing.

A toolkit to empower you and your child

You can find articles and videos to equip and empower your child to minimise the risks and maximise the opportunities in our digital future.

We’ve partnered with leading researchers to produce a curated toolkit – aligned to the curriculum – which teachers and you can share with the young people in your lives.

Guide your child through important concepts such as:

managing privacy settings in social media
collaborating online
avoiding scams and hoaxes
understanding the law when it comes to online speech
Internet banking, shopping online and much more.

Keep your child safe and happy online

Visit and bookmark the Digital Citizenship website. We’ll continue to add articles and resources to ensure the best possible tools are available to help you guide your child to be positive, smart and safe online.

Destination Moon: more missions, more science is the school theme for National Science Week in 2019.

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 21:51:27 AEST

This theme was a way for teachers and students to discover past missions to the Moon and space programs that have solved some of the seemingly unsolvable problems—and current and future space programs, operations and missions. Many of these use big picture thinking in science to solve problems, and technology, engineering and mathematics to design new solutions. This will help forge our future paths in the areas of space operations, space science, Earth observations, positioning systems and communications.

Here’s the cycle of the moon made with Oreo’s!

Yum!

What parents, guardians and carers need to know about NCCD.

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 10:28:47 AEST

For more information click on the link

https://www.nccd.edu.au/for-parents-guardians-and-carers

Looking for some holiday fun?

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 11:20:06 AEST

Lots of things are happening on the coast:
https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/major-event/school-holidays

You might also like to try these activities.

Creative and Active Kids vouchers now available

Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:22:12 AEST

Creative kids can now put a $100 voucher towards extra-curricular creative activities outside of school.

Together with Active Kids, this program aims to encourage more NSW children to participate in a range of extra-curricular activities such as coding, languages, circus, performing arts and visual arts.

Parents can apply for one $100 voucher for each child enrolled in school on the Creative Kids website and use it towards the cost of registration, participation or tuition. You just redeem the voucher with a registered provider in your area when making your payment.

This is a great opportunity for your child to become involved in a range of activities that will build on their education, growth and development.

Service NSW is working with industry bodies to deliver the program.

For more information, contact Service NSW on 137 788 or creativekids@service.nsw.gov.au.

S.E.A.T Program

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 10:45:53 AEST

S.E.A.T stands for Sustainability, Education, Art, Teamwork. The S.E.A.T Program is a social initiative that educates children in social values and sustainability while raising funds to help sustain a community. During this semester a group of Year 5 and 6 students built a SEAT as a part of this program. Then they investigated bamboo as a sustainable resource and considered the benefits of building homes from bamboo. They are now building models of homes from bamboo in heir classroom.

http://seatproject.org/school/hopetown-school-wyong-nsw/

National Day Against Bullying

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:05:39 AEDT

Hopetown School rejects all forms of bullying behaviours, including online (or cyber) bullying by maintaining a commitment to providing a safe, inclusive and respectful learning community that promotes student wellbeing.

STEM energy activities

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:09:50 AEST

On Friday 8th March, HopeTown students learnt about different methods of energy generation. The Wyong Learning Community has organised for the van from the Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre in Gosford to visit its schools during this term. Students will follow up the visit by looking at how energy is used at school and how their decisions and actions can contribute to creating a sustainable ecosystem.

Clean Up Australia

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 14:27:20 AEDT

On 1st March HopeTown students and staff cleaned up lots of sites in our area before enjoying a delicious barbeque. Well done everyone!

Parents and Carers group

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:50:41 AEDT

Our active Parents and Carers group meets each Thursday in the Community Room at 9.30am. We have a packed program this term and would love to see you there. Our Community Connection officer Sue Turner is here every Thursday and she is happy to chat with you about how the school can support you and your family. You can contact her at the school on 4353 2522.

Beekeeping at Hopetown

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 14:10:57 AEDT

Bee Keeping:

Students from Bungaree class are excited to be involved in a beekeeping program. The beehive is located on Hopetown School grounds and is part of the expansion of the school’s agriculture program. Activities which students will engage in include routine hive inspections, pest management procedures and harvesting honey. The bee hive is coming along nicely with plenty of brood and honey present in the hive already. We hope to have honey available for sale early Term 1 2019.

2019 school budget allocations

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:46:48 AEDT

Like all NSW public schools, this week we will receive a School Budget Allocation Report with our funding for 2019. The report will help us manage our total budget delivered through the Resource Allocation Model (RAM).

The RAM supports schools through needs-based funding to ensure a fair, efficient and transparent allocation of funds. Our school has the flexibility to make local decisions based on the specific needs of our students.

We will use our 2019 funding to support students and improve educational outcomes. The school executive will continue to work with the school community as we implement the school plan using this needs-based funding.

Learn more about the 2019 RAM funding.

HopeTown NAIDOC Cultural Day

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:56:58 AEST

On Friday the 10^th August, HopeTown held NAIDOC celebrations for local schools and the community to attend.

The day started with an intimate and unforgettable private ceremony led by Uncle Ralph and Rikki. The whole HopeTown School Community and distinguished guests, were led by Uncle Ralph through a traditional Aboriginal smoking ceremony which also payed respect to the land on which the school is built.

At 10am, local schools arrived to join in us in an opening ceremony dedicated to the theme of NAIDOC, Because of Her We Can. Students were also blessed to hear and see descendants of Australia's first people sharing traditional Aboriginal stories, dances and music performed by Brendan Moore and student Jake Barker.

Throughout the day HopeTown and visiting students participated in various cultural activities.

Thanks to EG Incursions, students experienced aspects of Aboriginal life and culture through virtual reality headsets.
Brendan Moore led a walk through the Hopetown bush track where the community were able to taste traditional Aboriginal berries and jams.
The RYSS bus provided for a relaxing and creative space where students could chill out, play a variety of games and mix new beats in their DJ booth.
Thanks to Uncle Ralph, students were educated on what Aboriginal life was like prior to settlement and the tools used by Aboriginal people to hunt and gather.
Everyone involved on the day contributed to a large-scale community mural to acknowledge, remember and pay their respects to the NAIDOC theme, Because of her we can.

HopeTown would like to thank North Gosford Learning Centre, Wyong Creek Public School, Tuggerah Public School, Wyong High School, Tuggerawong Public School, The Annex support unit for joining us for the activities; RYSS, Brendan Moore from the Sydney Botanical Gardens, Uncle Ralph and Rikki for running activity stations; Blue Haven PS for lending us a staff member and drone to film our celebrations and the wider community for joining us on a successful and memorable day.

You're Invited! HopeTown NAIDOC Cultural Day 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:23:38 AEST

HopeTown School NAIDOC Cultural Day 2018 invitation.

Equine Therapy Program

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:04:39 AEST

Term 2 saw the start of our exciting equine horse care program at HopeTown School. A number of primary and secondary students have been involved in the program and are forming great bonds with the horses. Students have participated in a range of activities including feed preparation, paddock care and maintenance, horse exercise and grooming. The students have shown wonderful care for the horses and should be commended on their dedication and wonderful team work during our visits at Dooralong. A special thank you to Danni from the Salvation Army who has supported our students with this wonderful program.

From Paddock to Plate

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:06:01 AEST

The national online FP2P Schools Program brings real life farming experiences and food education into the classroom using unique, accessible, cost-effective and hassle-free "virtual excursions".

FP2P is a one-stop shop to learn about where food comes from in a variety of different industries, on a variety of topics, using a variety of resources, covering the entire Australian Curriculum from Years 5 to 10 in nine different subjects.

This year Hopetown is involved with both chicken and trout farming on a small scale.

National Reconciliation Week

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:07:12 AEST

This week students at HopeTown have been learning about National Reconciliation Week. National Reconciliation week is an annual celebration and is a time for all Australians to reflect on our shared histories, and the achievements of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

On Friday the 1^st of June, students attended a whole school assembly to pay their respects and reflect upon the meaning on National Reconciliation week and Sorry Day. They also participated in a range of activities to close the week including cooking, Aboriginal games, art making and a movie.

HopeTown also created our own sea of hands art installation as a dedication to these significant days. The idea from the ANTaR Sea of Hands which was first held in front of Australian Parliament House in 1997 and has come to symbolise the People's movement for Reconciliation and will be Hopetown's acknowledgement.

MAY 27 – Marks the anniversary of Australia's most successful referendum and defining event in our nation's history. In 1967 referendum saw over 90 per cent of Australians vote to give the Commonwealth the power to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and recognise them in the national census.

JUNE 3 – Commemorates the High Court of Australia's landmark Mabo decision in 1992, which legally recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a special relationship that existed prior to colonisation and still exists today. The recognition paved the way for land rights or Native Title.

Transforming our Aboriginal Bush Tucker Garden

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:10:31 AEST

In 2018, our major Aboriginal Education project includes students working in mixed class groups to transform Hopetown School's "Sorry Garden" into a larger, outdoor classroom space for students which will include a bush tucker garden and veggie garden to support our TAS program.

Students have been involved in the removal of old and dated structures, re designing and beautifying the area, as well as planting of native flora. Currently, the working title for this garden will be the Yindyamirra Gunya - Learning Place, and it is intended that completion will allow for its official opening during NAIDOC Week celebrations.

We would like to thank The Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens who have joined us in partnership, donating plants, teaching students how to propagate native plants and assisting with the redevelopment of Bush Tucker Garden.

Bunnings BBQ

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:12:25 AEST

To kick off term two, HopeTown staff and students coordinated a Bunnings sausage sizzle, held at Tuggerah on Friday the 4th May.

This has allowed our students to interact and promote HopeTown to the wider community, as well as fundraise money for an extensive range of new and exciting school projects.

A huge thank-you to Bunnings Tuggerah for the use of equipment and facilities and an extra special thank you to those members of our school community who worked tirelessly throughout the day; Steve, Irene, Joel, Connor, Hayden, Dae-Han and Michael.

Hopetown Parents and Carers group activities - Term 2 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:14:33 AEST

Hopetown parents and carers (PDF 216KB)

Cross Country

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:20:27 AEST

In the last week of Term One, HopeTown School held their annual cross-country carnival. The event was very successful with both students and staff overcoming the challenging 3km course. The event was held in Ourimbah State Forest, incorporating many of the traversing tracks.

After familiarising themselves with the course doing a walkthrough, the students were eager to get the race underway. There was jostling for position in the early stages then the students found their places as their endurance started to show. The boys negotiated the uneven terrain snaking through the hillside, then onto the river and bridge crossings, the final leg was up to Red Hill road to the finish line. It was fantastic to see the boys displaying their determination right up to the end of the course, sprinting the last stages. Once everyone had all caught their breath we then returned to school on the bus for some well-deserved lunch and rehydration.

Upon completion of the presentation, the students had more energy to burn and were extremely cooperative during a whole school sporting activity. All students should be extremely proud of the resilience they exhibited on the day. Well done everyone.

Harmony Day 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:22:16 AEST

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony" -Gandhi

On Friday the 23^rd of March, students participated in Harmony Day celebrations.
Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australian multiculturalism, based on the successful integration of migrants into our community. Students were involved in various activities throughout the week and had the opportunity to try different foods from around the world. Lessons were based around inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by a set of core Australian values.

2018 HopeTown Swimming Carnival

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:25:48 AEST

This week students across the school participated in the annual swimming carnival.

The HopeTown swimming carnival has an emphasis on fun, participation and sportsmanship. A range of events included kick boards, noodles, tubes and surf boards as well as traditional strokes such as freestyle and backstroke.

Our aim is to develop qualities of persistence, resilience and confidence in each of our students by promoting success for all. It was also great to see our students encouraging and cheering other participants during races, as well as primary school students participating and placing in high school events.

COLES: Sports in Schools 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:27:09 AEST

We're excited to announce that we have joined the Coles Sports for Schools program for 2018.

The program gives schools across Australia the opportunity to earn sports gear just by collecting vouchers from Coles. Through Sports for Schools, Coles has supplied over $20 million worth of sports gear to over 7,500 schools across Australia.

We have collection boxes at Wadalba and Lake Haven Coles and you can also just bring the vouchers to the front office. The more vouchers we can get the more equipment we can earn!

Wadalba CS Markets 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:30:58 AEST

On Sunday, March 11th, our parents and carers group, along with staff will be running a stall at the Wadalba CS Markets, fundraising for charity. Please come along and support us. Check here for further information: Markets flyer 2018 (PDF 599KB)

Staffing News 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:34:34 AEST

2018 at Hopetown School has brought new staff and some changes to roles. Below is a who's who :)

Please contact us if you have any questions on 4353 2522.

R/Principal: Kirsty Reynolds

Assistant Principal Leading and Managing: Vince Malone

Assistant Principal Curriculum: Rebekkah Grounsell

Assistant Principal Wellbeing: Paul Borodin

Class Teacher Flinders: Tamara Sidorenko

Class Teacher Hargraves: Anthony Small

Class Teacher Darcy: Dean Callaghan

Class teacher Kendall; Charmaine Moore

Class teacher Yindi: Jodi O'Donoghue

Class Teacher Muru: Ashleigh Simpson

Class Teacher Bunji: Tracie Shoobert

SLSO support: Dave Riley, Ken Jabboury, Steve Offen, Irene Spanoudis, Liz Smith. Nicole Karam, Mary May, Jane O'Donnell, Lindy Fitzpatrick.

School Administration Manager: Lyn Falzon

School Administration Officer: Angela James

Open Water Snorkelling Program

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:33:34 AEST

Students from Hargraves and Kendall class have participated in snorkelling activities this term.

Before making it into the water, students engage in a number of theory lessons where they learnt about marine life, the effects snorkelling can have on the body and procedures for emergency situations.

Students then progressed to the pool where they completed prerequisite activities such as a 200m continuous swim and 8-minute survival float. Once in the open ocean, students were in their element. Snorkelling has proven an excellent way for students to strengthen their social and emotional skills.

Students have been observed working well together in buddy dive situations, assisting each other during dives. Snorkelling has proven to have great therapeutic effects where students have reported feeling ‘majestical' and ‘calm' when immersed in the marine environment.

Weekly snorkelling activities have proven a great way of engaging our students and addressing outcomes across a number of subject areas.

Parent and Carers Activities Term 1

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:29:09 AEST

Parent and carers T1 (PDF 332KB)

Welcome to HopeTown 2018

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 11:36:56 AEST

Welcome to HopeTown 2018!

Happy New Year to you all and welcome back to a new year at HopeTown. We look forward to seeing students old and new when school returns on Tuesday 30th January 2018.

We hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful summer break and are looking forward to seeing what's in store in Term 1. Remember we will be starting at 9.00am and finishing at 2.00pm each day!

Students return Tuesday 30th January, see you then :)

Hopetown Work Ready Program

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:57 AEST

At the beginning of this term students participated in the ABBTF's (Australian Brick & Block Laying Training Foundations) work ready program. The aim of the program was to get students "site ready" for employers who may be considering taking on bricklaying apprentices.

Students thoroughly enjoyed working together over 3 days, and were able to complete building a BBQ area that will be used for future school initiatives.

ABBTF- Bricklayer Industry

Cultural Leadership Camp

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:54 AEST

Cultural Leadership Camp

This term, 5 students and 3 staff in Secondary were selected to attend a Cultural Leadership Camp. The group travelled 6 hours to Balladoran which is 10 minutes from Gilgandra, Central New South Wales. From Monday to Friday, students, Mr Small, Mr Borodin and Aboriginal Instructor Terry Hayek camped on a site where an aboriginal elder named Uncle Ralph lives. Uncle Ralph is renowned for working with teenagers across NSW and during the week, provided many opportunities for our students to participate in quality learning experiences. Among the activities which students engaged in were several bushwalks, yabby fishing, a visit to Pilliga Nature Reserve cave site, a traditional smoking ceremony, spear throwing, instrument making, sheep shearing and listening to many stories about Aboriginal history and The Dreaming.

Parents Corner

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:59 AEST

Check out our parent activities for term 4 in the Community Room tab.....for more information call the school :)

We hope to see you here!

National Children's Day 'Cook Off' winners!

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:53 AEST

On Friday 11th August, some students joined National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day celebrations at Wyong Race Club. Children's Day was first observed in 1988, with 2017 being the 29th celebration. Each year SNAICC coordinate the event and helps local services, schools, organisations and communities celebrate.

This year, Tom and Joel competed in the Children's Day 'Cook Off' against Wyong High School and Gorokan High School. They had 45 mins to cook a recipe chosen from a book. The boys cooked chicken curry with vegetable and rice and took out the first prize! Winning a bag full of goodies and some beautifully decorated spoons which had been donated by Cains Creations, the boys said they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was great fun!

Many thanks to all the staff involved, the spoons will be proudly displayed in the front office.

Great effort boys and congratulations!

Snow Trip 2017

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:59 AEST

Our 2017 HopeTown School Snow Trip students have arrived safe and sound in Smiggins Holes and have enjoyed a fabulous first day on the slopes! We look forward to more photos of their adventures this week!

NAIDOC Celebrations

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:57 AEST

HopeTown will be hosting a NAIDOC Cultural Day Term 3, Week 2 on Friday 28^th July and has extended an invitation to students, staff, parents and the wider community of of number of schools to participate in the celebrations.
Students have been busy preparing for NAIDOC celebrations, which will be held on Friday 28th July. NAIDOC Week celebrations are to acknowledge the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
As part of the preparations, students' have been creating different artefacts, such as boomerangs, animal cut-outs, spears, digging tools, didgeridoos and various other pieces to be showcased on the day.
Teachers, along with students who have been working on demonstrating leadership skills throughout the year, will be running different stations. Some of these stations will include cooking and sampling bush tucker and different varieties of native meat, creating artworks and playing traditional indigenous games.

The event will be held between the hours of 10.30am to 12.30pm with lunch provided at the conclusion of the day.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hopetown Parents and Carers Opportunities to Meet

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:56 AEST

IRIS Foundation

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:57 AEST

The Iris Foundation is coming to run a 6 week course called "Life Connections" created to help us look at our own well-being and how to better self-care for ourselves and our families. Normally a course like this would cost hundreds of dollars but here you can come along for free!!

The course will run for the first 6 Fridays of Term 3 from 9:30-11:30 with a light lunch after if you want to stay. It's a such fantastic opportunity – don't miss out!! Call Jennine 43532522 to book your spot!!

Staff Development Day Term 3

Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:13:59 AEST

Just a reminder that Monday 17th July is a Staff Development Day, students return to school on Tuesday 18th July.

We look forward to seeing students and hearing about their holidays :)