Holbrook Public School

18/08/2026

G E M Wheel @ HPS
Gratitude Empathy Mindfulness

To support our whole school approach to wellbeing through the Resilience Project, each week we spin the GEM wheel to challenge our students and staff to lead happier and more resilient lives through the daily practice of the GEM principles.
Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness doesn’t just happen we need to work on it everyday so we encourage our HPS community to take up the challenge with us!
This week’s challenge is to ‘thank someone for something specific that they have done.’

16/08/2026

🌟Premier’s Debating Challenge

Last week our two debating teams competed in the last round of the Premier’s Debating Challenge.
Holbrook Blue debated against Holbrook Yellow on the topic ‘students should engage in 30 minutes of excercise each day.’
Through participating in the 4 rounds of the debating challenge we have seen huge growth in our students ability to structure their thoughts logically, express their ideas clearly, enhance their public speaking sills and improve their overall self confidence.
All of our year 3-6 students and staff joined us for the debate and were very impressed by both teams. 👏👏👏👏
Congratulations to Holbrook Yellow the negative side who were successful in this round.
We are eagerly awaiting all results from participating schools to see if any of our teams progress through to the regional knockout finals series.
Thanks to Mrs White and Mrs Purss-Semple to supporting our teams and organising our debates.

16/08/2026

THE WEEK AHEAD @ HOLBROOK PS - Term 3, Week 5.
Whole School Behaviour Focus: Be Safe - We are in the right place at the right time.
This week, we are continuing to prepare and practise for our Whole School Performance. Make sure you've got your tickets! 🎫A reminder to send costumes into school, no later than this week!
Our K-2 students are super excited to be heading off on their annual excursion this week! They are looking forward to watching a show at Wagga's Civic Theatre and heading to PCYC for some fun games and activities! Watch this space for a wrap up of the day, including pics of the fun! 📸
Selected Year 2 students, along with our Year 3 to 6 students are heading to Yerong Creek on Friday to participate in the annual Bernie O'Connor Gala Day. Students are looking forward to competing in the netball, football and Boccia events! There will be a canteen available that accepts cash ONLY. Best of luck to all teams!

14/08/2026

🌟 Kindergarten 2027 Orientation Session 2 🌟

✨📚It was lots of fun having our new 2027 Kindergarten students join us for Session 2 on Thursday.

We:
📕- Read the picture book Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell and enjoyed discussing our favourite pet!
🦁- Created sparkly lion puppets.
🎲- Played maths games and practised counting forwards and backwards
🌳 🛝 - Played outside in our beautiful playground.

🌟 We are looking forward to seeing everyone again at our next Transition Session on Thursday 27 August, 2026. 🌟

12/08/2026

CLEVER CATS IN 5/6 MAGPIES!
Mrs. Ross and Yr 5/6 have taken a little inspiration from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (an SBS TV show) and participated in our own Countdown session during Maths this week!

Students have been putting their maths and quick-thinking skills to the test as they race against the clock. Their aim, to make a target number using randomly generated numbers. There have been plenty of laughs, some very creative answers and a healthy dose of friendly competition!

It’s fantastic to see students thinking flexibly, taking risks, sharing their working out and celebrating each other’s clever ideas. Who knew a few numbers and letters could create so much excitement for students and teacher!?

Follow the link to play this at home:

https://surelook.github.io/countdown/

12/08/2026

🌟Upcoming P&C Event🌟

12/08/2026

HPS Term 3 Week 3 Newsletter

Monday, 3 August 2026

11/08/2026

Go Logan! ⛳️ 🌟🏌️

Good luck to our Primary Golfers in Tamworth this week.

11/08/2026

⛳️NSW PSSA Golf Championship

Wishing Logan all the best this week as he travels to Tamworth representing Riverina at the NSWPSSA State Golf Championships. We will be cheering you on from HPS.
Go Riverina⚪️⚫️

10/08/2026

📚Holbrook Library Excursion📚

Last week our Year 3-6 students visited the Holbrook Library to work with Australian poet, comic performer and children’s author Harry Laing.
Thanks to Dom Heriot and Holbrook Library for hosting the event.