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Our College community loves to celebrate the successes of our students and staff. Our news page shares these success stories and insightful blog articles from senior members of Hillcrest staff. You may also like to follow us on Facebook as we celebrate College life, community and successes together.

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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

International Student Holiday Excursion
During the first week of holidays, an intrepid group of International Students tempted fate by heading to beautiful sunny Byron Bay for a day of surf, sand and sun; only...
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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

What is Intelligence?
Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Gerald Crabtree published two articles recently in “Trends in Genetics” proposing that our intelligence is actually declining. Crabtree believes it peaked between 2,000 and...
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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

Sherwood Cliffs
In the first week of the school holidays a group of Year 12 boys volunteered their time to go and visit Sherwood Cliffs near Coffs Harbour. Sherwood Cliffs is an...
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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

P&F News
We are excited as the P&F to be providing some exciting events for the Hillcrest Community. These are a great way to get involved with the College and to get...
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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

From the Principal
Over the holiday period I have been studying the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel to gain a better understanding and perspective on how this hugely influential leader of God...
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Thursday, 20 Apr 2017

Innovation
When visitors enter the new Year 6 Precinct, they are amazed at the modern furniture, the specialised break-out rooms and the choice that students have as to where and how...
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Thursday, 30 Mar 2017

College Closures
Dear Parents and CarersEarlier this morning the government made a decision to close all schools from south of Agnes Waters due to the extreme weather events that are being experienced...
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Friday, 24 Mar 2017

5KM Fire Department Visit
Students in 5KM were visited by the crew from the Robina Fire Department to show their emergency kit recommendations they have been developing as part of their bushfire study in...
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Friday, 24 Mar 2017

LIBRARY: Beautiful and Interesting Things
This is Mr Smith the College Librarian here and the pages that follow are written for our Library lessons this year. Were I to be asked for two words to...
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