Newsletter 33/2015—Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 1

INSIDE Diary 2

Gonski Public Information Evening 2

Visiting Performers

EH Junior Touch Competition 2

Live Life Well At School 2

MS Office 2016 for Home Use 2

Science Trivia 2

Canteen Roster 2

CLO News 3

Issue 33

22nd October 2015

Term 4 Overview Term 4 is beginning to be a busy term. As we work our way towards roll over

for the Year 7-11 students, a great deal of extra-curricular activities and

events are taking place for all students. The HSC exams have been

progressing and we wish our Year 11 and 12 students all the best for these

important exams. Year 7 2016 transition has begun. Students from each of

our feeder schools are visiting on Fridays and are taking part in a program of

activities that will help them find their way around school and get to know

students and staff. Year 8 will be embarking on an adventure to Thunderbird

Park next week and we wish them all the best. Year 10 will be preparing for

the oral presentations at the end of Week 5. This is an opportunity for

students to reflect on their learning in 2015 and to experience a formal

interview process.

Our ‘Fearless’ Year 9 and 10 students will be taking part in a leadership camp

in Week 6. Students will develop leadership skills and capacity to work with

our Year 7 students in 2016. This is a new program that has been developed

and will be replacing the previous Peer Support program. This is an exciting

opportunity for these students to be the future leaders of Evans River K-12

School.

Buddy reading is continuing this term in the Primary. Senior Primary and High

School students are volunteering during START time and making a huge

difference to the reading achievements of our younger students. Their

encouragement and guidance for their buddies is greatly appreciated.

We continue to encourage all students to take every opportunity that comes

their way at Evans River K-12.

Yvonne Sharpe and Jenny Hart

Deputy Principals K-7/8-12

Talented Sportsman Imagine if you were selected to play for NSW in a sport

that you’d only played a handful of times. This is the

reality for Year 9 student Luca Brown. Luca was asked by

some friends to join the Grafton Indoor Hockey team as

they were short of players for a tournament in Gosford.

He readily agreed and in early October he was part of the

Grafton side that ended up winning the final 4-2 against a

Sydney team. At this tournament, selectors were so

impressed by Luca’s talent that he was selected as

fullback in the NSW side, to play in the National Indoor

Championships in January. Luca will need to train in the Illawarra region

between now and January as a member of the NSW side. Congratulations

Luca, on your commitment and effort to reach this position.

Mrs McGeary—Year Adviser

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Diary

This Week - Week 4 Term 4 - Week B

Oct 26-28 Year 8 Leadership Camp Gold Coast

Oct 26-30 SES Cadet Training Week Years 9/10

Oct 27 CHS Zone Cricket (Open Boys) Lismore

Oct 26 Kinder Orientation 9:30 - 11am

Oct 29 Year 10 SCU Seniors Day Lismore

Oct 30 CHS Regional Open Futsal Boys & Girls TBA

Next Week - Week 5 Term 4 - Week A

Nov 02 Kinder Orientation 9:30 - 11am

Nov 02 Bowling and BBQ Excursion Ballina

Nov 03 Byron Cultural Walk

Stage 5 Drama Production

“Hysterical History Of Trojan War” 9am-8pm

Nov 04 WHS GIT Card (White Card) 9:20 -3:30

Gonski Public Information Evening 6pm-9pm

Nov 05-06 Year 10 Oral Presentations

Nov 06 Year 12 Formal 6:30pm Evans Head

Coming Event

Nov 09 Senior School Rollover

Year 11/12 Study Skills (Compulsory) Library

Nov 10 CHS Regional Open Beach Volleyball Evans Head

Nov 09-11 Year 10/11 PEER Support Training Murwillumbah

Nov 16-27 Year 2-4 Intensive Swimming

Nov 16 P & C Meetings Library/Admin Office 9am & 4:30pm

Nov 24 CHS Regional Cricket Open Girls Grafton

Nov 25 Lovebites Program Year 10 9:20-3:30

Dec 03 Year 6 to Year 7 Orientation 2016 Evans River

Dec 04 Year 12 QLD University Visit

Dec 14 K-12 Presentation Assembly 11:30am

Dec 16 Last Day of Term 4 for Students

Dec 17-18 School Development Days.

Science Trivia! This Week’s Question: Relating to flat-screen

televisions and monitors, what does LCD stand

for?

Last Week’s Question: What would you use

VOIP for?

Answer: Making a telephone call on the

internet

Monday 26 Oct Help Needed

Tuesday 27 Oct Help Needed

Wednesday 28 Oct Molly Forsyth

Thursday 29 Oct Von Pickens

Friday 30 Oct Help Needed

Canteen Roster - Week B

Evans Head Junior Touch Competition We would like to thank the community for their support of our Junior Touch Football competition, it has been a resounding success. The response from the children has been amazing. To help continue the positive nature of this competition here are a

few reminders.

Players need to sign on from 4:45pm

Games conclude at 5:45pm in preparation for our senior competition.

Junior players must be collected by a parent or carer at this time.

There will be no supervision for juniors after the

games finish.

Evans Head Touch Football Association cannot be

responsible for young players after the conclusion of the

game at 5:45pm.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Limit Screen Time to Two hours

40% of children aged 5 – 12 years watch

an average of two or more hours of

television or videos a day. This does not

include time on other kinds of screens.

Studies have shown that we use less

energy watching TV than just sitting still.

TV influences the food choice of kids –

Australia has a high rate of food

advertising during children’s viewing hours.

TV replaces time a child can be active and

enjoy the Great Outdoors.

There is an association between TV

watching and being overweight.

MS Office 2016 for Home Use As part of the department’s Enterprise Agreement

with Microsoft, MS Office 2016 is now available

under work-at-home rights for DoE staff and

students. Under this agreement, a single copy for

use on a single computer is provided to NSW

public school students for free and to staff for

under $25.

More licences of Office 2016 will be made

available for free to all students and staff during

Term 1 next year under our MS Office 365

agreement.

Visiting Performers Last Friday the St Columba Anglican School Band from Port Macquarie visit-

ed our school and performed for our Primary students. Our students were

treated to a variety of musical items and styles of music. Band members ex-

plained how their instruments are played and some of our students were giv-

en the opportunity to join in. At one stage they had the whole audience up and

dancing to the music. With our own music program now being developed in

the Primary, this was a great opportunity for the students to see and experi-

ence how much fun music can be.

Yvonne Sharpe - Deputy K-7

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K-6 AWARDS Term 4 Week 2

Kinder Leo Ellis Savannah

Semple Jay

Hadgelias Ruben Wilson

Year 1 Mia Jo

Henderson

Hudson

Manning Shae Fuller Ashley Smith

Year 2/3B Aidan Arnison Ivy Hamilton Jacob

Cooper Willy Harris

Year 2/3M Ella Pearson Holly

Williamson Skye Boyle

William Weekes

Year

4C

Oska Hancock

Ella Griffith Tahj Hodder Breanna Stothard

Year 5/6 F

Mitchell Williamson

Eric Redman Toby

Stothard Lahni Pearson

Year

5/6 E

Tyson Horseman

Oscar Forrester Courtney Norman

Finn Gillespie

Dirrawong Awards

Blaze Parasyn-Duffy, Daniel Stewart, Cameron Trott, Ivy Hamilton

GONSKI Event—Our Kids, Our Community, Our Future At the school 6pm 04/11/2015

3/11/2015 Year 10 Drama present their major production for 2015

“The Hysterical History of the Trojan War”

Students from Years 8 & 9 drama will also take part in the production.

There will be three performances on the day

11:30am Years 7 & 8 $3 per student

2:00am Years 9 & 10 $3 per students

6:30pm for the Community $5 per adult

Congratulation to our senior winner Kelly Wilson Year 12 who also took out the peoples choice prize; and congratulations to our

youngest winners Jaiden Cooper & Honey Hodder Bell from Kinder and everyone in between. What a great art exhibition our

students produced some inspirational art. Thanks to Robin Mather & Mark Robinson for coordinating the exhibition. Special

thanks to Mrs McKay who coordinated the primary students and one of my favourite sections the Recycled Art. Thank you to all

our families who attended on the night and a BIG thank you to the Mid Richmond Education Fund for sponsoring the prize

money. Over the next couple of weeks I will showcase some of the art from the competition.

Congratulations to Caelan Cooper Year 3 winner of the Recycled Art prize with his crocodile made from

recycled objects. The beach chick was also very cute and well done by Lilli Gillespie.

Above is an interesting & intricate

winning entry by Ziggy McCartin-Cole Lyn Thomson CLO 6682 6666

Principal: Rob Walker B.Ed., M.Ed. Cypress Street, Evans Head NSW 2473 Email: evansriver-c.school@det.nsw.edu.au Phone: 02-6682 6666 Website: www.evansriver.nsw.edu.au Fax: 02-6682 6777

Final Weeks for Free TAX HELP!! The Tax Help Program provides a trained volunteer who will do your

simple tax return for you FOR FREE. This is the last week this service

will be offered in 2015.

All returns will be done via MyGov and MyTax. Tax Help will be offered

BALLINA

P&C News Our next meetings will be held on Monday 16th November. Our morning

meeting takes place at 9:00am in the Administration Building and the second

meeting is held in the Library at 4:30pm. Please join one of our meetings and

bring along your ideas.