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: [email protected] 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.