Newsletter Issue 16, 2019 - Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 1

Issue 16

30 May 2019

INSIDE

Diary 2

Lego in Primary 2

School Photos Coming Up 2

Bridge Building 2

Martin Chatterton Author Visit 2

Go Screen Free 3

Uniform Store 3

Canteen Roster 3

Open Boys Rugby 3

Woolworths Earn & Learn 3

Careers Corner 3

Water Saving Competition 4

NDIS Information Session 4

STEM Roadshow 4

Monster Raffle 4

Discover Engineering Ballina 4

Parent Portal 4

Marshall Makes State Squad Marshall Brown (Year 10) has been chosen as a

squad member for the NSW All Schools State

Hockey Program and will be heading to the Sydney

Academy of Sport training camp based at the

Narrabeen Sport & Recreation Centre June 17-20.

Marshall was selected following strong

performances with his club side Coraki, our school

team and the CHS North Coast representative

hockey team. During the camp, selectors will settle

on the make-up of the NSW All Schools Team to

play at the School Sport Australian Hockey

Championships at Newcastle August 4-10. Marshall

said “It would be awesome to be chosen for the

State team.” Marshall plays as a defender. Training for his Coraki club side

occurs on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week. Tuesday training is at Coraki

which is focussed on fitness. Thursday training is at Goonellabah on the turf

and is focussed on skills. “We also have a small hockey turf at home and I do

some training there each week.” Marshall said. Marshall has previously been

chosen for the NSW U13 Indoor and Outdoor teams and the NSW U15 Indoor

and Outdoor teams.

Rob Walker - Principal

Year 10 Vaccination Reminder Don’t forget to bring in your vaccination notes. The vaccines will be

administered on Monday 3rd June. Please make sure you eat breakfast

beforehand.

Kindness This week, Year 5/6C has been looking at the power of kindness. “Kindness is

doing what you can, where you are, with what you have”. Ivy Taig and Bijou

Blore-Jones were sent on a secret mission to film a video thanking all the

wonderful support staff in Primary. Thank you for all you do. Ivy Taig - Yr 5/6C

World Turtle Day Last week, to coincide with World Turtle Day, Year 5/6C and 6S attended a

Video Conference with the Australian Museum. We learnt about the human

impacts on the coral reefs, both good and bad. Some of the good impacts

are researching how to help and monitoring the conditions of the coral reefs.

Some of the bad human impacts are pollution, touching the coral and

damaging it, and taking bits of coral home.

We also learnt about the impact of pollution on turtles, they think that plastic

bags look like jelly fish and try to eat them, and they end up with plastic straws

up their nose. Dana Collingburn - Year 5

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Diary

Week 6 Term 2 - Week A

3 Jun Year 10 Vaccinations

NRPSSA Touch Trials Yamba

6 Jun Textiles Dyeing Workshop Mullumbimby

TVET Open Day Wollongbar

7 Jun Core of Life - Year 9

Primary Athletics Carnival - Field Events 9:20am-3:30pm

Week 7 Term 2 - Week B

10 Jun Public Holiday - Queen’s Birthday

11 Jun NCPSSA Touch Trials Grafton

12 Jun Year 7-12 Social - Iconic Duos 6:30-9:00pm

13 Jun NRPSSA Rugby Union Trials Lismore

Snr English / STEP Anh Do Excursion 4:30-10:30pm

14 Jun Core of Life - Year 9

Primary Athletics Carnival - Track Events 9:20am-3:30pm

Lego in Primary Going to school at Evans River is even more fun thanks to Good360 and their

partner LEGO who have donated their surplus goods. Year 1/2 were the first

class to complete some LEGO challenges. The students enjoyed working in

teams to solve maths problems while having heaps of fun.

Tracy Durheim - Instructional Leader

School Photos Coming Up Just a reminder that the School photos are

booked for Tuesday 2nd July, the last week of

Term 2. Photo envelopes will be sent home on

Monday 17th June.

Bridge Building After a few weeks of building, designing and

testing, this great group of budding engineers and

architects built these suspension bridges.

Baden Colliss - Yr 7-12 Teacher

Martin Chatterton Author Visit On Thursday 30th May, author and illustrator

Martin Chatterton visited our school to perform

two shows to our students in K-4 and Yr5-8.

Martin entertained us with his funny jokes and

stories but best of all was when he did some

illustrations of our students - he turned them into

crazy characters like pineapples and rabbits. We

were even privileged to be the first audience to

hear Martin’s new book ‘Winter of the White Bear’.

Elizabeth Delman - K-6 Teacher

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Go “Screen Free” Make meal times

“SCREEN FREE”

and enjoy eating at

the table as a family .

Make a family

“SCREEN FREE”

hour or day each

week.

Create a “SCREEN

DEPOT” in your

house where all

small screens go at a

certain time each

day / evening.

Open Boys Rugby - Len Diett Shield On Tuesday the 21st May, the

1st XV took on Maclean High

school in the opening round

of the Len Diett Shield.

Despite having only 2

players who had ever played

Rugby union before, the

young men who represented

Evans River put in a strong

and courageous effort.

Evans opened the scoring

through some silky backline play set up by Tim Williams leading to Tyreece

Kapeen slicing through the opposition’s defence. From here the momentum

shifted to Maclean as they gained territory and scored 3 tries out wide to lead

at half time 19-5.

In the Second half our boys showed some strong forward play lead by Darcy

Banks and Sam Wilson which presented us with some good opportunities,

however handling errors allowed Maclean to score another 2 tries against the

run of play.

Despite this setback, the boys rallied and some good ball movement and an

offload from Darcy Banks to Zane Gaiter led to Zane scoring in the corner

leaving the end score 29-10 in favour of Maclean.

The Len Diett Shield is a newly formed Open Boys competition for all schools

on the North Coast. There are 2 pools of 6 schools and our boys will play 5

games with the top teams from each pool playing off in a final. Our team’s

next game is Tuesday of week 7 where we will take on St Mary’s Casino at

home in what will be a hard fought game.

Well done and Good Luck!

Luke Cleaver - Yr7-12 Teacher

Uniform Store 2019 Fridays 8:30-9:30am, Performance Hall

Eftpos Available

The following resource and information is

available at the schools careers website -

www.evansriverk12careers.com

Helping Your Child Find Their Career The year 10 to 11/12 subject selection night is

being held early next term. It is important that students make an informed

choice that suits their needs and abilities.

Over the coming weeks I will be highlighting a number of useful parts of our

careers website that could help with senior subject selection.

Research has shown that young people value parents/carers who show a

genuine interest and understanding about their career pathways.

From the drop menu “For Parents” select “Useful Links” and select “Helping

Your Child Find Their Career” or by clicking here. This New Zealand website

has some excellent information and advice on helping your child with career

choices and decision making.

Mr Chris Hayward, Careers Adviser

Monday 1 Jun Help Needed

Tuesday 2 Jun Help Needed

Wednesday 3 Jun Help Needed

Thursday 4 Jun Help Needed

Friday 5 Jun Bev Reid

Canteen Roster - Week A

Don’t forget to collect Woolworths Earn &

Learn Stickers & return to the School

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

Parent Portal Logon https://web3.evansriver-c.schools.nsw.edu.au/portal/login

Tickets available from the School Office Connecting Kids, Connecting Families Parents / Carers, of children with disabilities, we invite you to join

us at this upcoming event to understand the following:

What the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is

Eligibility criteria

The planning process

Understanding the obligations of the Dept of Education and the NDIS

What services are available locally to assist your children

Local Area Coordinators will be on hand to answer any questions you have.

Details: Lismore Public School, Pound St,

Thursday 20 June, 2:30-5:30pm

Afternoon tea will be provided

Water Saving Competition