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Issue 34

4 November 2021

INSIDE

Diary 2

Year 12 Final Assembly 2

Game Changer 2

QuickSmart Maths 2

K-6 Crazy Hair Day TOMORROW 2

Food Technology 3

Sports Uniform Reminder (Yr 7-12) 3

Academic Rollover Next Week 3

Book Week Parade 3

Careers Corner: Emergency Services 3

K-6 Awards 3

Christmas Party 4

Learner Driver Course 4

Uniform Store 4

Service NSW 4

Mr Chipz’s Book 4

Parent Portal Login 4

School Stream App 4

IMPORTANT NOTE Please be reminded that students are NOT

to arrive at school before 8:30am as there is

NO SUPERVISION prior to this time.

Max McGillivray - Australian U14 Surfing Champion On Friday 29th October, Max McGillivray (Year 6) was crowned Australian

Under 14 Surfing Champion. Max has previously won many surfing

competitions. To gain the title, Max had to gain a placing in the top 8 in the

State titles and be rated in the top 30 in Australia to gain a place in the

Australian titles. Some surfers were able to join the competition as wild cards.

Max achieved a top 30 place in the later part of 2020. He then continued to

surf competitively and gained a place in the top 15 of the 30. Due to COVID,

competitors capture their surfing on video and submit to judges. Surfing right

and left waves is mandatory. Max surfed in multiple destinations and chose

his best two waves to submit. After judging, Max had scored the highest of the

competitors and was crowned Australian Surfing Champion.

Max’s training routine includes surfing before and after school. He likes Evans

Main Beach and Back Snapper. He can be up at 4:30am for a gym session,

followed by time in the water from 7:00am. He’s at school for 9:00am lessons.

Max can be back in the water from 3:45pm til 5:30pm - before it becomes

“sharky’.

Max is sponsored by Billabong, Creatures of Leisure, JS Surfboards and a

wax company.

Max is a mature, considerate and thoughtful young man who enjoys his time

surfing with his mates. He is a fine young member of our community.

Rob Walker - Principal

2022 Senior Captains and Vice Captains Congratulations to our incoming 2022 Senior Captains & Vice Captains: Luke Elley (C) Rose Evans (C) Abby Duce (VC) Taylah Fardy (VC)

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Year 12 Final Assembly Our Year 12’s have had their last day and final assembly. We wish them all

the best for their HSC exams starting next week and for whatever their future

holds.

Game Changer On Tuesday the 5th of November, five students from Years 7 – 10 participated

in the state-wide Game Changer challenge. Those students were Kylan

Chapman, Caelan Cooper, Eva Charters, Jack Whittaker and Bella Algie. The

Game Changer challenge is a design thinking activity, focused on exploring

solutions for real world problems. This was the virtual heats round after

Diary

Week 6 Term 4 - Week A

7 November Academic Rollover Year 7-11

Kindergarten 2022 Transition 9:30am-11:00am

9 Nov - 3 Dec HSC Exams

12 Nov Year 7 2022 Transition 1 - Broadwater, Coraki & Woodburn

Week 7 Term 4 - Week B

14 Nov - 3 Dec HSC Exams

15 Nov Kindergarten 2022 Transition 9:30am-11:00am

Year 6 2022 Captains Speeches to Year Group

P&C Meeting 6:00pm-7:30pm

19 Nov Year 7 2022 Transition 2 - St Joseph’s Coraki, St Joseph’s

Woodburn and Evans River K-12

making it through the initial submission. The team

had to come up with a pitch of a product-based

solution to answer how might we transform

discarded items into something useful, beautiful or

upcycled? The Evans River team created a

product that used recycled plastic to make a

number of household items, including benching,

cabinets and chopping boards. Although the team

did not make it through, they demonstrated

outstanding teamwork, perseverance and time

management skills in a highly stressful yet exciting

environment.

QuickSmart Maths The QuickSmart team in Primary would like to

congratulate Max McGillivray and Byron Hudson

on completing the QuickSmart program. Both

students have shown outstanding commitment to

their learning. They attended every lesson at

school and by zoom during the COVID-19 learning

from home period.

Max and Byron have reported that the work they

are doing in maths is much easier now that they

have learned more skills and better understand

what they are doing.

K-6 Crazy Hair Day TOMORROW Don’t forget tomorrow is our K-6

Crazy Hair Day. The crazier the

better. Uniform must still be worn.

Please bring a gold coin donation

to raise money for teenagers

living with cancer.

Food Technology Year 10 Food Technology students had to make a

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PDHPE Sports Uniform Reminder for High School High school students are reminded that it is

compulsory to change into their sports shirt prior

to all practical PDHPE lessons. Sports shirts can

be ordered through the office or purchased directly

through the Uniform Store on Friday mornings

8:30-9:30am.

Academic Rollover Next Week Please be reminded that next week our Year 7-10 students will roll into their

next academic year. Students need their new book pack requirements for

Monday and Year 10 students rolling into Year 11 will need to have white

senior shirts for Monday.

Book Week Students in K-6 had a fabulous day last Friday celebrating Book Week. There

were some amazing costumes, artworks and dioramas—it was great to see

everyone getting into the spirit of the day. Photos will come home soon.

Emergency Services There are a wide range of careers available in the

various branches of the Emergency Services (not

just the obvious ones like Police Officers,

Firefighters and Paramedics). There are also many

careers available in support roles as well.

The link below will take you to the careers /recruitment pages of

the various services in each state: Here

Chris Hayward, Careers Adviser

Careers Website: www.evansriverk12careers.com

K-6 AWARDS Term 4, Week 4

KC Logan

Fowkes Koa Lee

Eisha Madarapu

Levi McLaughlin

K/1MW Lockie

Warren-Crouch Alaya Thorn

Joey Spencer

Grace McDonald

1/2M Amara

Alderman

Mason

Hudson

Harvey

Bruin

Ivy Lenard

2/3O Krisy

Madarapu Eva

Prater Ruben Smith

Sage Thomson

3/4L Yahburri Wilson

Abby Dunne

Jai Morgan

William Warren-Crouch

4/5E Ayla Gill

Charlotte Tregidgo

Sophie-Anne Pohl

Sunny Mackinnon

5/6B Riley

Arnison Milli

Bruun Frankie Williams

Cameron Horseman

5/6F Matilda Strong

Harper Lawrence

Miley Gill

Cooper Coleman

lemon meringue pie for their yearly exam. The

students all did an outstanding job demonstrating

the growth in their skills during the course. All the

pies were of industry standard.

Year 10 have also been developing their own pie

design. The pies could be sweet or savoury.

These are a few of the pie designs developed.

Neapolitan tart, strawberry pie, chicken and

mushroom pie, and chocolate meringue pie. The

students are to be congratulated on the range of

pies they produced during the food product

development unit.

Year 9 have been doing a unit on celebrations. As

part of the unit, the students had to plan a

celebration and design a show stopping cake. The

cakes produced by the students were excellent.

These are a few of the cakes created in Mrs

Entwistle’s classes.

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

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

Please download the School Stream App to receive important School updates

Uniform Store Friday 8:30-9:30am, Performance Hall

Primary hats available at Canteen

Monday 15th November 4:00-7:00pm; $140 per student To book please go to https://www.bys.org.au/ldriver

Mr Chipz’s Book Mr Chipz, one of our Techies has recently

published a children’s book “Dave the Deckie”.

During Book Week, he read it to some of the K-6

classes. If families are interested in buying a copy

of this book, they can send $17 cash in a sealed

envelope to school with their child on any Monday

and buy one directly from Mr Chipz in the Library.