Newsletter Issue 21, 2019 - Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 1

Issue 21

4 July 2019

INSIDE

Diary 2 Boys Open Hockey 2

Year 1/2M Poem for NAIDOC 2

Yr 5/6 Science & Engineering Day 2

HSC Minimum Standards Test 3

Year 3/4E Filming 3

Uniform Store 3

Canteen Roster - Help Needed 3

Dirrawong Dancers Perform 3

Careers Corner 3

Free Healthy Lifestyle Program 4

MRNC NAIDOC Celebrations 4

Darrel Chapman Fun Run 4

Macadamia Castle Holiday Program 4

MRNC Holiday Program 4

Bread Tags for Wheelchairs 4

Parent Portal 4

NAIDOC We enjoyed a great day at school this week celebrating NAIDOC Day. The

program started with a smoking (cleansing) ceremony before a whole school

assembly led by Doug Wilson. At the assembly Joey Wilson gave the

welcome to country; Mr Glen Cook gave the keynote address; Joey Wilson

and Raeyah Kapeen spoke of the theme for this year’s NADOC Day; the

Evans Head Preschool students performed and our own Aboriginal Dance

Group performed. The dance also included a smoking for our cultural

walkway (led by Doug Wilson) and activities K-12 throughout the remainder of

the day. A NAIDOC cake was cut and consumed and kangaroo stew featured

at the canteen. It was a great day made possible by many students, staff,

community members and parents. Thank you to everyone who worked to

make the day so special. I would particularly like to acknowledge the work of

Mr Craig Gillespie and Ms Monique McLean in the leadership of preparations.

School ‘Kiss and Goodbye’ Zone In front of the school there is a ‘no parking zone’ put in place to enable

parents to drive in to the bay, pick up their children and move on. The police

have advised they will be monitoring use of the no parking zone, including

duration of time spent in the no parking zone.

Rob Walker – Principal

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Diary

Week 1 Term 3 - Week B

22 July Staff Development Day - Pupil Free Day

P&C Meeting 4:30-5:30pm

23 July First day of Term 3

25 July Mid Richmond Athletics Carnival 10:00am-2:30pm

26 July K-6 Assembly 9:30-10:10am

Week 2 Term 3 - Week A

30 July Future Options Careers Expo 10:10am-1:00pm

Yr10 HSC Min. Standards Practice Test 9:20am-1:05pm

Yr9 2020 Subject Selection Evening 6:00-7:00pm

Yr11-12 2020 Subject Selection Evening 7:00-8:30pm

31 July Under the Sea P-2 Transition Event 11:30-1:00pm

1 Aug HSC Performance Music Trials 6:00-8:00pm

2 Aug K-6 Assembly 9:00-10:10am

Yr 5/6 Science & Engineering Challenge “The Science and Engineering Day was on Monday 24th June, 2019. There were many students to compete against and at the end of the day our school came 4th overall, which is an amazing achievement. Well done to the 32 students that came along to represent Evans River! A Big thank you to Mrs Fields and Ms Sherlock!” - Heidi McClure (Yr6)

“The Science and Engineering Day was amazing. We had lots of fun! We met a robot named Amy. We played games and increased our skills with abundant puzzles. We challenged ourselves against other schools and we did well, coming 4th overall. It was one of my best days ever!” - Charlotte Locke (Yr6)

“We went to the Southern Cross University for the Science and Engineering Day. It was a fun day for all. There were many activities for students in years 5 and 6 to participate in. A robot named Amy waved at us and even said "Hello". Fortunately we scored in the top 5 schools, unfortunately, we came in at number 4. But that's still a good effort for our Year 5 and 6 representatives. Good Job Evans River!” - Miah-Bella Norman (Yr6)

“During the Science and Engineering Day we got to do 2 different activities. My two activities were "Get Over It" and "Light Coms". My favourite was "Get Over It". We had to build a bridge out of cardboard, paddle pop sticks, straws, rulers and 4m of tape. The bridge had to hold weights. Ours made it to 5 weights before the bridge couldn't hold anymore. Light Coms was an activity where we had to communicate using light signals that we made up in our group. The best part of the day was at the end, when we saw a combustion experiment.” - Willy Harris (Yr6)

Boys Open Hockey On Thursday 27th June, Sue

Hunter and I had the pleasure of

taking our Open Boys Hockey team

to Ballina to play Ballina Coast High

School. Our boys played extremely

well beating a talented Ballina side

5-3.

Judd Piggott had an outstanding

game in goals deflecting numerous

attempts by Ballina. Marshall

captained the side, demonstrating outstanding leadership and hockey skills.

Donovan Moss played exceptionally well midfield, encouraging and

supporting our other boys.

Sue and I were extremely proud of the sportsmanship and commitment

demonstrated by the entire team. We are now into the next round and are

waiting to see where we play.

Connie D’Anna, Yr 7-12 teacher

NAIDOC Poem - Yr1/2M Year 1/2M thoroughly enjoyed the NAIDOC activities and created a class

Acrostic poem celebrating NAIDOC. Annette McKay - Year 1/2M Teacher

N Nice and tasty indigenous food

A Aboriginal clap sticks are made out of gum trees

I Incredible indigenous dancing was great!

D Dot gluing and dot painting was fantastic fun

O Original peoples were celebrated at our school

C Coming together, caring, respecting and celebrating indigenous people

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HSC Minimum Standards Tests Year 10 and some Year 11 students will be

participating in the new HSC Minimum Standards

Test during Term 3. To receive the Higher School

Certificate (HSC) from 2020 students need to

show they have a minimum standard of literacy

and numeracy. To check students have the basic

right, they will need to sit short online tests of

reading, writing and maths for everyday life.

Students will have a number of opportunities

before leaving school to sit and pass the tests,

once a student has passed the test they will not

need to sit it again.

Students in Yr10 will be sitting the practice tests

on Tuesday 30th July and the actual tests on

Tuesday 6th August. Yr11 students that need to

sit the tests will do so from Wednesday 1st

August. Further information can be found at

https://youtu.be/T3y6yuRYBiw

Year 3/4E Filming Year 3/4E have had fun today filming with the

green screen.

Uniform Store Friday 8:30-9:30am Performance Hall Eftpos Available

The following resource and information is

available at the schools careers website -

www.evansriverk12careers.com

School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATS) It is possible to include part time study of an

apprenticeship or traineeship during Years 11 and 12.

Normally if a student is undertaking an SBAT they attend the workplace one

day a week and on another day attend TAFE to complete the theory

component of their course.

Generally a Traineeship would be completed by the end of Year 12 while the

first year of the apprenticeship would be completed in the same time.

More information about School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships can

be found on our website by clicking here.

Mr Chris Hayward, Careers Adviser

K-6 AWARDS Term 2, Week 9

KM Olivia Parker

Willow Price

Makai Oldfield

Reid Coughran

K/1C Makayla

Oldfield

Cody

Anderson

Axle

Bourton Riley

Webber

1/2M Raphael

Leroy Caden

Plowman Mackenzie McDonald

Miley Northey

2/3O Theo

Charters Milly

Jones Lucy

Hough Ryder Caine

3/4E Myriam Weekes

Maddie Griffiths

Arlo Blore-Jones

Jyah Wimbus

4/5F Blake Yager

Byron

Hudson Chase Merrick

Caleb Samuels

5/6C Jada

Hughes Bailey Strong

Bijou Blore-Jones

Ursell Barber

6S Will

Weekes Alex

Redman Miah-Bella

Norman Tom

Carey

Dirrawong Awards

Tucker Barany

Isaac McLeod

Oliver Arragon

Cameron Horseman

Monday 22 July Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 23 July Help Needed

Wednesday 24 July Help Needed

Thursday 25 July Help Needed

Friday 26 July Bev Reid

Canteen Roster - Week B

Dirrawong Dancers Perform The Dirrawong Dancers took their performance to Woodburn Public School

this morning to help them celebrate NAIDOC Day. Aunty Simone introduced

the morning with a welcome to country in language. Thank you to Willy for

driving us and Angela Bolton for the invitation. The dancers will perform at

Coraki Public School tomorrow.

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

Please save your bread tags - they will be

recycled to fund wheelchairs in South Africa.

Made of high impact polystyrene they have a

good recycling value. Collecting bread tags, even

broken ones, makes a difference to our

environment too as they are recycled into

seedling trays, picture frames, coat hangers and

other items.

You and your family and friends can make a

difference to the lives of people in need of a

wheelchair in South Africa simply by saving all

your bread tags and dropping them off at Evans

Head Senior Citizen Hall. They are also collecting

ring pulls from drink cans.

Evans River K-12