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Creative Writing Presentation and Workshop On Wednesday 6th September Year 7 & 8 students enjoyed a creative writing

presentation in the gymnasium given by the professional author Zanni Louise.

Zanni Louise presented images and information on how she grew up as an

adventurous kid and how she became an author of children's picture books.

She told us how she has been writing stories since she was six but none of

her stories were published until the age of 30.

That teaches us that to be what you want to be you should never give up on

your dream.

Following the presentation Year 8J participated in an amazing workshop. We

were taught techniques to writing a story.

Zanni Louise inspired me so much that it brought out creative abilities I never

thought I could do.

I'm sure I would like to have more sessions like this and so would many other

students.

Working in the outdoors really was joyful and relaxing. I felt I could

concentrate on what I was doing and getting great feedback from Zanni

Louise was helpful.

I would like to thank Mrs Zann for organising this day and I would also like to

that Zanni Louise for spending her time to give us an inspirational talk and

workshop.

Elijah Kapeen (8J)

The Concert Night The concert night was a fabulous night. Our Class did “You’ve Got a Friend In

Me!”. I was Buzz Lightyear. I had long green, white and Red wings and lots of

buttons to press and heaps of features and I had white pants. I had a great

time being Buzz Lightyear. Our dance started by going back to back and I

was Harper’s partner. My favourite part of our dance was the circles, what we

did with the circles was we had a starting person on each circle, Phoebe was

the start of one circle and I was the start of the other circle and I went under

Teak and Phoebe went under Lily H and made an inside out circle. It was just

too sensational.

By Zoe Chapman

Swimming in Year 7 and 8 PDHPE All students in year 7 and 8 will be taking part in water safety activities for the

first 5 weeks of term 4. This is an essential part of the PDHPE program and

invaluable in educating the students about water safety and developing their

water skills. All students will need to bring their swimmers and towel and $4

for each of their practical lessons for the first 5 weeks. Please contact Mrs

Price if you have any concerns or questions about the Aquatics program.

Sonya Price - Head Teacher PDHPE/HSIE

Issue 30

14th September 2017

INSIDE Diary 2

Year 12 Organisation Week 10 2

Careers Corner 2

K-6 Dirrawong Awards 2

Around The School—CLO 3

Canteen Roster 3

K-6 Awards 3

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Monday 18 Sep Laurie Wood

Tuesday 19 Sep Help Needed

Wednesday 20 Sep Help Needed

Thursday 21 Sep Von Pickens

Friday 22 Sep Help Needed

Canteen Roster - Week A

Diary

Week 10 Term 3 - Week A

18 Sep Performance Assembly 12:15 - 1:25pm

19 Sep Year 12 Final Excursion Gold Coast 7am - 5pm

Welbeing Day Year 9 & 10 Evans Head

20 Sep CHS Cricket Lismore

Year 12 Car and Dog Wash Evans Head

21 Sep Year 12 Volunteer Auction 9:30 - 11:00am

22 Sep K-6 Assembly 9:30am

Year 12 Final Assembly 11:30am

Week 1 Term 4 - Week B

Oct 09 First Day Term 4 All Students K-12

Oct 13 K-6 Assembly 9:30am

Coming Events

Oct 16 Kinder Orientation 9:30am -11am

Oct 19 North Coast National Ag & Food Students Lismore

Oct 20 Gold Coast 600 Excursion 9/10 & STEP

Oct 23 Kinder Orientation 2 9:30am -11am

Oct 31-Nov 2 Year 7 & Year 10 Peer Support Moreton Island

Nov 8-10 Year 8 Camp “Goodenough”

K-6 Dirrawong Awards Isaac

Judah Heath

Phoebe Fuller

Tahlia Ison

Italian Exchange What a fantastic two weeks it has been, spending

time to get to know the Italian students that visited

us. Getting to know them was great! The

adventures we had, the laughs we shared, the

stories we told and now have to tell.

We showed them the Australian way of life. The

smiles they had on their faces when they saw all

the wildlife at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. The

kangaroos at camping, the dolphins in the river

while canoeing, the beautiful surf at Byron Bay,

the rock pools and rainforest at Protesters Falls .

Even them looking at the waves at the beaches

we went to. The things we look at everyday and

don’t think about much, made the Italian Students

so happy.

The Evans River Students will now head to Italy in

2018 and continue to enjoy the friendships they

have made when they stay with the families in

Italy.

By Mia McAvoy

Careers Corner The following resource and information is available at the schools careers website: www.evansriverk12careers.com

Studying Overseas Recently I have had some enquiries about the process involved to study of overseas. The link on our website will give you information about studying in the USA and in the UK or by selecting Post School Options>Overseas University Study on our website. It is important for students to realise that most Australian universities also have partnerships with many international universities. This allows students to study part of their Australian degree overseas and receive credit for the units they successfully complete. There are also scholarships that can help finance these studies.

Chris Hayward - Careers Adviser

Year 12 Organisation for Last Week of School

Monday 18th September : Normal day Tuesday 19th September: Big Day out. Gold Coast, Paintball and Bounce (Mrs Price, Mr Mather & Mr Garvey) Wednesday 20th September: Car and Dog Wash Day Thursday 21st September: Volunteer Auction: period 1 and 2. Friday 22nd September: Farewell breakfast, : Final Assembly: 11.30am - 1.05pm

Italian Exchange Students making Pavlova

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K-6 AWARDS Term 3 Week 8

Kinder Jade

McInerney Raphael

Leroy Charlotte Tregidgo

Carter Geoghegan

Year 1 Lily Schmitt Cameron

Horseman Tahlia Ison Thomas Daly

Year 2/3M Hannah Forrester

Riley Arnison Byron

Behn -Moore Blake Yager

Year 3E Lotus Barratt Dana

Collingburn Jasmine Schmitt

Milly - Rose Tregidgo

Year 4/5C Darren Stewart

Miah- Bella Norman

Keely Somerville

Bailey O’Brien

Year 4/5F Tazmyn Butler

Aidan Arnison

Abbie Yourell Caelan Cooper

Year 6 Eva Boutle Jack

Stevens Shenoah McKenna

Taylah Levett

Kristen Gillespie CLO

Evans River K-12 secondary Year 10 students and Senior Year 11 &12 girls who may be interested in Engineering are encouraged to apply for the one-day "Spring into Engineering Program for Aspiring Girls" workshop to be held at the Lismore campus of SCU. This event is on Thursday, 28th September (during the holidays). Places are limited so get in quick. For further information please see Mrs McGeary.

The 19th September 2017 is the last day for Evans River K-12 School to collect the Woolworths Earn & Learn program stickers for our school. Many thanks to our school community for supporting our school and collecting the stickers, every sticker helps our school

choose amazing school resources.

Evans River K-12 School New Financial System Evans River K-12 School front office can now accept all financial transactions, including cash, EFTPOS and direct deposits. The office staff thank the school community for their patience and understanding during this transitioning period.

Last Wednesday evening Evans River K-6 School students held their annual school concert...Evans goes to Hollywood. The night was spectacular with well rehearsed performances, incredible singing and amazing visual props. Many thanks to our extremely hard working and dedicated K-6 staff and Miss Dee who consistently strive to ensure our students can showcase their variety of talents for our school community. Copies of the performance are now available for $10.00 via the office.

Evans River P & C Meeting shall be held Monday 18th September 2017 in school library from 4:30 pm. All

welcome.

Evans River K-12 2017 Art Competition Evans River K-12 School’s annual Art competition shall be held on Wednesday 8th November 2017. This is a great opportunity for students to enter an original

piece of artwork/photograph with prizes on offer. Please see Mr Mather for further information.

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

Woodburn Riverside Festival 2017 Saturday, 14th October, 9:00am—9:00pm In the Riverside Park and on the Richmond River at Woodburn A full day of Activities and Entertainment for the whole Family Raft race, Biathlon, Amusement rides, Markets, Face Painting, Dress-up parade (age 10 & under), School performances, Petting zoo, Rep-tile show, Barbecue, Live band 'Pistol Whip' in the evening Fireworks.... and much more! Organised by Woodburn Event Team For information contact Pam Bellingham (6682 2203 / 0414 953 879) or Glenn Crawford (6682 2032)

Excursions 2017

Year 8 Camp “Goodenough” Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th Nov

Year 10 & 7 Peer Support Moreton Island Tuesday 31st Oct - Thursday 2nd Nov Please note our new financial system is up and running and the office is now accepting payments. Both of these excursions are due to be finalised by Friday 22nd September

Evans Head Little Athletics Sign On Date:

Monday 18th September 2017 4.30pm, Evans River School Oval

Start date: Monday 9th October 2017 4:30pm on Mondays, at

Evans River School Oval Online registrations also