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Newsletter 20/2015—Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 1
INSIDE Diary 2
K-6 Athletics Carnival 2
Mid-Richmond PSSA Athletics
Carnival 2
Road Safety - Your Child’s Safety
Depends on You 2
Aladdin Jr 2
Premier’s Reading Challenge
Author Profile 2
CLO News 3
Canteen Roster 3
Science Trivia 3
Zone Athletics Carnival
Results 7-12 2015 3
Holiday Activities 4
P&C News 4
Issue 20
25th June 2015
High Achievers Once again we are celebrating high level achievements by our students - the
article below describes the excellent results achieved by students at the
Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Titration Competition which
students of our school have won the North Coast division once again, one
student receiving a perfect score. There are also high achievements on the
sporting front, including Aidan Yourell’s naming in the Pacific School Games
team - well done Aidan. I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy
change of routine over the next two weeks. All students K-12 return to school
on Tuesday 14 July. Happy NAIDOC Week!
Rob Walker – Principal
RACI Titration Competition 2015 This year Evans River entered two HSC Chemistry
teams in the annual Royal Australian Chemical
Institute titration competition, once again hosted by the
Southern Cross University in Lismore. Our students
joined 30 other regional teams to compete in this
prestigious event, some of whom were similarly
dedicated and devoted a Saturday morning to advance
their skills in Chemistry. Our students’ patient attention
to detail and excellent team work did not go unrewarded. The ER Chemical
Comrades received a Merit award (139 points) and 6th position (Georgia Hart,
Peter Weekes and Bryce Trustum), while ER Alpha gained an Excellent
award (50 points) and 1st position in the regional event (Alec Barker, Connor
Drechsler and Kai Tosomeen). Congratulations to all competitors on their
consistent results, particularly to Bryce Trustum, who successfully managed a
‘perfect’ score of zero!
Once again, a special thanks to the work of the Chemistry Faculty at SCU
and especially Dr Lachlan Yee, for continuing to host this event and
stimulating interest in tertiary studies of Chemistry in our ER Stage 6 cohort.
Best wishes also go to our Alpha team in the ensuing competition at State
level early in Term 3.
Karen Warwick- Science Teacher
Youth Scholarship for 2016 The Youth Scholarship Program helps young people living in social housing
(studying Year 11-12 in 2016) to complete their HSC or TAFE equivalent by
providing a one-off payment of $1500 to be spent on education related items.
More information and application forms available now at The Learning
Centre. Applications close at 5:00pm on July 2015.
CHS Open Boys Volleyball Coffs Harbour On the 16th June the CHS Open boys Volleyball team competed in the
Newsletter 20/2015—Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 2
Diary
This Week - Week 1 Term 3 - Week A
Jul 13 School Development Day Staff Only
Jul 14 First day Term 3 Students K-12
Jul 16 Bond University Indigenous Students Gold Coast
Next Week - Week 2 Term 3- Week B
Jul 21 2016 Year 9,11,12 Subject Selection Evening
Year 9&10 Ag Excursion Tropical Fruit World
Year 12 Tertiary Expo Trinity Lismore
Jul 24 Mid Richmond Athletics Carnival Evans Head
Coming Event
Jul 27-31 Education Week
Jul 30 Senior Music Task Performance Night 6pm
Years 3-12 Maths Competition
Jul 31 CHS Regional Athletics Coffs Harbour
Aug 02-08 Sydney Snow Excursion Year 10
regional final against Wauchope High School at
Coffs Harbour. The boys trained every available
lunch time to improve their skills leading up to the
event, which showed their dedication and hard work
ethic. The Evans River team lost the first two sets
and almost took out the third, however fell just short
as Wauchope took the game in three sets. Congratulations to Jack Baker,
Alec Barker, Tyley Mackney, Tyler Lewis, Adam Hart, Jake Stevens, Kai
Tosomeen, Jalon Hadley & Connor Uebergang for making it through to Evans
River’s first Regional final Open boys final. Well Done!
Robyn Mather - Teacher
K-6 Athletics Carnival Over the last couple of weeks, K-6 held their Athletics Carnival over 2 days; a
field events day and a track events day. Competition between the houses
was extremely close and students participated with excellent sportsmanship
and enthusiasm. Congratulations to all who participated on these 2 days and
to the following age champions:
Senior Boys – Victor Roberts Senior Girls – Jessica Bodley
11yr Boys – Cooper Hinton 11yr Girls – Tahlia Howard
Junior Boys – Tyson Horseman Junior Girls – Nicola Manning
Four records were broken at the carnivals:
Jessica Roche broke the Senior Girls discus record held by Hannah
McKendrick with a throw of 19.16m
Zan Manning broke the 5 year old girls 70m record held by Matilda Wornes
with a time of 17.29 seconds.
Savannah Semple broke the 6 year old girls 70m record held by Leesy
Forsyth with a time of 14.82 seconds.
Jack Semple broke the 9 year old boys 100m record held by Hamish
McKendrick with a time of 16.15 seconds.
Congratulations to these students! Your name has been added into the
record book!
Thanks so much to the wonderful parents who assisted at the carnivals. We
appreciated your help and it couldn’t run as well without you!
The house points as usual were super close... The winning house was
Stingrays, followed closely by Marlins, Sharks and Dolphins.
Mid-Richmond PSSA Athletics Carnival The Mid-Richmond PSSA Athletics Carnival will be held at Evans River
School oval on Thursday 16th July (week one, next term), from 10am until
2pm.
Students (8 years old and above) coming 1st, 2nd or 3rd overall in their events
at our school carnival will be eligible to go. Notes have been handed out to
students involved.
Isaac Fields - Sports Coordinator K-6
Road Safety - Your Child’s Safety Depends on You When Driving: Make sure your children are in an appropriate child car seat that is fitted and used correctly. Make a rule that every child passenger must be securely buckled into a seatbelt or child car seat before you start the car. A sleeping child must remain firmly buckled up while the car is in motion. Always give way to pedestrians particularly when entering and leaving driveways. It’s safest for children to get out of the car on the kerb side of the road to be away from passing traffic. Remember, drive safe - our child’s safety depends on you!
Aladdin Jr Last Thursday, twenty students from Year 9 and
Year 10 Drama and Music, attended Lismore
Community of School’s production of Aladdin Jr,
the musical. It was a spectacular production with a
cast of 150 singers, dancers, musicians and
circus performers. Congratulations to Maddison
Gordon (5/6E) for her fantastic performance as a
townsperson.
Kerri Daly - Drama Teacher
Premier’s Reading Challenge Author Profile
Enid Blyton: was born on
11th August 1897 in East
Dulwich, London, UK and
died on the 28th November
1968 in Hampstead,
London. Enid Blyton was a
teacher and one of her
passions were poetry.
Some of her books on the Premiers Reading
Challenge list are: Secret Seven collection,
Famous Five Collection, The Enchanted Woods,
Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of the Faraway.
I have read the Enchanted Woods. This book is
about two girls and a boy and their adventures
into the woods. Where trees talk and an old oak
tree leads the children to different magical worlds
in the clouds. One day the children get stuck
above the oak tree. To find out what happens
borrow The Enchanted Woods by Enid Blyton.
Tahlia Howard - Year 6
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Science Trivia! This Week’s Question: What name is given to
the condition created by too much bile in the
bloodstream creating a yellowing of the skin?
Last Week’s Question:What type of tree is
often found in churchyards?
Answer: YEW
Zone Athletics Carnival Results 7-12 2015
Emily Miller 3rd 200m
Chloe James 1st High Jump
Rachael Redman 2nd 12-15 yrs Triple Jump
Billie Trustum 3rd Javelin Michael Lock
Kia Waters 2nd 800m
Fletcher Rayner 3rd 800m
Rhiley Butler 1st High Jump
Lindsay Morgan 3rd High Jump
Mick Bussell 1st Shotput
Mick Bussell 1st Discuss - New Record this is an outstanding achievement
Mick Bussell 2nd Javelin
Brodie Olive 3rd Javelin
Helpers: Narwunda Roberts, Jasmine Clarke, Toby Felsch, Sam Robson, Zac Armstrong, Tyler Mackney, Mick Bussell, Alisha & Tamika Wynne
5 Students have qualified to attend the regional trials
Monday 13 Jul SDD
Tuesday 14 Jul Donna Moore
Wednesday 15 Jul Molly Forsyth
Thursday 16 Jul Von Pickens
Friday 17 Jul Charmayne Stevens
Canteen Roster - Week A
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Lyn Thomson CLO 6682 6666 [email protected]
Welcome to NAIDOC Day. The Green Team under the
leadership of Mr Gillespie have built a fabulous fire pit,
which was christened today; it will also be utilized as a
yarning circle. Mr Cook supervised the making of the
damper and Mr Mulherin was in charge of the cooking.
Thanks to the staff and students who made the damper it
was delicious.
Congratulations to all our talented water people. First off, Mr Fields, Year 5/6 teacher who
last weekend won the Open Log division at the NSW Longboard State Titles at Yamba surfing on a traditional longboard. At the
same Longboard State Titles Jay Thomson (Year 9) was selected in the under 18 State Team to compete at the Australian titles in
August.
Another up and coming shortboard surfer Zac McMahon (Year 8) competed in the NSW Junior Regional Surfing Titles and
earned a place in the Shortboard State Team. He will compete in the NSW Junior State Titles in the U16 division in July.
Meanwhile in the pool, Aiden Yourell (Year 10) has been powering, named the CHS State Swimming 16-19 male multi-class
swimmer of the meet, next he will swim in the Pacific School Games in November, as well as making it onto the Swimming
Australia Paralympics Development Squad. Congratulations to everyone.
Jay Thomson at the NSW Longboard Titles
Photo from the Pacific Longboarder Magazine
Zac McMahon
Photo from the Northern Star
Photo from the Northern Star
Have a happy and safe Have a happy and safe
holiday holiday
Don’t worry
be happy
Proof is in the tasting
Aiden Yourell
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
P&C News Our next meetings will be held on Monday 20th July. 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.
Rileys Hill Car Boot
Market Day When: Sunday 28th June
Time: 8:30am – 1:00pm
Where: Rileys Hill Hall
$10 a stall (Funds raised for the community)
To register for a stall please contact:
Corrinne on 0402932227 or
Evans River Handmade Market WHERE: RSL Club
WHEN: Saturday 4th July
TIME: 9:30am - 2pm
Gold Coin Donation
All proceeds to charity
BALLINA NRL HOLIDAY CLINIC Thursday 9th July, NRL will be conducting a fun holiday clinic at Kingsford
Smith Oval , Ballina.
Day starts at 11am ( registrations from 10:30am )
Day ends by 2:30pm .
Cost $40 ( inc. fruit break, lunch, NRL gift pack and lots of fun skills.)
Available for boys and girls of primary school age.
ALL PARTICIPANTS ENCOURAGED TO REGISISTER ON LINE .
Log on to register.
www.playnrl.com/northernnsw
Go to NEWS , Select Ballina clinic , then click on “Click here” to register. Best
Option is First time user.
NRL DEVELOPMENT
Kelvin Menchin 0407 069 101