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Izack the Red After sharing with you last week Cassie Keogh’s achievements in qualifying

as a solicitor, Marshall Brown making the Hockey NSW U15 state team and

Carley and Kurtis Tebecis showing wonderful community spirit, this week we

celebrate another achievement in Izack

Rodda’s representative rugby career.

Izack was in the run on side for the

Queensland Reds last weekend and for

any rugby player this is a landmark

achievement. Izack has already played

for Australia in our national U19 side

amongst a host of other achievements.

Well done Izack! We wish you continuing

success in your endeavours.

Teliah Powell – TAFE Student of the Year The annual TAFE NSW Lismore Awards of Excellence were held at the

Lismore Workers Club last week. These awards celebrate the efforts of

students undertaking TAFE studies in 2016. Many of these students have

achieved outstanding results in and out of

the classroom and TAFE NSW is thrilled to

celebrate their learning success and steps

towards jobs, prosperity and brighter

futures. Congratulations to Teliah Powell,

(Year 12 2016) who was awarded Student

of the Year for Certificate III in Animal

Studies at Lismore TAFE. In September

2016, Teliah gained a traineeship and is

following her dream at the Lismore Central

Veterinary Hospital, where she is continuing

her studies through TAFE doing Certificate

IV in Veterinary Nursing.

School Social Last Wednesday evening our Year 7 to 12 students had the opportunity to

enjoy a social. Socials are organised under the auspices of the SRC. The

preparation of this particular social was done by Year 12. They are to be

congratulated on organising a great night for the students who attended. I

would like to thank the significant number of staff who got behind the students

and supported them through their supervision of the social. It was clearly a

night which was enjoyed by the large number of students who attended.

Unfortunately there were students who attended the social under the

influence of alcohol or a prohibited substance. These students have

INSIDE Diary 2

Student and Parent Portal 2

Easter Hat Parade 2

NC PSSA Regional Swimming 2

Harmony Day

CLO News 3

K-6 Awards 3

Canteen Roster 3

K-6 Dirrawong Awards 3

P & C News 4

Parent Portal Logon 4

Issue 8

16th March 2017

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Diary

Week 9 Term 1 - Week A

Mar 20 -24 Preliminary Yearly Exams

Mar 20 CHS Touch Football Boys & Girls Opens Goonellabah

Mar 21 Harmony Day K-6

Mar 22 Tiger Island Excursion Year 8

Mar 23 STEP Movieworld Excursion Seniors

Week 10 Term 1 - Week B

Mar 27 Boys and Girls Soccer Open Casino

Mar 28 Italian Exchange Departs

Mar 29 Bill Turner Cup Boys & Girls Evans Head

Mar 28-Apr 20 Italian Exchange Year 9/10

Mar 31 Primary Fun Run

TVET Open Day

Coming Events Apr 4 K-12 Performance Assembly 12pm

Apr 5-6 PSSA State Swimming Championships

Apr 5 Youth Week Activity Spaghetti Circus Year 7/8

Apr 7 Easter Hat Parade K-6 10:15am

K-12 Cross Country

Last Day Term 1

Apr 24 School Development Day Staff Only

Apr 25 ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Apr 26 First Day Term 2 All Students

experienced consequences for this choice in line with the school’s Student

Welfare & Discipline Policy. They will be supported in their learning around

making better decisions in the future. I would like to thank parents who have

worked with the school to raise their children to better understand responsible

behaviour choices. It takes a community to raise a child and this experience

provides another example of the strength of our community in raising our

young.

Rob Walker – Principal

Student and Parent Portal The Student and Parent Portal has been up and running now for almost a

year. If you have not already signed up for the portal I encourage you to do

so. If you have lost the information, please feel free to contact me, Yvonne

Sharpe, and I can either send you an email or letter, or I can take you

through the registration process here at school. It does not take long to

register.

Once you are registered, you and your child/ren can check daily notices, the

calendar, timetables (for HS), activities as well as message teachers directly

if you have any questions. We encourage you to check the portal daily. It can

be accessed on your mobile phone, ipad, computer or tablet.

This is a valuable communication tool for our school and has the capacity to

keep your family fully informed on school opportunities and events.

Easter Hat Parade Our Easter Hat Parade this year will follow our last assembly for the term on

Friday 7th April. We would like to remind

parents that egg shells should not be used

for decorations. It is always a colourful

parade and thank everyone in advance for

participating in the preparations for the

parade.

Following the Parade the students will

participate in some activities in class and

then we will be off to the K12 Cross Country. We

look forward to this being a great family day for

the students and a wonderful way to end the term.

Yvonne Sharpe—Deputy Principal K-7

North Coast PSSA Regional Swimming Last Wednesday 8th March, Lily Pollack, Aidan

Arnison, McKinley Arnison, Iris Hobbins and

Caelan Cooper represented Evans River K-12 at

the North Coast PSSA Regional Swimming

Carnival in Kempsey. Our school placed 4th

overall, which is an amazing achievement for our

swimmers.

Lily placed 3rd in the Junior Girls Breaststroke and

McKinley won the AWD Senior girls 50m and

100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 50m

Backstroke and 50m Butterfly and was named the

AWD Swimmer of the Meet. Both Lily and

McKinley have qualified in these events for the

NSW State Championships held in Sydney.

All students from Evans River achieved top 10

finishes in the Region which is an awesome effort.

Lily Pollack- 4th Jnr Girls 50m Backstroke and 6th

Jnr Girls 200m IM.

Aidan Arnison- 4th Jnr Boys 50m Backstroke, 4th

Jnr Boys 50m Butterfly, 4th Jnr Boys 200m IM, 5th

Jnr Boys 50m Freestyle and 5th Jnr Boys 50m

Breaststroke.

Iris Hobbins- 9th 11 Yrs Girls 50m Breaststroke.

Caelan Cooper- 10th 11 Yrs Boys 50m Freestyle.

Isaac Fields - Sports Coordinator K - 6

Harmony Day Next Tuesday, K-6 students will be participating in

a range of activities to celebrate cultural diversity

and promote social inclusion as part of the

Harmony Day celebrations.

Each classroom teacher has selected a country

and organised a range of activities for the

students to participate in during the day. Activities

will commence at 9:30am with classes moving to

a new activity every 25 minutes. Recess will be

10:45am with activities resuming at 11:10am.

The countries to be celebrated this year include:

Canada, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan, The

Philippines, England and Indonesia.

Tracy Durheim—Harmony Day Coordinator

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Monday 20 Mar Laurie Wood

Tuesday 21 Mar Help Needed

Wednesday 22 Mar Help Needed

Thursday 23 Mar Von Pickens

Friday 24 Mar Help Needed

Canteen Roster - Week A

K-6 Dirrawong Awards Jessie McInerney

Ava Collingburn

Eva Charters

Jayden Cooper

K-6 AWARDS Term 1 Week 7

Kinder Lucy Hough Charlotte Tregidgo

Ryder Swanbury

Maesea Cooper

Year 1 Steven

Williams Ryder Caine

Amarhnie

Marks

Sophia Hudson

Year 2 Kade Wise Tyler

Fletcher Ruben Wilson

Hannah Forrester

Year 3 Ursell Barber Halle Mayes Sian Charters Latrell Gordon

Year 4/5C Keely

Somerville Hasnain

Rana Ella Pearson Alex Redman

Year 4/5F Abbie Yourell Blaze Ward Koopa

Hancock Charlotte Daly

Year 6 Ryan Wynne-

Newman

Shenoah

McKenna Byron Hutley

Savannah Novak

Kristen Gillespie CLO 6682 6666

Many thanks to parents/carers who attended the Evans River Year 7 –12 Parent/Teacher Interviews on Monday night. This was an opportunity for parents to take a look at current student works on display, enjoy a cuppa and chat to staff about their child/children's school progress.

Thanks to our amazing parents/carers and staff who assisted at last Sunday’s Bunnings BBQ P&C fundraiser. It was a successful event and the school raised over a $1000 towards K-6 resources. Many thanks to Japheth Cooper, Craig Tosomeen, Ross Fry, Will Fisher, Fay Granger, Jan Hobbins, Pippa McGregor, Sandra Paddon,

Jane Young, Ben Fletcher and Cheryl McCarthy for being part of this great fundraising event for our school. Many thanks to Evans Head Fishermans Co-op for their donation of ice.

Evans River K-12 P&C Annual General Meeting When: Monday 20th March from 4:30 pm Where: Evans River School Library Executive positions shall be declared vacant and shall be refilled on the night. We welcome Evans River parents/carers to come along and be part of our school community, it’s an extremely rewarding experience to be part of your child’s education.

There was a great deal of activity down on the school’s Ag farm last week. After many weeks of patiently waiting, Year 8 students were very excited to hold their newly hatched chickens. Whilst Year 8 students had the arduous task of selecting the perfect name for their chickens, primary students paid a visit with Mrs McGeary explaining the incubation process in between cuddles and pats.

Evans River primary students have so far raised $519.00 towards our school fun run! Well done!!! We have only two weeks to go until School Fun-Run is held on the 31st March 17. Hopefully students have been using their student profile pages at schoolfunrun.com.au or filling in their fun run booklet. Please don’t forget you can also order your prizes online this year, go to schoolfunrun.com.au and create your student profile page (if you haven’t already). We’d love some volunteers on the day, if you’re ready to be part of a fun filled morning please contact Kristen. If you can’t help, we’d still love to have you come in, cheer the kids on and create a great day for the community. If you have any fundraising questions, please contact the School Fun-Run team on 0800 733 170 and they will gladly assist!

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 The Link to the Evans River K-12 School Sentral Parent

Portal Logon is as follows: http://web3:evansriver-c:schools:nsw:edu:au/portal/login

P&C News Our next meetings will be held on Monday 20th March 2017 at 4:30pm.

This will be our AGM

Executive positions will be declared vacant and will be refilled on the night. We welcome Evans River parents/carers to come along and be part of our school community, it’s an extremely rewarding experience to be part of your child’s education.

CORAKI HOCKEY

CLUB

Coraki Hockey Club is looking

for female players for the current 2017 Season.

If you are interested in joining our team

please contact the club. Mobile: 0448 346 476

Email: corakihockeysecretary@hotmail.com