Newsletter 2/2014—Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Safe Page 1

INSIDE

Diary 2

UMAT Undergrad Medicine 2

Sport Captains 2

Science Trivia 2

Canteen Roster 2

Canteen Specials 3

CLO News 3

A Smooth Start It has been a smooth start to the year for most at school. Students have settled

into classes and begun their learning programs. Students in Kinder have had

their first day (with no tears from the children!) and looked remarkably fresh at

the end of their first day of school. When asked, they all said to me they were

going to come back to school the next day, Wednesday. Well done Kinder and

Mrs Piccoli, and helpers Lisa and Clint. Well done to the parents and carers

who had the children ready, in mind and body, for their beginning at school.

Year 7 students, some of whom were initially a little apprehensive, have all

settled into routine and are much better at finding the various rooms used for

their lessons.

Swimming The first day of our swimming carnival took place on Tuesday. It involved all

students in K-6 who were 8 years (this year) and older. The day had a very

positive atmosphere with a number of records broken and a very high level of

participation. War cries and team colours were a feature of the day. A large

number of parents were on hand to witness the athletic displays in the pool and

we were pleased to have parents participate in the parent-teacher-student race.

Year 12 students helped throughout the day and competed in the

aforementioned race. There was a suggestion Mr Cook might have jumped

slightly early at the start of this race. I believe the matter is still under

consideration by the carnival umpire. The second day of the carnival will feature

students of Year 7-12 and this will take place on Friday of this week (weather

permitting).

K-6 Parent-Teacher meetings K-6 parent-teacher meetings will be held on Monday. They operate 4.30-

5.30pm. Class members may also attend. Having parents and teachers ‘on the

same page’ ensures there are no inconsistencies in the messages children

receive. Parents are also better placed to support the work being undertaken at

home and staff are better placed to understand a child with knowledge of their

home life. Parents are encouraged to attend these meetings.

CHS Zone Volleyball at ER Next Tuesday Evans River will host the CHS Zone Volleyball Championships.

When the school was designed, resourcing was sought to enable the students

of our school to witness first hand high level sporting events. This was done by

ensuring we had the facilities to host top level events. Days like next Tuesday

provide students with the opportunity to see first hand the standard required to

be a top performer at the Zone level. In recent years, such exposure has led to

increasing numbers of our students aspiring to, and succeeding, in higher level

Issue 2

6th February 2014

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Diary

This Week - Week A

Feb 10 K-6 Parent Information Evening 3:30-5:30pm

Feb 11 CHS Zone Open Volleyball Evans River K-12

School Council Meeting 6:00pm

Next Week - Week B

Feb 17 CHS Zone Basketball Lismore

P & C Meeting 4:30pm

Feb 19 K-6 School Social 5:30pm-7:00pm

Feb 20 PSSA District Swimming Ballina

Coming Events

Feb 24 University Roadshow Year 12

Feb 25 CHS Zone Swimming Lismore

PSSA FNC Swimming Ballina

Feb 26-28 Y7&11 Peer Support Camp Nymboida

Feb 27 CHS Open & 15’s League Trials Lismore

Feb 28 Evans River Clean Up Australia Day

sporting endeavours. Such experiences can impact a student’s self-esteem

and fitness, and their motivation to achieve at a high level in various aspects

of their life.

Rob Walker – Principal UMAT – (Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test) Registration for UMAT 2014 is now open. Any Year 12 students who is

wishing to apply for a Medicine or Health Sciences course from the below list,

need to register with UMAT by Friday 6th June 2014. The UMAT exam results

are used in conjunction with a student’s ATAR and interview results, to gain

selection into a course at the respective institutions.

Bond University (QLD) – Medicine

The University of Newcastle/University of New England (NSW) – Joint medical

program

The University of NSW (NSW) – Medicine and Optometry

The University of Queensland (QLD) – Medicine and Dental Science

University of Western Sydney (NSW) – Medicine

A full list of other participating states institutes can be found either on the

UMAT website, senior study noticeboard or by contacting Chris Hayward at

school on 6682 6666.

Mr Hayward

Sport Captains Last Friday we held our first house meetings of the year. This was a chance

for us to vote in our house captains for 2014. Congratulations to the following

students:

K-6

Dolphins Captains: Ziggy McCartin-Cole and Josh Stothard

Vice-Captains: Finn Gillespie and Lilli Gillespie

Marlins Captains: Sharni Fry and Darcy Banks

Vice-Captains: Adalita Simpson-Wise and Blair Eyles

Sharks Captains: Sharni Mitchell and Jacob Yourell

Vice-Captains: Crystal Knox and Andrew Adam

Stingrays Junior Captains: Georgia Manning and Kyle Howard

Junior Vice-Captains: Tahlia Howard and Isaac Huynh

7-12

Dolphins Captains: Jalon Hadley and Rianna Patch

Vice-Captains: April Hollis and Jack Patrick/Ben Baum

Marlins

Captains: Kirrah Cooke and Connor Byrne

Vice-Captains: Bianca Phillips and Tyler White

Sharks

Captains: Larissa Cumner and Hamish

McKendrick

Vice-Captains: Hannah McKendrick and Scott

Writer

Stingrays

Captains: Abby Uebergang and John Turner

Vice-Captains: Lily Flanagan and Kai Tosomeen

K-6 Sports Captains

Monday 10 Feb Molly Forsythe

Tuesday 11 Feb Janie Hutley

Wednesday 12 Feb Help Needed

Thursday 13 Feb Help Needed

Friday 14 Feb Help Needed

Canteen Roster - Week A

Science Trivia!

This week’s question: Which of the

following means ‘rain’ when added to

a clouds name? A. Alto B. Nimbus or

C. Cirrus

Last Week’s question: In an average

lifetime, does a person have more

breaths or heartbeats?

Answer: Your heart beats about 3

billion vs. about 600 million breaths

in 74 years.

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K-6 AWARDS Term 1 Week 1

Kinder

Yr 1 Mia Sproule Jarvis Semple Recharna Deas Thomas

Dempsey

Yr 1/2 Tucker Barany Tali McFaull Kiara Butler Levi White

Yr 2/3 Zach Harvey–

Roche

Shenoah

McKenna Tayla Dempsey Caelan Cooper

Yr 3/4 Sunny Gillespie Oscar Forrester Iona Macgregor Eva Boutle

Yr 4/5 Aaliyah Fawcett Tyson

Horseman Elysia Hudson Marie Robinson

Yr 5/6 Jakob Willows Blair Eyles Crystal Knox Darcy Banks

Dirrawong Awards

Daniel Stewart, Caelan Cooper, Sarah Li

Class Award

Year 3

CANTEEN NEWS

Welcome back everyone. I hope your festive

season was great and you are all ready for a

busy 2014. Last year the canteen exceeded all

expectations with wonderful profits. This could

not have happened without all the amazing

people that have given so much to our great

canteen/school. I would like to sincerely thank

all volunteers. In particular Charmayne Stevens,

who volunteered her time, her home produce

and so many wonderful ideas. Charmayne has

been a tremendous support. Thanks to all my

volunteers and I hope 2014 is every bit as good

as last year.

Your friendly canteen supervisor Fay

Specials

10th Feb - 14th Feb

Pasta Salad or San Choy Bow

$4.00

Lyn Thomson - CLO 66826666

lynette.thomson8@det.nsw.edu.au

Our Kindergarten students had their first day on Tuesday 4th February . What a great group,

not one tear and beautifully behaved. Here are some photos of their first day with their teach-

er, Mrs Piccoli and her helpers, Lisa MacFarlane & Clint Merton.

The Year 2-6 Swimming Carnival was

a great success. Beautiful weather and

lots of great swimming. Thank you to

Jo Fardy and Jan Hobbins for cooking

the BBQ lunch. Thank you to our

volunteer senior students, Ben Baum,

Billy Hounslow, Kirra Rizza, Ashley

Bell, Josh Blokland & Tanika

McKenna who worked all day

assisting the teachers and making sure

that the swimmers were safe.

The photos show a couple of the

houses doing their war cries, some

happy faces enjoying the day and a

very determined Eric Redman heading

for the finish line.

The High School carnival will take

place this Friday, 7th February.

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

Please Note—The cut off time for information to be

included in the newsletter is

2:00pm Tuesday

Newsletter will be printed on

Wednesday afternoons

Gymnastics in Evans Head

UPDATE

A big thank you to all the families who

registered their interest in gymnastics

2014. It is amazing to see how many

families in our community are

interested. Unfortunately the club we

had lined up to run things has pulled

out. We are now looking for an

alternative club or coach to come to

Evans Head. We are still positive we can

make it happen. Thanks for your

support.

Roxy Novak and Rachael Barany.

JUST DANCE! Richmond Valley Classes resume February 10th.

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Competitive Cheer tryouts/workshop are on 10/2

from 5:00- 7:30pm (ages 10 & up).

New students welcome!

Check out our 2014 timetable @

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