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Teagan a World Skills Champ Teagan Rodda (Year 11) competed in the North Coast

TAFE Hair Dressing World Skills Competition at

Wollongbar TAFE during term 4, 2015. Teagan took first

place. Students of all North Coast TAFE colleges

participated. In the competition a range of skills need to

be demonstrated. Customer service on arrival, hair

wash, short hair styling, long hair styling and the

designing of these styles. The competition required the

skills to be demonstrated across a working day. Teagan

felt she placed well due to the complexity of the hair

styling she created. “We had to have a braid and a ‘fish

tail’ (similar to a braid) and two twists plus your own creative stylings. Mine

was an 80s style with a puff in the front that led to a bun with twirls.” Teagan

“I hadn’t thought about becoming a hair dresser before. Being successful in

hair dressing gives me another option in life after school. As an outcome of

her placing Teagan will represent North Coast TAFE at the National

Championships which will be held in Melbourne in October. Mallorie Banks

(Year 11) and Eden Hambly (Year 11) took second and third places

respectively: Evans River students taking all three top places. Well done

Teagan, Mallorie and Eden!

Italy Here We Come! There’s a group of very excited Year 9 and 10 students at

school at the moment. They depart Australia on the evening of

Saturday 2 April for almost three weeks of learning in Italy. For

the first two weeks they will be hosted by students they hosted

here in Australia last September. They will go to school, visit

major sites and live life in an Italian family and as an Italian

teenager. For these two weeks they will be based in Padova, Northern Italy.

Some of the sites they will visit include Palazzo della Ragione, Padova

Botanic Gardens, St Anthony’s Basilica, St Guistina Church, the City of

Venice, the islands in the lagoon of Venice. The City of Verona, the Church

of the Eremitani, Cappa degli Scrovegni, and Padua Clock Tower. They will

go ice skating at Stadio Plebiscito, participate in Italian cuisine cooking at

school, participate in a Circus Arts class, complete a walking tour of the

Padua Piazzes and visit the Bo’ amongst a range of activities. They will then

travel by train to Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Orvieto and Rome during the final few

days, stopping in each destination for site seeing and overnight stays. In

Florence they will participate in a full day tour including seeing Cathedral of

Santa Maria Del Fiore, Galeria dell’Academia, Ponte Vecchio, Duomo &

Campanile, and the Boboli Gardens. In Pisa they will visit the Leaning Tower

and the Baptistry. In Lucca they will complete a bike ride which takes in

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Diary - Wellbeing Activity Week 5 2

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Canteen Roster 3

K-6 Awards 3

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some amazing views and see the key sites of Lucca. They will complete a

full day tour of Orvieto including visits to Cathedral di Orvieto, Museo

Archaelogico Nazionale and a tour of the Medieval city. When in Rome they

will visit The Coliseum, The Forum, Arch of Titus and the Holy Road,

Capitoline Museum, The Pantheon, Trastevere (restaurant for dinner), St

Peter’s Square, San Petro, Trevi Fountain and Via Venuto – the Spanish

Steps. The group return to Australia on Friday 22 April. They will be

accompanied by Mr Robertson and Mrs Entwistle. We wish them well on their

travels.

This September we will be hosting another group of students from our partner

school in Italy, Pietro Scalcerle. We are currently taking names of students in

Year 8 and 9 who are willing to host these students. It is anticipated these

hosting students will travel to Italy in April 2017. Students interested in

hosting (and potentially travelling) should see Mr Delman or Mrs Entwistle at

school. Rob Walker – Principal

The Empower You Program The 2-day Empower U program covers life changing information in an

interactive and fun way. The ideal environment is created by the production

team who guarantee a great experience. With an enormous sound system,

concert lighting and giant video screen there will be plenty of inspirational

music, movies and interactive and fun activities…

Some of the things your teenager will learn!

• Understand the finest in peak performance psychology that top athletes,

educators, entertainers and business people use to produce the success they

have.

• Gain the most effective techniques to develop great relationships that will

give you the edge in life.

• Learn the skills of how to research different career options to help them

Wellbeing Builder: Memory Coding/Reviewing Notes

Wellbeing Element:

Skills and Achievement Character Strength: Curiosity Wellbeing Fitness Challenges:

Years 7-9 – You Matter Years 10-12 – Move More

While taking accurate and thorough notes is an

essential in quality learning, reviewing them regularly will build strong brain pathways to

embed them in students’ long term memories. Doing this is often called memory coding. The

Learning Curve program provides a variety of effective memory coding strategies

Facts relating to how much the brain retains:

should notes not be reviewed within 24 hours, 60% to 80% of the learnt material

is forgotten by the brain.

after a month with no reviews, only 3% to 4% is remembered

the brain pathways which were created wither and die

when 50 minutes of learning is not reviewed regularly, it takes 30 to 40 minutes to relearn it

why learn it in the first place?

As renowned Polish pianist, Ignace Paderewski, once said, “If I miss one day’s practice, I notice it. If I miss two day’s practice, the critics notice. If I

miss three days practice, the audience notices it.” When students regularly train for sport and practise their musical instruments their brain pathways are becoming freeways and messages travel faster and faster; thus their skills and capabilities develop.

Using the colourful interactive Thinking Tools organises learnt material visibly in students’ brains.

“I’m a great believer in luck; I find the harder I work the more of it I have.” Woodrow Wilson

make smart and informed decisions.

• Develop greater self-esteem and the confidence

within themselves to take action.

• Discover how to manage their money wisely for

long term growth.

• Take responsibility for their life and break

through any barriers that may be holding them

back from success.

• Help them to develop clearly defined goals and a

detailed plan for their achievement.

To register your child for the Empower U seminar

speak with Brent Williams today!

Phone: 1300 039 662

Email: bookings@tomorrowsyouth.com.au

Diary This Week - Week 8 Term 1 - Week B

Mar 14 CHS Netball Open

CHS Zone Hockey Boys and Girls

CHS Zone Table Tennis

School Council Meeting 6pm Library

Mar 15 CHS Regional Golf

Mar 17 CHS Regional Basketball Boys and Girls Port Macquarie

PSSA Primary Rugby 7’s

Mar 18 CHS Regional Football Coffs Harbour

PSSA District Winter Sports Trials Ballina

K-12 Assembly Gymnasium

Next Week - Week 9 Term 1 - Week A

Mar 21-24 Preliminary Exams Years 11-12

Mar 21 CHS Zone Open Touch Goonellabah

Mar 22 CHS Regional Rugby Union Evans River

Mar 24 Easter Hat Parade in Performance Hall 9:20 -10:15am

Cyberbullying Workshop Yrs 7 & 8

Mid Richmond LAECG Meeting 4pm Library

Mar 25 Good Friday Public Holiday

Coming Event

Mar 28 Easter Monday Public Holiday

Mar 30 PSSA Zone Winter Sports Trials Tweed Heads

Mar 31 CHS Regional Open Netball

CHS Regional Rugby League Grafton

Apr 06 Year 7-12 Social

Apr 07 PSSA NSW Swimming Championship Sydney

CHS Regional Hockey Grafton

Apr 08 Performance Assembly K-12 12pm-1:30pm

Last Day Term 1

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Monday 14 Mar Help Needed

Tuesday 15 Mar Help Needed

Wednesday 16 Mar Molly Forsyth

Thursday 17 Mar Von Pickens

Friday 18 Mar Help Needed

Canteen Roster - Week B K-6 AWARDS Term 1 Week 6

Kinder Maddie Griffiths

Thomas Daly Teak Richards Cameron

Horseman

Year 1 Bodhi Wornes Sebastian

Harvey

Honey

Hodder-Bell James Grills

Year 2 Ivy Hamilton Alex Redman Bonnie

Hadgelias Sol Novak

Year 3 Brilee

Samuels Halle Mayes Jarvis Semple Ashley Smith

Year 4 Riley Collins Shailah

Nixon - Webb Imy McGregor

Maddy Stothard

Year 5 Charlotte

Patch Iona

Macgregor Ned Barany

Ryan Wynne-Newman

Year 6 Hamish Hooper

Angel Harvey

-Conway Jacob Franks

Oscar Forrester

Dirrawong

Awards

Sebastian Harvey

Caylum Harvey

Makayla Bateman

Taylah Fardy

Class

Awards Year 2/3

Mrs Fields and our K-6 STEM group need your help! We would love for parents/carers to keep their recycled items, including tissue boxes, milk and water bottle lids.

Please place these in the designated STEM recycle bin from next Monday. These items will be put to good use for our STEM students. Any questions please see myself

or Mrs Fields. Many thanks.

Many thanks to all parents and carers who attended the Year 8-12 Parent/Teacher Interview night. It was a great

opportunity for Evans River parents and carers to chat with class teachers and Year Advisers. This year we had a wonderful display of

student works, including Year 8 Art landscape drawings and cushion covers along with 3D printing projects from senior students. We look forward to seeing our Evans River families at the next Parent/Teacher night.

A big thank you to Shantelle Searle for donating watering cans and gardening gloves to the school. Evans River

students shall make good use of these items when they are taking care of our community vegetable garden. A courtesy reminder that any parent/carer is welcome to come and help nurture our little garden, we would be very grateful for any assistance.

Look at our budding scientists! I was lucky enough to catch both our Kindergarten and Year 7 students working in the Science rooms this week. Our Kindergarten class were looking at specimens on slides under microscopes, whilst our Year 7 students undertook an experiment with the bunsen burners. It is wonderful that our secondary teachers take the time to nurture and bu ild

the confidence in our little ones, I feel it truly helps students transition from primary to secondary. Another reason why ou r K-12 community school is so amazing!

The school web page now has a direct link to our Facebook page.

I am organising a fantastic fundraiser with Billy G’s Cookie Dough. Order forms will be coming home soon….the cookies are cost

effective, great for a treat and look DELICIOUS!

Donations of books/ CD’s needed for our Federal Election fundraiser! Many thanks.

Kristen Gillespie CLO kristen.gillespie@det.nsw.edu.au

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

P&C News Our next meetings will be held on Monday 21st March. Our morning meeting

takes place at 9:00am in the Administration Building and the second meeting

is held in the Library at 4:30pm.

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