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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
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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: [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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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 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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