Good Afternoon Families,

1500m Event

Congratulations to our 5-6 students who completed the 1500m running race yesterday!

What a fantastic way to kick off our Athletics Carnival season, with students earning valuable points for their houses – Logan and Barclay. The 1500 metres race demands a perfect blend of speed, strategy, and endurance, making it one of the most challenging events in track and field. 

We are incredibly proud to have achieved 100% participation and race completion. A big thank you to Mr. Lynch for his excellent organisation of the event and to our enthusiastic parent finish line judges. Your support and encouragement motivated our runners to keep pushing forward. 

The rest of our Athletic Carnival events will be held on Wednesday the 19th of March 9-12:30 pm on our school site. Our groundsman Mr Andrew Exton will be painting the 100m track lines early next week ready for practice and training during break times and Physical Education lessons.   

Spectators are invited to watch, and the School Association Community Champions will be supporting the school by providing food and drinks for purchase. Please contact one of our Community Champions if you can volunteer and help on the day. 

The carnival supports the selection of an Evandale representative team to compete at the Northern Midlands School Sports Association Athletic Carnival on Friday the 28th of March at St Leonards. More details to follow – please keep a watch on our weekly Newsletter and Facebook page. 

Little Library Readers

Do you have a little one who loves listening to stories and would like to be like their big brother or sister and borrow some books from the library?   

LiL students and their families are invited to visit our library Tuesdays between 8:30-9:15am.  Our Library Leaders Tyrrian and Ruby are looking forward to sharing their favourite stories with you.... 

 Our official Gumnuts groups will begin Monday the 17th of March 9:30-11:00am, with Ms Rachelle Smith. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Bravehearts - Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Show 

Our Prep to Year 3 students attended ‘Ditto’s Keep Safe Adventure Show’ on Monday teaching essential personal safety skills and knowledge through music and relatable characters.  The students were introduced to Ditto’s 3 rules, which involve being able to recognise, react and report, to ensure they feel empowered with the knowledge of personal safety.  Please talk with your child about the show and Ditto’s 3 rules 

1. We all have the right to feel safe with people. 

1. It is okay to say no if you feel unsafe or unsure. 

1. Nothing is so yucky that you can’t tell someone about it. 

Did you notice our newly painted gabled entrance when you entered school today?

We would like to extend our gratitude to all students and families for safely using the gabled entrance each morning and afternoon. Your cooperation in ensuring everyone is safe greatly appreciated. 

A special thank you goes to Mr. Andrew Exton for his fantastic handy work in painting our gabled entrance. It looks wonderful.  

Lions Eye Health Program visited Evandale

A big thank you to the Lions Eye Health Program volunteers who visited our school on Tuesday.  They were extremely impressed with our student’s respectful manners. Letters were sent home with students who visited the program on Wednesday. 

Thank you very much to the volunteers. 

Monday's Assembly

Congratulations to the comperes for Monday’s 1-2-3 assembly.  They did an amazing job representing their class by hosting assembly.   

Well done James, Louis, Jasper and Lenny. 

 Please see the Parent Friendly calendar attached. 

Year 3 and 5 students will be sitting NAPLAN over the next two weeks. The National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assesses literacy and numeracy skills that students are already learning at school. On its own, NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students are not expected to do so. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting process – it does not replace ongoing assessments made by teachers about student performance; however, students and parents may use individual results to discuss progress with teachers.

NAPLAN tests are conducted online, except for Year 3 students who complete the Writing Test on paper.  NAPLAN online provides a better assessment and more precise results. One of the main benefits of NAPLAN online is that it uses tailored (or adaptive) testing. This means that students receive questions better suited to their abilities, so they can show what they know and can do.

Online testing also allows us to provide a wide range of accessibility options to support students. Feedback from students is that they find the online test more engaging.

The link below will take you further information about NAPLAN 2025.

NAPLAN 2025 information for parents and carers (online) 

Please contact the school if you have any further queries.

The athletics carnival is coming up so get your running shoes on! It will be held on the 19th March in Week 7. We have painted some lanes on the grass where the 100mt will be run and you're more than welcome to practise your running. 

Don't forget to wear free dress on Friday, 14th March and bring along an easter egg or chocolate as a donation (instead of gold coin).

Reminders - 

Monday - make sure to bring your $1 for and icy pole

Tuesday - bring $2.50 if you would like to order a kiss biscuit 

Both of these items can be ordered via the Q'kr app also!

Thursday - school lunch can be ordered via the Spriggy schools app.

Thank you - Mia & Darcy

School Association - AGM  

Nominations are open for our 2025 School Association.  Might you be interested in supporting your child’s school community? Everyone is welcome. We are particularly seeking some enthusiastic community (non-parent and non-staff) members in 2025, so please share with anyone you think would support our school with this.   

If you would like more information, please view  the TASSO information session that was shared yesterday or chat to any of our current members or the Returning Officer – Mrs Naomi Shelton (who also organises nominations and attends our AGM to call for roles in our School Association).  Nomination forms are available from the school office. 

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PLAQUE UNVEILING 

An official unveiling of a plaque recognising the site of the first Anglican Church in Evandale will take place on 

Friday, March 14th at 3.00pm

in Pioneer Park (behind the church)

The church also served as a school during the week. 

ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND!

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