Evandale Primary School eNewsletter

Good Afternoon Families,

Athletics Carnival

What a fantastic, beautiful autumn day we had for our Athletic Carnival yesterday! It was heartwarming to see so many parents, grandparents, and family members spectating and cheering along the running track. The day truly had a wonderful community feel, bringing everyone together in support of our students.

Thank you to Mr. Lynch for his organization of the day. Our gratitude also goes to our amazing recorders, Mrs. Shelton and Mrs. Becker, who kept track of all the results with great precision along with congratulation every student on their efforts. We also appreciated the help from Grade 10 students from Kings Meadows High School, it was especially great to see former Evandale students Ruby, Coby, and Alicia and it was lovely to see them giving back to their former school.

Thank you to the School Association Community Champions for supporting the day by providing delicious home-baked treats and cold drinks for purchase. Thank you, Naomi, Edwina, Aneika, Liana, Amanda, Ursula, Cherie, Sally, and our guest BBQ chef, Mr. Roberts (apologies if we have forgotten to thank someone). The feedback from everyone was overwhelmingly positive about holding the carnival on our school site. Special thanks to our groundsman, Mr. Andrew Exton, who prepared the yard for the event over the past few weeks.

An Evandale representative team has been selected to compete at the Northern Midlands School Sports Association Athletic Carnival on Friday, March 28th, at St Leonards. Mr. Moore will accompany the team on the day. He met with team members today to discuss the event and provide them with a letter containing detailed information about the day. This letter includes a permission slip that needs to be signed and returned to school as soon as possible. The program for the day is also included on the back of the letter. We are excited for our students to represent Evandale and wish them the best of luck in their upcoming competition.

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NAPLAN

NAPLAN testing for our Year 3s and 5s has now been completed. Congratulations to our students who have approached the testing with such positivity. A special thank you to Mrs. Bella Mitchell, who has coordinated the testing process with great efficiency and care. Her efforts ensured that everything ran smoothly and that our students were well supported throughout the testing period.

Gumnuts

Our Launching into Learning Gumnuts group began last Monday, and it was wonderful to welcome back both returning and new families. We are excited to see our littlest learners join us in the Kinder classroom from 9:30-11am. Please help us spread the word – everyone is welcome!

Brixhibition

Today saw a colourful start to the day with entries in our school Brixhibition competition arriving. This competition promotes creativity and imagination, supports fine motor development and use of problem-solving skills along with important life dispositions of patience and perseverance. All students will visit Brixhibition in the GP Hall today with their class to admire the amazing creations and cast their votes.

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STOP PRESS…….our Brixhibition voting scorecards have just been totalled and our winners are….

K & P - Harrison

Gr 1 & 2 - Layla

Gr 3 & 4 - Louis

Gr 5 & 6 - Ruby

Overall winner is Ruby! Congratulations to all who entered these amazing builds!!

Student Opportunities

A number of our Year 5-6 students will begin extended learning opportunities next week. We are excited to announce that we have a Year 6 Readers Cup Team. Each team member is required to read five books from a selected list and then be prepared to answer short questions about them. Additionally, they will work cooperatively to produce a creative response to one of the books, which they will present at the inter-school Readers Cup on Thursday, May 29th.

In addition, several Year 5-6 students will compete in the MAT Problem Solving Competition 2025 next Thursday. In this competition, students will have the opportunity to problem solve a series of maths questions of increasing difficulty. These questions are designed to elicit mathematical thinking and will require students to apply their mathematical skills in innovative ways.

We wish our students the best of luck as they make the most of these opportunities. Their participation in these events not only enhances their learning but also fosters important skills such as critical thinking, teamwork, and creativity. Let's cheer them on as they take on these exciting challenges!

Easter Raffle

What an amazing response to our Free Dress and Easter Raffle donations. Thankyou. A raffle book will be coming home to each family soon.

Colour Run

Just the heads up for an exciting event that our Community Champions will be organising for the last Thursday of term the 10th of April – a Colour Run. Students will be invited to wear a white of light-coloured t-shirt on the day.

3-6 Excursion TOMORROW

Our 3-4-5 and 5-6 classes will be heading on an excursion for the day tomorrow to the Cataract Gorge. Don't forget to bring appropriate footwear, jacket, packed lunch and sun hat!

Please see the Parent Friendly calendar attached.

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.