NEWSLETTER - Bethany Christian School

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
Term 1 - Week 9
7th April 2016
Newsletter Week 9
It is amazing to think that
is our final Newsletter for
Term 1. This Saturday is
our Autumn Fair. We have
had an amazing response from our
community and will have 8 rides for
a wide range of ages; show bags,
hampers, sideshow alley, craft, an art
competition, a wide range of entertainment on the stage, 33 community
stalls and more. We also have a broad
range of food options with Mexican,
Memory Verse:
All your children will have God
for their teacher - what a mentor
for your children!
Isaiah 54:13
IN THIS
ISSUE
1 From the Principal
2 Deputy’s Corner
3 Term 1 Highlights
4 Term 1 Highlights
5 Term 1 Highlights
6 Community News
7 Sports Department
8 Sports Department
9 Sports Department
10 Weekly Information
Asian, Hot Dog and milkshakes, a BBQ
and Devonshire tea and coffee. The
Fair is open 10am-2pm with an ATM on
site and eftpos available at the ticket
booth. It will be an amazing day with
our Parents and Friends going above
and beyond with our staff to ensure
that it will be a lot of fun for the whole
family. We would love to see you there
with your family and friends.
Parent Teacher Interviews begin this
week with the new process of booking
online a great success. If you have not
booked an interview, please contact
the office to book an available time.
We do love to catch up with all parents
to talk about each student’s progress
and to share important information
together. Each interview is 10 minutes
long so please arrive on time to ensure
that your class teacher can continue to
run on time for the evening.
Next Term we will use the same email
addresses to send out our Newsletter.
This is a new initiative and will save a
great deal of paper and time, which will
be much better for the environment. If
you do not wish to receive the Newsletter electronically, please contact Karen
in the office on 8283 0000 to request a
paper copy.
Please remember that next Term begins on Tuesday 3rd May. The teachers
will have a professional development
day on the Monday so there will be
no students at school on Monday 2nd
May. OSHC will be available for your
convenience on Monday 2nd May.
The link for OSHC is on our Bethany
website.
In other exciting news, last week the
development of the reserve behind
our school went to Salisbury Council. I
am pleased to tell you that the Council
passed the proposal that includes a
car park and kiss and drop roadway
through the back of our school. There
are still some details to be finalised but
it is looking like this could be worked
on in the second half of this year!
Temple will also co-develop two soccer
pitches that will allow them to have
more oval space. It is very exciting to
see this progress.
The childcare centre has requested that
I remind parents that their car park is
for the childcare only. Please do not
use this for school pick-ups. Thank you
for your patience at pick-up time.
I hope that you do enjoy the Fair this
Saturday, the final week of Term 1, and
then that you have a wonderful holiday
break.
God bless
Wendy Matear
Principal
DEPUTY’S CORNER
Master the Little – That was
the theme for the National Young Leaders Day for
2016. The message for all of the
speakers was the same: little things
matter. In Mark Strom’s book, “Lead With
Wisdom” he writes, ‘Small stuff matters.’
(2014, p.23) In his book, Mark uses a
quote from Epictetus (a Stoic Philosopher), “Practice yourself, for heaven’s
sake in little things, and then proceed to
greater.” Some wise thoughts for us to
reflect on!
Here are some thoughts about the
National Young Leaders Day from our
student leadership group, Luminosity;
“I think Nathan Dubsy Want was the best
speaker as he told you to tell the truth
because it will add up over time. Nathan
said, “Little things add up over time which
means you can do little things” which
means you can then do bigger things. He
said it’s not always easy but it’s worth it. It
means to me that I should just do it. I think
Nathan ‘Dubsy’ Want was a big inspiration.”
- Bradley Perrina 6MC
“Dylan Parker shows passion for what
he does, then he shows more passion in
making paper planes to become a world
champion in engineering paper planes.
Also followed by becoming a movie consultant for the movie, ‘Paper Planes’.”
- Ashley Hei 6T
“I thought that Dylan Parker was the best
speaker because I learned the most from
him.”
- Gisele Cocks 6T
“My favourite speaker was Dylan Parker
because he was telling us a brave story
about how he was rejected but never gave
up.”
- Atori Tran 6T
“Dylan Parker was my favourite because he
inspired me to be creative and to dream.
He mastered the little which added up to
something big (making a movie).”
- Siarah Carter 6T
“Dylan Parker was my favourite because
he had a dream but it changed because
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he took a different path and now he is a
paper plane pilot!”
- Chelsea Taylor 6T
“My favourite speaker was Dylan Parker. I
liked him because he never gave up even
though he was diagnosed with a brain
tumour and had to have a scary operation.
He was in University and on one day there
was a note on a board advertising a paper
plane contest. He entered it and won.
Then he was invited to compete internationally where he came third place.”
- Natalia Czudek 6T
“My favourite speaker was Dylan Parker
because he told us about his story and his
steps that got him to where he is now. He
achieved the goal of being from an ordinary paper plane thrower to a guy who
travelled across the world and came 3rd in
an international competition.”
- Annika Sipos 6MC
“For me the best speaker is Dylan Parker
because even when he had a brain tumour
he didn’t stop making planes, he concentrated on the positive things. Dylan said
that “mastering the little can result in big
things”.”
- Colin Vo 6H
“Dylan Parker was my favourite speaker
because he went on to be a leader and he
followed his dreams on who he wanted to
be. He taught us that it isn’t the big things
that are so important but it’s in the little
things.”
- Eleni Karipidis 6H
“Leonie was my favourite speaker because
she talked about her world travels, and
even when things were getting tough she
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would persist and found a way of achieving things that seemed impossible. I also
liked how she said, “Nothing is difficult it is
just different”.
- Mitchel Herbert 6H
“I think that Dylan was the best because
he was young and could connect to us. He
was also talking about things that could
happen to all of us because we can all
have problems and we can try new things.”
- Beau Thomas 6MC
“I liked Manal Younus because she inspired
me so much. I liked her stories that she
told from her heart. She also taught us to
be ourselves, to show our identity. She told
us to strive for a difference, live your goal
and your passion.”
- Jamelia Mao 6H
“I liked Manal because she talked about
the tough topic of racism and she would
talk about current issues through her poetry and this interested me. She taught us
to follow our passions by doing the small
stuff and to follow the passion in you.”
- Shivali Chand 6T
“The speaker who impacted me the most
was Dylan Parker. He taught me that
sometimes the small choices can have a
big effect on your life.”
- James Hester 6H
“Dylan Parker inspired me by telling a story
about himself and how he trusted and
believed in himself. The main reason I was
inspired was because he told a story that
was easy to connect to and understand.”
- Abbie Thomas 6H
TERM 1 HIGHLIGHTS
Chadson Chhan
Jadon Webb
Autumn Fair
4G
Shayleigh Montgomery
Pattana Peou
4WH
Hudson Munzer
Brandon Le
Robinson Son
4WY
We Need Your Help!
We are still in need of about 10 trestle tables for our stalls at the Autumn fair this
Saturday April 9th. If you own a trestle table and are willing to lend it to us for the
day that would help greatly!
Please contact the school office on 8283 0000 or [email protected]
Please note: All tables need to be clearly labelled, if any damage occurs they will be
fixed/replaced.
Volunteers Needed!
If you have a couple of hours to spare on saturday we are in need of some extra
hands to help with our Autumn fair! If you have an hour or two or even 30 minutes
spare time on Saturday we would really appreciate your help!
For more info contact Monika Heida on 8283 0000 or [email protected]
Premiers Reading
Challenge
Joshua Cheesman
Summah Cooke
Shukuru Nturubika
Riley Cox
5P
Tammy Huynh
Lahela Barrientos
5RD
Chantelle Perrina
Claudia Ladner
6MC
Bradley Perrina
Brianna Horn
Beau Thomas
6T
Ethan Buckocke
Thank you to those who are participating in the Premiers Reading Challenge.
We congratulate the following people who have completed the challenge!
RG
Annika Kong
Harry Nguyen
Alicia Nelson
Arthur Chaleunxab
Son Dang
Jenniver Lazarus
Gadin Nair
Yash Prasad
Shiana Dohnt
Yanish Gunasheelan
Matilda Burns
Olivia Frentsch
Josh Arora
Rhuan (Tam) Garcia
Imogen Ly
Levi Meas
Lucas Climaco
Maddison Brouwers
Armstrong Hill
Nicole Sweetman
Jack Osborn
Demiah Samson
Elijah Richardson
Jennifer Huynh
Lily Iles
Uniform Shop News
2P
Destiny Kingsada
Mackenzie Clinton
Ellia Przybylo
Jaiden Karklis
Erin Tootill
Mason Wagenfeller
Nui Blockstock
Jacob Liemareff
Cameron Lam
Jaymee McCauley
Ilyas Drokhshan
Are you missing a jumper? Hat? Sports
jacket? any other item that was at
school? Please visit the uniform shop to
see if your items are there! All lost property that is currently in the Uniform
Shop wil be disposed of at the beginning of Term 2 so make sure you check
it out before its all gone!
Uniform Shop opening times can be
found on page 11 of the Newsletter
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The Book Nook
Come and take a look…
A beautiful selection of reasonably priced, brand
new books and little treasures will be on display and
available for purchase at our Autumn Fair this year.
The display will be launched on Saturday, then
continue to be ‘open for business’ before and after
school until Wednesday of Week 10. EFTPOS
facilities will also be available.
As with our wonderful book fairs in previous years,
money raised will go towards purchasing more
library books for our own school library. In addition,
a percentage will be donated to House of Hope to
encourage them as they develop their own library.
Saturday 9th April
10am - 2pm
Monday 11th, Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th April
8am - 9am & 3pm - 4pm
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NRL Holiday Clinic
Are you a boy or girl between the ages
of 9 and 14? During the upcoming
holidays the NRL is holding a Coaching
Clinic where you can try your hand at
Rubgy League!
Date: Tuesday 26th April
Time: 10:00am – 2:00pm
Venue:
Hanson Reserve, Sixth Avenue Woodville
Gardens
Cost:
$10 includes football and lunch
To register:
Go to Playnrl.com and look for Find a
Holiday Clinic or check PlayNRLSA on
Facebook
More Info:
Contact Dave on 0411 159 465
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WEEKLY INFORMATION
TERM 1 2016
WEEKLY PE LESSONS
MONDAY MORNING PRAISE UNIFORM SHOP
RD:
RG:
RW:
1D:
1T:
1Z:
2H:
2P:
2R:
3K:
3N:
3T:
4G:
4WH:
4WY:
5P:
5RD:
5T:
6H:
6MC:
6T:
WHOLE SCHOOL WORSHIP
10 - 10.30am
Monday & Wednesday
Wednesday & Thursday
Wednesday & Thursday
Monday & Thursday
Monday & Thursday
Monday & Thursday
Tuesday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
Monday & Friday
Monday & Thursday
Monday & Thursday
Monday & Tuesday
Tuesday & Friday
Monday & Friday
Monday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
Thursday & Friday
Tuesday & Friday
CHAPEL
MONDAY
8.15 - 10.30am
TUESDAY
8.15 - 10.30am
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
CLOSED
PRIMARY CHAPEL (Years 3 - 6)
10.50 - 11.30am
THURSDAY
2.00 - 4.00pm
JUNIOR PRIMARY CHAPEL (R - 2)
12.10 - 12.50pm
FRIDAY
8.15 - 10.30am
IMPORTANT DATES
DATE
EVENT
Thursday 7th April
Parent Teacher Interviews
Thursday 7th April
Cross Country
Saturday 9th April
Autumn Fair
Tuesday 12th April
Parent Teacher Interviews
Friday 15th April
Last day of term 1 - 3:10pm Finish
Tuesday 3rd May
First day of Term 2
Friday 6th May
SACSA Athletics
Tuesday 10th May
NAPLAN
Wednesday 11th May
NAPLAN
Thursday 12th May
NAPLAN
2016 Term Dates
TERM 1
Mon 8th February - Fri 15th April
TERM 2
Tues 3rd May - Fri 8th July
TERM 3
Mon 25th July - Fri 30th September
TERM 4
Mon 17th October - Wed14th
December
Bethany Christian School
Po Box 2125
Salisbury Downs Sa 5108
37 Countess St
Paralowie, SA, 5108
www.bethany.sa.edu.au
P. 08 8283 0000
F. 08 8283 0101
E. [email protected]