NEWSLETTERBETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

IN THIS ISSUE

Term 2 - Week 9

30th June 2016

Newsletter Week 9

Memory Verse: "Nothing is hidden from God! He sees through everything, and we will have to tell him the truth"

Hebrews 4:13

1 From the Principal 2 Deputy’s Corner3 Term 2 Highlights4 Term 2 Highlights5 Community News6 Sports Department7 Sports Department8 Weekly Information

You will receive our newly formatted student report at the end of this term. It has been changed to comply with government requirements and we also hope that it is helpful for you to receive a summary of how your child is going this year. If you do have any questions about your child’s progress, please make a time to speak to their teacher, they will be happy to talk to you as you work to-gether on this learning journey. Reports will be given out at the end of the last day of term.

School finishes at 3:10pm on Friday 8th July. School resumes on Monday 25th July. There is no pupil free day to start Term 3, we held it at the beginning of this term instead.

We are excited to announce that Mrs Robyn Curtis had a baby girl last week. Anna Grace Curtis decided to enter the world at 10:15pm on Thursday 23rd June.

This Saturday, Bethany Christian School will be providing a polling booth for the AEC. Our Parents and Friends are provid-ing egg & bacon rolls, hot pies, pasties & sausage rolls, ham & cheese croissants, muffins, danishes, lollies, ice-creams and drinks for sale over the lunch time. Thank you to those people who will be volunteering to work in the canteen to raise money for our school.

After this holiday break, OSHC will be sending out another survey to see if we can provide enough interest in a holiday program for the end of next term. If you

are considering sending your children to the Bethany OSHC, either go on our website or talk to Rebecca any day be-fore or after school.

At the end of next week, Mrs Melissa Taylor and I head off to provide train-ing for 50 Indonesian teachers for the Government schools in a region Suma-tra. We would appreciate your prayers as we head into this new area of influence. We also have Mr Simon Traeger, Miss Ashleigh Heida and Miss Melissa Warren meeting us at House of Hope and help-ing with the start of a new school year. Indonesia follow the American school calendar and so we will have another in-crease in student numbers. Last school year there was 180 students, starting in July, we will have around 250 students. This is an amazing opportunity for us at Bethany to support, encourage and influence the students of rural Sumatra to have options for their future that will have the potential to change the lives of hundreds of children and their families. Thank you for your support in helping our sister school.

I pray that you will have a restful school holiday break.

Wendy MatearPrincipal

Welcome to Week 9! Can you be-lieve we are almost to the middle of the year? It was wonderful to see our Reception students en-joying Old MacDonald’s farm on the oval last Friday. They were dressed in their farm clothes and enjoyed some hands on time with the animals which was adorable along with being a very meaningful learning experience.

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DEPUTY’S CORNER

This week every family should have received a Medical Informa-tion Update form via your child’s red folder. It is really important for the school to have the latest and most up to date information about your child’s health so that we can support them at school.If you have any questions in relation to this form, please do not hesitate to contact either your child’s teacher or the front office for more information.Free Holiday IdeasI am always on the lookout for new and interesting ideas for the school holiday break for families. A few new experi-ences I came across recently were the Natures Play Cubby House Day and the Australian Geographic Citizen Science project titled, “The Feather Map of Aus-tralia”.

Nature’s Play

Nature's Play is hosting it's “Cubby Town 2!” over two days, Thursday 21st July and Friday 22nd July from 10am – 3pm. The

Cubby Town event will be held at Belair national Park. For all details, please visit www.naturesplaysa.org.au/events

National Geographic “The Feather Map of Australia” Citizen Science Project

The website writes, “Researchers are asking members of the public to collect and send in waterbird feathers to be analysed, in order to collect crucial in-formation about the nutritional ecology and habitats of birds.

Feathers collected by citizen scientists will be analysed using special nucle-ar science techniques, such as mass spectrometry and high resolution X-ray fluorescence.

The project, run by the Australian Nucle-ar Science and Technology Organisation and the University of New South Wales, is an Australian-first and provides a new, non-invasive method for tracking water-birds without the need for their capture.”

So how do we take part?

All you need to do is to visit a local wet-land environment (such as St Kilda, River Torrens or the Murray River to name but a few) and collect any feathers you may find on the ground or in the water. Place them into an envelope that includes

From The Deputythe details of where they were collected (which is a very important to include) and what type of bird, if known. Send the envelope to:

The Feather Map of Australia Project

c/- Dr Kate Brandis

Centre for Ecosystem Science

School of Biological, Earth and Environ-mental Sciences,

Room 508 D26

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney, NSW

2052

For more information at www.ansto.gov.au/feathermap . Happy feather hunting!

I wish you all a wonderful last few weeks of Term 2 and hope you all have a won-derful school break with your families.

God bless you,

Deb CliffordDeputy Principal

Join Us

Holiday'sSchoolfor the

Gecko Sports Holiday ProgramsGet your kids active these holidays and have fun -

100% fun & zero stress for parents! Pump up the tunes,put your runners on and get ready for serious fun with

your friends

Locations Campbelltown Leisure

Centre (ARC)and

Westfield Tea Tree Plus

Sessions Monday to Friday daily...You choose your time and it's yours

between 10am -5pm Daily

(Group Bookings only)

Group Rates10-16 kids for 60 minutes $130.0010-16 kids for 90 minutes $175.00

Individual Rates are as Follows:1 child for 60 minutes $10.001 child for 90 minutes $13.00

(Set times for individual sessions)

July 11th - 22nd

Contact us on 0424 827926 or email dale@geckosports.com.au

Choose from: Mini Bootcamp

Soccer World Cup Footy Fanatics

Mini Olympics or Make your Own!

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TERM 2 HIGHLIGHTS

Premiers Reading Challenge

RWAnn Lena BijilBrayden HendersonChloe PeacefullDavid GillEbony RimJacob WebbJane JobinJeremy SanJonathan KieuLayla BarnesLucas HornMaxx ShiMia Abarzua-MoralesMicaela GascaMitchell MoffatMunykarunna OumNhan Nguyen

Thank you to those who are participating in the Premiers Reading Challenge. We congratulate the following people who have completed the challenge!

Noah JosephOrian PerrisRuby HedrickSaurabh BistaSerena Phan-LeSilas HardingSteven LawtonVivia Padilla

2HKing BatiancilaRachael Nicolai

3NMatthew Nikhomwan

3TEden DoAngela Tieu

4WYSamuel Wakefield

5PSabrina TrimboliMichael BatiancilaNoah VillanuevaJodon Kenna5RDCourtney Howard

6HSifa Nturubika

6TSiarah Carter

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TERM 2 HIGHLIGHTS

Uniform Shop

Lost Property

There is a large amount of unclaimed lost property currently in the Uniform Shop. If you have lost anything this year please check with the Uniform Shop when you have a moment.

Custom Clothing Labels

To prevent so much lost property we recommend purchasing the clothing labels that are now available at the cost is $3.00 for a pack of 10. Order forms are available from the Uniform Shop.

Holiday Opening Times

During the holidays the Uniform Shop will be open on Thursday 21st July from 2pm until 4pm and on Friday 22nd July from 8.15 am until 10.30 am.

Old McDonald's Farm Visit

OLD MACDONALD'S FARM CAME TO BETHANY! E-I-E-I-O!

On Friday the 24th of June, the clouds disappeared and the sun shone upon our day.The Reception classes got to experi-ence a fun filled day with many new experiences. We explored how bread and milk is made and produced, made butter from cream, ate delicious damper,

played with some cute and inquisitive animals and topped it off with a Barn Dance with our parents and Grandpar-ents. Thank you to everyone for making the effort to dress up on the day and to some our brave students for interacting with their first farm animals. It was a wonderful day exploring Gods creatures great and small.

Mrs GliddonReception Teacher

Anna Grace Curtis

Anna Grace Curtis decided to enter the world at 10:15pm on Thursday 23rd June!For those that like stats - 3.98kg/8pounds 12.5 ounces; 48cm long; head - 36cm. She's just beautiful and big brother Eli is very taken with his little 'sister baby'.

Robyn CurtisYear 6 Teacher

English Classes

Our free Adult English Class had lots of fun this week, learning to make a yummy Australian party treat… Hon-ey Joys. A moreish mixture of sticky honey; crunchy sugar; hot, frothy butter and golden coloured corn flakes was

spooned into brightly coloured patty pans and baked in a slow oven for 10 minutes. The results were a hit!

Monika HeidaTESOL teacher

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COMMUNITY NEWS

MAGIC HARVEST

Commencing 26 July 2016 Every Tuesday during Term 3

Magic Harvest is a weekly program where you can learn how to create an exciting 1m x 1m garden at home.

Topics may include water wise gardening, growing andcooking with seasonal vegetables and fruit.

Seeds and seedlings provided.

Program will be conducted at Salisbury East Neighbourhood CentreFor more information or enrolments contact:

Kathryn or Teena 8406 8484 or morellafoundationskills@gmail.com

The participants will be enrolled in one unit (FSKRDG02) from the Foundation Skills Package through TAFE SA

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SPORTS DEPARTMENT

Congratulations!

Sophie has been doing gymnastics since she was 5yrs old and is a member of Elizabeth gymnastics club.

On Sunday the 19th she competed in the GSA competitions held at Marion, with many clubs across SA representing.

Sophie Had a very successful competi-tion with winning 1st place on vault, 1st place on uneven bars and a 3rd overall.

Sophie's dream is to be a Olympic gym-nast one day and has shown that all her hard work and dedication is paying off.

WEEKLY SPORTS RESULTS SPORT TEAM OPPOSITION COACHES PICK SCORE [BCS . OPS]

MATCHES WEEK ENDING: 11/06/2016

BASKETBALL

U8 Bulls NO GAME

U10 Bobcats NO GAME

U10 Suns NO GAME

U12 Rockets NO GAME

NETBALL

9 & U Bright Stars Bethany Shining Stars Maya Madi Holly Sobey Not Scored

9 & U Shining Stars Bethany Bright Stars Danielle Pellicone Charlize Penaluna Not Scored

U10 Shooting Stars NO GAME

11 & U Superstars Panthers Milana Carter Annalise Clifford 9 . 6

U12 All Stars NO GAME

MATCHES WEEK ENDING: 18/06/2016

BASKETBALL

U8 Bulls Wynn Vale Grove Jacob Karklis Levi Bermingham 20 . 6

U10 Bobcats Tyndale Angels Ethan Gliddon Lucian Ebert 3 . 16

U10 Suns Kings Wolves Jordan Bermingham Bobbi Halls 31 . 13

U12 Rockets Homecorp Puzzles Raphael Villanueva Bracken Helbig 8 . 10

NETBALL

9 & U Bright Stars NO GAME

9 & U Shining Stars NO GAME

U10 Shooting Stars Tiger Babes Claudia Ladner Angel Brouwers 10 . 5

11 & U Superstars GS Tigers Alysha Gliddon Ashlyn Sobey 14 . 20

U12 All Stars Redbacks Eleni Karipidis Brianna Horn 21 . 4

Please contact the Club’s Secretary Jenni Dansie on 0432 501 844 or email secretary@selac.net

GOLDEN GROVE & SALISBURY

THE BENEFITS OF A VIP MEMBER AT SPORTSPOWER AND OFFSHORE SURF GOLDEN GROVE ARE;

10% Discount off any full priced items in store

Invitations to VIP only sales nights

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SPORTS DEPARTMENT

TEAM LIST; Imogen Perris, Sophie Slack, Liana Piscioneri, Lele Roesler, Liana Milton, Shania Chan, Hudson Munzer, Bailey Mooney, Riley Cox, Nicholas Depares, Ashlyn Sobey, Malaya Hach, Tyra Hauschild, Christina Gliddon, Mikayla Librandi, Gisele Cocks, Noah Villanueva, Julian Rodriguez, Riley Borg, Thomas Curley, Pheavarath Hean, Ryan Gambling, Eleni Karipidis, Taylah Anderson, Zara Gidman, Abbie Thomas, Loren Pellicone, Ebony Barry-Nelson, Brock Fensom, Marcus Piscioneri, Anthony-Moni Huy, Bradley Perrina, Cody James, Colbi Cromwell, Lachlan Brown and Tyler Sobey. STAFF: Mr. Ben Hannaford, Mr. Joel Tothill, Mrs. Cheryl Wyten, Mrs. Cherie Boxall and Mr Luke Flanigan. The Para Districts SAPSASA Cross Country Carnival was held on Friday 20th May in term two. Our students competed in the Large School section for final points along with two other schools. We are very happy to announce that Bethany are the champions for 2016. Congratulations to all. We were very proud of the way our students conducted themselves throughout the day by giving their best and supporting their team mates in other races. We would like to congratulate the following students who finished first in their individual event:

Sophie Slack 10 Year Old Girls A Race Tyra Hauschild 11 Year Girls A Race Brock Fensom 12 Year Old Boys A Race Tyler Sobey 13 Year Boys A Race Shania Chan 10 Year Old Girls B Race Gisele Cocks 11 Year Girls B Race

2016 SAPSASA CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL

Northern Netball Community

TANGO NETBALL CLUB For all girls aged 7+ (Age taken Dec 31st each year)

Registrations are for Adelaide Metro, ETSA Park Mile End, or SA Districts, Atlantis Drive, Golden Grove both Summer and Winter

www.tangonetballclub.com.au

Bethany Christian SchoolPo Box 2125Salisbury Downs SA 5108

37 Countess StParalowie, SA, 5108www.bethany.sa.edu.au

P. 08 8283 0000F. 08 8283 0101E. office@bethany.sa.edu.au

TERM 1Mon 8th February - Fri 15th AprilTERM 2Tues 3rd May - Fri 8th JulyTERM 3Mon 25th July - Fri 30th SeptemberTERM 4Mon 17th October - Wed14th December

2016 Term Dates

WEEKLY INFORMATION

IMPORTANT DATES

WEEKLY PE LESSONS MONDAY MORNING PRAISE

WHOLE SCHOOL WORSHIP 10 - 10.30am

WEDNESDAY

PRIMARY CHAPEL (Years 3 - 6) 10.50 - 11.30am

JUNIOR PRIMARY CHAPEL (R - 2) 12.10 - 12.50pm

UNIFORM SHOP

MONDAY 8.15 - 10.30am TUESDAY 8.15 - 10.30am

WEDNESDAY CLOSED

THURSDAY 2.00 - 4.00pm

FRIDAY 8.15 - 10.30am

CHAPEL

TERM 2 2016

RD: Monday & WednesdayRG: Wednesday & ThursdayRW: Wednesday & Thursday1D: Monday & Thursday1T: Monday & Thursday1Z: Monday & Thursday2H: Tuesday & Friday2P: Tuesday & Friday2R: Tuesday & Friday3K: Tuesday & Friday3N: Tuesday & Friday3T: Monday & Friday4G: Monday & Thursday4WH: Monday & Thursday4WY: Monday & Tuesday5P: Tuesday & Friday5RD: Monday & Friday5T: Monday & Friday6H: Tuesday & Friday6MC: Thursday & Friday6T: Tuesday & Friday

CHAPEL

DATE EVENTMon 4th - Fri 8th July Year 4 & 5 Swimming Lessons

Friday 8th July Last Day of Term 2

Monday 25th July First Day of Term 3

Friday 5th August Grandparents Day

Monday 15th August SACSA Table Tennis 4/5 & 6/7

Monday 22nd AugustPrincipals Tour

SACSA AFL Footbal 4/5

Mon - Fri 22nd-26th August Book Week

Tuesday 23rd August SACSA AFL Footbal 6/7

Friday 9th September Show Day - Pupil Free Day

Wednesday 21st September SACSA Soccer 4/5

Thursday 22nd September Parent Teacher Interviews

Friday 23rd September SACSA Soccer 6/7

Monday 26th September SAPSASA Para Athletics State Champs

Tuesday 27th September SAPSASA Metro Athletics State Champs

Mon 26th - Fri 30th September Year 2 & 3 Swimming Lessons