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Ben Venews
Principal’s Message Week 2 Term 2
Welcome back!
We began the term with a visit to the school from the Minister for Education the Honourable Sarah Mitchell and local MP
Adam Marshall. They were greeted by Alex Harris, Mia Drozdowski, Jack Coddington and Olivia Rush who invited them to
join us for lunch and take a tour of the school. Although a very short visit, it was wonderful
to show off our school.
This term we have many exciting activities planned including the Science Discovery Van,
Life Education Van, Armidale Eisteddfod, Multi-Cultural Public Speaking Competition,
debating and many additional sporting events. It is very busy and while we do try to
ensure notes are handed out with a reasonable timeframe for return. At times, due to the
nature of the activity, a very short turnaround is needed.
All notes for all activities must be returned by the due date. Students who arrive on the
day of the activity with a note will not be permitted to attend. To avoid the disappointment
of your child missing out, I encourage you to check your child’s bags regularly for notes,
read the newsletter and access school stream.
Armidale Eisteddfod
The Armidale Eisteddfod is on again this year and once again we will be participating in
this event. This is an example of an activity that may have a short turn around period for
permission notes as often the program has last minute changes which impact upon us.
We have school choirs, individual class items and the orchestra all involved.
NAPLAN
Another less exciting but important event is NAPLAN for Year 3 and Year 5, from 14 - 24
May. Year 3 students will complete the writing test on paper, while all other tests,
including the Year 5 writing test will be completed via the NAPLAN Online testing
platform. Students will participate in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions and
Numeracy over the two week period. This timeframe will also allow for make-up times if
students are unwell or absent on the day their test occurs. Please ensure students are
well-prepared for the testing sessions by getting a good night’s sleep and being at school
on time. Information, including a demonstration of the testing platform is available on the
National Assessment Program website.
Painting
Over the next few weeks the classrooms in the Year 1 corridor will be given a makeover.
This will include fresh paint on walls, ceilings, windows and doors. There will be
disruption to classes during this period but the result will be worth the inconvenience.
Classes will be held during the library while painting is taking place.
Library Borrowing
There will be disruption to library borrowing for the next few weeks due to NAPLAN and painting. During this week’s
painting, library lessons will be held in classrooms therefore borrowing will only occur at lunch times. There will be no
borrowing at all from 13 - 22 May during NAPLAN. I apologise for the inconvenience.
UR Strong Parent Workshop and Festival of Friendship
Our Festival of Friendship begins this week with students participating in a range of activities designed to encourage the
skills of friendship. This is in preparation for our workshop on Friday evening with Dana Kerford and Teacher Professional
Learning on Saturday 11 May. If you have not purchased tickets to attend, I encourage you to do so. So far more than 130
tickets have been sold.
The workshop begins at 6:00pm in the school hall.
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Cross Country
Congratulations to all students who participated in the District Cross Country last Friday. Ben Venue were overall
winners with several students progressing to the next level of competition. Thank you to Sue Lye and Anne-Maree
Pattison for accompanying the students, Richard Cotter for his help in setting up and Rebecca O Hara for the overall
organisation of the day. Without such support from schools and their staff these events would not be able to run.
ICAS Competitions
ICAS Competitions are moving online this year. All tests will be online and will occur later than usual. Notes will go home
about the ICAS Competitions in the upcoming weeks.
Opportunity class placement
Notes went home with interested Year 4 students last week. If you would like your child to be considered for an
opportunity class placement in Year 5 at Armidale City Public School in 2020 and you did not receive a note please
contact the school. The online application website is now open. Please ensure notes are returned if an online application
is submitted. Late applications will not be considered.
EARN and LEARN
Our school is once again participating in this. Last year we were able to purchase a variety of sporting and PE
equipment including sets of footballs, basketballs and netballs, stopwatches, discus, relay batons and tape measures
just to name a few items. The return box is located in the school foyer.
STUDENT SAFETY
Please be reminded that the supervised pick up area for students is Erskine St. Students who are not collected before
3:40 pm are required to wait in the reception area of the school foyer. This is to ensure student safety. Taylor St is not a
supervised pick up area.
Lou Moffatt
3E Welcome to a very busy and exciting term. Everyone looks rested and ready to learn. It is wonderful to see
all their smiling faces and hear their holiday stories. I have heard that some of the bean plants are continuing to
grow at home! Maybe we will even get some beans to eat!
This term we will be learning about Australia and the similarities and differences with our neighbouring
countries. Our homework will include a research project on a neighbouring country.
We will be exploring how Earth’s surface changes over time in our Science unit.
3E students are excited about the Festival of Friendship this week and look forward to learning more about
how to be inclusive and friendly.
Please encourage your child to read every day and change their school reader as needed and please ensure
that your child has lead pencils, a pencil sharpener, gluesticks and a ruler so they are organised for the term.
Thank you to all parents who met with me for an interview last term. It was lovely to meet you all and to gain
some insights into your child.
3E will be performing at the Armidale Eisteddfod on Wednesday 5 June at the Old Teacher's College Auditorium. We are performing a musical item and Mrs Porter is very pleased with our musical talent. A permission note will be sent home closer to the date. We will also perform the item at our 3-6 assembly on 24 May as a warm up! We would love to see you there! We will also be rescheduling our excursion to Saumarez very soon.
Kerrie Edmunds
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Book Fair Term 2 Wednesday 29 May 2019
8:30am-9:10am and 3:15pm-4:00pm Thursday 30 May 2019
8:30am-9:10am and 3:15pm-4:00pm
Assembly items this week
KF Thursday K-2 Assembly 12:20pm - 12:50pm
4S Friday 3-6 Assembly 12:20pm - 12:50pm
Kindergarten
Welcome back to Term 2! Kindergarten students have yet another busy term ahead, which begins this week with the BVPS Festival of Friendship! Throughout the week students will be participating in a variety of activities to help students understand what it means to be a good friend. This term, Kindergarten will begin the Home Reading Program. We would like to welcome our Kindergarten parents to attend a Home Reading Information workshop on Thursday evening at 5:30pm. Please refer to the note that was sent home last week for more information. We are looking forward to seeing our friends in the Kindergarten Frogs host the K-2 Assembly on Thursday. Good luck, KF! Kindergarten Teachers Melanie Bulmer, Prue Campbell, Heidi Gray and Fiona Clayton
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Festival of Friendship
As a lead up to our UR Strong parent-student workshop on Friday, students at Ben Venue are currently involved in a week long ‘Festival of Friendship’. They are participating in a variety of partner and small group activities promoting positive relationships and kindness towards others. On Friday, students are encouraged to wear brightly coloured clothing to support the theme ‘Friendships Brighten Our World’. On Saturday all staff will be involved in a UR Strong teacher workshop in readiness for the launch of our fabulous ‘Friendology 101’ program across the school this term.
Kindergarten Home Reading
A Workshop for Parents/Carers
This term, Kindergarten students will begin the Home Reading Program. To introduce and sup-
port this program, our Kindergarten teaching team will be offering a Home Reading Information
Workshop for Kindergarten Parents/Carers.
At this workshop, Kindergarten teachers will:
Explain the Home Reading program and its purpose
Discuss how the Kindergarten Home Reading Program is organised
Explore how young children learn to read
Provide and discuss ways in which parents/carers can best support reading
development at home.
Date: Thursday 9 May 2019
Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Venue: Kindergarten Giraffes Classroom
Light refreshments, tea and coffee will be provided.
The Kindergarten teaching team are looking forward to seeing you at our workshop.
Please note that due to the workshop format, we are unable to accommodate children.
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Library News
I would like to congratulate those students who represented BVPS in the Interschool Chess Challenge at PLC last term. They achieved third place in the primary division and as a result have the opportunity to compete in the semi finals later in the year. I would also like to acknowledge the excellent achievement of the four students who took part in the Kids Lit Quiz at ACPS last term. The Ben Venue team were the top performing primary school, beaten only by two high school teams. It was not only their knowledge of literature that was impressive but also their conduct and enthusiasm. The library was recently successful in applying for a grant which will allow us to begin the establishment of a maker space within the library. This will provide an environment in which students can apply their STEM knowledge and gain experience working with advancing technologies. To help support our 'unplugged' maker space activities, we would be extremely happy to accept any donations of Lego, Lego boards, cogs or gears, Magna Tiles or marble runs that are no longer being used at home.
Thank you to all students and families who returned their overdue books last term. If you have any outstanding loans please return them on your child's next library day.
Book Fair Term 2
Wednesday 29 May 2019 8:30am-9:10am and 3:15pm-4:00pm
Thursday 30 May 2019
8:30am-9:10am and 3:15pm-4:00pm
PDHPE Report
In Term 1 all students from Kindergarten to Year 6 participated in a variety of Physical Education (PE) lessons
focussed on developing their Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS). Over the first half of the term all classes worked
on developing their running, catching and throwing skills. The lessons were based on the development of these skills
though individual practice, working with a partner or small group and applying these skills in a variety of games.
In the second half of the term Years K, 1 and 2 focussed on jumping, hopping and skipping skills and were able to
put these skills into practice in a variety of relay games and obstacle course activities. Years 3-6 were focussing on
the two handed strike which included using a variety of bats and balls to refine their skills before moving on to
games such as T-ball, cricket and tennis.
In Term 2 K-2 students will be participating in a variety of introductory athletics activities with a focus on running,
jumping and throwing using modified equipment. Stage 2 (years 3 and 4) students will be participating in
intermediate athletics activities such as running, jumping, leaping and throwing. Stage 3 (years 5 and 6) will be
focussed on advanced athletics skills in preparation for our upcoming athlectics carnivals. Students will be refining
their field event skills in high jump, long jump, shot put and discus.
Richard Cotter
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Community Notices
Armidale Basketball Association—Term 2 Aussie Hoops and Minibasketball K-2 recommences Sunday 5 May 2019 from 10:00am—11:00am in ‘The Den’ at Armidale High School 3-6 recommences Monday 6 May 2019 4:00pm—5:00pm game starting at 5:00pm [email protected]
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Congratulations to all our students listed below
YOU CAN DO IT— K-6 STAR STUDENTS
KF James Andrew KG Tiali Glass KC Kara Clark KB Olive Russell
1H Lucy Kelly 1D Milla Sutton 1G Peyton Gerke 1/2S Mia Hamparsum
2L Sienna Smith 2M Samantha Nano 2B Marley Griffiths 3E Ryan Harris
3L Tyson Porter 3/4F Adam Marshall 4S Grace Friedman 4G Saxon Butler
5H Lachlan Schumacher 5P Jaidah Fuller 5T Amy Zhu 6W Erica Craig
5/6R Eevi Coombs 6B Jeanie Inglis 6M Mia Drozdowski
P&C News
Welcome back to Term 2. We have a busy term ahead of us. If you are able to help out in anyway that would be great.
Thursday 9 May we will be providing a supper for the Kindergarten Reading Workshop. If you are able to help by making a cake or slice and leaving it at the office prior or help to prepare the platters from 2:00pm on Thursday in the canteen it would be greatly appreciated!
Saturday 11 May we will be providing morning tea and lunch for the staff attending the UR Strong workshop. If you are able to make a cake/slice or lasagne these items can be left at the office on Friday. Or if you can help on the day from 9:30am to make salads that would be fantastic!
Saturday 18 May we will be running a cake stall and wood raffle at the school hall during the election . If
you are able to bake and leave goodies at the front office prior to the day or help out on the stall that would be amazing!!!
P&C Meeting will be held on Wednesday 5 June at 6:00pm at the Armidale City Bowling Club.
Parent Club will be on Friday 7 June from 9:10am in the staff room. Congratulations to the 5 Easter Raffle winners; Lillian Meredith, Lorenzo Hart, Lorna Barday, Joey Forster & Hudson Pearce. Thank you everyone for your support we raised over $2,000. These funds will go towards the Phase 2 Landscaping Project. It was with great pride the P&C were able to present 9 children who were selected to represent the North West Hockey Team with a contribution towards their commitment. Congratulations to these children.
There are a lot of things to get done, however there are a lot of us. If we all do a small amount it will be easy! If you are able to help out in anyway please contact me by email [email protected] or phone 0427 758 350 or message us on Facebook. Thank you to Parent Club for your ongoing support and help to our school! All funds raised this year will be going towards Phase 2 of our Landscaping project. We look forward to a fun and successful term ahead. Hannah Coddington
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TERM 1 2019 CALENDAR Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
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6.5
Multicultural
Speaking
7.5
Touch Trials
8.5
Yr 6 Discovery
van
9.5
Yr 5 Discovery Van
Cricket vs Moree
K Parent Home
Reading Workshop
10.5
UR Strong Parent
Workshop
Ages 5 to 12 years
Child Care Scheme (CCS) available
Before School care: 6:30am until
school drop off.
After school care: School pick up to
6:00pm.
Vacation care: 8:30am- 5:30pm
To obtain an enrolment pack for you child/children, please contact Sarrah at [email protected] or 6772 1023
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13.5
14.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
15.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
16.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
17.5
NAPLAN
Walk Safely to School
Day
4S Thalgarrah
Bright Clothes Mufti
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20.5
NAPLAN
4G Thalgarrah
21.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
Picolo and JNR
Choir @ UNE
22.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
Senior Choir @
NECOM
23.5
NAPLAN
Life Education
4F Thalgarrah
5H Eisteddford
24.5
NAPLAN
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27.5
Life Education
28.5
Netball Trials
29.5
Book Fair
30.5
Book Fair
31.5
Boys and Girls
Soccer