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BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

NEWSLETTERWeek 7 Term 2 2020

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome to our Week 7 Newsletter for Term 2. I trust that you enjoyed a restful Queen’s Birthday longweekend. Having two four day weeks has created a sense of busyness as we head towards the end of this Term.We have begun to find a new flow as we have all students back and as we bring with us the good that we haveexperienced through the challenges. Our usual School Tour for new families has been reformatted to an onlinetour and we are excited to present this to prospective families this term. We have continued with futureenrolment interviews using online meetings and we are finding ways to connect that allow our central businessto continue while being aware of staying healthy. South Australia has now begun to relax some of therestrictions to enable small groups of people to meet together and we look forward to welcoming parents backon to the school grounds in the future. I would also encourage you to think about how you will continue tosupport your child with the drop off and pick-ups once this changes. You may consider continuing with thecurrent routine to help your child remain independent in organising themselves in the mornings. New routinesand habits are an important part of life and I would encourage you to continue following through with thosehabits that are developing responsibility.

The School Dental van will be here next week and will see students who have booked in for this service. If youhave not done this and are still interested, please contact the office for more information.

Last Friday our staff spent time learning and planning for a portion of our Literacy program including the use ofthe MultiLit programs that support the development of reading skills. We continue to ask ourselves how we canimprove and grow and continue on our learning journeys as professionals in education. Our desire to see everystudent learn and grow causes us to keep improving and ask questions to ensure that we never just settle withwhat has always been done. The teaching profession continues to understand and explore more and more aboutstudent learning and how we enable this to keep improving. As the world changes, we want to stay relevant inpreparing students with the capabilities they will need to be successful contributing citizens.

Our desire to see children excel in Christian education and character is seen as I walk through our school, I amreminded of what wonderful children we have here at Bethany and, how blessed we are to have great teachers,wonderful facilities, and caring staff who go above and beyond to work together for your children. I pray thatyou will have a safe and restful weekend and that you will enjoy time together with your children.

God bless,

Wendy Matear

Principal

Memory Verse

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom formany.

1 Corinthians 12:5

DEPUTY'S CORNER

It has certainly been a super frosty start to Winter! The students have thoroughly enjoyed the WinterWonderland that our Nature’s Playground has become. We are getting quite the collection of unnamed orobscurely named jumpers and jackets in our lost property. Could you please make some time this week to checkif your child’s jumper is clearly labelled so that if we find a lost item that we are able to return it to the correctowner? At times, children accidently pick up an item of clothing belonging to another child and take it home.Could you please check for this and return that item to the class teacher in order for it to be returned to thecorrect student?

Thank you to everyone who is observing the road rules and being courteous road users. There has been anoticeable improvement in the Kiss ‘n’ Drop and Turning Circle for the end of the day pick up. We have beennotified that the new SAPOL ‘District Police Model for Paralowie’ is now up and running. This new team will beliaising with Temple Christian College and Bethany Christian School and supporting us in the same manner asthe Neighbourhood Policing Team did. While the school has no legal jurisdiction on places beyond our schoolgates, you can make a report of unsafe driving behaviour by calling 131 444.

I wish you all a safe and healthy week!

God bless you,

Deb Clifford

Deputy Principal

HIGHLIGHTS

PREMIER'S READING CHALLENGE

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the Premier's Reading Challenge for this year:

3K 3L 4W 5T

Ella C Sabian B Mitchell M Sophia C

Stella R Wynter D

Vincent M Elijah Y

Orlando H

Mackenzie C

William K

Lana K

Lylah R

Charlotte B

Jacob N

Soriya H

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS

Open Entertainment Book 2020.pdf (238.14 KB)

DENTAL FOR SCHOOLS

Open Dental Ad for Newsletter Mar 2020.pdf (202.18 KB)

LOST JEWELLERY

We have some unclaimed jewellry that has been handed into the front office. If you lost any jewellry recentlyplease contact the front office on 8283 0000.

UNIFORM SHOP

We would like to thank everyone for their patience with regards to the changes in the Uniform Shop. FromWednesday 24th June the Uniform Shop will be open to parents by appointment only. Appointments can bemade by pre-booking through the front office. Appointment times will be Wednesday and Friday from 8.30 to10.30 am only.

Online ordering will continue and please remember that collection days are Wednesday and Friday only.

SPORTS NEWS

AFL SACSA TRYOUTS

Open _AFL_SACSA_Tryout_Flyer.pdf (1.03 MB)

FITNESS CLUB

Open _Weekly_Flyer_Fitness_Club.pdf (1.25 MB)

WEEKLY INFORMATION

IMPORTANT DATES

Date Event

Tuesday 16th June School Dental Clinic

Tuesday 16th June AFL SACSA Tryouts

Wednesday 17th June School Dental Clinic

Tuesday 23rd June AFL SACSA Tryouts

Friday 3rd July Last day of Term 2, normal dismissal time

2020 Term Dates

Term 1 Term 2

Monday 3rd February to Friday 3rd April Monday 27th April to 3rd July

Term 3 Term 4

Tuesday 21st July to 25th September Monday 12th October to Wednesday 9th December

BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

PO Box 2125Salisbury Downs SA 510837 Countess StParalowie, SA, 5108

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

WEEKLY PE LESSONS

Class Days

ELC Monday to Friday

RD Tuesday and Thursday

RH Monday and Wednesday

RHW Monday and Thursday

1C Monday and Wednesday

1D Monday and Thursday

1P Monday and Thursday

2HS Wednesday and Friday

2R Tuesday and Friday

2Z Tuesday and Friday

3L Tuesday and Friday

3K Wednesday and Friday

3T Tuesday and Friday

4G Tuesday and Friday

4P Monday and Friday

4W Monday and Wednesday

5R Tuesday and Friday

5S Tuesday and Friday

5T Monday and Wednesday

6S Wednesday and Friday

6T Tuesday and Friday

6W Monday and Wednesday

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