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TERM 2 2017 CALENDAR Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4
22/5 Red day for Hannah
Cricket vs Tenterfield
Stage 2 Rewards Day
23/5 24/5
Book Fair 25/5
Stage 1 Rewards Day
26/5 Brainstorm
Production19/5
5
29/5 30/5
PSC Learning to Lead 31/5
Eisteddfod 4/5/6M
& 1/2H
1/6
2/6
Kindergarten -
6
5/6 6/6
Softball vs Narrabri
7/6
Eisteddfod 4/5/6M
& Orchestra
8/6
9/6
Kindy Gym
1.30-2.30
Ahoy mateys
The Scholastic
Bookaneer Book Fair
will be on this:
Wednesday May 24
Everyone is invited to join our
crew in the Ben Venue Library
from
8:30am -4:00pm
Get hooked on reading at the
Bookneer Book Fair and support
the school library!!
Has your child misplaced
a school jacket?
We have several lost property jackets at
the office that have names of past
students. If you purchase a second hand
jacket privately, we recommend that you
ensure your child's name is replaced on
the jacket so we can return it to the
correct owner.
BEN VENEWS Erskine Street, Armidale 2350
PO Box 398 Phone:02) 6772 4263
Fax:(02) 6771 2037 Email: benvenue-
Ben Venue Public School…
where great things are always happening!
Welcome to Week 5 Term 2 Monday 22, May 2017
This week most students will be participating in the BVPS rewards afternoon. This is a new initiative that acknowledges
students who continually follow the DoE Behaviour Code for students and exhibit the five YCDI keys of confidence,
persistence, resilience, organisation and getting along. Each Stage has organised a special afternoon of fun and laughter.
Students who have been on a level in the past five weeks are unable to attend.
Congratulations to all students who participated in the Multicultural Public
Speaking competition last week. Sophie Ridley, Jordan Pattinson, Skye Vaughan
and Jack Coddington will move on to the next level at a date and venue to be
determined.
Cam and I had a very productive few days at the Hawker Brownlow Education conference last week.
We are feeling very excited about continuing our journey towards school excellence and are keen to
work with staff and students on embedding formative assessment practices across the school. The
executive will continue with their professional learning on leading evidenced based pedagogy
tomorrow.
Sporting News
Thank you to Rebecca O’Hara, Richard Cotter and James Waters for their involvement in the District Cross
Country last Wednesday. Congratulations to Chloe Petrov and Sophie Parsons who were selected in the NW
PSSA soccer team along with Rari Widders-Lockwood and Dallas Kelly who were selected for the PSSA touch football
trials. This is a fabulous achievement and I look forward to hearing of the team’s efforts in the future.
Red Day for Hannah
Congratulations to 5T for their organisation of Red Day for Hannah today and thank you to the school community for all
their support. I do not yet have a total figure for the amount raised as yet but will include this in next week’s newsletter.
Hannah is still receiving treatment in Westmead Children’s Hospital.
Student Safety Alert—REMINDER!!!
Parents are reminded that the school entrance on Erskine Street is a drop off and pick up zone only. When parents stop
at the front of the school this is causing traffic issues all the way back to Rock Vale Road. I have serious concerns for the
safety of the students who are being dropped off at the incorrect areas. Parents please ensure that you and your child
use the available crossings to minimise any risks to student safety.
Customer Service Feedback
This is the last week to indicate your willingness to participate in a customer service feedback survey. I currently have 20
expressions of interest but require a further 80 responses to ensure validity of the survey. Lou Moffatt
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Yes, I am interested in providing feedback towards school improvement
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YOU CAN DO IT—STAR STUDENTS
KB: Samantha Nano 2C: Luke Whitty 4S: James Hunt
KL: Adrian Hailu 2S: Katie Brown 5H: Callan Griggs
KP: Olivia Colyvas 3C: Jaidah Fuller 5P: Cooper Collins
1C: Michael O’Dell 3E: Elijah Love 5T: Isabella Cordery
1F: Mikeala Van Leeuwen 3G: Jack Saxby 4/5/6M: Layla Cooper
1/2H: Alira Hanks 4D: Jeanie Inglis 6W: Mia Jones
2B: Ashton Young 4F: Austin Johns 6R: Chloe Wellbourn
Resilience Confidence Getting Along Organisation Persistence
Congratulations to all our students listed below
Ben Venue Choirs Eisteddfod News
On Tuesday 16 May Mrs Porter and Mrs Clayton accompanied 50 students from Year 1 and 2 to Lazenby Hall to participate in the Armidale Eisteddfod. The Stage 1 Choir entered the non-competitive section, as this was the first time the group had performed in such an event. Every single student sang beautifully and represented Ben Venue with pride. The group received many compliments from community members highlighting the very high standard of uniform and the exemplary behaviour exhibited by every member of the choir. Mrs Porter and Mrs Clayton are extremely proud of our fabulous Stage 1 Choir and wish to congratulate our students on a successful performance. On Wednesday 17 May the Ben Venue Senior Choir competed in the Armidale Eisteddfod Two-Part Contrasting Songs section. Students sang wonderfully well and managed to gain second place after the beautiful Cantilena group from NECOM. Both piano accompanist Mrs Tina Townsend and I were incredibly proud of our students who all sang and presented themselves with confidence, maturity and enthusiasm! This was truly no easy feat considering Stage 3 have had so much on their plate recently with NAPLAN, Year 6 Camp, District Cross Country and so many other fabulous endeavours. It was indeed a privilege to represent Ben Venue with such a fine group of talented and committed students. Congratulations Senior Choir.
THE GREAT
AUSSIE
BUSH
CAMP 2017
AROUND THE CLASSROOM
4S - Year 4S have had a very busy start to term but they
have all settled in very well. We have many exciting things
happening this term such as ‘The H Team’ play which will
be coming on May 26, our assembly item will be shown
on June 2 and our Thalagarrah
excursion on June 23. Students have
been busily practising their item at
home and I’m sure by the time we
present it in Week 6 you’ll even know
it off by heart.
In class students have been busy doing assessments. It’s
been great seeing the students’ understanding of
concepts develop.
As part of our History unit ‘People and our Beliefs’
students have been learning about the diverse nation we
live in and the special celebrations and commemorations
we celebrate locally, nationally and around the world.
Thank you to the parents who have supplied their child
with the necessary stationery for the term. It is being well
used.
Mrs Swain
Armidale District Zone Cross Country May 17 2017 The Armidale District Zone Cross Country was held on Wednesday May 17 2017 at Bellevue Rugby Oval UNE, in spectacular weather conditions. Schools in attendance included: Armidale City PS, Bald Blair PS, Ben Venue PS, Black Mountain PS, Drummond Memorial PS, Guyra CS, Kelly's Plains PS, Kentucky PS, Kingstown PS, Martins Gully PS, Newling PS, PLC, Rocky River PS, Sandon PS, St Johns, TAS, Uralla CS and Walcha CS. 8/9 years 2km event 8/9 years Boys winning team: Ben Venue Public School Congratulations to the Ben Venue student: Hannah Friedman who was 10
th in the girls race.
Congratulations to the Ben Venue students: Beau Henderson 2nd, Baxter Williams 3rd, Elijah Love 4th and Hunter Clarke 10th in the boys race. 10 years 2km event 10 years Girls individual winner: T. Marshall - Ben Venue Public School in 9 minutes 30sec. 10 years Boys individual winner: H. Fittler - Ben Venue Public School in 8 minutes 47sec. 10 years Girls winning team: Ben Venue Public School Congratulations to the Ben Venue students: Tegan Marshall 1st, Charlotte Portell 4th, Skye Vaughan 5th and Ebonie Lewis who was 10th in the girls race. Congratulations to the Ben Venue student: Hugo Fittler 1st in the boys race.
11 years 3km event 11 years Girls winning team: Ben Venue Public School Congratulations to the Ben Venue student: Chloe Petrov 8th in the girls race. Congratulations to the Ben Venue student: David Tafolla-Ruiz 6th in the boys race. 12/13 years 3km event 12/13 years Boys winning team: Ben Venue Public School Congratulations to the Ben Venue students: George Schmude 3rd, Jordan Pattison 5th, Rari Widders-Lockwood 9th in the boys race. Overall winners: 1st Ben Venue Public School – 459 points (lowest scores win) 2nd Armidale City Public School – 466 points 3rd Martins Gully Public School – 499 points This was an extremely close contest, the overall winning school placing changed numerous times through the day.
2B - The students in 2B are doing a great job
of focusing on their learning in Term 2. In mathematics everyone is working hard on learning new strategies for addition and subtraction and ensuring they can explain the steps that they take to solve problems. We are also working on collecting data using tally marks and recording the information in graphs.
Descriptive texts are a focus in English. We have read some fabulous books about monsters and are focusing on techniques that can be used to describe a character when writing. We are also working on improving our use of grammar and punctuation to construct sentences and paragraphs.
Starting today, we are participating in the Premier’s Sporting Challenge which is aimed at promoting good health through exercise. We will be playing sport games as a class group and students are also encouraged to play active games in the playground. We will be keeping a record of how much exercise we each do over a number of weeks and hope that we have a lot of fun while we get healthier.
Many of the 2B students were proud participants in the Eisteddfod as part of the Junior Choir. They are to be congratulated on their commitment to working hard during rehearsals and for their fantastic performance on the day!
Mrs Burgess