Welcome to Week 1 2025. It is wonderful to see how the students are settling in. Health care is one important aspect of wellbeing. Our students receive the care and help they need, so that students can concentrate on learning. Some of the things to remember:

Medication and Medical Conditions

The school’s Cross Country event is scheduled to happen in Week 2 Friday 14th February. If your child requires medication for the event, please provide this medication to us by Tuesday Week 2 (February 11th).

It is important to update the school with any medical condition your child has regardless of its severity. If your child suffers from any medical condition and needs medication to be administered at school, provide the school with the appropriate medication (with in expiry date) along with the management plan. The school does not administer any medication without a doctors authorization.

Remember to speak to us if you need any assistance in taking care of your children’s health care needs. Together we can develop a school health care plan to help our student’s wellbeing.

Thank you,

Priya Wilson
School Nurse

We are pleased to communicate that our Meet the Teacher evening will be held on Wednesday 12th February, Week 2.

Teachers will facilitate two sessions on the night.

The first session will start at 5.30pm, finishing at 6pm with the second session commencing at 6.30pm and finish at 7pm.

Please choose only one session to attend as both session will be identical. Please arrive on time to park. Be aware that you do not need to book.

If you have 2 children, you will be able to attend both sessions in the different classes. This is a time for you to hear from your child’s teacher about class expectations, routines, homework, and other helpful information.

If you have any questions about the evening, please contact the front office on 8283 0000.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sibling Priority for 2027
If your younger child is due to start Reception with us here at Bethany Christian School in 2027, please ensure you call the school and speak to the Enrolment Officer to secure your child’s position. Interviews to fill our 2027 Reception classes will commence soon and a secured position may not be available after this time.

Withdrawal Policy
Should you decide to transfer your children to another school, then the school requires written notification one term in advance of the withdrawal of your children. This enables the school to plan ahead with possible enrolments to replace your children. If written notification is not given, then one term’s fees will be charged as per the Withdrawal Policy which is signed at the time of enrolment.

Bronnie Lyrtzis
Enrolment Officer

Lunch

Please remember that our Wellbeing Team run a Sandwich Bar at lunch times. If your child forgets to pack their lunch they will be provided with a sandwich from the Sandwich Bar. We would prefer students use this facility rather than having parents drop off lunch for students. This is a free service sponsored by Foodbank.

Early Pick Ups

If you are going to collect your child early from school for an appointment or family reasons, we kindly ask that you provide us with plenty of notice. This way we can email the classroom teacher and they can plan to have your child ready on time.

Absentees

When notifying the school of your child's absence, the best way is via the Bethany Christian School app. If you are unsure of how to do this, please contact us at the front office and we will help you.

Messages for students

If you need to have a message passed onto a student, again we ask that you provide us with as much notice as possible. If you call after 2.30pm, we cannot guarantee that the message will be passed on to the student.

Bethany Christian School’s Inter-House Cross Country Carnival is fast approaching and will be held on:

Friday 14th February |  Week 2, Term 1 (with Friday 21st as the back up date)

Shadarch, Meshach and Abednego will battle it out to see which house can tally the most points to win the House Shield, so make sure you are there!

The Cross Country program generally runs from 9.00 - 1.00pm, and we would love you to come and watch your child walk, jog or run the event.

Depending upon the year they were born in they will be in the following age group:

• 8 Year Old Group (Year 3 and up)  |  2017  |  1km disance
• 9 Year Old Group  |  2016  |  1km distance
• 10 Year Old Group  |  2015  |  2km distance
• 11 Year Old Group  |  2014  |  3km  distance
• 12 Year Old Group  |  2013  |  3km distance

While giving everyone a chance to participate, we use this as a gauge to help select our SAPSASA and SACSA Cross Country squads, so those students who wish to be selected will need to try their best at this event.

This year we will be using Event Strategies to provide real time data for all participants. 

More information will be updated on the Sports Events Page as we get closer to the event.