Some of the winners from last week's Cross Country
Welcome to week 3 of term 1. The year has started extremely well. The students have been so engaged during our Monday Morning Praise assemblies and our Chapel services. It was so great to see so many attend our Meet the Teacher Evening. I hope you enjoyed meeting your child’s teacher and looking at their classroom for 2024.
Thank you to everyone who is demonstrating patient and careful use of our neighbouring roads and car parks. Your effort to keep our students safe while coming to school and leaving from school is greatly appreciated.
We would like to remind everyone about the importance of enforcing the correct wearing of seatbelts when transporting children to and from school. Drivers who fail to ensure their passengers are wearing their seatbelts correctly face fines and the loss of demerit points. Please take the time to read the attached SAPOL fact sheets which outline the laws around seatbelts and booster seats.
For further information about the road rules, seatbelts and child restraints, please go to www.mylicence.sa.gov.au/road-rules/seatbelts-and-child-restraints .
Open SAPOL-Road-Safety-Topic-2-Passenger-Safety-TIPS.pdf (874.81 KB)
We would like to invite you to "Managing Meltdowns". We have been able to access funding to provide 4 free sessions for this workshop. We have a qualified Occupational Therapist running these sessions straight after pick up on Wednesdays from 3.15pm to 4.00pm. It is for parents and children together. If you are interested, please see the flyer in the Community Section of this newsletter for more information. You and your child are welcome to come along.
The dates for the workshops are:
Wednesday March 13th
Wednesday March 20th
Wednesday March 27th
Wednesday April 3rd
I wish you and your families a terrific weekend.
God bless you,
Deb Clifford
Deputy Principal
Camp Medication
The Year 5 students are having their camp in Week 8, Monday 25th March to Wednesday 27th March. The school will pack the medication that has been provided. However, if your child is on any regular medication that needs to be administered in the evening, night or morning, please provide the medication along with a doctor’s note by Monday, Week 6. All medications including over the counter medication/herbal medications need to have a doctor’s note, as per the school policy. If the medication is not provided by Week 6 the child may not be able to attend Camp.
Medication Policy at School
• If your child needs to be on any medication at school, please provide the school with the required medication along with the current management plan
• Medication can only be administered with a doctor’s prescription and with a Management Plan
• All student medical management plans are updated annually
• All medications need to be labelled and provided to the school office by the parent/caregiver along with a doctor’s authorisation letter/plan at the beginning of the year
• Out-of-date medicines will not be administered
• Please ensure medications are given to a member of staff for safe storage
• Students are not allowed to keep any medication in their bags including over the counter medication
• More information can be found on our website
God bless you,
Priya Wilson
School Nurse
Bethany Christian School’s Inter-House Athletics Carnival is fast approaching and will be held on:
Friday 8th March | Week 5, Term 1 (with Friday 15th March as the back up date)
Shadarch, Meshach and Abednego will again go head to head to see which house can tally the most points to win the House Shield, so make sure you are there!
Depending upon the year they were born in they will be in the following age group:
While giving everyone a chance to participate, we use this as a guide to help select our SAPSASA and SACSA Athletics squads, so those students who wish to be selected will need to try their best at this event.
Once again we will be using the web based program ReadyGo to administer our Athletics Day, so please use the link below to find the program.
A guest code (to access the information) will be sent to parents closer to the event, there is no need to register for an account.
More information will be updated on the Sports Events Page as we get closer to the event.
On a warm summer morning we held our annual Cross-Country Event on Friday the 16th of February. Depending upon their age, all students showed a great attitude as they either walked or ran various distances of 1, 2 or 3kms.
Congratulations to Meshach who were House Champions for 2024!
Thank you must go to the helpers who made this day possible!
Mr Hannaford, Mrs Clifford, Mr Grieger, Mr Peterson, Miss Taylor, Josiah Wyten, Mrs Curtis, Mr Mabikafola, Mrs Schultz, Mrs Sarah Wilson, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Hall, Mr Huntley, Mr Wyten, Mr Carr and Mr Nottle who made the day run smoothly and helped students enjoy the event.
Thank you to all the class teachers who also help arrange the students ready for marshalling!
Congratulations to our place getters in each of the age-gender races.
| Age | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Year Olds | Girls | Harper F | Grace S | Nicole H |
| Boys | Isaac F | Elijah T-F and Spencer S | Oliver P | |
| 9 Year Olds | Girls | Ella S | Zara M | Harriet B |
| Boys | Bior A-R | Oscar M | Hunter R | |
| 10 Year Olds | Girls | Elise B | Olivia E and Aivy P | Ashiwei A |
| Boys | Ashton S | Nathaniel M | Riley W | |
| 11 Year Olds | Girls | Skye M | Emily D | Niang M T |
| Boys | Ethan L | Jensen B | Noah P | |
| 12 Year Olds | Girls | Sophie S | Apajok A | Jemima M |
| Boys | Nhial M-Y | Dion P | Matthew G |
Congratulations to Meshach who were House Champions!
| House | Points |
|---|---|
| Meshach | 766 |
| Abednego | 698 |
| Shadrach | 618 |
Photos taken by Jamelia A, Aaron N, Calvin P, Kelly L, Matthew G, Skye L, Brandy L and Dylan K.
Bethany Christian School offers a Weekly Basketball program. This is a user pay program staffed by approved volunteer coaches, with compulsory weekly after school trainings held at BCS
There are two seasons per year
Winter Season - Terms 2 and 3 | Summer Season - Terms 4 and then 1
Age Groups as follows (must be 5 yrs old)
U08s mixed | U10s mixed | U12 Boys | U12 Girls
Saturday games are generally at the following recreation centers
Golden Grove | Burragah | Turramurra | Ingle Farm | The ARC
Bethany Christian School offers a Weekly Netball program. This is a user pay program staffed by approved volunteer coaches, with compulsory weekly after school trainings held at BCS
There are two seasons per year
S1 Season - Terms 1 and Two | S2 Season - Terms 2 and 4
Age Groups as follows (must be 5 yrs old)
U08s mixed | U10s mixed | Under 12s mixed
Saturday games are at the The Gardens Recreation Centre.
| Sport | Team | Opponent | Coach's Pick | Match Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netball | U08 Shooting Stars | Bethany Golden Stars | Jacob B | NS | ||
| Netball | U08 Golden Stars | Bethany Shooting Stars | Marina B | NS | ||
| Netball | U10 Wild Stars | Angles U10 | Gabrielle V | W | 9 | 0 |
| Netball | U10 Bright Stars | Blue Angels | Emily D | L | 2 | 5 |
| Basketball | U08 Ballers | Brooks Bulldogs 8 | Mason O | L | 5 | 31 |
| Basketball | U08 Celtics | Wings Ravens | Simar G | L | 2 | 20 |
| Basketball | U10 Lakers | SFX Magic | Travis G | L | 12 | 14 |
| Basketball | U10 Bulls | Lab 46 10b | Jaxon C | W | 30 | 0 |
| Basketball | U10 Warriors | Shooting Stars 12a | Rush K | W | 17 | 15 |
| Basketball | U12 Boomers | NE Lakers | Riley W | L | 18 | 35 |
| Basketball | U12 Hornets | Bearcats Air | Oscar E | L | 18 | 31 |
| Sport | Team | Opponent | Coach's Pick | Match Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netball | U08 Shooting Stars | Lightning Blitz 1 | Abbie G | NS | ||
| Netball | U08 Golden Stars | Gem Pink Sapphires | NS | |||
| Netball | U10 Wild Stars | Hurricanes White | W | 8 | 1 | |
| Netball | U10 Bright Stars | Bulldogs | Annabel J | L | 4 | 23 |
| Basketball | U08 Ballers | Wings Comets | Lachlan M | L | 4 | 11 |
| Basketball | U08 Celtics | 76ers Blue Jets | Isabelle D | L | 4 | 11 |
| Basketball | U10 Lakers | Bearcats Bythons | Micah-Malachi F | L | 11 | 19 |
| Basketball | U10 Bulls | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basketball | U10 Warriors | 76ers Cheetahs | Dion S | L | 22 | 32 |
| Basketball | U12 Boomers | 76ers Raiders | Elijah C | L | 27 | 29 |
| Basketball | U12 Hornets | Stingrays Manta | Isaleli T | L | 14 | 40 |
| Wednesday 28th February | Reception Rest Day |
| Tuesday 5th March | SACSA Swimming |
| Wednesday 6th March | Reception Rest Day |
| Friday 8th March | BCS Athletics Day (Yr 3 - 6) |
| Monday 11th March | Adelaide Cup Day - Public Holiday |
| Wednesday 13th March | NAPLAN |
| Thursday 14th March | NAPLAN |
| Thursday 14th March | Reception Reading Workshop |
| Friday 15th March | NAPLAN |
| Monday 25th March | Year 5 Camp |
| Tuesday 26th March | Year 5 Camp |
| Wednesday 27th March | Year 5 Camp |
| Wednesday | 8.15 to 10.30 am |
| Friday | 8.15 to 10.30 am |
| Reception to Year 2 | Wednesday 12.10pm to 12.50pm |
| Year 3 to 6 | Wednesday 10.50am to 11.30am |
| ELC | Monday to Friday |
| RHAY | Tuesday and Friday |
| RHAN | Tuesday and Thursday |
| RTB | Wednesday and Friday |
| 1G | Tuesday and Thursday |
| 1PM | Wednesday and Friday |
| 1R | Wednesday and Thursday |
| 2DM | Wednesday and Thursday |
| 2WM | Wednesday and Friday |
| 2Z | Tuesday and Friday |
| 3HR | Tuesday and Friday |
| 3M | Monday and Thursday |
| 3N | Wednesday and Friday |
| 4GT | Monday and Friday |
| 4K | Tuesday and Wednesday |
| 4W | Monday and Thursday |
| 5M | Monday and Thursday |
| 5RT | Wednesday and Friday |
| 5T | Tuesday and Friday |
| 6SC | Tuesday and Wednesday |
| 6T | Monday and Thursday |
| 6W | Tuesday and Friday |
| Term 1 | Monday 5th February to Friday 12th April |
| Term 2 | Tuesday 30th April to Friday 5th July |
| Term 3 | Tuesday 23rd July to Friday 27th September |
| Term 4 | Monday 14th October to Wednesday 11th December |
PO Box 2125
Salisbury Downs SA 5108
37 Countess St
Paralowie, SA, 5108
Newsletter published: Friday, February 23 2024
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