Bethany Christian School

Bethany Christian School

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Week 3Term 12025

Cross Country 2025

From the Principal

Welcome to our newsletter for week 3. Our students continue to settle in to new routines and we take some time to establish clear expectations that allow for learning through good relationships. Our vision to excel in Christian education and character takes time and effort and we appreciate your partnership in this long-term process. Thank you for those of you who were able to attend the Meet the Teacher Evening last week. It was a very warm evening, and we were glad to see so many of you connecting with teachers to start the year together. One of the things that we showed was a short video showing the building project and sharing our excitement over the new sports facility that we are building. We received approval late in December from Salisbury Council to move ahead with this project. We have included a link to this video for you to watch, which includes information about parking, drop off, pick up and also some concept pictures of what the building will look like.

We do ask that you consider the impact this building project is having on our neighbours. We want to be respectful by asking you to avoid parking in or across driveways and to look out for yellow lines that note no parking. We will continue to work with the Salisbury Council who will be visiting at pick up times to make sure that everyone stays safe. Please allow enough time so that you are not rushed or stressed at these important times. We are suggesting that you arrive ‘just in time’ for pick up as this helps to reduce wait times for everyone. The rear carpark is a kiss and drop only as it is a building zone up until 3:10pm. Thank you for your help in following these parking protocols and for representing us well with our neighbours. We really appreciate it.

Last Friday we held our Cross County and the weather remained cooler which made it an enjoyable day. We have our Primary Athletics Carnival on Friday 7th March. Parents and carers of our primary classes, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6, will receive specific information about this day. You are most welcome to come along and enjoy the day.

Our Year 5 students will head off to camp later this term and our Year 3 & Year 4 students will have swimming lessons in the final week of term. This year, Easter is during the school break and so our term finishes at the usual time of 3:10pm.

Thank you once again for partnering with us as we continue to learn together and excel in Christian education and character, inspiring greatness, while serving communities and impacting nations.

God bless you,



Wendy Matear
Principal

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

John 3:16

Deputy's Corner

You may have started to hear the buzz word of ‘friendology’ from your child at home. Friendology is a school wide programme designed by URSTRONG to teach social and emotional skills around friendships. I’m sure you will start to hear the terms, “friendship fire”, “mean on purpose” and “friendship ninjas”. Everything taught is aimed to equip your child to resolve conflict within friendships and build confidence to navigate friendships and the challenges working with others so often presents.

All parents are welcome to check out the free resources provided by URSTRONG. Check out the website https://urstrong.com/parents/ and sign up for free access to the Friendology material. If you have any further questions about Friendology, please speak to your child’s teacher.

This week’s school value is grace, and in chapel the topics of grace and forgiveness were explored. This connects with the theme of forgiveness currently being covered by URSTRONG. The article can be found below. 

In our Friendology curriculum, URSTRONG Schools help students spot strengths in themselves & their friends in our fun, character-building activities!

According to VIA Institute of Character, we all possess 24 Character Strengths in different degrees. Everyone has a different mixture or combination of strengths; some representing our top strengths (often called Signature Strengths).

With our theme of FORGIVENESS this month, we’re getting students to reflect on the concept of “extending an olive branch” (like the little guys are demonstrating in the image). This ties in so well with conversations around reconciliation, along with the idea of peace offerings. So many Teachable Moments!

After a Friendship Fire®, moving from Talk-it-Out to Forgive & Forget on the Friend-o-Cycle can take time. Kids also share that it can “feel awkward” for a while. One easy strategy to speed things up is by “extending an olive branch”. A few examples include:

  • “Hey, wanna play hide & seek?”
  • “Have you heard that new song by Shawn Mendes? I think you’d love it!”
  • “Want a cookie? I made them last night with my dad!”
  • “Wow, cool colours on your painting! It’s so vibrant!”

Forgiveness is such a big, layered topic and there’s so much to unpack with students! Parents can reinforce these lessons at home with this activity: What is Forgiveness? We love the ways our URSTRONG Schools & URSTRONG Families are helping kids move forward after Friendship Fires® to get their friendships back in the Green-Zone on the Friend-o-Meter!

Written by: Dana Kerford Founder of URSTRONG & Kids’ Friendship Expert

I wish you a fabulous week.

God bless you,

Deb Clifford
Deputy Principal

Highlights

Health Care

Camp

The Year 5s are going on their camp in Week 8 of Term 1 from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 28th March 2025. The school will pack the medication that has been provided to the school. If your child needs any medication that needs to be administered, please make arrangements to prepare the medication along with a management plan or medication authority signed by a doctor by Week 6 Friday 14th March. All medications including over the counter medication/herbal medications need to have a doctor’s note. If you have any concerns please do not hesitate to contact the school nurse on 8283 0000.

Medication and Medical Conditions

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 the 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 health care plan to help our student’s wellbeing.

 

Priya Wilson
School Nurse

Enrolments 2027

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

Community News

Playgroup

Mawson Lakes Scout Group

2025 Miniroos Girls

Sports News

BCS Athletics | Yr 3 - 6

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

Friday 7th March  |  Week 5, Term 1 (with Friday 21st March as the back up date)

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego will again go head to head to see which house can tally the most points to win the House Shield, in what will be a fun day!

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

  • 2017 |  8 Year Olds
  • 2016 |  9 Year Olds
  • 2015 |  10 Year Olds
  • 2014 |  11 Year Olds
  • 2013 |  12 Year Olds

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.

Sports Events Page

ReadyGo

BCS Cross Country Report

On a much cooler day to what we had in the previous few days, we held our annual Cross-Country Event on Friday the 14th of February. These conditions made it ideal for Cross Country! 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 Shadrach who were House Champions for 2025!

Thank you must go to the helpers who made this day possible!

Mr Hannaford, Mrs Clifford, Mr Grieger, Mr Peterson, Miss Taylor, Mr Goldney, Mrs Curtis, Mr Mabikafola, Mrs Schultz, Mr Richter, 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!

Placings | Gold, Silver and Bronze

Congratulations to our place getters in each of the age-gender races.

AgeGenderGoldSilverBronze
8 Year OldsGirlsElaina COlivia MZiara A
 BoysAmbroze TAsher HCol D
9 Year OldsGirlsHarper FEsther MHannah M
 BoysConnor SIsaac FClinton P
10 Year OldsGirlsZara MSienna MHannah P
 BoysOscar MAbraham GBior A-R
11 Year OldsGirlsElise BAmelia JOlivia E
 BoysAshton SIsaac DRiley W
12 Year OldsGirlsSkye MEmily DGrace M
 BoysEthan LJensen BCharlie M

House Points

After all the updates and latest input, in what was a super close final tally, Congratulations to Shadrach who were House Champions for 2025!

HousePoints
Shadrach717
Meshach700
Abednego699
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Weekly Basketball | Rec - Yr 6

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 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 centres

Golden Grove  |  Burragah  |  Turramurra  |  Ingle Farm  |  The ARC

Weekly Netball | Rec - Yr 6

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 2  |  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 Gardens Recreation Centre.

Match Results | Weekly Sports

Saturday 1|2

SportTeamOpponentCoach's PickMatch Result
NetballU10 Golden Stars---  
NetballU12 Bright Stars---  
BasketballU08 RocketsCedar ShootersKai N15 - 4  
BasketballU08 ThunderGGLPS Supernova StarsJacob B12 - 11  
BasketballU10 BallersAdelaide DragonsMason O32 - 8  
BasketballU10 BreakersPhantom 76ersPetra K26 - 7  
BasketballU10 CelticsWings FinchesAnna C4 - 12  
BasketballU10 LakersBrooks Saints 10Evie C20 - 15  
BasketballU12 BullsNorthern RoarCohen F22 - 0  

Saturday 8|2

SportTeamOpponentCoach's PickMatch Result
NetballU10 Golden StarsRenegades TealKaylee Y5 - 1  
NetballU12 Bright StarsSNNC U12 GreenHannah H31 - 1  
BasketballU08 RocketsGlenunga Rams 8    
BasketballU08 ThunderKings SkittlesRylan B15 - 2  
BasketballU10 BallersKings CobrasXavier B16 - 14  
BasketballU10 BreakersAdelaide Dragons Red 10Mason N27 - 4  
BasketballU10 CelticsDynasty DiamondsAmelia A2 - 10  
BasketballU10 LakersBearcat BlitzersEvie C28 - 17  
BasketballU12 BullsPuzzles TealDeng A10 - 18  

Weekly Information

Important Dates

Wednesday 19th FebruaryReception Rest Day
Wednesday 26th FebruaryReception Rest Day
Wednesday 5th MarchReception Rest Day
Friday 7th MarchBCS Athletics Day
Monday 10th MarchAdelaide Cup Day Public Holiday
Wednesday 12th to 13th MarchNAPLAN for Year 3 and 5 students
Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th MarchYear 5 Camp

School Terms 2025

Term 1Monday 3rd February to Friday 11th April
Term 2Tuesday 29th April to Friday 4th July
Term 3Tuesday 22nd July to Friday 26th September
Term 4Monday 13th October to Wednesday 10th December

PE Timetable

ELCMonday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
RHAYTuesday and Friday
RHANMonday and Friday
RTDTuesday and Thursday
1PCMonday and Friday
1WCTuesday and Friday
1GMonday and Thursday
2NTuesday and Thursday
2DMTuesday and Friday
2ZMonday and Thursday
3MTuesday and Thursday
3NMonday and Thursday
3HRMonday and Friday
4GTTuesday and Friday
4KMonday and Thursday
4WMonday and Thursday
5RTWednesday and Friday
5MTuesday and Friday
5TTuesday and Friday
6SCWednesday and Friday
6TTuesday and Friday
6WMonday and Thursday

Bethany Christian School

PO Box 2125
Salisbury Downs SA 5108
37 Countess St
Paralowie, SA, 5108

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

Newsletter published: Thursday, February 20 2025

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