Welcome to week 7! I trust you all had a wonderful weekend of celebrating Father’s Day over the weekend, and I hope all the dads and significant father figures were spoiled by their children!

Uniform Survey

The Student Representative Council (SRC) have been discussing the school uniform over the duration of the year. It was decided that the SRC would benefit from collating data of what people think about the current Bethany Christian School uniform. A google-survey was made available to the students and staff of Bethany last week, and this week the SRC are inviting the school community to have a voice in what you believe is good about the current school uniform, what you think would be even better, and what you would wish for in terms of the uniform.

It is really simple to take part in this short survey. Simply use the provided QR code or Button link to get to the survey, fill it in and submit your thoughts.

The SRC will spend the next few weeks sorting out the responses, and they will then provide a summary of the data that was collated.

The SRC are very much looking forward to reading the results.

Commissioner’s Student Voice Postcards

Each year, Helen Connolly, Commissioner for Children and Young People SA sends Student Voice Postcard packs to all primary schools in the state. Last year, Bethany Christian School students participated in the Commissioner’s Student Voice Postcard programme and have been invited to participate again this year. The themes of this year’s questions attempt to encompass what is important to children, their aspirations, what worries them and asks for any questions they may have for change. The purpose of the initiative is to build a greater understanding of what is important to South Australian children.

All the answers to the questions are anonymous, and no identifying information is collected nor stored. Our students will be invited to take part if they want to, and it will be an opt-in process. It is so exciting that people such as the Commissioner for Children and Young People truly desire to hear the voices of our young people.

Traffic Update

Just a quick reminder that should you have any difficulties on the road around the school site or with unsafe driver actions, please report them to either SAPOL by submitting a traffic report, or report your concerns to the Salisbury Council. Unfortunately, if the issue occurs outside of the school site, we have no authority to deal with the matter.

Please rest assured that we do pass along any traffic concerns to SAPOL and roads/ infrastructure concerns to the Salisbury Council. Thank you for respecting other road users and keeping our students safe by observing the road rules.

I wish you all a wonderful week with your families. 

God bless you,

Deb Clifford
Deputy Principal

The 2023 Financial Commitments Form will be posted out in the next couple of weeks. Please keep an eye out for them. As they are important for the Finance Team to plan for next year, we ask that you complete and return them by the due date which is Friday 4th November.

Thank you to everyone who dressed up for Book Week 2022. It was a fun day. We were very impressed at the effort and creativity displayed by the students of Bethany Christain School. This is only a small sample of some of the fantastic costumes that were represented on the day.

Bethany Christan School has raised $1,784 for the Heart Foundation so far!

We have so many students signed up online already! 

Yet to register your child, it’s not too late: www.jumprope.org.au/parents

Thank you for supporting last week's Father's Day stall which was held on Thursday and Friday. Our students had so much fun selecting the right gift for the Father figure in their lives. 

As it is a Pupil Free Day on Friday (9th September), the Uniform Shop will not be open. Sorry for any inconvenience.