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TERM 4 2016 CALENDAR Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

10

12.12

13.12 3-6 Disco

14.12 K-2 Disco

Kindergarten Xmas Party

Years 3 & 5 to the Cinema

15.12 Year 6 Farewell

Assembly

16.12

Students last day

Year 6 Farewell

lunch

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TERM 1 2017 CALENDAR Week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1

23.1 24.1 25.1 26.1 27.1

Kindergarten 2017 Best Start Interviews 2.2 2017

Kindergarten’s 1st Day

3.2

2

30.1 Years 1-6

Students return to school

31.1 1.2

Celebration of Learning and Presentation Day Photos

Now available from the office

$2.00 each

BEN VENEWS Erskine Street, Armidale 2350

PO Box 398 Phone:02) 6772 4263

Fax:(02) 6771 2037 Email: benvenue-

p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Ben Venue Public School…

where great things are always happening!

Welcome to Week 10 Term 4 December 12, 2016

I know I said that last week would be the last newsletter for 2016 however there is so much news to tell!

2017 School Leaders

Congratulations to our 2017 school leaders: Alexandra Donoghue, M’ilou L’hostis, Bronte Bell, Hannah Angel,

Nicole Tarrant (VC), Neve Crotty (C), Kyle Villano, Riley Dowd, Michael Bogeholz, Henry Lawson, Ashton

Mace (VC) and Jordan Pattinson (C). I look forward to working with our prefects and captains and have every

confidence they will be an amazing group of leaders.

Cricket Team Success

Congratulations to Richard Cotter and the boy’s cricket team who travelled to Maitland to participate in the final

rounds of the knockout competition last Tuesday. The boys performed exceptionally well in extremely difficult

conditions to finish third in the state.

P&C Major Fundraiser- Xmas Hamper raffle

Thank you for the kind donations towards the P&C Christmas Hamper. We were able to fill five washing

baskets and therefore have five draws. The money raised will continue to support our students in 2017.

Thank you

I would like to acknowledge the kind donation of books to the school by Year 6

student Luke Writer. Luke has attended Ben Venue since Kindergarten and is very

appreciative of the efforts of all the staff. He has been mowing lawns and washing

cars to earn the money to pay for this generous gift. Thank you Luke!

End of Year Activities

Many classes will be participating in end of year celebrations during the week. This

is a nice way to celebrate the wonderful year students and teachers have had

together. Activities include class parties, class movies, excursions to the park and

for Kindergarten, a visit from Santa and the fire truck for a cool down!

School Discos

Years 3 & 4 Tuesday December 13, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Years 5 & 6 Tuesday December 13, 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Years K-2- Wednesday December 14, 5:30 - 7:00pm

Year 6 Farewell Celebrations

Year 6 Farewell Assembly,

December 15 at 10:10am-11:00am. This will be followed by morning tea. Parents please bring a plate of

food to share.

Year 6 Farewell Lunch

Friday December 16.

Have a happy and safe Christmas

Lou Moffatt

AROUND THE CLASSROOMS

KS The Kindergarten Seals have been counting

down the days left of Kindergarten and it is truly

hard to believe that a whole year has almost

passed. We have had a very busy week with

another one to follow. Thank you to all of the

parents, friends and family members who

attended the Celebration of Learning last

Wednesday. The students enjoyed performing on

the stage and do so now with such confidence!

We are also looking forward to our very exciting

end of year party as well as the K-2 disco this

week. We are continuing with L3 Reading and

Writing lessons in the classroom but our home

reading program has finished for the year. If you

have any readers still at home, please send them

back to school with your child.

As the year draws to an end I would like to thank

all of the wonderful KS parents, grandparents and

family members for your help and support this

year. I have enjoyed working with all of you and

wish you and your families a happy, safe

Christmas.

Sue Lye

3T

As the curtains close on the school year, 3T reflect on all the fun we have had. The children were asked to think about their favourite moments from the year.

My favourite memories:

‘… are about everyone, including Miss Trott, laughing all together about funny things that happen in class’ – Will Dorrian

‘…was when Year 3 went to the National Park. We all had fun and laughed together and talked, especially when William and Tom had the biggest laughing fit ever!’ – Thomas Singleton

‘…was when we all went to Thalgarrah and took special photos of flowers and got copies of them in printed frames’ – Hayley Clark

‘…are the drama lessons we have had, and the different drama games we have played’ – Hugo Fittler

‘…was when it was Miss Trott’s birthday and we put up all the decorations and with all the balloons and we had cake and celebrated’ – Skye Vaughan

‘…was when we helped each other out in the classroom’ – Myles Harris

‘…are when Miss Brien was here and we spent lots of time with her’ – Tanya Wickramathilake

‘…are when we went to Saumarez and we got to learn interesting things and explored the house’ – Erica Craig

‘…was when we were doing news one time and Simon was doing news and said a word funny. We laughed so hard that Luca had to go outside to recover’ – Georgia Swann

‘…are all the things we have learned in Year 3 with Miss Trott and how it’s been different to everything we have learned every other year’ – Austin Johns

‘…was when we went swimming with Miss Campbell, because on the last day we got to play in the pool’ – Chenara Westaway

‘ …was the first day I came into Year 3 and made some new friends’ – Chisom Madubuko

‘…was when we went to the Trout Hatchery and we got to feed the fish, and when Luca swallowed a fish pellet by mistake’ – William Griggs

‘…are all the art we have done, I have enjoyed it and everyone had a go’ – Luca Williams

‘…was when the NAPLAN results finally came in, because I was happy with my results’ – Tom Drew

‘…was when we came back from the rainforest and when Luca made us laugh so hard’ – Leen Jezani

‘…are when Hugo kept making us laugh all the time’ – Grace Krug

‘…are when we got to learn stuff at Thalgarrah and on the excursions’ – Lauren Mason

‘…are at lunchtime when we got to play with the Kindergartens’ – Simon Grimsley

Wishing all of the families of the children in 3T a happy and healthy festive season, it has been my pleasure to work with your children this year.

Rhiannon Trott.

If your child has hired an instrument from the school this year, can you

please bring it to the office for stocktake purposes.

P & C Christmas Hamper Winners

1st- Donna Uphill

2nd– Kathy Lawson

3rd– Wendy Porter

4th-Graham Parsons

5th– H. Cameron

CHRISTMAS DISCO 3-6

Tuesday December 13

In the school hall

Years 3-4 5:30pm - 7:00pm $6.00 (entry, drink & lolly bag)

Years 5-6 7:00pm - 9:00pm $4.00 drinks available for $1.00

K-2 Disco

Wednesday December 14

5:30pm -7:00pm

$6.00 (entry, drink and a lolly bag)

Dress either disco: Anything Christmas!!

Students must be collected from the hall

CRICKET NEWS Last Tuesday December 6 the Ben Venue Cricket Team played in the finals day of the PSSA Knockout Competition in Maitland. In the first match Milton P.S won the toss and elected to bat. Milton raced along with their batting scoring 99 runs off their first 13 overs. The Ben Venue bowling and fielding improved in the second half of the innings and they were able to restrict Milton to 158 from 25 overs. Best bowlers were Ryan Harris with 1/24 and James Marshall 2/18.

Ben Venue began their innings very cautiously after loosing 2 early wickets to some untimely run outs. Captain Ben Heagney batted solidly throughout the innings scoring 26 runs. Other notable batsmen were Nick Jackson and Hayden Schumacher with 13 runs and Maurice Kelly 12. Unfortunately the continual loss of wickets hampered the run chase and Ben Venue were all dismissed for 124.

In the second match Ben Venue batted first against Parkes P.S. Parkes bowled a tight line and length which made run scoring difficult with Ben Venue only able to achieve a score of 104 from their 25 overs. Best batsmen in this match were James Marshall 32, Ben Heagney 24 and Ryan Harris 14 not out.

Ben Venue then set about defending the small target they had set and did this very well with careful bowling and excellent fielding. Best bowlers were Nick Jackson 2/11, Brock Parsons 1/9 and Maurice Kelly 1/18. Ben Venue restricted Parkes to just 92 off their 25 overs and claimed a hard fought victory in very hot and humid conditions.

The overall winners of the competition were Lindfield Public School from Sydney. Richard Cotter