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Ben Venews

Principal’s Message Week 11 Term 1

As the term draws to its conclusion I would like to thank the staff of Ben Venue for their dedication and

commitment to the learning and wellbeing of all students. From the office staff who are so very caring in their

approach to unwell students to the teachers who provide such exceptional opportunities for their students, the

staff are second to none. I thank the school community for your continued support and wish everyone a safe

and happy Easter. Students return to school on Tuesday 30 April 2019.

Congratulations

Well done to the Ben Venue Netball Team who competed in the Armidale Gala Day last Friday. The team won

all four of their games and now move to the next round of the competition. Thank you to Mrs Swain who

provided this opportunity for the students.

Congratulations to Millie Lehman, Lucy Diederick, Jeanie Inglis, Sophie Parsons,

Denman Abbo, Archie Clark, Luke Whitty, Jared Frost and Elijah Love who were

who were selected in the North West Hockey Team. Congratulations also to

Byron Kollosche, Austin Johns, Jared Frost and Sophie Parsons who were

selected to represent Ben Venue Public School in the North West Soccer Team.

This is a fabulous achievement for the students and our school.

Go for Gold Day

Thank you for the generous support for this event. $566.60 was raised and will

go towards the Tour de Rocks bike ride. We wish Mr Portell good luck as he

participates in this ride at the end of the week.

Anzac Day Thursday 25 April

We will once again be participating in the Anzac Parade and service. Students

will be required to meet teachers outside the police station in Moore St at

10:15am wearing full school uniform including a school broad brimmed hat. The

parade will commence at 10:30am and the Commemoration Service will begin at

11:00am in Central Park. Students can be collected from Central Park at the

conclusion of the service at approximately 12:00pm.

UR STRONG

This exciting event is only a couple of weeks away! The Language of Friendship

workshop is on in Week 2 of next term. 120 tickets have already been sold. I

encourage anyone who is considering attending the workshop to order their

tickets online soon. There is no opportunity to purchase tickets on the night.

To register for the parent/child workshop please follow the link.

The Language of Friendship Workshop, Friday 10 May.

Year 5 Opportunity Class 2020

If you would like to have your child considered for the Year 5 opportunity class (Armidale City Public School)

entry in 2020, you will need to apply on the internet using a valid email address. The application website opens

on Tuesday 30 April 2019 and closes on Friday 17 May 2019. You must apply by the due date.

Notes will be sent home in Week 1 of next term.

Ethics Education

Currently at Ben Venue, students participate in either Special Religious Education or attend the non-scripture

group. From next term, we may have the capacity to offer, in some year levels, Special Education in Ethics as

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an option for those students who currently do not participate in Special Religious Education. Primary Ethics is

the organisation approved by the Department of Education to provide Special Ethics Education. Information

relating to their program is available on the Primary Ethics website.

The feasibility of this will depend on the number of students who opt (with parent/carer permission) to attend

Ethics classes rather than the non-scripture group. If your child currently attends non-scripture and you would

like them to participate in Special Ethics Education, please click this link in order to register your interest.

Lou Moffatt

Year 2 Folk Museum My class and I went to the Folk Museum today. At the Folk Museum, they have an old telephone booth

there. They also have crystals there too. There were lots of old carriages in the transport room and

they also have an old bike in there too. In the normal room they have an olden day camera and there is

an olden day house. In the house they have a pink baby crib and a brown coffee table. And they have

an olden day map of Armidale. When we were leaving, we saw 2M coming in for their turn at the Folk

Museum. I liked the trip to the Folk Museum.

By Adnan

I saw an olden day camera. It was nothing like the cameras now. The person would stand in the back

of the camera and the person that would be clicking the picture would stand in front of the camera.

There was a typewriter and when you pressed the letter inside it will get ink and put it on the paper. In

the olden days they had really fancy cups, none of them looked like present day cups. I saw a very old-

en day phone and it had this really cool spiny thing. You put your hand

inside and you let go at the number. It came in white, black and red.

By Ryka

Today, we went to the Folk Museum. We saw old telephones that looked very different to the ones we

have now. There were lots of old carriages at the Folk Museum. There was an old wheel chair and I

saw a little typewriter. There was an old bed and I saw a dining table and a piano. There was an old

phone and you use to open a door and go inside to call someone and you had to spin a dial. There

were very shiny crystals. We went on a bus to get to the Folk

Museum and it was fun going there.

By Esabelle

At the Folk Museum I saw a big camera and I looked through it. I didn’t see anything, it was huge and

weird. I also saw four large photos. They were photos of Armidale in the olden days and they were all

different. I was excited to go to the Folk Museum and I went with my class, I didn’t go with my mum. It

was fun at the Folk Museum.

By Myarah

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Year 2 Folk Museum Excursion “WOW!” I said as I looked at all the old and fascinating things. There were telephones in all different

shapes and sizes and there was also everything else an old telephone would need.

The next room was the transport room. There were all sorts of carriages big to small, little toy carriages

to big grand ones.

The next room was an old bedroom. There was a four-post bed in the corner and a mirror in the corner

and a chamber pot with blue patterns.

The next room was a kitchen. There was a table on one side and all types of things including a set of

candles. On the other side of the room there was a set of shelves with all types of bottles and packets

with food still in them. There was even a honey jar!

The last room was with suits for the women in the Army who were nurses. One lady was a nurse in

World War I, the other two women were nurses in World War II. One of the women died in the war while

one of the other woman came back very sick and the last woman came home fine. The lady’s name that

showed us around the Museum was Mrs Ward and that was the end of our Folk Museum trip.

By Henry

Bruuuuuum! Bruuuuuum! Bruuuuuuuum! Ruuuuum! Ruuuuuuum went the bus. My class and I went to

the Folk Museum. First we saw the old telephones. In the next room we went to the cart room and in

there was a BIG CART! I wish I could have the big cart. Next we went to the camera room and the cam-

eras were so big and so cool. Next we went to an old bedroom. The bedroom looked so different from

the

bedrooms we have today. Next was a lounge room. It was very different to the one I have. It had a piano

in it and people don’t really have a piano in their lounge room. Then we went to the old kitchen. They

were very different! Lastly there was a nurses uniform. The uniform was cool then it was time to go back

to school. Bruuuuuum bruuuuumm! The bus was here. Bye Bye Folk Museum!

By Darcey

Mebby McClelland

6W What a fabulous term we have had! 6W students have been extremely busy both working hard in class and taking advantage of the wonderful opportunities on offer. Students have been involved in sporting trials, cricket matches, the School Swimming Carnival and cross country, Opera House Choir and marimba group auditions, dance group rehearsals, a Colour Run, a Science and Engineering challenge at UNE and an excursion to Thalgarrah. There is always something exciting happening at Ben Venue! During our recent trip to Thalgarrah we participated in the ‘Scientist for a Day’ program. Heath, a scientist from the university, came and talked to us about trapping and tracking wild dogs, the use of technology in mapping animals through the landscape and using 700 camera traps for surveying native and feral animals. We also discovered how to set up fair tests when conducting scientific investigations and set up a test to determine which light bulbs are most cost effective to use. Our Geography lessons have been focusing on our connections with Asia and how Australia is connected to other places in the world. Students now have a better understanding of terms such as trade, export and imports, goods and services, international trade and embargo. In research lessons we have been investigating what life is like for children in different Asian countries and also the types of aid Australia provides to its neighbours. Thank you to all parents who came to the recent interviews, it was lovely to meet you all.

Karen Watson

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Term One Music Report

There have been many excited faces in the Music room this term as we have been joined for various sessions by Briana Merritt, a drummer with 11 years experience. Briana has been sharing her talent and sense of rhthym with students in Stage 3 in particular. Students have certainly gained a lot of knowledge and experience in the area of drumming since she first joined us in the classroom. Students can name parts of a drum kit, use drum sticks correctly and have been practising the 4/4 Rock and 2/4 Half-Time beats. Briana also treated us to some spectacular drum solos and various drumming styles, including jazz, waltz and African drumming on the djembes and bongos! The photos speak for themselves! Thank you Briana, you are a star and we have loved your funky lessons! Meanwhile, the Piccolo Choir in addition to the Junior and Senior Choirs are well into rehearsals for their Eisteddfod songs - performance dates to follow so stay tuned. Turns out these singers are also excellent whistlers and students are adding some percussion to make our songs more fun! The amazing accompaniment on piano of Robyn Bradley continues to inspire us to greater and greater singing.

The Opera House Choir has been selected for 2019 and students have also been rehearsing and listening to our CDs in preparation for our big trip to Sydney in early September. We can't wait to actually sing inside such a famous building and see some of the sights of Sydney while we are there. More information to come next term.

Shell Porter

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Colouring In Competition

Professionals Armidale have 3 major Easter Hampers to be won.

Colouring in can be collected at the school front office and all details are included on

the back.

Winner will be drawn 18 April 2019.

BVPS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Ben Venue Cross Country Championship was our second major sporting event for the year. The course proved challenging for many runners, through the mud and water, yet some very impressive overall results were posted on the day. Individual Champions Congratulations to:

From this carnival, the top 6 runners have been selected to represent our school at the 2019 Armidale Zone Cross Country Championship to be held on Friday 3 May at Bellevue Oval UNE. From there a squad of Zone Representatives will compete at the North West Cross Country Championships.

8/9 Girls 1st Brooke Moran

8/9 Boys 1st Jacob Finlay

2nd Maggie Gray 2nd Archie Tonkin

3rd Emma Swadling 3rd Connor Marshall

4th Lydia Sewell 4th Joshua Clee

5th Hunter Armstrong 5th Fletcher Toovey

6th Macy Bolt 6th Lachlan Taylor

10 Girls 1st Kairi Takayama 10 Boys 1st Arthur Schmude

2nd Lucy Deiderick 2nd Connor Lewis

3rd Lillian Meredith 3rd Jake Inman

4th Helene Groger 4th Curtis McLennan

5th Antonia Glos 5th Myles Langenbaker

6th Ruby Johns 6th Cahill McIntyre

11 Girls 1st Sophie Parsons 11 Boys 1st Brodie Meredith

2nd Hannah Friedman 2nd Hamish Warden

3rd Lily Angel 3rd Beau Henderson

4th Indy Edwards 4th Leonardo Wright

5th Chenara Westaway 5th Hunter Clarke

6th Lilly Person 6th Baxter Williams

12 Girls Skye Vaughan 12 Boys 1st Hugo Fittler

Jeanie Inglis 2nd Jared Frost

Grace Krug 3rd Logan Clarke

Chloe Inman 4th Austin Mayled

Taylor Armstrong 5th Hunter Bolt

Lekeisha McMillan 6th Bryce Hemsworth

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Cricket Report Round 3 PSSA Knockout Competition 2019

The Ben Venue Cricket Team played their round 3 match in the PSSA Knockout Competition last Monday April 1

against Glen Innes Public School at Harris Park Armidale

Ben Venue captain Sophie Parsons won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Once again it was Myles Harris clean bowling the Glen opening batter Emery Levy-Blair in the first over.

Glen Innes then settled in with opener Howie Eastwood and number three batter Carter Ferris batting steadily and taking

the visitors to 1 for 51 off 12 overs.

Ferris was dismissed in the 13th over with a clever catch by Myles Harris off the bowling of Samantha Marshall and Glen

went to the drinks break looking good at 2 for 51.

Ben Venue tightened up their bowling in the next five overs with Glen only able to make a further 10 runs during this

period. Number four batter for the visitors Wade Granin was providing good support to Eastwood before he was run out

for 3 after Jackson Taylor hit the stumps with a direct hit from the outfield.

Eastwood then began playing some excellent cricket shots all around the ground after the Ben Venue bowling became a

little way-ward. He eventually retired on 43 after a very controlled and patient innings. After their 25 overs Glen Innes

had scored a respectable 96 runs.

Best bowlers for Ben Venue were Myles Harris 1 for 9 off 5 overs and Samantha Marshall with 1 for 4 off 2.

The Ben Venue opening batters Jared Frost and Jackson Taylor looked settled early scoring 14 runs off the first 2 overs.

Frost looked in fine form striking the ball well, including a 6 over square leg, but was out in the third over caught and

bowled by Emery Levy-Blair.

This brought Ben Venue Captain Sophie Parsons to the crease however she was dismissed for 0 after she failed to

capitalise on a loose delivery and spooned the ball to Howie Eastwood off the bowling of Levy-Blair. Ben Venue

appeared in trouble at 2 for 25.

Alex Harris joined Taylor at the crease and they both batted carefully defending any good deliveries and scoring from

any loose balls.

Harris was eventually caught for 8 and Ben Venue were 3 for 85 off 13 overs.

When Myles Harris joined Taylor the home team only required 13 runs to win and Harris wasn’t wasting any time hitting

a 4 from the second ball he faced.

Ben Venue reached 3 for 98 off 15 overs with Harris

and Taylor both not out on 5 and 18 respectively.

Best bowlers for Glen Innes were Emery Levy-Blair 2

for 15 off 3 overs and Jock Maxwell 1 for 20 off 2.

Ben Venue now go on to play Moree Public School in

round 4.

Richard Cotter

Team Champions 2019 House Points Scoresheet

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8/9 YR BOYS Blaxland Sturt Oxley Cunningham

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Netball Gala Day Last Friday, our Ben Venue Netball Team played in a Gala Day at Lynches Road. With a big day ahead of them the team knew they would have to work hard with 4 games at 40 minutes each and that they did. The team won the first game, which was a knockout, against Guyra, 25-0. The next few games were for experience and fun but the team did well wining all these games. Our team won against Sandon 22-0, Armidale City 8-7 and Newling 18-4. I would like congratulate all the team on their team spirit, sense of fair play and work ethic. I am very proud of you all!

Amanda Swain

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Congratulations to all our students listed below

YOU CAN DO IT— K-6 STAR STUDENTS

KF Vincent Arakaki KG Natasha Nair KC Ella Reid KB Jaden Bolt

1H Eva Law 1D Misty Hanks 1G Patrick Gordon 1/2S Juan Mosquera-Suarez

2L Elijah Rucci 2M Jaylene Pennell 2B Sana Mirza 3E Logan Witham

3L Hamish Pilcher 3/4F Macey Bolt 4S Helene Groger 4G Felicity O’Brien

5H Lily Angel 5P Jessica Race 5T Dominic Butler 6W Bronte Swain

5/6R Binudi Vithana 6B Charlize Broadfoot 6M Leo Glos

P&C News

Wednesday 1 May P&C Meeting at 6:00pm to be held at the Armidale City Bowling Club.

Friday 3 May Parent Club from 9:10am in the School Library.

Please bring in all sold and unsold raffle tickets by Thursday morning. All funds raised will go towards phase 2

of the landscaping area.

Thank you to everyone for your support this term.

Have a safe and happy holiday.

Hannah Coddington

Hockey News

Congratulations to our nine fabulous Ben Venue players who

have been selected in the boys and girls North West

hockey teams to compete at the PSSA State Championships

in June. Well done everyone and we wish you all the best for

a successful tournament.

L-R: Elijah Love, Archie Clarke, Jared Frost, Luke Whitty, Denman Abbo, Millie Lehmann, Lucy Deiderick, Jeanie Inglis and Sophie Parsons.

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TERM 1 2019 CALENDAR Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week

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8.4

5T Thalgarrah

9.4

5P Thalgarrah

10.4

2B 2M 2L

Science &

Technology

excursion

11.4

Easter Hat Parade

K-2

12.4

Last day of

Term 1

Ages 5 to 12 years

Child Care Scheme (CCS) available

Before School care: 6:30am until

school drop off.

After school care: School pick up to

6:00pm.

Vacation care: 8:30am- 5:30pm

To obtain an enrolment pack for you child/children, please contact Sarrah at armidalecc@pcycnsw.org.au or 6772 1023

15.4

School Holidays

16.4

School Holidays

17.4

School Holidays

18.4

School Holidays

19.4

School Holidays

22.4

School Holidays

23.4

School Holidays

24.4

School Holidays

25.4

ANZAC day march

School Holidays

26.4

School Holidays

Week 1

29.4

School

Development

Day

30.4

Students return

1.5 2.5 3.5

Zone Cross Country

UNE Bellevue Oval

GABC First

instalment due