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WESTSIDE ESPRESSO

Café and takeaway open

Mon- Fri 7:00am 5:00pm.

Sat -Sun 8:00am-2:30pm.

Coffee, smoothies, fresh juices,

frozen yogurt, and hot foods.

Located at the Harvey Norman Centre

local call : 5713 0003

TERM 4 2017 CALENDAR

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

6

13/11 14/11 15/11 ‘Seussical’ the Musical

Years 1& 2

16/11 Parent Helper Morning

Tea 11.15am

17/11 Yr 6 Gymnastics Yr 6 Thalgarrah

7

20/11 21/11 22/11 Year 5 Gold Excursion

23/11 Planning Meeting 6:30pm

24/11 Planning Meeting

10:am

8

27/11 28/11 29/11 Creative Arts Evening

30/11 1/12 Kindergarten to the Fire Station

9

4/12 5/12 6/12 K-2 Celebration of

Learning

7/12 3-6 Presentation Day

8/12

ARMIDALE BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU

Kids from the age of 5 will develop self

confidence, athleticism and learn self control

techniques.

Mon-Wed 4:15pm– 4:45pm at PCYC

www.armidalebrazilianjiujitsu.com.au

Phone: Head Coach Felipe Faria: 0423 957 976

HUNTS CARPETS AND BLINDS

Hunts Carpets and Blinds is your

one stop shop for all floorcoverings

and window furnishings.

Located at 217 Mann Street Armidale

info@huntscarpets.com.au www.huntscarpets.com.au

Phone: 6772 6766or 0427 903 656

FRIDAY ONLY

Orders must be rung through by parents 6772 8528

Pizza rounda & drink $5.00

Zenith Roofing Zenith Roofing is

owned and

operated by Mitchell Colyvas. Mitch has over

10 years of experience within the roofing

industry and is extremely passionate about

his work. We offer a range of services and

pride our business on quality workmanship,

honesty and reliability. Our success is based

on extensive experience, passion and

knowledge of the industry.

Phone Mitch : 0434504465

Important dates for your calendar

Creative Arts evening November 29

K-2 Celebration of Learning December 6

3-6 Presentation Day December 7

3-6 Disco December 13

K-2 Disco December 14

Year 6 Farewell Celebrations December 14

BEN VENEWS Ben Venue Public School…where

great things are always happening!

Erskine Street, Armidale 2350 PO Box 398

Phone:02) 6772 4263 Fax:(02) 6771 2037

Email: benvenue-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Welcome to Week 6 Term 4 November 13, 2017

Thank you to the amazing team of parent helpers and teachers who made the Piggy Races and Family Fun Day

such a huge success. The weather was spectacular and the atmosphere full of positivity and happiness. It was

so lovely to see everyone enjoying themselves. I am so lucky to be part of such a wonderful school community.

An event like this can only be successful with the kind donations made by parents. We were inundated with

lollies, cakes, biscuits and slices, craft supplies, blocks of chocolate and the like - thank you for your support!

Year 4 Excursion

Thank you to Amanda Swain, Kellie Divall, Nicole Frost, Taylor Kelly and Cam Pryce for providing our Year 4

students with such a fabulous experience. I especially thank them for the care provided to all students for 24hrs a

day for three days.

In addition to supporting learning occurring in classrooms,

overnight excursions like this allow greater connections between

teachers and students, teachers and teachers and students and

other students to develop. They build independence, confidence

and resilience skills which allow students to step just a little bit

outside their comfort zone.

Remembrance Day Service

Thank you to Jordan Pattison and Neve Crotty for representing

Ben Venue at this important ceremony last Saturday. They did

an amazing job and this was clearly evident by comments made

by the local community. Ben Venue was the only primary school

represented.

2018 Classes

Planning for 2018 classes will begin shortly. In preparation for this, if you intend on leaving Ben Venue at the end

of the year, please notify me in writing ASAP. I have had a significant number of requests for enrolment next year

and it helps knowing in advance if I have places available. When planning classes for 2018 many factors are

considered. Whilst I will consider parent requests, these cannot always be accommodated. If you have a specific

request please submit in writing by November 24 (requests after this time will not be considered). Unlike in

previous years, students will not be asked to nominate other students they would like to be in a class with.

Teachers are best placed to make decisions regarding the learning of students and will consider many factors

when organising classes. I have full confidence that student learning and student wellbeing will be a priority.

Developing a School Plan Evening- 2018-2020

I will be holding a planning session on Thursday 23 November at 6:30pm and again on Friday 24 November

at 10:00am. Both sessions will be in the library. The aim of these sessions is to gather input from our parents to

develop a shared vision for our school as well as to consider our priority areas for the next three years.

Volunteer Morning Tea

In order to show our appreciation to the numerous volunteers who support our school in a myriad of ways our

school staff will be hosting a morning tea in the library at 11:15 am this Wednesday 16 November. In previous

years we have sent individual invitations however this process allows for people to be inadvertently missed.

Please consider this an invitation for all helpers to attend.

School Photos

We are aware that some students missed out on their sibling or individual photos. Stephane will be returning to

take these outstanding photos this Wednesday morning November 15 . Please send your child in full school

uniform if they require their photo to be taken. Lou Moffatt

Congratulations to all our students listed below

YOU CAN DO IT—STAR STUDENTS

KB Esabelle Samuel 2C Ben Clark 4S Regan Paltridge

KL Aiden Townsend 2S Elise Tisserand 5H Charlotte Manning

KP Ella Toovey 3C Naomi Poetsch 5P Ingrid Chilcott-Geere

K/1C River Lazzaro 3E James Everett 5T Ariel Schultz

1F Beau Edmonds-Turnbull 3G Paige Haydon 4/5/6M Thomas Singleton

1/2H Grace Peak 4D Logan Clarke 6W Reanna Moore

2B Jameson Schiffer 4F Jade Butler 6R Dylan Rush

Resilience Confidence Getting Along Organisation Persistence

Showbags

Mrs Porter will be selling showbags in her room this week before school. There are only a few left so don’t miss out!

Totally Girls 16 left $7.00

Girls Rul 2 left $7.00

Boyx Rock 11 left $7.00

Zappa 17 left $7.00

Chupa Chups 1 left $6.00

Pirate $2.00

Princess Rock $2.00

Chips and Ice Blocks

Years 4 & 6 will be selling ice blocks for $1 over the next few weeks The ice blocks are water ice blocks that

contain no artificial colours or flavours.

We would appreciate it very much if you could bring the correct change.

Karen Watson

ARMIDALE TOUCH ASSOCIATION

Armidale Touch Association will be holding trials for the Junior State Cup to be held in Port Macquarie next February this Saturday 18 November at 4:00pm at the Rologas Fields. Any child aged between 9 and 18 interested in attending is encouraged to attend.

For any further information contacted Dean Carson on 0458 004036or dwcarson@bigpond.net.au

Around the Classroom KL It was lovely to see so many of the Kindergarten Lemurs and their families at the Ben Venue Piggy Races on Saturday. It was certainly a great day and it was wonderful to see everyone having so much fun!

In the classroom KL have been learning about safety in a range of situations – sun safety, pedestrian safety and passenger safety. Students will also be visiting the Fire Training Centre in a few weeks time so that we can learn about fire safety.

In Maths last week we had had fun making fairy bread to help us learn about halves. We learned that it is

important to make sure that our pieces are equal so that it is fair.

We have a busy few weeks coming up and have been getting ready for our assembly item next week. We would love to see you all again for a picnic lunch afterwards – keep an eye out for the note that will be coming home. Sue Lye

Last Friday November 10 all Year 3 students travelled to Point Lookout in the

New England National Park for their annual excursion. When we arrived we met

the staff from Thalgarrah who took us on a bush walk into a rain forest. Here we

were able to experience the

diverse plants and animals that

live in this fascinating

environment. On our way home

we also stopped at the Dutton

Trout Hatchery and learned about

how rainbow and brown trout are

bred and then released into

nearby rivers and streams.

Richard Cotter

Far Out Science: Science in the Bush

‘Far Out Science’ is a free program that includes lots of interesting and exciting science activities for children, such as Science in the Bush and the Science and Engineering Challenge. Science in the Bush is an annual event held at the University of New England.

These programs intend to demonstrate the astonishing variety and vitality of science that happens in our part of the world. It is a day of hands-on workshops, with students taking on experimental challenges and coming face-to-face with cutting-edge research.

The day kicked off at 9:30am at Lazenby Hall at the University of New England campus, Armidale. Students were allocated a guide and travelled by foot, around the campus to a variety of different activities.

Activities offered include making slime and hot/cold packs in the Chemistry lab, monitoring blood pressure and germs in the Nursing Science lab, understanding the psychology of how we think and making awesome rockets fly with liquid nitrogen!!!!

On a whole, the day was very well organised and with their aim being, to inspire students into the field of Science, appears to have ignited a spark in many of the students who attended from Ben Venue P S. Rebecca O’Hara