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JEWLZ AND BITS

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whether you are selling or leasing,

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LOVE PAINT PTY LTD

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WESTSIDE ESPRESSO

Café and takeaway open Monday- Friday 7:00am-5:00pm.

Saturday-Sunday 8:00am-2:30pm.

Coffee, smoothies, fresh juices, frozen yogurt,

and hot food items.

Located at the Harvey Norman Centre

local call : 5713 0003

TERM 4 2014 CALENDAR

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

11

15.12

Year 6 farewell

Assembly 10.10

16.12

Year 2

Movie Day in the Hall

17.12

Year 5 Movies

Year 6 Lunch

LAST DAY OF TERM

FOR STUDENTS

18.12

School

Development Day -

Science and

Technology

Cards out to

Kindergarten 2015

19.12

NORTHERN INLAND CHIROPRACTIC

Kids, Sports and Family Chiropractic care for the

entire New England community.

Located at 225 Donnelly Street Armidale

Dr Michael Griffith B. Chiro Sc.,M.Chiro

www.nichiro.com.au

Phone: 5713 0055

Marimbas in the Mall

Photo right: Hayley Lennon received her North West

Sporting Blue for her hockey representation in 2014 at

a special ceremony last week . Congratulations Hayley!

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 11 Term 4 15 December 2014

As the 2014 school year draws to a close, I’d like to acknowledge some people and programs that I didn’t

cover on Presentation Day.

Firstly, the two teachers on Reading Recovery. Nikki Parsons and our recently graduating teacher Lyn Bourke.

Next year Kate Frizell will begin her training and she will deliver the program with Lyn Bourke. Kate will not be

on a class next year so the Reading Recovery Program will run without teachers sharing classes to minimise the

disruption to programs.

Marlene Simpson - our School Learning Support Officer – for her wonderful support in the LaST program

delivery.

Katie Hunt has delivered the EALD and the New Arrivals Program throughout the year. She has also assisted

with the wonderful parents who have been facilitating our after school Language classes. This year selected K-2

students have had introductory interactions with Japanese, Chinese and Spanish languages. Thank you to

Mayumi Takayama, Zunjie Wu and Priscila Julien Bilbao and the helpers on Monday afternoon.

Sue Baines, our School Counsellor is off to Singapore as the School Counsellor at the International School.

Congratulations Sue – we will miss you!

Richard Crockett will be on Long Service Leave throughout 2015. Enjoy your time off Rich!

During 2014 a number of teachers retired.

Wally O’Hara, our popular Deputy Principal decided to retire in October. His wife Carol has also retired and I’m

sure you join with me in wishing them the very best of health and happiness and they move into the next stage

of their lives.

Helen Wilson (Assistant Principal) – retired after taking leave for 18 months. Best wishes to Helen who will be

looking to extend her travel itinerary. Lana Howlett has replaced Helen and will take up her position in 2015.

Albert Hofkamp also retired in November. Albert is looking forward to being an official assistant at the Asian

Cup. He is also looking forward to spending much more time with his grandchildren. We enjoy his visits and

hope these continue as his interest in sport and sporting achievements hasn’t waned.

Anne Baillie will retire in early February after taking leave prior to retirement and Di Fullerton will do the same.

Best wishes to both teachers as they assure me they are thoroughly enjoying their leisure time.

Thank you to the staff, parents and most of all the students for an amazing year. I wish you wonderful

times with your family and friends and a peaceful, enjoyable time over the Festive Season.

Judy Graham

89 The Corner Store

Weekly Special

Beef Nachos and a drink

$6.50

Please ring through your order

on 6772 5571

Thank you to all the families who have supported Parent Club’s canteen fundraising days this year and

thank you to all the mums and dads who helped out on these days. Wishing you all Merry Christmas!

Thanks Michelle Peak

Presentation Day Photos

Available from the Office

$2.00 each

2014 Christmas

Socials

Zooper

Doopers

for sale

tomorrow

at lunch

50 cents

Around The Classrooms

1D has made it to the end of the year, and what a

busy time students have had!

Students have grown a successful snowpea garden

in the sunshine of our window ledge, and

discovered our predictions about plants without

sunlight and water were correct - they didn't grow

very well.

Thank you to all the grandparents and significant

adults who attended our grandparents morning in

our class.

The students really enjoyed performing poems and

sharing scones with everyone.

I also want to thank all the parents and carers in 1D

for their support this year. Students have had a

great time learning many new things.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Christmas

break. Jules Ditchfield

3J has been learning about National Parks this term.

Year 3 students went to Point Lookout and Julie

Kennelly explained to us that there used to be a

volcano there. It left behind the mountains and

valleys. 3J explored a Snow Gum Forest and made a

soundscape with Nina Drysdale whilst in the forest.

Students bushwalked through the rainforest and

saw the Troll Cave fortunately there were no trolls

there on that day! 3J also saw the Antarctic Beech

Trees which are very rare. It was so much fun!

To finish off the year,

3J are doing some

Christmas activities,

and have made sequin

ornaments and sewed

some Christmas

stockings! Merry

Christmas !Bronwyn

Paull and 3J!

KD students have enjoyed a wonderful end of year

celebration party today with their friends from the

four Kindergarten classes. Tomorrow the teachers

will be handing out artwork, equipment and books

so we would appreciate it if each child could bring a

large sturdy bag to carry home all of their work. I’d

also like to remind students to return home readers

and library books this week.

We have had a very successful Kindergarten year

and the students have made great progress. The

Kindergarten teachers would all like to wish

students and their families a happy Christmas and a

safe and relaxing holiday break. Kellie Divall