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OLIVIA SCHAEFER
21 Kentucky St Armidale
0411 185 887 or 6772 7273
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JEWLZ AND BITS
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whether you are selling or leasing,
contact the expert team at Armidale
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www.armidaletownandcountry.com.au
Phone: 6772 2111
LOVE PAINT PTY LTD
Multi award winning master
painters and decorators. Domestic, industrial, commercial,
wallpapering and maintenance painting.
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: [email protected]
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