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Term 1 Week 9 27th March 2014

The first report from Jim Griffin…... Diary Dates This week has been a fun week. Tuesday 1st April 2014

On Monday we started doing work on Enviro stories. Small Schools Athletics Carnival in This year we are doing our Enviro Stories on local Wednesday 2nd April 2014 farm heroes. Canteen

rd On Tuesday we did Science with Mrs Speirs and the Thursday 3 April 2014 lesson was about forces and Baldry Shield at movement. th Friday 4 April 2014 On Wednesday Ben Grinter went Mobile Library at Beckom 1.30pm to 2.10pm to Tennis at Temora after being picked at the tennis trials in Ardlethan. The rest of the school was having fun at Library and

Technology with Mrs Griffin.

Today Oscar and I were meant to Ben at be playing in the third round of Tennis in Temora cricket at after winning our first match against Hanwood.

We were both picked for the Ardlethan- knockout team. Our match was called off today though due to the rain over night.

Ben, Oscar and Jim at the second round of AFL trials in Coolamon last week

HARRY COLLIS

For showing a maturity in his support of

The Beckom team at the Small students in need Schools Cross Country Carnival in

Ganmain: Emma, Samuel, Bradley, Max, Upe, Travis and Ben Around the school…… Ben Grinter enjoys Tennis in Temora….

Week 9 (24th March – 28th March) Ben Grinter was selected in the combined Ardlethan/Ariah Park/Barellan/Beckom Tennis team at Monday Normal school day the recent tennis trials. The team travelled to Temora Tuesday Adobe Connect Mathematics Concepts yesterday to play off against Temora Public School. workshop (Mrs Stevenson) Although the team lost on the day, Ben still played some

Wednesday Ben Grinter at Tennis in Temora great tennis winning two of his three matches, a total of 16 games won out of 18 played. Thursday Mrs Speirs on class (Mrs Stevenson at From all reports the team showed great sportmanship Principals’ Conference in Wagga) and plenty of good rallies were seen during the day. Friday Mrs Speirs on class (Mrs Stevenson at Ben is pictured below with his team mates Jack Principals’ Conference in Wagga) Hawthorne and Katie Doyle (Ardlethan Central School) Friday evening Mrs Stevenson at North and Lily Walker (Ariah Park Central School). West P6 Network Meeting in Griffith

Week 10 (31st March – 4th April)

Monday Normal school day (all permission notes due back)

Tuesday Small Schools Athletics Carnival at Ardlethan – run by Beckom

Wednesday Autism training in Griffith (Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Weise)

Thursday Baldry Shield at Wallendbeen

Friday Normal school day – Mobile Library

Ardlethan/Ariah Park/Barellan/Beckom PSSA Cricketers triumph in Knockout clash! Easter Joke Competition!

th Mrs Speirs is on the look out for a great Easter joke for On Thursday 20 March the combined Ardlethan/Ariah the last week of term. If you have a great Easter joke Park/Barellan/Beckom team played Hanwood Public please send it in to the school by Friday 4th April. The School in round two of the PSSAKnockout Competition. best joke will be printed in the last newsletter for this The team was selected from trials conducted at term and Mrs Speirs might even throw in a chocolate Ardlethan with the assistance of the NSW Cricket prize for the winner. We look forward to receiving many Development Officer. Beckom students Oscar Day and entries!!! Jim Griffin were selected in the team.

This was the first time the team had played together as they had a bye in the first round. JOKE OF THE WEEK The team made 109 runs from 25 overs when batting and in bowling they dismissed the Hanwood team for What kind of music do bunnies 78 runs. All team members were given the opportunity like? to bowl. Congratulations to Oscar and Jim and all the boys who HIP HOP displayed great enthusiasm, skill and sportsmanship.

School clothing needs labelling….

Could parents and carers please ensure that school uniforms are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Missing items are much easier to return when hats and clothing are labelled clearly. Items that are not labelled clearly will end up in the clothing pool.

All notes due back at school this week….

Thank you to all those parents and carers who have completed and returned notes for the remainder of the term. Could we please have all notes back at school by the end of this week. Thank you. It’s Reading Cats & Dogs!!!

Library Fact of the Week

During Terms 1 and 2 Beckom Public School students are joining with other students across to side Did you know? with either the “Cats” or the “Dogs” to read every day Did you know that our bodies are and help their team made up of two-thirds water? become reading champions. At the same time each student will be helping to donate Stewart House 2014 Donation Drive……. books to children in need. We have attached the annual donation envelope for It’s all part of an Stewart House to the newsletter today. Donations of exciting reading $2.00 or more will put you in the draw and give you a campaign from Scholastic called Paws for Reading that chance to win a $4000 family holiday to a destination of will help make reading at home both fun and exciting. your choice. Your donation supports the 1800 children At home each child tracks their time spent reading on who attend Stewart House each year from public schools their Reading Log. When the Reading Log is complete across NSW and the ACT. they return it to Mrs Griffin to tally and track the reading Please return the envelopes to the school and we will time online. forward the donation money directly to Stewart House. Just by doing this, we will be helping to donate thousands of books to children in need who often have little or no access to books. Please visit www.scholastic.com.au/paws with your child to learn more. Enjoy reading at home and may the best pet win!

A Message from our School Chaplain…..

th On Wednesday 9 April there will be a Combined Schools Easter Service at the Catholic Church in Ardlethan. The Easter Service will begin at 9.00am and although the school will not be attending as a whole group, Mrs Stevenson is happy for parents to take their children to the service and then drop them back at school afterwards. Family Fun Day

The NET Team from the Catholic Archdiocese will be Saturday 5th April 2014 visiting our school at 2.15pm on Wednesday 9th April to present a short program for the children. Lions Park Ardlethan 8.00am start If you require any further information about either of these two items please contact our School Chaplain, Proceeds towards the Skate Park Mrs Ann Popple.

Concert - Chocolate Wheel – Markets - Trivia Corner Easter Egg Hunt – Piñata - Barbecue

Jordan Pethers was the winner of our children’s trivia from last week. The fifth planet from the sun is Jupiter. Ring Janice to book a stall on The adult trivia was won by Ann Popple and the 0488 519720 runners-up were Annie Stewart and Jack Fisher. You would find a chanter and drones on the bagpipes. Good luck with this week’s questions. Adult question: What beach is home to the world’s oldest surf life- saving club? The raffle will be drawn at 8.00pm at Children’s question: The London Hotel where Sameera will be singing In which Disney movie does the Princess Aurora appear?