School Motto: May the God of peace,
Sanctify us wholly
In spirit, soul and body
Keeping us blameless until
The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
(1 Thessalonians 5:23)
Bible Pledge: I pledge allegiance to the Bible
Gods Holy Word
I will make it a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my paths
I will hide its words in my heart
That I will not sin against God.
Bethel Christian School is a ministry of the Church of the Foursquare Gospel Australia Ltd. The school commenced in 1979 with the purpose of providing Christian education to the community of the wider Mt Druitt area.
The schools vision is to see young men and women, and their families, brought into a full relationship with Jesus Christ. Its mission is to educate young men and women, within a Christian environment, so they can realize their God given academic, social, physical and spiritual potential.
Bethel Christian School is a school where Jesus Christ may be recognized and accepted as Saviour. The school provides a disciplined environment, which assists students to grow to their maximum potential. The school also provides a place where students can come into contact with good role models and develop positive relationships with their peers and their teachers. The school employs fully trained committed Christian staff.
The school provides a curriculum in which all subjects are taught from a Christian viewpoint, which meets the requirements for the award of the NSW School Certificate. The weekly program includes Bible and Life lessons and chapels where the students are encouraged to participate. The school. provides counselling support and a trained Special Education and ESL teacher. Students can also be involved in inter school sport and ministry groups to the local community. The school also participates in a number of statewide subject competitions in which many students have achieved outstanding results.
I look forward to having your child as a student at our school
May God bless you
JP BA MEd Dip Theol Teach. Cert.
PRINCIPAL
Enrolment is open to students who want to go to a school to learn about the Lord Jesus Christ and are prepared to participate in all appropriate facets of school life, work to the best of their ability, obey the rules of the school, and whose parents:-
· accept the schools Statement of faith as the basis for their childs education, and
· support the schools overall vision and mission as outlined in the schools policy and procedures documents as developed from time to time, and
· agree to pay school fees as determined by the school.
How Do I Enrol My Child at the School?
Complete the accompanying Application Form, which has been signed, where possible, by both parent(s)/guardian(s).
The following documentation should accompany the application:
 | A family reference from church pastor or from someone, excluding relative, who has known the prospective student and their family, for at least twelve months, |
| Copies of school reports for the previous twelve months, and, |
| Proof of birth date and residential status. |
Full Fee paying overseas students enrolling in Years 7 to 10 must also provide:
· A statement of the students ability in English. Note: Students may be required to complete an English test prior to enrolment.
· Passport and evidence of current visa status (if the student is already in Australia)
· Proof of Health Care Cover (if the student is already in Australia).
An interview will be arranged following receipt of your completed application form.
Information on school fees, uniform and materials needed can be obtained from the school office
Please circle correct answers where appropriate
| Fathers Details | Mothers Details |
| Family Name | Family Name |
| Given Name | Given Name |
| Language MOST spoken at home | Language MOST spoken at home |
| Australian Citizen | Australian Citizen |
| Citizen of | Citizen of |
| Country of Birth | Country of Birth |
| Home Address | Home Address |
| Mobile Tel. No | Mobile Tel. No |
| Home Tele. No | Home Tele. No |
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What is the highest year of primary or secondary school you have completed? (please circle) * Year 12 or equivalent * Year 11 or equivalent * Year 10 or equivalent * Year 9 or equivalent
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What is the highest year of primary or secondary school you have completed? (please circle) * Year 12 or equivalent * Year 11 or equivalent * Year 10 or equivalent * Year 9 or equivalent
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What is the level of the highest qualification you have completed? (please circle) * Bachelor degree or above * Advanced Diploma/Diploma * Certificate I to IV (including Trade Certificate)
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What is the level of the highest qualification you have completed? (please circle) * Bachelor degree or above * Advanced Diploma/Diploma * Certificate I to IV (including Trade Certificate)
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What is your occupation group? _______ (please see list below)
(If you havent been in paid work for the last 12 months, please enter 8 in the space above). |
What is your occupation group? _______ (please see list below)
(If you havent been in paid work for the last 12 months, please enter 8 in the space above). |
| Employer | Employer |
| Full or Part-Time | Full or Part-Time |
| Religious Affiliation | Religious Affiliation |
| Church attended | Church attended |
| Mothers Maiden Name | |
| Correspondence to: (Mr, Mrs, Ms) .. Initial Family Name . | |
| Address (if different from above) . | |
| Accounts to: (Mr, Mrs, Ms) Initial Family Name . | |
| Home Tele. No. .. Business Tel. No. | |
Senior executive/manager/department head in industry, commerce, media or other large organization.
Public service manager (Section head or above), regional director, health/education/police/fire services administrator.
Other administrator (school principal, faculty head/dean, library/museum/gallery director, research facility director).
Defence Forces Commissioned Officer.
Professionals generally have degree or higher qualifications and experience in applying this knowledge to design, develop or operate complex systems; identify, treat and advise on problems; and teach others.
Health, Education, Law, Social Welfare, Engineering, Science, Computing professional.
Business (management consultant, business analyst, accountant, auditor, policy analyst, actuary, valuer).
Air/sea transport (aircraft/ships captain/officer/pilot, flight officer, flying instructor, air traffic controller).
Owner/manager of farm, construction, import/export, wholesale, manufacturing, transport, real estate business.
Specialist manager (finance/engineering/production/personnel/industrial relations/sales/marketing).
Financial services manager (bank branch manager, finance/investment/insurance broker, credit/loans officer).
Retail sales/services manager (shop, petrol station, restaurant, club, hotel/motel, cinema, theatre, agency).
Arts/media/sports (musician, actor, dancer, painter, potter, sculptor, journalist, author, media presenter, photographer, designer, illustrator, proof reader, sportsman/woman, coach, trainer, sports official).
Associate professionals generally have diploma/technical qualifications and support managers and professionals.
Health, Education, Law, Social Welfare, Engineering, Science, Computing technician/associate professional.
Business/administration (recruitment/employment/industrial relations/training officer, marketing/advertising specialist, market research analyst, technical sales representative, retail buyer, office/project manager).
Defence Forces senior Non-Commissioned Officer.
Group 3: Tradesmen/women, clerks and skilled office, sales and service staff
Tradesmen/women generally have completed a four year Trade Certificate, usually by apprenticeship. All tradesmen/women are included in this group.
Clerks (bookkeeper, bank PO clerk, statistical/actuarial clerk, accounting/claims/audit clerk, payroll clerk, recording/registry/filing clerk, betting clerk, stores/inventory clerk, purchasing/order clerk, freight/transport/shipping clerk, bond clerk, customs agent, customer services clerk, admissions clerk.)
Skilled Office, sales and service staff.
Office (secretary, personal assistant, desktop publishing operator, switchboard operator).
Sales (company sales representative, auctioneer, insurance agent/assessor/loss adjuster, market researcher).
Service (aged/disabled/refuge/child care worker, nanny, metre reader, parking inspector, postal worker, courier, travel agent, tour guide, flight attendant, fitness instructor, casino dealer/supervisor).
Drivers, mobile plant, production/processing machinery and other machinery operators.
Hospitality staff (hotel service supervisor, receptionist, waiter, bar attendant, kitchenhand, porter, housekeeper).
Office assistants, sales assistants and other assistants.
Office (typist, word processing/data entry/business machine operator, receptionist, office assistant).
Sales (sales assistant, motor vehicle/caravan/parts salesperson, checkout operator, cashier, bus/train conductor, ticket seller, service station attendant, car rental desk staff, street vendor, telemarketer, shelf stacker).
Assistant /aide (trades assistant, school/teachers aide, dental assistant, veterinary nurse, nursing assistant, museum/gallery attendant, usher, home helper, salon assistant, animal attendant.)
Labourers and related workers
Defence Forces ranks below senior NCO not included above.
Agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, mining worker (farm overseer, shearer, wool/hide classer, farm hand, horse trainer, nurseryman, greenkeeper, gardener, tree surgeon, forestry/logging worker, miner, seafarer/fishing hand).
Other workers (labourer, factory hand, storeman, guard, cleaner, caretaker, laundry worker, trolley collector, car park attendant, crossing supervisor.
| Students Details | Carers Details (if applicable) |
| Family Name | Title (Mr, Mrs Ms) |
| Given Name | Given Names |
| Preferred Name | Occupation |
| Date of Birth . Age Male/Female | Australian Citizen |
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Is the student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Origin? (please circle correct one) * No * Yes, Aboriginal * Yes, Torres Strait Islander
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Permanent Resident |
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| Mobile No | |
| Language MOST spoken at home | Bus. Tele. No |
| Proposed year of entry to Bethel | Employers Name |
| Grade of entry | Full-time or Part-time |
| Student lives with (mother, father, both parents, guardian, other please specify) | PLEASE NOTE:- Some of information contained in this Application Form is required by the Australian Government. It is the responsibility of every parent to make this information available. |
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| Australian Citizen | |
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| Please furnish copies of any court orders, which have been made in respect of your child, which will affect his/her stay at our school. | |
| Family Doctors name, address and telephone no. | |
| Health | |
| Has your child received full immunization as required by the government? Yes / No | |
| If no please explain | |
| Does your child suffer from allergies? Yes / No If so please explain | |
| Does your child suffer from any illness / disability which might affect their education at school? Yes / No | |
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What was your childs level of academic performance?
excellent above average average below average
Does your child experience learning difficulties? Yes / No
If so please outline the difficulty experienced
Has your child ever been expelled, suspended or refused admission to another school? Yes / No
If so please explain
Has your child been the subject of any police investigation? Yes / No
If so please explain
Is there anything else you would like to advise us concerning your child? Yes / No
If so, please explain
Statement of Faith
Bethel Christian School holds to the Confession of Faith of the Foursquare Church of Australia and is in agreeance with the Confession of Faith of Christian Community Schools.
The confession of Faith of the Foursquare Church Australia Ltd., is as follows:
a) THE HOLY SCRIPTURES (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe that the Bible is God inspired
b) THE ETERNAL GODHEAD (1 John 5:7) We believe that God is Triune; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
c) THE FALL OF MAN (Romans 5:12) We believe that man was created in the image of God but by voluntary disobedience he fell from protection.
d) THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION (John 3:16, Romans 5:8) We believe that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, signing the pardon of all who believe on Him.
e) SALVATION THROUGH GRACE (Ephesians 2:8) We believe that we have no righteousness and must come to God pleading the righteousness of Christ.
f) REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE (1 John 1:9) We believe that upon sincere repentance, and a whole-hearted acceptance of Christ, we are justified before God.
g) THE NEW BIRTH (John 3:3) We believe that the change, which takes place in the heart and life at conversion, is a very real one.
h) DAILY CHRISTIAN LIVING (Hebrews 6:1) We believe that it is the will of God that we be sanctified daily, growing constantly in the faith.
i) BAPTISM AND THE LORDS SUPPER (Matthew 28:19 & 1Cor. 11:28) We believe that baptism by immersion is an outward sign of an inward work. We believe in the commemoration of the Lords Supper, by the symbolic use of the bread and the juice of the vine.
j) BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Acts 2:4)We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is to endure the believer with power and that His incoming is after the same manner as in the Bible days.
k) THE SPIRIT FILLED LIFE (Galatians 5:16-17) We believe it is the will of God that we walk in the Spirit daily.
l) GIFTS AND THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT (1 Cor. 23:1-11, Gal. 5:22) We believe that the Holy Spirit has gifts to bestow upon the Christians; and that we should show spiritual fruits as evidence of a spirit-filled life.
m) MODERATION (Philippians 4:5) We believe that the experience and daily walk of the believer should never lead him into extremes of fanaticisms.
n) DIVINE HEALING (James 4:14-16) We believe that Divine Healing is the power of Christ to heal in answer to the prayer of faith.
o) THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST (1 Thes. 4:16) We believe that the second coming of Christ is personal and imminent.
p) CHURCH RELATIONSHIP (Acts 16:5) We believe it is our sacred duty to identify ourselves with the visible church of Christ.
q) CIVIL GOVERNMENT (Romans 13:1-5) We believe that rules should be upheld at all times except in things opposed to the will of God.
r) THE FINAL JUDGEMENT (2Cor. 5:10_ We believe that all shall stand some day before the judgement seat of God and there receive eternal life or death.
s) HEAVEN (1Cor. 2:9) We believe that heaven is the glorious eternal home of born again believers.
t) HELL (Rev. 20:10-15) We believe that hell is a place of eternal torment for all who reject Christ as their Savour.
u) EVANGELISM (Mark 16:15) We believe that it is the responsibility of every believer to recognize their responsibility and to communicate their faith to others.
v) TITHES & OFFERINGS (Malachi 3:10, 2Cor. 9:7) We believe that the method God has ordained for the support and spread of his cause is by the giving of tithes and free-will offerings.
Terms and Conditions of enrolment at the school are as follows:
1.1. That the parents/guardians agree to allow the student to share fully in the life and program of the school, including the devotional activities and Biblical Studies lessons.
1.2. That the parent will support the policies of the school and will encourage their children to work the nest of their ability at all times.
1.3. That parents maintain a positive attitude to the school in the hearing of their children. If there are issues which need to be discussed with the school parents undertake to deal with the issues according to biblical principles outlined in Matthew 18:15-17.
1.4. That the parents/guardians undertake to provide the student with the correct uniform as approved by the school and to ensure that the student always travels to and from school neatly and modestly dressed in the required uniform
1.5. That the parents/guardians undertake to provide the student with all necessary text books and other equipment of a personal nature that may be required to enable the student to benefit from the education offered by the school.
1.6. That the parents/guardians accept the right of the school to employ such discipline as it deems wise and expedient for the student and agree to uphold in every way possible the school's authority and right to administer appropriate discipline in accordance with the policies of the school
1.7. That all fees are payable in advance by the end of the first full week of term and where payment is not made within seven days of receipt of an account, a late payment charge may be levied. (Note: In cases where this requirement would cause hardship, alternative arrangements may be discussed with the Principal).
1.8. That the parents/guardians will give at least one term's notice of termination of enrolment and failure to do so will render them liable for one term's fees, unless there are mitigating circumstances that are acceptable to the Principal.
1.9. That a refund of unutilised fees on termination of enrolment for any reason whatsoever will be solely at the discretion of the Principal.
1.10. That, while enrolled at the school, the student will behave in a way that does not bring dishonour on the name of Christ, themselves or their family and undertakes not to use alcohol, tobacco or other harmful substances.
1.11. That the student will obey the rules of the school and conditions of enrolment, as applicable.
1.12. That the school may suspend or terminate enrolment at its discretion for failure to comply with these conditions or other serious breaches of the school rules.
I accept the Statement of Faith as the basis for my childs education at Bethel Christian School.
I accept the Conditions of Enrolment as detailed above
I have completed this Application for Enrolment truthfully and I recognize that any deliberately false information given may lead to termination of my childs enrolment at the school.
Signature _______________________________________
Father
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Mother
Date ___________________________________________
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Date ______________________________