Dear Parents and Carers,

What a fantastic day we had at St Bede’s last Friday for Grandparents and Special Friends Day. A very special thank you to everyone that came along and joined in the fun and travelled from near and far to be here. It was such a special day and the children loved it! The Year 6 students did an amazing job setting up and organising the playground activities. We hope they enjoyed visiting the classrooms, playing old fashioned games and sharing lunch together. We look forward to seeing all our families at future school events.

This week we had a wonderful liturgy for the feast day of St Mary MacKillop. Mother Mary is an inspiration to us all. She gave her life to those who needed it, and her quote, “Never see a need without doing something about it,” has motivated generations of Australian Catholics to better themselves by giving generously, and to live humble lives, regardless of the situations they find themselves in. We all aspire to be like Mary Mackillop and to strive to be kind and seek to provide a more supportive world.

Last week we said farewell to Mrs Cherie Kilburn who resigned from her teaching position in Year One to relocate and care for her daughter who is ill. We welcome Ms Sarah Jebb to St Bede’s who is teaching Year One for the remainder of this year. Sarah loves working at St Bede’s and is enjoying being the Year One teacher.

A special thank you to Leila for her time and skills!

Please keep Fr Mick in your prayers as he recovers from emergency surgery. We wish Fr Mick a speedy recovery and we hope to see him back at St Bede's soon.