Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to all our students and families! We have had a great start to the term and the move into the new Admin office space went very smoothly due to the assistance of our amazing Classroom Support Assistants. The old Admin office will be gutted at the end of this week in preparation for the new teacher workspace and new staff toilets. There has been a delay with the new classrooms but all going to plan, we are envisaging the Infants students should be in their new classrooms by the end of Week 4 or early Week 5. Please check the newsletter and Facebook for updates.

Last week we welcomed Ms Amy Doszpot as our new Assistant Principal. Amy has many years of experience as a classroom teacher and in various leadership roles. She is enjoying her new school and having the children for sport and is looking forward to meeting you all in the coming weeks.

Monday, Years 3 and 4 went on an excursion to Canberra. The children had a fantastic time and experienced a range of educational activities. They went to Questacon and the Art Gallery. Following this the children played in the Sculpture Gardens near the Art Gallery for a brief period of time before heading back to school. Congratulations to all the students who were a credit to St Bede’s school and their parents and a very special thank you to Mrs Jennie Marsh and Ms Jade Crispin for all their organisation and Mrs Taureta Dodds for assisting and helping on the day.

Tuesday, we had our first Kinder Orientation session. After a few tears, the children were very settled and they all had a great time. It was wonderful to greet some new families as well as some existing families. We look forward to seeing them all back here for their next session on Tuesday, October 31 from 9 am to 12pm.

We have had several new babies born this year. Congratulations to the Dowling family on the recent arrival of Jack and the Raynolds family on the arrival of Olive, and the Coleman family and Bell families on the arrival of Ivy and Jack, a few months ago.

Plans for the colour run on Friday November 17 are well in place. Information about this was sent home to all families last Friday. Many of our students are well on the way with their fundraising with over $1000 already raised to support the purchases of the new IT in our school. There will be incentives each week for the money raised so please check the newsletter and FaceBook for information. Well done everyone and the fundraising committee on your amazing organisation.

The next Community Council meeting is an Open meeting on Wednesday November 8 from 5:30pm to 6:15pm. The agenda is for our parents to come and view the new front office and classrooms and see the new devices purchased from fundraising this year. The Community Council will provide wine and nibblies. Please RSVP to the front office by Monday November 6. Following the Open Meeting, the Community Council will commence their formal council meeting.

The 2024 Year 5/6 Camp has been booked at Berry Sport and Recreation Centre for 6-8 November. At present, we are unable to provide a costing for the camp as it is over 12 months away. We will aim to confirm the cost in Term 2, 2024. 

God Bless