Welcome to Term 1 2024! This year our whole school focus is ‘Live, Love, Learn’. It is inspired by our school mission and vision – ‘A school with heart. Live from the heart of Jesus, Love from the heart of Jesus and Learn from the heart of Jesus’. Last week, we began to unpack this as a staff and with our classes. We look forward to sharing this with you in the coming weeks.

A reading from Matthew 22:34-40 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Greatest Commandment:

When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Shrove Tuesday
Next Tuesday 13 February, we will be continuing our tradition at St Bede’s of selling pancakes at recess for Shrove Tuesday. Pancakes will be provided by the school and gluten free students will be catered for. There will be a choice of toppings including plain, butter, jam and honey. Each pancake will cost 50c with all proceeds being donated to Caritas Australia’s Project Compassion - https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/

Ash Wednesday & Opening School Liturgy
We invite all families to attend our Ash Wednesday and Opening School Liturgy on Wednesday 14 February at 10:30am at the St Bede’s Church. We thank Father Tony and Father Josh for their support and preparation.

I look forward to the opportunity of being Acting Religious Education Coordinator (REC) this year in Mrs Bridget Bradley’s absence. We congratulate Bridget, Cameron and Charlie on the birth on Ashleigh Clare and wish them all the best.

Yours in faith,

Shaye Cooper