Dear Parents and Carers,

This week was our final week for Kinder Orientation. The orientation was very successful and on Tuesday morning we had many parents attend an informative presentation organised by Ms Shaye Cooper. Our Kinders are looking forward to starting next year and our welcome many new families to St Bede’s in Kinder and in other classes across the school.

Following recent interviews, we are pleased to announce the following new teaching staff for 2025:

• Ms Hayley Millsom - Hayley has been teaching for several years in the Wollongong Diocese and more recently Wilcannia-Forbes Diocese
• Ms Laurel Clark - Laurel is an experienced teacher who has worked at Public and catholic schools.
• Ms Elizabeth Conroy - Elizabeth is an experienced teacher who has worked in several schools in Sydney.
• Mrs Sue Anderson - Library - Sue has many years of experience teaching in CECG schools as a Teacher-Librarian and is currently Teacher-Librarian at St Benedict's Narrabundah in the ACT.

The 2025 staff at St Bede’s is as follows:

• Principal: Mrs Marylou Gorham
• Assistant Principal: Ms Amy Doszpot
• Religious Education Coordinator (Acting): Ms Shaye Cooper
• Kinder-Ms Shaye Cooper- Kinder (4 days per week) and Ms Elisabeth Mertens-(1 day).
• Year 1: Ms Hayley Millsom
• Year 2: Ms Laurel Clark
• Year 3: Ms Jade Crispin
• Year 4: Ms Elizabeth Conroy
• Year 5/6: Ms Renee Foot

Teacher-Librarian: Mrs Sue Anderson - 2 days per week

Classroom Support Teacher: Mrs Bridget Bradley -2 days per week. Bridget has extended her leave from the REC position for 12 months.

RFF: Sport and Science: Mrs Katie Tooth

Office Clerical: Mrs Lara Hewitt

Classroom Support Assistants: Michelle Bartley, Michelle Ridley, Shannon Harrison, Katie Moran, Rachel Farley, Steve Normansell and Nadja Kelly.

We say farewell to Mr Bob Fletcher, Mrs Jennie Marsh and Ms Krys Wise. We will have time to farewell and thank them for their commitment to St Bede's before the end of term.

Just a reminder to all parents, if your child is absent from school, please ensure you provide the class teacher with an explanation on Compass before they return to school.

As the term nears to a close, please ensure you check for the upcoming events so you don’t miss out on any opportunities to engage with your children at school. Just a reminder that the Community Council Open meeting will be held at 5:30pm on Thursday December 5 in the Kinder classroom. The agenda item is the Sensory Garden. All parents are most welcome to come along, enjoy some refreshments and view the plans for the sensory garden and provide some suggestions/ideas for the garden.

God Bless