Dear Parents and Carers,

The children and staff are excited about the disco this Friday evening! We congratulate our Year 6 students who have done an amazing job organising the disco to ensure that everyone has a fantastic time. They have organised the games, lighting, music and decorations. We thank our Year 5 and 6 parents who are assisting on the night with catering and our wonderful staff for assisting with supervision on the evening. A special thank you to Jennie Marsh and Mark Chifley for all their work behind the scenes liaising with the Year 5 and 6 parent helpers and assisting the Year 6 students with the organisation.

Our Kinder 2023 students have been having a wonderful time at the Kinder Orientation days. Congratulations to Ms. Cooper and the classroom support assistants. The children are very settled! A special thank you to our amazing Year 5 students who are such wonderful buddies! They are a credit to their families and the school! All our 2023 Kinders are invited to attend the disco and we look forward to hopefully seeing them all there on Friday evening.

Next Tuesday is our final Kinder Orientation session. The 2023 Kinder parents are all invited to an information session and morning tea commencing at 9:30 am in the hall. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with new and existing parents. We thank the St Bede’s Community Council for providing the morning tea for this event.

Congratulations to Evie Clark who was runnerup in the Year 5 division of the Archdiocesean Public Speaking competition! Well done Evie we are very proud of you! The topic for her speech was 'Why I should be Prime Minister'.

This Friday is Day for Daniel. Teachers will be focusing in class on how children can keep themselves safe and how to respond to unsafe situations. This is also an opportunity for all our parents to discuss keeping safe when the children are out in the community. We would like to see all students wearing something red in honor of this day.

Next Thursday we have two significant events happening at St Bede’s. We have Grandparents and Special Friends Day commencing at 10:15am in the hall. Helen Mulholland is sending information about Grandparents and Special Friends Day home with all families today. This will be followed later in the day with our family Meet and Greet night at the Club at 5:30pm. Mark Chifley sent information home about Meet and Greet night earlier this week and we are asking parents for assistance with catering and cooking on the night. We thank Mark and Helen for their organisation. What wonderful opportunities for parents and grandparents to join in and have some fun connecting with the staff, children and families.

Next Tuesday is Melbourne Cup Day. At St Bede’s we traditionally host the esteemed Snail Cup! During the day, students participate in snail races in anticipation that they can take out the St Bede’s Snail Cup. St Bede’s children are all encouraged to start searching for their special snails in preparation for this BIG event! We look forward to seeing who the winner is on the day!

Tomorrow is World Teachers Day! We thank all our St Bede's teachers who work tirelessly to support our students and familes at our wonderful school! We look forward to doing something special to thank our teachers tomorrow!

Have a great week.