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Dear Parents and Carers,
This morning we celebrated Father’s Day. The morning commenced with the wonderful staff of St Bede’s cooking gourmet bacon and egg rolls for our dad’s grandfathers and special friends. It was lovely to see so many families enjoying breakfast before we all joined in a special liturgy prepared by Kinder and Ms Cooper assisted by some Year 6 students. The liturgy was a beautiful reflection on why our dad’s and father figures are so special and the wonderful influence and important roles that dad’s and fatherly figures have on all our lives. We are certain all our dads were touched by the children’s words and prayers. It was so lovely to see so many parents and special friends this morning. We thank the staff for their time and assistance this morning arriving at school early to set up and cook and to Ms Cooper for all her organisation of the liturgy.
The Father’s Day stall will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. The children love to have this opportunity to purchase a special gift for their dad or special person. Each child needs to bring $5:00 to school tomorrow, to enable them to purchase a gift. We are extremely grateful to Kristi Morrison and Rachel Farley for the purchase of gifts and organisation of the stall.
Plans are well underway for our students to be involved in the BYPAA Wonderwood performance. We thank Ms Cooper for her coordination of this for St Bede’s and the teachers for planning the Creative Arts rotations each Monday afternoon. Information has been sent home to all families about the performance and the dates of the rehearsals and performance. (Please refer to the note for these dates). Should your child/children wish to participate, this is a big commitment for the children and for parents. The children are required at each of the rehearsals, as well as the performance, and they must be accompanied by a parent or adult during this time for supervision. A teacher will attend but they do not have duty of care as it is not a school event.
Yesterday, our Years 4 to 6 students travelled to Canberra to participate in an excursion to the AIS and to the Botanical Gardens. The children had a fantastic day and we thank the teachers for their planning and organisation. Please see two student articles further down the newsletter.
Last week, all families received information about the Walkathon which will be held on Friday September 27, the last day of term 3. The Walkathon will help raise much needed funds to purchase new play equipment for our Infants students. We are hoping to raise more than we did at the last Walkathon, which was $7000. We encourage all our students to start getting their sponsors with easy payment using the QR code on each students tally sheet. We are extremely grateful to our parents who have offered to assist on checkpoints or the barbecue. If you can assist, please ensure you return the note to school with the permission notes.
Next week, is National Child Protection Week. Our students from K-6 will participate in Australia’s Biggest Safety lesson. The lesson is live streamed from the Daniel Morcombe Foundation with the focus being ‘my body, my choice’ and strategies children can use to keep them safe.
The term is going very quickly! Next week is Sabbath Week which means all students have no homework and teachers have a meeting free week. This is a wonderful opportunity for all families to spend time together participating in outdoor activities or to enjoy family time. Enjoy this special time together!
We wish all our dad’s and fatherly figures a very happy Father’s Day. We are extremely grateful for all you do to support and care for your children.
God Bless
Marylou Gorham
Principal
Dear Parents and Carers,
Sacramental Program
Our Year 5/6 students have been busy participating in preparation sessions for the Sacramental program for Confirmation. We thank Mrs Cathy Ffrench, Mrs Ann Tracey and Mr Bob Fletcher for supporting our students in their ongoing faith development. We invite families to join us at Mass at 5pm on Saturday 14th September to support these children. Please keep these children in your prayers as they prepare.
Father’s Day
Today we held our annual Father’s Day breakfast and prayer celebration. It was a lovely morning, and we are grateful to all the fathers, grandfathers and special people who were able to join us. We thank you for the love and care you show our students. We wish you all a happy day on Sunday!
Grandparents and Special Friend’s Day
St Bede’s invites our Grandparents and Special Friend’s to join us on Friday 13, September (Week 8) for a special celebration. We will gather for a prayer celebration in the school hall at 12:30pm, followed by lunch with your grandchildren in the playground (BYO). There will be ‘old fashioned’ games for the young and young at heart – quoits, hopscotch and hula hoop races. Our Kinder – Year 3 classrooms will be open for you to explore. The day will conclude with our weekly awards ceremony at 2pm. We hope to see you there!
Yours in faith,
Shaye Cooper
Religious Education Coordinator (Acting)
Prayer for Father’s Day
Thank you God for your gift of fathers and fatherly figures. On this special day, let us remember the prayer Jesus prayed to his father;
Our Father,
who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
A Message from Mrs Ffrench, Ms Tracey and Mr Fletcher
We wish to express our thanks to all families in the First Communion group, and a special thanks to Ms Cooper for her beautiful support.
We felt honoured to lead your children through this important step in their lives. The children were reverent and worked carefully as they extended their knowledge and grew in the love of Jesus.
Thank you also for the gift we received and will enjoy very soon! Such a special time for us all.
Cathy Ffrench, Ann Tracey, Bob Fletcher.
Father's Day Gift Stall
Please Note that the $5.00 for the Father's Day Stall in due tomorrow.
Please place the money in a sealed envelope with your child's name and return to the classroom teacher.
Your child will then be able to select a gift for their father or father like figure.
| Date | Event | Start Time | Location |
| 30 Aug | Father's Day Stall | School | |
| 1 Sept | Father's Day | ||
| 5 Sept | K - Yr 3 Mogo Zoo excursion | 8:15 am | |
| 13 Sept | Grandparents & Special Friends | See below | |
| 13 Sept | Early Assembly | 2:00 pm | School |
| 13 Sept | Book Fair | ||
| 14 Sept | Sacrament of Confirmation | 4 pm | St Bede's Church |
| 27 Sept | Walkathon | TBA | TBA |
| 27 Sept | End of Term 3 | ||
| 15 Oct | Students return for Term 4 | ||
| 20 Oct | BYPAA Rehearsal | TBA | Showground |
| 25 Oct | Boorowa Netball & Touch Carnival | Boorowa | |
| 27 Oct | BYPAA Full Dress Rehearsal | TBA | Showground |
| 3 Nov | BYPAA WonderWood production | TBA | Showground |
| 5 Nov | Kinder 2024 Orientation Day | 9 am | School |
| 6-8 Nov | Year 5 & 6 Camp | Berry | |
| 12 Nov | Kinder 2025 Orientation Day | 9 am | School |
| 19 Nov | Kinder 2025 Orientation Day | 9 am | School |
- Tuesday - 5 Nov - 9 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday - 12 Nov - 9 am to 12 pm
- Tuesday - 19 Nov - 9 am to 12 pm
- 13 September - Friday - Grandparents and special friends day Activities - please note the change of times
- 12:30 pm Liturgy in the Hall
- 1 pm - Lunch (BYO)
- after lunch there will be old fashioned games to play until assembly time.
- 2:00 pm - Early Afternoon Assembly
- 27 September - Claim the date - St Bede's Community Council Fundraising Walkathon - more information to follow.
- Term 3 – Wednesday 24 July – Friday 27 September
- Term 4 – Tuesday 15 October – Wednesday 18 December
Our School Counsellor, Faith, will be visiting St Bede's on Wednesdays this year. Please see the below information regarding the service and how to make an appointment.
How to make an appointment.
If your child was seen by the school counsellor in previous years and you would like them to receive support in 2024, we require you to complete a new counselling registration form. The link can be found below. New referrals and requests can be made via the same link.
Parent consent for counselling continues to be required for all primary school students and will be sought and provided via email. Where parents are separated, we require the written consent of both parents. Once the referral has been received, I will contact parents on a Wednesday to further discuss the referral and determine whether school counselling can meet your child’s needs or if an external referral may be more appropriate.
Referrals can be submitted here https://mccg.my.site.com/housing/s/school-referral-form
Faith Costigan – Student and Family Counsellor.
Braidwood Library will be holding FREE monthly STEAM club events - Septembers event is Geology and is for ages 8+
Location: Braidwood Library 144 Wallace St, Braidwood
Date/Time: Wednesday 4 September 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Event Name: STEAM Club at Braidwood Library
Geology Rocks! In the September STEAM Club at Braidwood Library we will explore the Earth’s geology, looking at rocks and minerals, how they form and their many amazing uses. We’ll also excavate our own mini rock/ mineral sample.
bookings are essential - please book on the following link:
Year 4,5,6 left on the bus at 8:30, we were all very excited. Our first stop was the Australian Institute of Sport [AIS]. The tour guide who was a hockey player took us to the swimming pool. The swimming pool was pretty cool. There were underwater cameras, underwater mirrors to help the athletes see their stroke form, and so the athletes could practise diving in and tumble turns, plus the swimmers who did synchronised swimming. The pool is heated the same temperature as the air so the athletes body temperature is the temperature when they get out of the pool. The pool also has aquarium windows so the coaches can look at the athletes while they are swimming. One of the athletes Petria Thomas swam in the AIS pool for 15 years. Over that time she swam the length of the globe [40 thousand kms].
The next part of the tour was the gym. AIS has a gym that is huge. It has every sort of equipment you could imagine such as leg presses, climbing ropes, bikes, weights and many more.
The record on the leg press at the AIS is 720 kg, that is the weight of a cow and the athlete who has this record had to have two other athletes sit on the weight section of the machine as it wouldn't take anymore metal weights.
Another piece of equipment are the ropes, these are climbing ropes where an athlete has to climb from the floor to the roof. The record is held by a 12 year old girl. Her time was 10 seconds.
We saw two olympic athletes, Georgia Godwin who is ranked number one in Australia for gymnastics but sadly she couldn't make it to the games because she tore her achilles in three places. A male athlete, Clay Mason Stephens did get to go to the games as a reserve. Clay has a condition where he is not able to grow muscle on the right side of his body and he is still able to be an athlete in the olympics.
The last part of our tour took us to the volleyball courts. The men's nets are taller than the woman's nets. Some volleyball players can get their stomach over the net while doing a vertical jump. Volleyball players are tall, about twice the size of Ava.
Our last stop on the tour was sportex the place where you can try out sports like ai skiing ai, skeleton run, climbing, afl kicking, rugby union passing at a target chin up challenge, rowing, basketball. soccer. penalty shoot out against an ai goalie and bike riding.
After the AIS we went to the botanic gardens where we ate lunch and then split into groups and went for a walk to see some plants. Our last stop was Mt Ainslie lookout and we could see the whole of Canberra and that was the end of our excursion.
By Ava Hopkins and Betty Krout
Year 4
Yesterday the Years 4, 5 and 6 went on an excursion to Canberra. We started at 8:30am to ensure we arrived at te Australian Institute of Sport by 10am. Once inside the AIS, we met our guide Jamie. He is a volleyball athlete training at the institute.
He took us on a tour of the facilities, where we saw a male gymnast practicing on the uneven bars with his coach in the gymnasium.
We moved on to see the indoor volleyball courts. The courts are used by the male, female and para Olympic volleyball athletes. The floor has a special springy floor to help the athletes land without hurting themselves when they jump up to hit the ball. Some players often jump over a metre off the ground.
Jamie then took us to the competitive Olympic swimming pool. This pool is a consistent depth of three metres and has room below the water line to allow coaches to watch and film swimmesr in the water.
We ended our tour at the Sportex Simulation Centre, in which we could try Olympic and Winter sports and compete against an AI competitor.
After the AIS, the excursion went to the National Botanical Gardens. We ate lunch at the gardens and walked along several nature trails. Here we saw lizards sunning themselves on rock at the rock pool.
On our way back to school, we stopped at Mount Ainslie. Even though it was extremely windy, we had a chance to take in the breathtaking views of Canberra from an elevation of 843 metres AHD.
written by Jolyon Ross (and Miss Foot)
State Interschools Snowsports Championships
Congratulations to Tess (Year 2), Leo and Luca (Year 4) who recently competed in the State Snowsports Championships at Perisher. Leo and Luca competed in the Snowboard GS and Cross events, with Tess competing in the Ski Alpine and Cross events. Tess placed in the top 10 in both events and will now head to the National Snowsports Championships back in Perisher next week. What an outstanding achievement from one of our youngest sporting representatives! We wish you the best of luck and hope you have a fantastic time competing Tess!
Archdiocesan Athletics Carnival
The Archdiocesan Athletics Carnival was held on Tuesday at the AIS in Canberra. Well done to our outstanding representatives of St Bede’s – Mack, Dylan, Remi, Meredith (year 6), Charlie H (year 4) and Zali (year 3). Congratulations to Charlie who placed 2nd in the Junior long jump, and Dylan who came 1st in the Intermediate high jump, equaling the record in the process. Both boys will now travel to Sydney at the end of the term to compete in the MacKillop Athletics carnival. Good luck!
Footy Tipping
Not long left in the season now! With only one week left of the regular season, it all comes down to this week’s tips. Can TimThiso hold on for back-to-back titles? A number of tipsters are in the running to knock him off the top of the podium!
Here’s the leaderboard after round 25:
1st TimThiso =120 points
=2nd = BeckThiso, MrsG66, Columbo Brumby, Buschi33, Spence 115 points
- School fees for Term 3 are now overdue for payment. Reminders and debt letters will be going out this week Families are reminded that fees need to be paid by the due date unless you have made arrangements with the office or Mrs Gorham.
- Please remember to contact the office before 2:30 pm with changes to your child departure for the afternoon. After 2:30 it becomes difficult for staff to ensure that your child receives notification in time.
- If your child is unwell, please place their absence through the Compass Parent Portal App. There is no need to then notify the office once you have placed it into the Compass app.
- Please keep an eye on our FaceBook page for the latest happenings around the school. St Bede's FaceBook page
Please be aware that we have had a number of cases of COVID within the school community. If your child is showing symptoms please do a RATs before sending your child to school.
Unwell Students (Cough, runny nose, fever,vomiting etc.) If your child is unwell please keep them at home. If your child has vomited the night before, please keep them at home, even if you think they are okay. The NSW Health guidelines suggest that students who have vomited should be kept at home for 48 hours to help prevent the spread of illness through the school. Please see the guideline from NSW Health regarding vomiting. https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/viral-gastroenteritis.pdf
Below you will find information to attend a free event with ‘Bluey’ creator Joe Brumm at Merici College on Wednesday 11 September.
The event aims to bring families together to listen to Joe talk about why he thinks Bluey has been such a success and the important role parents play in their child’s learning and development.
There is an option for live streaming for parents and carers who are unable to attend in person.
Please click on the link if you would like more information
St Bede's is a Nut Free school
St Bede's is a nut free school - This mean that students should not bring anything containing nuts to school, this includes Nutella, Peanut Butter and any other nut butters as we have several students who are highly allergic to these items.
The sharing of any food, lollies or confectionery is not encouraged.
- Please ensure that your child/ren bring a hat to school every day.
- Parents are reminded to check that their child's name is on all their clothing - it is impossible to return clothes with no name.
- Any families who have uniforms that they are no longer need, please consider donating these to the schools 2nd hand uniform pool. Please drop any donations into the office. Thank you
At St Bede's canteen is run every 2nd Monday and the running of canteen is dependant on volunteers - we require at least 2 parent volunteers per canteen.
Please see the roster below - if you are able to help please contact Brenda, Trish or the office to have your name added.
If canteen is cancelled your child will need to bring their own lunch, as per a non canteen day.
If you have any questions about what is required to help on canteen please contact Brenda on 0438 275 032 or Trish on 0412 889507 or 02 48422027.
Please note that any parents volunteering for canteen must have a current Working With Children Check (WWCC). WWCC can be applied for through Service NSW (link) applying for a WWCC. Once you have received the clearance please send a copy of the email + your date of birth to the office as the clearances are checked.
Term 3 Canteen
| Date | |
| 9 September 2024 | Help Wanted |
| 23 September 2024 | Help Wanted |
Kinder |
Zita | Georgia | Lyra |
Year 1 |
Owen | Lachie | Charles |
Year 2 |
Lucas | Tom | Vinnie |
Year 3 |
Sam | Faith | Archer |
Year 4 |
Fallon | ||
Year 5/6 |
Lana & Zara | Remi | Will |
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