St Bede’s Primary School - Braidwood eNewsletter

Date	Event	Start Time	Location
25 July	RESCHEDULED - Breaking of the ground for new playground	2:40 pm	School
31 July	NAIDOC Mass	10:30 am	Goulburn
6 August	Mary MacKillop of the Cross Liturgy	9 am	School
8 August	Entries close for Boorowa Sporting Carnival		Compass
8 August	Mass @ St Patrick's Araluen	11:00 am	Araluen
11 August	Peace Run visit	9 am	School
15 August	Feast of the Assumption	10:15 am	St Bede's Church
15 August	School Fees due
22 August	NR Public Speaking		Crookwell
26 August	Book Week Parade & Activities		School
5 Sept	Fathers Day Prayer Celebration	9 am	School
5 Sept	Fathers Day activities	TBC
12 Sept	Grandparents & Special Friends day & Prayer Celebration	TBA	School
13 Sept	First Eucharist	5 pm	St Bede's Church

Father's day celebration and activities will be held on Friday 5 September - more information to follow
Grandparents and Special Friends day will be held on Friday 12 September - more information to follow
First Eucharist will be held on Saturday 13 September @ 5pm
Preschool Trivia Night - Saturday 23 August @ 5 pm @ the National Theatre
Book week Parade and Activities - Tuesday 26 August - more information to follow

Please keep an eye on our FaceBook page for the latest happenings around the school. StBede'sFaceBook page

2025 Term Dates

Term 3 – Tuesday 22 July – Thursday 25 September
Term 4 – Tuesday 14 October – Thursday 18 December

Mary MacKillop Feast Day Mass – Araluen

St Bede’s students and families are warmly invited to attend Mass at St Patrick’s Church in Araluen on Friday 8th August at 11:00am, to celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. A shared lunch will follow, so please bring something to share, along with a chair or picnic rug. Students are asked to wear their full winter uniform. Private transport is to be arranged by parents or carers.

Library days for Term 3 Weeks 1 - 4

Weeks 1, 3 & 4 - Thursday - all classes
Week 2 - Wednesday - all classes

Please remember to bring your library bag and any books to be returned on these days!!!!!!

Unwell Students (Cough, runny nose, fever,vomiting,diarrhoea 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 and or diarrhoea 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

We appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

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.

The St Bede's Book Week Parade and activities will be held on Tuesday 26 August 2025 on the school grounds. A time for the parade and activities will be confirmed closer to the day

All students are invited to dress up as their favourite book character on the day.

Parents and Grandparents are welcome to attend the parade.

We are currently in the process of conducting interviews for Kinder 2026.

If you have a Kinder child turning 5 by July 31, 2026 and are considering sending them to St Bede's, or you know of a family that is interested in enrolling at St Bede's, please either contact the office for more information OR lodge an online application as soon as possible to ensure a position in Kinder.

link for online enrolment here

If you are coming into the school outside of drop off and pick up times you are required to report to the office and sign in. It is important that we have a record of all visitors to the school.

Please be mindful of what containers you send to school with your child. Please do not send ring pull cans (like the lids on small tuna cans etc.) or glass containers as these present a cutting hazard to children. Please open the can at home and place in a plastic container.

We would ask that soft drinks are not sent to school with your children as we do try to encourage a healthy alternative like water.
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.

School Counsellor

Currently we are without a school counsellor and Marymead are continuing to look for a replacement for us. Meanwhile parents can still complete referrals via the below link, and where possible support will be via their telehealth system.

Referrals can be submitted here

https://mccg.my.site.com/housing/s/school-referral-form

Click here to find out more information and to register

click here to purchase tickets for Pre- school trivia night

Carer Gateway is a free support service for carers. For more information please visit the website https://www.carergateway.gov.au/ or phone 1800 422737.

At St Bede's canteen is run every 2nd Monday. 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.

Please consider volunteering for Canteen in 2025

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.

Date
28 July	Helpers Wanted
11 August	Dominique	Helpers Wanted
25 August	Helpers Wanted
8 September	Helpers Wanted
22 September	Dominique	Helpers Wanted

Please see our updated menu below:

Canteen_Menu_Pricelist_8_May_2025.pdf

Kinder	August	Lachy
Year 1	Lily	Lyra	Chase M
Year 2	Renzo	Charlie
Year 3	Ornette	AJ
Year 4	Sam	Toby J
Year 5/6	Betty	Josie

Kinder

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5/6