Dear Parents and Carers

On Tuesday we celebrated St Bede’s day. To commence the day, Fr Mick celebrated a special mass. During mass he mentioned what a great scholar St Bede was. Our students at St Bede’s aspire to be just like St Bede. To acknowledge this, we had several students receive the “St Bede’s Award”at the conclusion of mass.

The award winners were: Kitty, Lucy, Marlin, Edith, Prisha, Miranda and Grace.

Congratulations to all our award recipients who model a positive work ethic and aspire to be constantly challenged with their learning, just like St Bede. Afterwards the students all purchased books from the Year 6 Book Fair and participated in tabloid sports. A special thank you to Fr Mick for engaging our students in the liturgy and Miss Kaptein for her organisation. All the children are to be congratulated on their reverent participation throughout the mass.

Next Wednesday, June 2 is school photo day. Parents we urge you to ensure that your child/children are in the correct school winter uniform. On cold mornings we encourage children to wear a jacket, which should be navy. At present, we are seeing a range of various coloured jackets creeping in. The only jewellery that children are permitted to wear are studs or sleepers in ears, a watch and a medic-alert should they require it. Long hair should be tied back with either a navy or maroon ribbon and there should be no nail polish. ‘Muttons’ stock our uniform and they have ties available for purchase and shirts and long pants arriving very soon. We congratulate our students who always attend school in the correct uniform.

This month we have been celebrating Catholic Schools across the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn. St Bede’s have commenced the process of accepting online enrolments for 2022. Today we conducted our Open Day tours. If you are wanting a tour of the school, please contact the front office to organise a suitable time. A child must turn 5 years of age by 31 July of the year of enrolment. Many enrolment interviews have already been conducted. If you have a child attending St Bede’s next year and you have not yet lodged your application, please do so by clicking on the link below. We look forward to our preschoolers attending the Orientation days early in Term 4.

Last Friday we had our annual athletics carnival. We are extremely grateful to Mrs Katie Tooth for her wonderful organisation and the parents and staff who assisted. We were blessed with beautiful weather and the children had lots of fun competing and trying hard in their events.

We are currently inviting students, teachers and parents to provide feedback on their experience of our school using an online survey. As we value the role of parents and carers within our school community we would greatly appreciate your feedback. The surveys are an important part of our whole school evaluation and planning process. The survey must be completed by Friday June 4. You are able to access the parent survey on your computer or mobile device by using the following URL:

Next Wednesday evening we have our Community Council meeting at 5:30pm. Current topics for discussion are playground improvements, canteen and fundraising. If you have any suggestions or ideas that you wish to raise, please contact our Council Chair Amanda Vardanega or a member of the Community Council.

We are extremely grateful to our parents who have volunteered to be class representatives. This is a great opportunity to get to know other families at our school. We are still seeking a Class Representative for Year 4. If you think you could do this job, please contact the front office.

God Bless
Marylou Gorham

Prayer

Benediction

May our footsteps, on these ancient lands,
remind us of creation and connectedness, in our search for truth.
May the Gum Tree, from its roots to its branches,
remind us to dig deep and reach high, in our action for justice.
May the Eagle, who soars in the sky,
remind us of the power, in our call for love.
May the expanse of the lands and seas, of the sky and stars,
remind us of God’s timing in our faith in hope.
May the Holy three, Creator Spirit, Lord God, Papa Jesus,
remind us of community.
So with grace, mercy, and peace, go in truth, justice, love and hope.

Benediction: Aboriginal Blessing by Brooke Prentis

School Photos

School Photos next Wednesday 2 June

Full Winter Uniform required [no Sports Uniform]

Please ensure top buttons are done up, ties on straight and black school shoes/boots are polished.

 Please see the office for sibling photo envelopes (only siblings attending St Bedes)

Envelopes due back please

Have you noticed the Upcoming Events is now to the left of the new newsletter??

All our important dates are now found here.