Dear Parents and Carers,

Teachers have been busy preparing information and analysing assessments and data in preparation for reporting. Reports will be sent home to all parents and carers on Monday of Week 10. St Bede’s are consistent with all CECG schools with the reporting process.

Catholic Education Canberra-Goulburn has advised schools that general comments will not be required on Semester 1, 2025 reports, but to prioritise Parent/Teacher Conferences for every family. These meetings will be conducted at St Bede’s during Week 9 this term from June 23 until June 26 and information will be provided in the next few weeks regarding dates and times so, please look out for this. The Parent/Teacher meetings provide an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, their strengths, challenges and future areas of focus. A Semester Report will be sent home as in previous Semesters, providing A-E grading, work habits and attendance information, on Monday Week 10.

CE has advised schools that Semester 2, 2025 reports will have a general comment for all children as in previous years. This general comment will provide a summative comment for the year, areas of achievement and areas to focus on for the following year. A-E grading, work habits and attendance information will remain as normal.

We encourage all parents/carers to engage regularly with their child/ren’s learning, connecting with their class teacher regularly to discuss learning progress.

Last Thursday evening Amelia from NSW Health Safewayz presented a parent information session which provided parents with general information on problematic and harmful sexualised behaviours (PHSB). She provided information on how parents can respond and best practice in managing PHSB at home and school. We thank Amelia for travelling to St Bede’s from the coast to present the session and Ms Doszpot for her organisation. Please see information in the AP section of the Newsletter regarding a follow up session.

Today, we celebrated St Bede’s day. Thank you to everyone who joined us for our special celebration. A student from each Year level was chosen to receive an award in acknowledgement of their application and engagement with their learning. We congratulate all our award winners and thank Ms Cooper for her organisation of the mass and Father Sijo Jose for celebrating the mass and Trish Young for providing the patty cakes for the students and the staff and parishioners for the morning tea.

Next week we will be celebrating Reconciliation Week. The theme this year is “Bridging Now to Next’’. The children will be participating in a range of activities in their class groups that are culturally respectful and faith-aligned. We thank Ms Millsom, our Aboriginal Contact Teacher for preparing the activities for each class.