Dear Parents and Carers,

Our teachers are in the midst of writing school reports. Next week, parent interviews will be conducted at St Bede’s. Information has been sent home to all families to organise times. If you have not booked a time to meet your child’s class teacher, we urge you to do this as soon as possible. As there are no comments on Semester One reports, this is a vital component of the reporting process.

On Tuesday we had our school photos. The children looked very smart in their winter uniform. We look forward to seeing the end results in Term 3 and thank Ms Amy Doszpot for her organisation.

Next Friday June 27, will be having Souper Hero Day. We encourage all children to dress up as their favourite superhero and to bring a tin of soup to school for a needy family. We thank Ms Cooper for her organisation of this wonderful event.

Installation of our new playground will commence during the holidays. All going to plan, the play equipment will be ready to use mid-way through next term. To honour and thank our sponsors and parents for fundraising for this, we will be conducting a breaking of the ground ceremony on Thursday July 3 at 2:45pm. This is our final assembly for this term. The Assembly will commence in the hall with awards at 2:30pm followed by a ceremony near where the equipment is to be installed. We hope to see all our parents and carers there. An invitation is enclosed with this newsletter.

Next term we will be implementing online Music lessons provided by Amplify from Kinder to Year 6. This is a very engaging program for our students and will ensure that every student has access to contemporary, inspiring and engaging music lessons that are based on the NSW curriculum outcomes.

As you are all aware, I will be on long service leave next term. I am pleased to announce that following an interview with a panel, Ms Shaye Cooper will be Acting Assistant Principal during Term 3. Shaye is an experienced teacher and has been Acting REC at St Bede’s since the commencement of 2024. She will continue to teach in Kinder next term to ensure as least disruption to her class as possible as she undertakes higher duties. Information regarding the Acting REC will be provided before the end of this term.

We wish all our students who are participating in the Northern Regions Athletics Carnival tomorrow in Goulburn the best of luck. We know you will try your hardest and represent St Bede’s School with pride.