St Bede’s Primary School - Braidwood eNewsletter

Date	Event	Start Time	Location
1 - 30 May	Catholic School enrolment period
2 May	NR Cross Country	9:30am	Braidwood show ground
5 May	CSYMI retreat - Years 5/6	All day	School Hall
6 May	EnviroMentors Incursion
9 May	Mothers Day Breakfast + Stall	8:15am	School
10 May	Children's Mass - St Bede's Parish	5pm	St Bede's Church
11 May	Mothers Day
13 May	School's Open Day	9am - 11am	School Grounds
13 May	School's Open Day	3:30-4:30pm	School Grounds
14 May	SafeWayz Parents Session	10 am	School
22 May	St Bede's Feast Day Liturgy
30 May	Athletics Carnival	10am	Rec ground
17 June	School Photos

Parent information Session - Safe Wayz

14 May 2025

@10am

School grounds

for more information please see the flyer further down the reminder notice

2025 Term Dates

Term 2 – Tuesday 29 April – Thursday 3 July
Term 3 – Tuesday 22 July – Thursday 25 September
Term 4 – Tuesday 14 October – Thursday 18 December

Claim the Date

St Bede's Parish Children Mass - Saturday 10 May 5pm.

More information to come!

Click here to email Ms Doszpot

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.

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.

From the School Counsellor

Important information about how to access School Counselling.

Please feel free to touch base with any questions or concerns relating to the counselling service.

How to make an appointment.

If your child/ren were seen by the school counsellor in previous years and you would like them to receive support in 2025, 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

I am at St. Bede’s on Wednesdays each week.

Faith Costigan – Student and Family Counsellor.

The school holds all of the students school Departure agreements for 2025 in the office. These were completed by parents at the beginning of the year. These agreements are referred to if your child is unsure of how they are getting home.

With this in mind we ask parents that if there is a change to the way your child will be going home either, a one-off change or permanent, please notify the school office, either by phone or email before 2:30 pm. After this time it becomes increasing difficult to ensure that your child receives the message. If there is any confusion about your child's departure arrangement of an afternoon, then as a duty of care your child will remain at school and parents will be contacted to collect their child.

Library days for Term 2 are:

Wednesdays - Kinder, Years 2, 3, 4
Thursdays - Years 1 & 5/6

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

The next STEAM club at Braidwood Library will be held on Wednesday 7 May @ 3:30 - 4:30pm

Join us for fun and educational activities. This month we will undertake a series of challenges with Snap Circuits! We'll use engineering, electronics and circuitry concepts to assemble electronic circuits.

For ages 8+

Booking link: https://events.humanitix.com/steam-club-at-braidwood-library-nxmg98fj

As of this Term orders for Canteen can be made via the QKR! app. The cut off time for all orders is 10 am the day of the canteen.

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
Monday 5 May	Helpers Wanted	Helpers Wanted
Monday 19 May	Helpers Wanted	Helpers Wanted
Monday 2 June	Kristie W	Helpers Wanted
Monday 16 June	Kristie W	Helpers Wanted
Monday 30 June	Kristie W	Helpers Wanted

Canteen_Menu_Pricelist_18_Feb_25.pdf