Dear Families ,

FUNDRAISING NEEDS YOU !!!

Our target goal , in any given year is 20K - we have, to date, raised around 30K and now the fundraising team have their eyes set on a 35K target ! Can it be done ???

YES! We believe it can but WE NEED YOU !

Our last event , “Market on the Green “ is coming up. St. Bede’s is running a facepainting stall , bbq stall , raffle stall , granita stall , book stall , and choc toss stall !

All monies are direct to the school from these stalls.

What do we need ?

We need volunteers - please sign up on my school volunteer and put your name on our roster ! BBQ, CHOC TOSS, GRANITA, BOOK STALL. And RAFFLE !

https://myschoolvolunteer.com.au/

We need some items for the stalls to be a success so please bring into school at the front office -

Serviettes
Tomato sauce bottles
Family Size Block Chocolates
Slabs of water
Slabs of soft drink
Paper cups

TO ANY BUILDERS/ELECTRICIAN/EVENT PLANNER OUT THERE – We will need help with lights – Do you have any you use on sites..HELP!!!

We are only as strong as the volunteers who support these events - let's make this last event one to remember !

Any questions please call:

Cat Purtell (0412 823 076)

Lisa Marulli (0400 178 435 )

Viviana Rossios ( 0410 436 696 )

Run4FUN splatacular Pizza Lunch Competition

The winners of the competition of the class that raised the most money last week was Grade 5/6A. Grade 5/6 A raised $3415 in the previous week winning them a pizza party lunch.

The top three grades were;

1st - 5/6 A raising $3415

2nd - Prep R raising $3090

3rd - 2M raising $2340

Well done to these grades for a fantastic effort.

St Bede's Market on the Green Call Out

Dear St. Bede’s Families,

We are in need of volunteers for our facepainting stall at our upcoming Market on the Green on the 1st Dec, which contributes to our fundraising efforts.

I know some of you may be shying away right now reading this but let us tell you – it’s SUPER EASY and LOADS OF FUN!

The designs are things like a simple star, a snake, butterflies and rainbow! Rainbows are a rainbow paint pallette and with one brush stroke BOOM you paint on the rainbow – it’s that EASY!

Please get involved and help us to continue this last leg of fundraising.

Contact Catherine 0412 823 076

2024 Parents Association

Hi All,

The Parents Association (PA) committee is especially looking to put together a new team of volunteers for next year to join our fun and enthusiastic Social and Fundraising Team, with long serving Social and Fundraising team member Viviana Rossios sadly leaving next year, and other long serving team members standing down or moving positions.

The St Bede's Parents Association (PA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for 7pm on Wednesday the 22nd of November 2023 at St Bede's. If you’re interested in joining our Social and Fundraising or PA team, please nominate yourself prior to the Annual General Meeting by emailing the secretary Leni Pantelios at lenip99@gmail.com or sending Leni an SMS 0414 333 852. If you would like more details regarding the PA positions, please contact Leni, myself (0417 308 143), or Viviana Rossios (0410 436 696).

As always, we open the AGM up to all parents to attend.

The AGM’s main agenda items include:

· President Report – Joe Pulvirenti

· Vice Principal Report – Larissa Boyhan

· Treasurer Report – Angela Karbaliotis

· Election of New Committee Members – Joe Pulvirenti

All PA positions will be vacated on the evening, and as such we will be taking nominations for volunteers for the following positions in 2024:

· President

· Vice-President

· Treasurer

· Secretary

· Fundraising/Social Team

· Father Child Camp President

· Class Representative Coordinator(s)

· Uniform Shop Representative

· Care Group Coordinator

· Tuckshop

· General Members

The benefits of joining the St Bede's PA in 2024 include: getting regular updates from Brian and Larissa as to the direction of the school; a safe forum to ask Brian and Larissa questions or requests; getting to know fellow parents; share ideas and or key contacts; if you’re into fundraising and social events, join our dynamic and enthusiastic team in organising and having fun in running events.

There are also low-key roles such as Care Group Coordinator, Treasurer (does not involve bookkeeping, more reporting and co-ordinating) and exec roles and of course Tuckshop and Uniform Shop roles. If you’re time poor, then why not become a general member of the PA and share your ideas.

All positions are open for nomination, so if you feel you can add value or would like to be in the loop as to what is happening at St Bede's, we would love to see you at the AGM.

The mission of our St Bede's Parent Association is to support our children, our school, our parish community and of course our fellow parents throughout their St Bede's journey. The association is active in fundraising with a view to support the school to continue providing exceptional educational experiences, as well as providing opportunities for parents to socialise and support one another through the joys of parenting primary school children. In essence the role of the parents association is an important one for our school community.

Kind regards,

Joe Pulvirenti

President – St Bede's Parents Association

(Isla 1DJ, Isaac 3/4KA & Xavier 5/6A)

St Bede's Primary School Newsletter

Bienvenue à notre école - Welcome to our school

Issue 35 · 16 Nov 2023

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