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Vocal Showcase: The 80s

We're delighted to invite parents, families and friends to our 80's Vocal Showcase on Thursday 3 April.

Grab your walkman, crimp your hair and join our music students as they present the soundtrack of the awesome 80s featuring hits by Bon Jovi, The Bangles, Journey and Rick Astley to name a few!

This special evening of entertainment is hosted and presented by this year's Voice students. To ensure we continue to deliver high quality performance opportunities, bookings are essential.  

Get your tickets here

7pm to 8.30pm

Tickets are $6 including light snacks and refreshments

Performing Arts Centre - Mentone Campus

Our STEM Racing Teams Visit Melbourne's Formula 1 Grand Prix

"On Friday 14 March, Vincere STEM Racing team went to the F1 Paddock. A guide gave us a tour, pointing out garages and telling us about some of the logistics such as transport. After the tour, we looked out for drivers and eventually saw a crowd around the Ferrari garage. After a quick wait and some security guards, Charles Leclerc came out and signed our cars and shirts, shortly after, Lewis Hamilton came out. We all had a great time and are very thankful for the tickets.” Oliver S, Year 8

 

"It was an amazing day, we all arrived at gate 1 to get escorted under the track to the main area. After walking around for a while we headed to the paddock. We met so many cool drivers like Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton and some famous people like Crofty who is a F1 commentator and Adrian Portelli who was so amazing to chat with. It was such a fun day and filled so many of my dreams." Hugh J, Year 8 (Team Vincere)

Shrove Tuesday

To mark the beginning ahead of Lent on Ash Wednesday, our students and staff made and enjoyed pancakes for Shrove Tuesday. 

During Lent, Christians give up rich foods that had butter, eggs, sugar and fat. Shrove Tuesday was the last chance to use up eggs and fats before fasting from those foods for the forty days of Lent, and pancakes are a perfect way of using up these ingredients.

Funds raised from pancake sales were donated to Caritas Australia. Thank you to all for their involvement. 

Celebrating Student Achievement

Congratulations to our ACC Swim Team who completed an incredible six-time first place Championship yesterday! 

"After taking a lead early in the day, we lost the lead just after halfway, and were able to finish the day strong to win. We had 5 relay wins for the day, showing the depth of the squad and the efforts in training really paying off. Winning 6 years in a row is an outstanding feat for our students, meaning this year's seniors have gone through undefeated in their time at St Bede's. Our team was on the podium for 41 out of 55 events and we were also the U15 and U16 age group champions and won the Intermediate Cup (combined U15/U16 age groups)!" Gavin Brown, College Sport Coordinator

Congratulations to all our swimmers who particiapted and especially our winners:

Cooper L (Year 7 Backstroke)

Connor W (Year 8 Freestyle)

Ryder M (Year 9 Freestyle)

Oliver L (Year 9 Freestyle)

Will C (Year 9 Breaststroke)

Xander M (Year 9 Backstroke)

Ashton R (Year 10 Freestyle)

Daniel H (Year 12 Breaststroke)

Darby H (Year 12 Backstroke)

Thank you to Coaches Jess Kirk, Greg Roberts and Gavin Brown whose support of our students at early morning trainings and preparations for this team has paid off beautifully.

Congratulations to Lucian H (Year 7), who is Deputy Junior Mayor for the City of Kingston. 

"I was told about this opportunity in year five, when the kids from the year before applied. I quickly applied to be in the group responsible of writing and presenting a speech for City of Kingston about how I would make the area a more inclusive and innovative space. I was chosen to be the head speaker for our speech and I did not disappoint. I got appointed the role of Deputy Junior Mayor!

 

The best parts of this role are all the events and citizenship ceremonies that I get to attend. One of my favourites was the opening of a kindergarten/pre-school, where Indigenous People held a smoking ceremony with healing leaves and plants.

I want to be involved in government when I grow older, maybe as Mayor, Counsellor, or even a Minister. I love having a role to do and being a main one is what I love. I feel that I would like to be a part of government because I have great presenting and collaboration skills."

As Deputy Junior Mayor, Lucian has attended the official opening of North Cheltenham Preschool alongside Mayor of Kingston, Madam Georgina Oxley, and Councillors Hadi Saab, Chris Hill and State Labor MP Mr Nick Staikos. Keep up the amazing work, Lucian!

Congratulations to our Debating Teams participating in Debating Association of Victoria (DAV) Round 2. Our teams progressed to victory in four out of our six debates, which is a truly impressive effort! All students and their mentors are commended for their hard work and dedication. Tomas P (Year 12) was again awarded Best Speaker and our A Grade Team remains undefeated! 

D Grade: That phone use should be taught as a learning tool in schools

C Grade: That all young people aged 16-22 should receive a Universal Basic Income from the government.

B Grade: That all childcare centres should be funded and operated by the government.

A Grade: That we should hold company directors and CEOs criminally responsible for security breaches.

"Debating has been an enjoyable experience I've shared with my friends. I’ve learned how to make rebuttals on the fly, change and adapt my speech as I speak, and become more comfortable with speaking without a script. Overall, Debating has been great - not just educational - but fun."  Jackson S, Year 9 

 

"The debate was a good experience, speaking against Firbank Grammar, we knew it was going to be a tough. We ended up pulling through winning the debate by one point with both Sam and Oskar speaking really well. I've never done any Debating before this, but I definitely recommend that you sign up and give it a go!" Jesse D, Year 9

Congratulations to our STEM Racing National Finalists! 

Team Vincere and Team Vitality will be competing against the best school teams across Australia and New Zealand at the STEM Racing National Finals, held right here at St Bede's College. 

Team Vincere

Christian A, Hugh J, Samuel S, Oliver S (Year 8)

Team Vitality

Christian B (Year 8), Jasper F (Year 12), Charlie H (Year 10), Thomas L (Year 12), Nicholas S (Year 11)

Congratulations to our 2025 Bradley Hughes Shield Golf Championship players.

This Championship sees our students compete for the title of Best Golfer in their year level and the College, and for the ultimate prize of the Bradley Hughes Trophy. The prize includes a scholarship, where the golfer with the best overall score is awarded a one-year full membership and coaching courtesy of Rossdale Golf Club. 

Congratulations to our 2025 Championship winner, Year 11 student Riley S! 

Well done to Runner Up, Archie W (Year 12) and our Year Level winners: 

Year 12 - Archie W (Winner: 74), Kai L (Runner Up: 77)

Year 11 - Riley S (Winner: 71), Cade W (Runner Up: 82)

Year 10 - Kai O'B (Winner: 78), Joshua L (Runner Up: 84)

Year 9 - Sol W (Winner: 87), Angus S (Runner Up: 88)

Year 8 - Hugo N (Winner: 87), Zac B (Runner Up: 95) 

Year 7 - Abel C (Winner: 97), Aydan G (Runner Up: 102)

Amazing work boys! Big thanks to all our players, to coaches Jamie Parton, Greg Roberts and Ben McManus and to our friends at Rossdale Golf Club for their generosity. 

This competition is named in honour of Old Collegian and Hall of Famer Bradley Hughes (Class of 1984). Bradley is a Australian professional golfer who qualified as the youngest player ever to play a major Australian tournament - the 1982 Victorian Open.

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