From the Principal 

Dear Parents

District cross country

Congratulations to the following students on outstanding results at the district cross country:

Isaac Pulvirenti and Leonardo Campagna who finished their races in 1st position.

Lucas Brunton who finished his race in 2nd position

And also to the following students who qualified for Division : Zoe Smith, Oliver Lucas, Amelie L, Benjamin Curtis, Eion Whelan, Ananda Nguyen, Pia Lunardello, Evie Connolly and Avianna Chrysis.

What a great effort by everyone.

Mother’s Day Dinner

We hope that all of the mothers who are attending the Mother’s Day dinner tonight have a fabulous evening. Thank you to the Parent’s Association for organising such a wonderful evening. There is expected to be 90 mums in attendance.

Yr. 3/4 Camp

Currently our Yr. 3/4 students are attending Camp at YMCA in Mt Evelyn. The children are having a lot of fun and not much sleep. Check out our Instagram and the pictures below.

Monday 3rd June

As you are aware as a school we only take the minimum number of professional development days allocated to each school. The next professional learning day for the staff is on Monday 3rd June.  This was missed on our calendar.  The staff will be undertaking Professional learning on the Science of Reading.

From MACS

Last week the Allan Labor Government announced a $400 School Saving Bonus for all school students in government schools regardless of income, but only for Health Care Card holders in Catholic schools.

This is deeply unfair.

We believe the payment should be means tested for all students or apply to all students.

It should not be based on which school you attend. 

This policy punishes families for choosing to send their children to a Catholic school.

Our school, St Bede's and the peak body, the Victorian Catholic Education Authority, are working hard to oppose this policy and we need your help.

We need to show the Victorian Government that punishing families who choose a Catholic school is unacceptable.

Please consider contacting your local Member of Parliament to express your concern.

Our school’s local MP is Jess Wilson and they can be contacted by phone or by email 

jess.will@parliament.vic.gov.au

Thank you for your time in reading this and for advocating for your family and our school.

Have a great week

Brian