WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 

 “When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.”

Mark 6:34

World Teachers Day is celebrated on Friday 28 October, a day that we acknowledge the professionalism, dedication and expertise of those responsible for educating our students at St Bede’s Primary School. This year's theme is "hats off" to teachers.

As many parents know instinctively, the impact individual teachers have on a child’s education can be great. Teachers are central to learning and, while there are other important factors, including the quality of the curriculum, school environment and student ability and commitment, it is teachers that breathe life into what is being taught and who engage and motivate students.

As a Catholic school we recognise that parents are their children’s first teachers, during the course of primary and secondary school it is often individual teachers that enliven education and cause students to identify what is most exciting and rewarding.

Each one of us, if asked, could most likely name one or two special teachers that made what was being studied engaging, lively, and relevant and who sparked an interest and passion for learning that was life changing.

In the scripture verse above, Jesus approaches the crowd with compassion because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. Christ observed, that they were hungering and thirsting after the word of righteousness, and had no faithful, spiritual pastors to feed them with knowledge and understanding. He began to teach them many things; relating to the kingdom of God, the Gospel dispensation, the doctrines and ordinances of it. Our teachers at St Bede’s are compassionate and travel the learning journey with each child to nourish them spiritually, physically, academically and socially.

Teachers in Catholic schools, given their faith-based nature and commitment to the Church’s teachings, are especially important. Teaching is a vocation, a calling from God, not just a ‘job’.  I encourage you to take the time to personally thank your child’s teacher on World Teachers Day.

Regards

Andrew

All students will be participating in a Dance Showcase at 2.30pm on Monday 24 October in the hall.  Parents are very welcome to attend and see the fantastic dance moves they have learnt from our wonderful dance teacher Jan Simpson.  All students should wear their sports uniform on the day please.

I am pleased to inform the St Bede's Community that Mrs Breen Fox has been successfully reappointed to the role of Assistant Principal for a further 4 years. As you are well aware, Breen is an outstanding leader in our school who is passionate about St Bede's. We are lucky to have someone who is so extremely competent in her role.

Welcome to Term 4 from the P&F!

We have all recovered from our successful Gala dinner last term, raising an epic $8,000 to go towards replacing the sports courts at the front of the school! Thank you to everyone to attended and generously donated items for our raffles and auction.

The Annual School Disco returns on Friday 18 November with our very own DJ VeeJay back by popular demand! We will be asking for parent volunteers for the disco in coming weeks to help with decorating, cooking the BBQ, ticket collecting etc.

The P&F have also contributed to the opening of “Rozalia’s Italian Restaurant” at Bannister Gardens preschool to commemorate the beautiful Rozalia Spadafora who was enrolled to attend St Bedes in 2023.

A big welcome to all our new families to our school who have joined this term and our new Kindy families who are taking part in the St Bede’s Kindy Set Go program. With the loosening of covid restrictions, the uniform boutique is open every Friday from 8:30am – 9:30am or purchases can be made online and will be delivered to your child’s classroom.

Lastly, our final P&F meeting for 2022 will be held on Tuesday 8 November at 7pm in the school library. All Welcome!

We hope to see you there!

Jen Maher

On Behalf of the St Bede’s P&F