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St Bede's Primary School, Red Hill

Locality: Red Hill

Phone: +61 2 6295 6559

Address: 55 Hicks Street 2603 Red Hill, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.stbedes.act.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Thank you to the parent class representatives for organising another wonderful community gathering at the St Bede’s Pool Party on Friday night. This was an opportunity for families to gather together socially before the year winds up. What a great way to celebrate as the weather warms up!

24.01.2022 That’s amore ! The doors were opened to the Year One Italian Cafe this afternoon. Parents and special guests were waited on by the students after their immersion in Italian culture through their inquiry unit. There was garlic bread, pizza, lasagne and gelato on the menu, all prepared by the students after lessons from Nonna, parents and professional chefs! The hosts were outstanding and the food was fabulous. It was wonderful to celebrate the students’ learning through such an enriching experience. Thank you to Mrs Dwyer and Mrs Elliott for creating the idea and helping the students to prepare.

21.01.2022 Happy 100 Days of School to our very excited Kinders! What a year has it been. It took a little longer to get to here but they finally made it! Congratulations. You are looking great for 100 years old!

21.01.2022 St Bede’s welcomed Liberal ministers Alistair Coe and Elizabeth Lee to donate and plant trees as part of their announcement for green spaces in the bush capital on World Environment Day. Our school leaders, environment leaders and waste wise warriors assisted Ms Lee in planting natives and oaks around the school grounds to promote #worldenvironmentday. As we take care of ourselves at this time it has also highlighted the importance of taking care of nature.

21.01.2022 This year’s Caritas Australia theme for Project Compassion is 100% Hope. Lives change when we all give 100%. The St Bede’s Social Justice team has led the paper crane giving tree this lenten season raising $1278 for Caritas. Thank you to the very generous families in our community who have contributed to this amazing donation. Today was Purple Pancake Day where students were invited to wear the colour purple and participate in pancake flipping races to continue raising awareness of the hardships faced by those in great need, such as 12-year old Thandolwayo who travels seven kilometres each day to gather water for her family. You can follow her story at https://lent.caritas.org.au/page/week-1

21.01.2022 Dear Parents, An information letter was forwarded to all families via SZapp and Parent Email today, outlining the procedures for remote learning for Term 1 and transitioning into Term 2. Please see the following guide to Google Classrooms to support your child through this migration. Google Classrooms will become the main platform for teacher communication, lesson instructions and resources. Students and parents will be required to use student logins to access this online... platform. This information will be sent home with additional resources by Friday 27 March. St Bede's Staff https://drive.google.com//1uFBoYMjS9vrWSDwq6djRKKIwI/view

20.01.2022 St Bede’s students were lucky to have a visit today from Olympian Louise Dobson as part of the Olympics Unleashed program. Louise provided great tips on goal setting, finding inspiration and the importance of positive role models. She also expressed gratitude for the great responsibility that parents take on to encourage and support their children to play sport. Louise also shared her Atlanta and Commonwealth Games medals with us. Thank you for inspiring us, Louise. #OlympicsUnleashed

19.01.2022 Thank you to Andrew Barr ACT Chief Minister, for taking the time to read with students at St Bede's Primary School, Red Hill today. Mr Barr read Possum Magic t...o Kindergarten and had an opportunity to tour St Bede’s with the School Captains and Principal, Julie Douglas, seeing the great progress students are making with their learning. See more

18.01.2022 St Bede’s Semester 2 SRC hosted ‘beanie day’ today to raise awareness and funds for brain cancer sufferers. This spontaneous initiative was instigated and promoted by the SRC. Beanies were highly appropriate today to celebrate the end of winter on this chilly day. Congratulations to everyone for raising over $182.

18.01.2022 The St Bede’s Spring Gala Event was a wonderful celebration of community, bringing past, present and future families together. #PialligoEstate provided the perfect setting for fine food, entertainment and socialising. Thank you to Tom Gibson for your comedic entertainment highlighting the joys of raising kids in Catholic schools! A massive shout out goes to the main organisers of the evening: Allannah MacKay, Emma Bozic, Clare Heffernan, Matt Heffernan, Fiona Torline and Jodie Lane. Without your support and organisation these events wouldn’t go ahead. Thank you also to the many friends and connections who came along to support and celebrate St Bede’s.

18.01.2022 We love our warm and welcoming community! Whilst school tours are unavailable you can hear from some of our students and teachers. Enrolments for 2021 close on May 22. Find out more on our website https://www.stbedes.act.edu.au/top-enrolment https://drive.google.com//1-D9o2PQ4Fft7nVkTf7ffnva-Bx/view

18.01.2022 It was wonderful to see so many families at the Parent Information Night last night. There was an opportunity to meet teachers, find out information, socialise and sign up to class contact lists. Thank you to the wonderful volunteer parents who cooked dinner, provided supervision for the children and organised refreshments for the parents. A big thank you you to Fiona Torline, Emma Bozic, Jenny Tiffen, Allannah McKay, Clare Heffernan and Sarah Purdue.

18.01.2022 Thank you to the generous St Bede’s Community and congratulations to our student leaders for raising $1300 at the Year 6 Fete. Year 6 organised activities to raise awareness and donations for the Missions in Cambodia, fundraise for the Year 6 Graduation and celebrate Children’s Week. Students from Kinder to Year 6 enjoyed sponge throwing, jumping castle, making pet rocks, hair spraying, chocolate toss, duster hockey, guessing competitions and soccer drills. In what has been a year of missed opportunities it was great to unwind and have some fun together. Thank you to the Year 6 students, Mrs Garrity, Mr Mac and Mrs Dwyer for all of your hard work.

17.01.2022 Congratulations to the St Bede’s Year 4 Waste Wise leaders for your nomination in this year’s ACTSMART Schools Sustainability Awards. St Bede’s were recognised for our efforts in reducing landfill and working towards more sustainable waste management. Our Year 4 students have led this initiative across the school with passion and enthusiasm. Well done.

16.01.2022 Congratulations to all of the St Bede’s students who played in the Catholic Schools Netball Carnival today. We were well represented with over 5 full teams registered in multiple divisions. Our blue and gold colours could be seen across the courts! Thank you to the volunteer coaches, managers, umpires and parents who were there to support teams today. Thank goodness you weren’t all blown away!

15.01.2022 Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of the wonderful families and staff who were able to contribute time and energy to the working bee this morning. The weather was perfect and it was a super productive community event. The new playground spaces look fantastic! We can’t wait to watch the new plants grow and enhance our school grounds. It was the perfect time to plant, celebrating National Tree Day!

14.01.2022 Students and staff from St Bede’s participated in Walk Safely to School Day today. This is an annual national and community event when students are encouraged to walk safely to promote road safety, health, transport and environment. It was the perfect morning for a walk and a chit chat.

14.01.2022 Senior students’ water safety lessons kicked off today. Students rehearsed rescue scenarios, treading water, safety dives and who to call in an emergency. Whilst the weather was a little cooler today there were still plenty of smiles on faces.

13.01.2022 Book Week at St Bede’s was full of ‘Curious Creatures and Wild Minds’! We have enjoyed illustrator sessions with ShazArt, our dress up Book Parade and the very successful Book Fair. Thank you to the families who have contributed over $4000 in sales at the fair. St Bede’s will now receive 30% of the profits to go towards some amazing new resources for our library. Thank you to all of the students and teachers for joining in the fun and celebrating a love of reading!

13.01.2022 They’re off and racing! Well done to all of the participants in the St Bede’s Athletics Carnival. The weather was perfect, parents were in abundance and the students were zooming along! Thank you to the many volunteers and teachers who assisted in making the day a success.

12.01.2022 Come one come all to The St Bede’s Spring Gala Dinner! Fantastic venue, delicious food, entertainment, dancing and great company. Book as a group or come along to meet new people. Tickets through https://www.flexischools.com.au/

12.01.2022 St Bede’s Day: celebrated with excitement at the annual Fete! Roll up, roll up to the biggest treat day on the school calendar! Students from Kinder to Year 6 brought in their hard-earned cash to try their luck at lucky dip, toilet toss, Sphero mini-golf, spider shakes, sponge whack, guessing competitions, cup pong, hairspray and face painting! The senior students plan, design and facilitate the variety of stalls to raise money for their chosen charity, as part of their preparation for Confirmation. A great day had by all.

11.01.2022 St Bede’s students were thoroughly engaged with Samantha Tidy’s presentation on ‘The Day We Built The Bridge!’ Students in Years 3-6 were put to the challenge to construct their own team bridge using toothpicks and marshmallows! We also got a sneak peak at Samantha’s new book, ‘Our Bush Capital’ which goes to print tomorrow! What a great way to wrap our day of book celebrations.

11.01.2022 Update on COVID-19: School is on tomorrow at StBede’s. Dear Parents, We are making contact to give you an update on the escalation of COVID-19 over the weekend. ... ACT Education has announced that public schools will remain open for the next 48 hours. From Tuesday, they will move to pupil free days. We are yet to receive a directorate from Catholic Education but an online meeting between the Director and Catholic Principals is scheduled for tomorrow. Please follow SZapp and parent emails for information. We will pass on any notifications as soon as they come to us. Of course, if you feel the need to self isolate and keep your child/ren home as you wait for further information, we completely understand. Please let us know via email or phone if your child will be absent. Thank you for assistance in keeping your child calm, informed and reassured at this uncertain time. Julie Douglas & Breen Fox

09.01.2022 Congratulations to all of the students, parents and staff who participated in the St Bede’s Walkathon. Whilst the weather imposed another wash out, we did have the opportunity to venture into the Red Hill wilderness for a shorter course. Great fun was still had by all superheroes. Thank you to the many sponsors including Accelerate Physiotherapy, Anaconda, Huawei, MacDonald’s and The Canberra Raiders. Thank you also the Superbarn Express Red Hill for donating fruit for all participants. This was another great community event.

07.01.2022 St Bede’s students commemorated Bastille Day in French lessons today after the official date was acknowledged during our school holidays. Students wore rouge, blanc and bleu to acknowledge the French flag, enjoyed croissants at recess and participated in activities to celebrate French culture. Thank you to Madam Sood for organising the activities.

07.01.2022 Off and racing at St Bede’s to celebrate the Melbourne Cup!

06.01.2022 Five lucky students from St Bede’s were invited along to the Australian Rugby Super W Competition launch at the National Museum today. It was a fantastic opportunity to get up close and meet the team captains and role models in women’s sport. Everyone is geared up for the first game this Saturday. Go girls! Go Brumbies!

05.01.2022 Congratulations to all of the winners in our Easter Raffle! Thank you to all of the families who purchased tickets and donated chocolate and other goodies. Special thanks goes to our parent volunteers for collating and wrapping the prizes! Winners may now collect their prize from the St Bede’s front office foyer. 1st Prize - Robert F (1) 2nd Prize - Kai G (1) 3rd Prize - Olivia H (5) Our other prizes went to:... Molly C, Jess K (6), Genevieve E (5), Finn M (2), Tom P(3), Sophia G (3), Timmy M (5) & Charlotte M (3) Happy Easter everyone See more

05.01.2022 As we prepare to celebrate Easter this Lenten season, St Bede’s students participated in a re-enactment of Jesus’ story through the Stations of the Cross. Kinder and Year 1 welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We then shared the last supper with Years 2 and 3. Jesus’ arrest, crucifixion and resurrection were retold by Years 4, 5 and 6. Thank you to all of the families and friends who were able to join us for this important event on the Church calendar.

04.01.2022 Happy 50 days of school to Kinder at St Bede’s! It has been a bit of a wait this year so it seemed very worthwhile to celebrate the half-way mark to 100 days! Kinder got together with their Year 5 buddies for some shared stories, games and treats at their teddy bear’s picnic. Thank you to Mrs Trow for making them all feel so special and important on this milestone.

03.01.2022 A great start to Water Safety for Kinder, Year 1 and Year 2. Students began with rescues, safe entries and keeping afloat. Great work!

03.01.2022 The St Bede’s Social Justice Committee combined forces with the SRC this week to promote Mission Month and Children’s Week. They planned activities to raise awareness, celebrate community and encourage participation. Congratulations on raising over $600 for Catholic Mission and for having some fun in the process. Thank you also to Shane from the Raiders for getting involved! We had a great week!

03.01.2022 St Bede’s celebrated the festive season by sharing the Christmas story through the Kinder Wiggly Nativity. Kinder were brilliant and looked very much the part. The Nativity was followed by traditional, modern and funky Christmas tunes performed by all of the students at St Bede’s. We wish all families a safe, merry and relaxing holiday break.

02.01.2022 Here is a snapshot of our wonderful school...from a distance. We look forward to welcoming visitors back soon.

02.01.2022 Today St Bede’s commemorated Remembrance Day to mark 101 years since the Armistice was signed to end World War I. Lest we forget.

02.01.2022 St Bede’s Book Week celebrations included superheroes and characters from books new and old! Congratulations to everyone who put so much effort into their costumes. As well as our parade, we celebrated with a visit from author Samantha Tidy and the Book Fair.

01.01.2022 St Bede's welcomes visitors to our wonderful little school throughout Open Week, 6-10 May 2019. Come along to see inquisitive, nurturing and innovative minds in action.