St Bede's will once again be collecting donations of food and Christmas 'goodies' for the St Vincent de Paul FOODraiser.

We are asking for donations of non-perishable goods - see the below suggestion list.

These can be left in the school office or handed to the classroom teacher. Please be aware that donations should not expire before February 2025.

Suggested items could be: 

UHT custard and milk, tinned fruit, biscuits (e.g. Christmas shortbread), box of chocolates, Christmas pudding, corn chips & salsa, bags of chips, muesli bars, pasta & pasta sauce, packet of rice, curry sauce in jar, tinned fish, tinned vegetables, tinned ham, salad dressing, mustard, jam, honey, jar of coffee, drinking chocolate, tea bags, bottles of juice, soft drink, box of cereal/muesli, Christmas decorations, etc. 

Donation can be left up until Friday 6 December.

2025 Uniform Orders  

Len Mutton and Co are the supplier of St Bede's Uniforms and they are currently taking orders for the Term 1 2025 school year.

The due date for all orders is the 1 December 2024, after this day orders cannot be guaranteed. Their contact number is 48422446 and they are located in Wallace Street.

• Please ensure that your child/ren bring a hat to school every day.  
• Parents are reminded to check that their child's name is on all their clothing - it is impossible to return clothes with no name.
• Any families who have uniforms that they are no longer need, please consider donating these to the schools 2nd hand uniform pool. Please drop any donations into the office. Thank you

St Bede's is a Nut Free school

St Bede's is a nut free school - This mean that students should not bring anything containing nuts to school, this includes Nutella, Peanut Butter and any other nut butters as we have several students who are highly allergic to these items.

The sharing of any food, lollies or confectionery is not encouraged.

At St Bede's canteen is run every 2nd Monday and the running of canteen is dependant on volunteers - we require at least 2 parent volunteers per canteen.

Please see the roster below - if you are able to help please contact Brenda, Trish or the office to have your name added.

If canteen is cancelled your child will need to bring their own lunch, as per a non canteen day. 

If you have any questions about what is required to help on canteen please contact Brenda on 0438 275 032 or Trish on 0412 889507 or 02 48422027.

Please note that any parents volunteering for canteen must have a current Working With Children Check (WWCC). WWCC can be applied for through Service NSW (link) applying for a WWCC. Once you have received the clearance please send a copy of the email + your date of birth to the office as the clearances are checked.