St Bernadette's Primary School

To all our amazing mums and special women,

With Mother’s Day just around the corner this weekend, we want to take a moment to really celebrate and thank you for all that you do and all that you are! Your care, strength, patience, and love make such a difference in the lives of your children and our whole community. Whether it’s through a handmade card, a warm hug, or some special moments together, we hope you feel truly appreciated and celebrated. Wishing you a joyful and relaxing day, filled with much love - you totally deserve it!

This week we warmly congratulate our Year 3 students who recently received the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This is a special milestone in these children’s faith journey, as they learn about forgiveness, reflection, and God’s loving mercy. We are so proud of the reverence and maturity they showed in preparing for and participating in this important sacrament. Thank you to our teachers and families for supporting the children along the way - your guidance and encouragement make all the difference.

We’re excited to celebrate Walk to School Day on Friday 15th May! This is a wonderful opportunity for students and families to enjoy some fresh air, get active, and start the day in a positive way. Walking, scooting, or riding to school helps build healthy habits and is a great way to connect with friends along the way. Initiatives like this also encourage families to consider alternatives to driving, helping to reduce traffic congestion around the school, improve safety at drop-off times, and lessen our impact on the environment. We encourage everyone who can to take part and join us in making it a fun and energetic start to the day!

This weekend my family and I are heading down to Dunsborough and on Saturday I am competing in the Margaret River Ultra Marathon in a team of three other friends, with my kids running on the Sunday. My leg involves a lot of running on soft sand ... say no more!!

Wishing you all a brilliant Mother’s Day weekend!

Geordie

A reminder to our families about the way we communicate at St Bernadette's.

• All communication comes through the office by telephone on 95934066 or by email - admin@stbernadettes.wa.edu.au
• If you need to contact your Classroom Teacher, Leadership or our Social Worker, please contact the ladies in the office or email us and your communications will be forwarded onto the relevant person/s.

We have a few ways of communicating with families:

• Weekly Newsletters are emailed every Friday. This contains whole school and community information.It is expected that everyone reads this.
• SEQTA Engage is used for bulk emails to families regarding whole school, year group or extra curricular activity information. School reports (PP - Yr 6) are also made available on SEQTA.
• SeeSaw is used for all classroom information - notices, reminders from the teacher, however reply messaging is turned off. Please use our email instead.
• Facebook & Instagram are used for marketing purposes as well as event reminders.

The following students will be receiving Merit Awards at next week's Assembly, which starts at 8.50am in the undercover area. Family and friends are welcome to join us.

Our Interschool Basketball Carnival is being held on Thursday 28 May and we are looking for two coaches, one for the girls team and one for the boy's team. Please help if you can!

This is a reminder that St Bernadette’s CPS is an authorised used battery collection point. We are affiliated to a recycling group called Ecobatt and the recycle bin can be found in the undercover area.

Batteries eligible for the scheme:

• All alkaline batteries
• Easily removable Lithium-ion batteries (single cells)
• All button cell batteries
• Power tool batteries
• E-bike/e-scooter batteries less than 5kg
• NiMH batteries
• Mobile phones

Please remember to complete an absentee form whenever your child is away from school. This helps us keep accurate attendance records and meet reporting requirements. Notification must be in writing and can be submitted via our website - https://stbernadettes.wa.edu.au/families

Thank you for your cooperation.

In order to keep all our students safe, please ensure that if your child arrives after 8.35am and/or leaves before the end of the school day, that they are signed in and out at the office. If they are signed out for an appointment they should always be signed back in at the office if they are returning to school. Thank you for your assistance.

We are in the process of making name signs to be displayed on car dashboards in the hope this will streamline the kiss & drop process and speed the pick up line up. If you use the kiss & Drop please complete the form below:

Snapshot WA is a free photography competition for children and young people aged 8 to 17 across Western Australia — and entries are open until 28 May 2026.

Year 5 & 6 Interschool Soccer - Thursday 14 May

National Walk Safely to School Day - Friday 15 May - meet @ Farmer Jacks at 7.45am

Year 4 Fremantle excursion - Friday 15 May

Year 2R Assembly - Friday 15 May

P&F Meeting - Friday 15 May @ 9.00am in the Library

Year 2 - 6 Piano, Guitar & Drum lessons 2026

Keyed Up Music is the largest music school providing music lessons for kids in Perth. With over 550 guitar students per week, the professional guitar teachers at Keyed Up know how to not only teach guitar competently to your child but also engage, inspire and create learning opportunities for them. Coupled with some basic practice discipline and good ol’ fashioned grit, there are simply no limits to your child’s musical potential! They too could be a Rock n’ Roll star of the 21st Century.

Guitar and Drum lessons are held at Bernie's after school on a Tuesday & Thursday. Please hop onto the Keyed Up Music website for more information - https://www.keyedupmusic.com.au/

Our school canteen is only open on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Orders can be placed online via the Spriggy App before 8.30am

or in person at the canteen.

Please note that as this is a live calendar, dates and times may change occasionally.

2026 TERM DATES:

Term 2: Mon 20 April – Fri 3 July: Pupil Free Day 29 May 2026

Term 3: Tues 21 July – Fri 25 Sept: Pupil Free Days 3 & 4 September 2026

Term 4: Tues 13 Oct – Fri 11 December

In the Catholic tradition, our parish and school are closely connected.

The parish, led by Father Giovanni, provides spiritual leadership and is responsible for ensuring we nurture students’ faith alongside academic learning. The school supports the parish by helping children grow in Catholic values, preparing them for sacraments, and encouraging family participation in parish life.

It’s essentially a partnership — the parish is the faith community, and the school is one of its key ministries. For more information about our Parish, please click here:

https://portkennedy.perthcatholic.org.au/

Email: admin@stbernadettes.wa.edu.au
Website: https://stbernadettes.wa.edu.au
Location: 252 Grand Ocean Boulevard, Port Kennedy WA, Australia
Phone: (08) 9593 4066
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbernadettescps/