St Benedict's Catholic School Shaw
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890 Dalrymple Road
Shaw QLD 4818
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Email: jswanson1@stbenedicts.catholic.edu.au
Phone: 07 4413 2400

Acting Principal's Update

Welcome to Term 4!  Thank you to staff, students and families for making me feel welcome and showing me the Way of Peace at St Benedict's Catholic School.  It has been lovely visiting classes throughout this week and getting feedback from students and staff to help me settle in and learn about the bright spots in our school and the areas for growth.  It is such a privilege to be Acting Principal of St Benedict’s for Term 4.  

Newsletter Distribution

Our Newsletter is moving to fortnightly distribution through Schoolzine. We will actively keep our community informed through a variety of avenues. We encourage you to follow our Facebook page.  Fortnightly Class Newsletters will also be emailed  via Compass so that  families know what is coming up in the week ahead. Feedback will be sought at the end of the year to gauge whether this is an effective way of keeping you informed.

Student Culture at St Benedicts

This morning we had a Student Culture reset assembly with Year 5 and 6 - the leaders of our school.

The presentation provided important reminders and further clarity about our Respectful Responsible Relationships Procedures and how this procedure connects to our high expectations in our school, underpinned by The Way of Peace.

Our Levels of Behaviour document (Green, Yellow, Orange, Red and Grey) outlines our expected behaviour (Green Level) and guides our response regarding levels and consequences for inappropriate behaviour.

Particular attention was paid to what Green Level Behaviour looks and sounds like. Green Level Behaviour sets the high standard for all students at St Benedict’s to follow and keeps us all safe and engaged in learning.

Green Level Description     ∎  You are consistently behaving in ways that model our school values and beliefs


What does Green Level behaviour look and sound like?


  • Following the Way of Peace
  • Following School Student Engagement Plan
  • Respecting each other and self
  • Trying your best and allowing others to do the same
  • Making good choices about your physical and emotional safety
  • Maintaining a clean and tidy environment in the classroom and in the school grounds

We also spent some time talking through some specific areas that students can find challenging. Clarity is especially important in the following areas:

  •  inappropriate language use (including back chatting, swearing and using discriminatory language
  • inappropriate physical behaviour/contact (fighting, hitting, pushing and punching)
  • Inappropriate use of technology at school and the use of social media. (It is important to note that incidents that occur outside of school time relating to communication between students will be dealt with by the school when reported. This includes such things as mean/hurtful exchanges or threats on social media or other gaming platforms)

We were very clear with the students today and this supports us all in knowing that actions have consequences and that we are accountable for our actions.



I have immensely enjoyed my first week at St Benedict’s and I am very excited to learn more about this special community and look forward to meeting more families as the term continues.

Blessings.

Mardi Grubba

Acting Principal