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

Principal's Update

Thank you for your support of your children and St Benedict’s over the past two weeks. The start, stop nature of the beginning of the school year was unfortunate. Despite this, I have witnessed first hand the wonderful spirit of this school and the friendly, positive nature of the children. The calmness displayed last week in the lead up to Ex Cyclone Kirrily was a credit to both parents, carers and staff. The weather continues to be unpredictable and in the case of any further severe weather events, we will continue to communicate with parents via email, text and our official St Benedict’s Facebook page.

For me, the past few weeks have been a wonderful introduction into this great school. The welcome I have received from the school leadership team, staff, parents and students has been incredible. Thank you everyone. I look forward to meeting more parents in the coming weeks. 

Next week I will be attending my first School Board Meeting, P & F Meeting and Parish Pastoral Council Meeting. This will give me more opportunity to learn more about our school and the importance of partnerships between staff, parents and parish for the benefit of our students.

Welcome to our new staff

I wish to officially welcome our new staff members to St Benedict’s.

Andriana Papadimitriou Amanda Prideaux Ondrea Stumer Krystal Bachmann

Melissa Warren Alexandra Wenta Zoie Howard Chloe Bassett

Elisha Hudson Mark Fleming

We also welcome back Pierina Masatto to St Benedict’s.

The new staff and I have been made to feel very welcome by the current staff members. The new staff members bring their own experiences, talents and knowledge to St Benedict’s. This combined with our talents of dedication of our existing staff bodes well for a great 2024 school year.

Foundation

I am discovering each day the amount of work and commitment that has gone into this school since its foundation. I wish to thank all staff and parents for their hard work and commitment to the students, each other and St Benedict’s over the past six years. The scale of the work required to establish a new Catholic school is quite extraordinary. 

I would also like to acknowledge the work and dedication of our Foundation Principal, Penny Collins. 

Penny has left a great legacy here and her efforts and vision will be long lasting and remembered.

I would also like to thank and acknowledge the leadership of Ros Baumann and Mardi Grubba who filled Acting Principal positions last year. Congratulations to Mardi on her appointment as Foundation Principal of Mary Help of Christians Catholic College. The St Benedict’s community stands ready to support and assist the development of Townsville Catholic Education’s newest school. 



I am most grateful and excited about the opportunity to be part of St Benedict’s Catholic School. I very much look forward to working in partnership with our talented leadership team, staff, parents and parish. One of my goals is to learn all the children’s names by the end of Term 1. Wish me luck.

Patrick