APRE News
Welcome to the end of Week 9 and our last newsletter for the term!
This morning, our Prep Bilbies presented assembly on the theme of Father’s Day. During their assembly, they thanked all of our fathers, grandfathers and father figures in our lives, who throughout our lives show us love and care, which we reflect is like the love that God gives to us. I am very grateful for my own father, who I have learnt so much from in my life. I am also grateful every day for the chance of being a father, my greatest joy.
St Benedict’s NAIDOC Celebrations
Last week, we welcomed Big Eye Theatre company to St Benedict’s to run a series of dancing workshops with all of our students, culminating in a whole school dance on Thursday afternoon. We received wonderful feedback from the students, staff, as well as the members of Big Eye, about the shared storytelling and participation of students in these workshops. A big thanks to Mrs Christie, who organised this visit as well as a range of other activities for our students throughout the week to “keep the fire burning”.


Sports at St Benedict’s
We have had a lot of students representing St Benedict’s recently on the sporting field. Some of the highlights include:
Cricket Blast Challenge - Mixed team - 1st, Boys team - 2nd
Festival of Sport
Basketball - 4th in pool
Netball - 3rd in pool
Oztag - Girls team - 2nd, Boys team, 2nd
Soccer - 1st
We would also like to pass on our congratulations to Conor (Year 4) and Brooklyn (Year 5) for participating in the Northern Region trials for Track and Field. Brookly finished 1st in both his 100m and 200m events and was selected in the Northern team.
2024 Eisteddfod (REPEAT)
Each class at St Benedict’s this year will be participating in the 2024 Townsville Eisteddfod. Classes have been learning and will present a poem at the Townsville Eisteddfod on the Civic Theatre Stage. This will be taking place in the last week of Term 3. The schedule for when classes are performing has been included below, with a separate Compass Event being sent out to parents this week.
All Performances at the Townsville Civic Theatre
Please note that there is an entry fee to attend any Eisteddfod Session
September 10 Tuesday |
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1st Section - Expected Start 9:30am |
Section 201 Y6 |
6C, 6S, 6T |
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2nd Section - Expected Start 10:10am |
Section 206A Y1 |
1B, 1E |
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3rd Section - Expected Start 10:50am |
Section 206B Y1 |
1P, 1W |
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4th Section - Expected Start 11:30am |
Section 203A Y4 |
4B, 4G |
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5th Section - Expected Start 12:10pm |
Section 203B Y4 |
4D |
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September 11 Wednesday |
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1st Section - Expected Start 9:30am |
Section 202A Y5 |
5D |
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2nd Section - Expected Start 10:10am |
Section 202B Y5 |
5J, 5T |
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4th Section - Expected Start 11:30am |
Section 204A Y3 |
3B, 3E |
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5th Section - Expected Start 12:10pm |
Section 204B Y3 |
3G, 3K |
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September 12 Thursday |
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1st Section - Start at 9:30am |
Section 205A Y2 |
2C, 2K, |
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2nd Section - Expected Start 10:10am |
Section 205B Y2 |
2L, 2M |
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3rd Section - Expected Start 10:50am |
Section 207A YP |
PK, PW |
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4th Section - Expected Start 11:30am |
Section 207B YP |
PB, PP |
Pax,
Nick