APRE News

Week 8 has drawn to a close, and just like that we are down to 2 weeks left of term!  A BIG thankyou to Year 4 Dragonflies who presented Assembly on the Pentecost - which celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.  During their assembly, the students spoke about the Fruits of the Spirit which live in all of us - Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control.  Each of us are given these gifts and the ability to use them. This would certainly make a worthwhile conversation with your children about how they might use these every day! I’ve attached some photos of some of the singing and dancing which the Year 4 class treated us to during their assembly.

St Benny’s Got Talent

Some students this week may be coming home talking about ‘St Benny’s Got Talent’ which forms a part of our Feast Day celebrations.  What happens for this is, students nominate to their classroom teacher if they would like to present their talent - whatever that might be.  Students do not require costumes for ‘tryouts’, with an expectation that talents are pre-existing From here, in Weeks 9 and 10, Mr Christie will view these entrants at lunchtime and create a list of performers to take part in our official ‘St Benny’s Got Talent’ for our Feast Day celebrations.  These students will be notified before the end of the term, which will leave them with the holidays and start of Week 1 to prepare their performance for the whole school. The event itself takes place at 2:00pm in the Hall on Friday 19 July.

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Save the Dates

With the end of term rapidly approaching, I thought it would be worthwhile to share information about some upcoming events which you may wish to attend:

• Whole School Meditation - Monday June 24 @ 8:45am

If you’ve ever wanted to know what Christian meditation is about or how it runs, we will be hosting a whole school Christian Meditation session in ‘the Hall’.  It will only be a short session, but you are very welcome to share in this time with us.

• NAIDOC Week Celebrations - Friday June 28 - starting at 8:45am

As NAIDOC Week falls during the holidays, we will be having our NAIDOC celebrations on the last week of this term.  We will begin with a short liturgy on Friday morning at 8:45am, followed by a performance from the Marian School Indigenous Dance Troupe.  This will then be followed by a range of activities offered to ALL of our students happening throughout the school, mainly surrounding the Early Years Precinct, including ‘Storytime’ in the yarning circle with Uncle Russel Buttler, which I am very much looking forward to!

• St Benedict’s Feast Day - Friday July 19 - starting at 9:00am

This year our Feast Day will be held on Friday Term 3, Week 1.  It will begin with a Whole School Mass, celebrated by Fr Dave Lancini, followed by rotational activities for ALL the students and our 2nd Annual ‘St Benny’s Got Talent’ from 1:50pm.  We would love all parents, friends and families to attend the Mass and St Benny’s Got Talent.

St Benedict's Feast Day - Donations

This year for St Benedict’s Feast Day, we have Townsville Multicultural Support Group coming in to speak to our students as special guest presenters.  TMSG is a not for profit organization who welcomes every new refugee to our region and supports newly arrived migrants. Their mission is a commitment to bringing people together of different cultural backgrounds working in the spirit of friendship.

To further support the work of TMSG, we are asking St Benedict’s families to donate items to be put together to create Personal Care/Hygiene packs for men, women and teenagers, Newborn Baby Packs and Start Up School kits to families new to our region.  Please see the information below for items that you might be able to contribute. All donations can handed in to the school office.

Quest for Knowledge / Readers Cup

A huge congratulations to both our Quest for Knowledge and Readers Cup teams who performed admirably during the week.  The Quest for Knowledge team of Cooper, Matthew, Haydan and Jack proved quick on the buzzer, with the knowledge to back it up, placing 2nd out of 15 others schools!  Although not gaining a place, our Readers Cup Team of Cooper, Alannah, Ashlee and Maddison played with tremendous spirit! Well done to both teams and their teachers for their dedication in preparing them for these events.  

Have a great week and God bless,

Nick