And we’ve made it to the end of another busy term at St Benedict’s!  We’ve had many events throughout the term, including Interschool Athletics Carnival, Readers Cup, Quest for Knowledge, excursions and plenty of learning in classrooms!  

After the business of the term, it was great to start the week with Whole School Meditation.  On the whole, the students did a wonderful job of gathering quietly and sitting in silence. Meditation is something which classes practice daily at St Benedict’s and is something which our school and diocese value highly.  Giving students time to sit and ‘be’ affords children to be silent and experience God in the silence. We are looking at holding a morning meditation open to staff, students, parents and the wider community starting sometime in Term 3, you would be very welcome to join us!  Look out for a confirmation of this soon! 

We finished this week with our NAIDOC Celebrations.  Our day started with prayer led beautifully by our Indigenous students.  This was followed by a special performance by the Marian Catholic School Torres Strait Islander Dancers.  This was a real treat for our students who were in awe of the other students performing cultural dances for them.  The morning session finished with our NAIDOC activities scattered throughout our Early Years precinct, which again was a hit for students.  A big thanks for this must go to our staff Indigenous Education Committee and Miss Annette, who helped organise the event!

REPEAT MESSAGE

Save the Dates

With the end of term upon us, I wanted to share again information about our St Benedict’s Feast Day which you may want to attend:

• 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. 

St Benny’s Got Talent

I was very lucky to get to sit though over 20 acts of students who put their name down for St Benny’s Got Talent.  Unfortunately, not all students were able to perform at our Feast Day, but I would like to congratulate the following students who will be performing for us on Feast Day:

Summer and Mia (Prep P), Theo T (1W), Isabella H and Piper (1E), Tyson (2), Ruby (3), Chloe and Emmalissa (4), Ella J and Ella B (4), Sadie and Kilahni (4), Ebony and Maddie (4), Senior Girls Dance (56), Tyson (56), Haydan (56)

Have a  great holiday and God bless,

Nick