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

Principals Report

What a lovely week it has been for our students settling in to their second week back at school. While the rain has been wonderful and we are looking forward to more, the sunshine has allowed the students to get out and enjoy the play spaces. This week we started our specialist lessons again with the addition of a Technology class. This new specialist lesson has been introduced to enhance the learning experiences for our students in the area of Digital Literacy and Design Technology. Technology will still be taught in each classroom as well as it integrates so beautifully with many of our other learning areas. While some of our younger students were a little challenged with meeting so many new teachers, most enjoyed the diversity of new people, new rooms and new subjects.

Over the next few weeks we will have a number of teachers away each week for various professional training sessions they need to do. Each year teachers are released from the classroom duties to attend sessions about meeting the specific needs of students with disabilities eg. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social Emotional Disorder just to name a few. Teachers will also be released from class to conduct planning sessions with their year level colleagues for the next term’s learning. While having teachers away from classrooms is essential for the professional development we consistently require and to have opportunities to work collaboratively, it can be challenging for some students. Your children’s teachers will mostly advise you through their class newsletter when they have a planned absence coming up so this would be a good time to chat to your children about their expectations. 

Next week we have our lessons starting with Life Education and Healthy Harold. Each class will have an opportunity to visit the van and engage in lessons about healthy life choices or friendship type lessons. We always find this type of learning quite engaging for the kids and trust that they will enjoy the visit. 

Next Tuesday, 11 February we have our Annual General meeting for the P&F where we will elect a new executive committee. The meeting starts at 7.00pm. We will have our regular meeting after the AGM. It would be great to see as many parents there as we can. The meeting will be in our staffroom which is at the back of the Administration building.

Have a fabulous weekend, see you next week

Cheers

Penny