Thank you to the Year 3/4 Emus who presented on assembly this week on the theme of ‘The Second Week of Lent’.  During their gospel reflection, they spoke of walking a path that Jesus showed us. They said to walk down this path we need to show peace, forgiveness, compassion, justice, kindness and love.  They finished with the message that we can show these things at St Benedict’s everyday, a great take home message for us all!

Sacramental Program

At St Benedict’s we have 5 students taking part in the Sacramental Program run through the Good Shepherd Parish.  Congratulations to Bryce, Jack, Sophie, Ella and Marie-Claire who last week continued their Sacramental journey in undergoing the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  These students and their families have been attending meetings once a week to prepare them for the Sacraments and before the end of the term they will have received Confirmation and First Holy Communion as well.  

Excursions

A lot of our classes have already been able to attend excursions this year to extend their classroom learning.  We’ve had Year 1’s attend the Bohle Wetlands site to support their eProject, the Year 3 and 4 classes attend the Townsville City Council Materials Recovery Facility (recycling) to support their eProject and next week, Year 5 and 6 classes will be attending a show at the Civic Theatre to support what they have been learning in English.  These excursions are a great way to extend what students have been learning about and see ideas and practices in real life. At St Benedict’s, all classes attend excursions throughout the year, so keep a lookout for when your child's class will be attending an excursion next!     

Have a great week and God bless,

Nick             

PREP OPEN DAY

We invite all potential Prep families to St Benedict’s in 2021 to attend our Prep Open Day on Thursday 19th March from 9:00-10:00am.  We invite you to attend with your child starting Prep in 2021 and have a tour of our school led by our senior teachers.  You will also be encouraged to book your Prep enrollment interview for 2021 at this time. If you are unable to attend this day, our Principal will be running tours on the following times:

Monday 23rd & 30th March, 9:00-10:00am AND 

Thursday 25 March and 2nd April, 4:30-5:30pm.