Wow, only one week to go and what a week it is going to be with many classes participating in Eisteddfod throughout the week and our Ecofest on Thursday. It has been a long and tumultuous term with lots of sickness and exhaustion going around but next week will highlight the culmination of some significant areas of learning. While I understand getting along to the Eisteddfod is tricky this year due to Covid restrictions, we would love to see as many of you as possible come along to our Ecofest on Thursday from 11.30am -12.30pm. This year’s event will be our biggest one so far and will have opportunities across the school to engage with including tours of our Bushtucker Trail, Country Farm Garden and chicken coop. Each year level will showcase what they have been doing for their eProject.

Next term, we hit the ground running with the next step in our 5 year School Improvement Process- Verification. Verification involves a Townsville Catholic Education School Services Team (not the one we work directly with) coming into our school over a two day period to engage in a presentation by our leadership team about our successes and our challenges and where we as a leadership team provide a collaboratively discerned rating on each of the ten Characteristic of an Effective Catholic School. The Verification Team will also interview staff and parents and do classroom observations to make recommendations and commendations about our next steps. Next year, we have Validation which is where we will finalise our goals and priorities for the next five year cycle. This process has been very affirming for us so far as we have a lot to be proud of as a school community but we have also drafted some aspirational goals in preparation for the next five years. We also strive to be the best we can be.

Next term we are thoroughly looking forward to moving into our new library and setting up new classrooms and meeting spaces that we can access before the year is done. 

Please enjoy the last week and I hope your families will enjoy the break from school in the coming weeks.

Have a fabulous week. 

Cheers

Penny Collins

P&F in our Community

Earlier this year, we held our Disco in Term 2.  This was a great night and the money raised at the disco has been put back into our school community.  The P&F have sponsored new Netball dresses, singlets and Football jerseys for the students.  These look great and we can’t wait to see our school teams out and about next year representing the school in these great uniforms!

Next week is the EcoFest and the P&F has jumped on board with the eco friendly message from our students.  There will be eco-friendly coffee cups for sale on the day.  These are $10 each, with the coffee van offering a $1 discount on coffees / drinks bought on the day if you have a St Benny’s Coffee Cup!!  Bring along your money and you can get your hands on one of these great cups.

School Uniforms

At St Benedict’s we take pride in our wonderful school and this includes our uniform.  With the end of term approaching in the changing weather, we have noticed some uniforms are not being worn correctly.  Please take some time to review the uniform requirements (here) and we thank you for your ongoing commitment with correct uniforms.

P&F Father’s Day Raffle Winners

A big thanks to those who made our Father’s Day Raffle possible by either donating or buying raffle tickets.  Prizes were drawn at assembly today and there are lots of very happy children that their Dad’s will be getting a fabulous gift.  We give thanks and congratulations to:

Jordan McClean for donating a signed Cowboys Jersey - Won by The Sampson Family

BCF Deeragun for donating a Esky and Fishing Kit pack - Won by the Songnan Family

Greentech Townsville for donating a Cricket Esky and Slab - Won by the O’Reilly Family

Sydney Tools for donating a 131 Piece Socket Set - Won by the Ralph Family

Scott Matthews Lawn and Garden Care Voucher - Won by the Wall Family

Townsville Float Centre - Sauna and Float Voucher - Won by the Forrest Family

Pure Romance Pamper Park - Won by the Blakey Family

Bunnings Voucher & The Flower Station Pack - Won by the Ruddell Family

Ryan Community Centre

Sunday    9.30 am and 5.00 pm

Monday   8.00 am

Tuesday  8.00 am

Wednesday 10.00 am

Thursday    9.00 am

Good Shepherd Community Centre

Sunday 7.30 am

Wednesday 6.30 am

Friday 10.00 am

Saturday 6.00 pm