St Benedict's Catholic School Shaw eNewsletter

Disco

What a great time was had by so many of our students last night. It was wonderful to see so many students engaging in a social way and developing their relationships with each other. Many thanks to the P&F volunteers who assisted with the behind the scenes organisation and the volunteers on the night. These community events would not be possible without your engagement.

Student Residential Address and Other Information Collection Notice to Parents

Please note the attached Parent Information Notice in regards to the collection of data by the Australian Government Department of Education. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me.

Collection_notice_for_parents.pdf

Building Works

Many may have noticed this week the Stage 4 building area has been fenced off ready for the required Site Office set up and preparation for breaking ground. We are excited to see the initial stages coming together of our final building stage.

Mendi Group will commence some initial site works next week. These works are not anticipated to impact on the entry to or movement around the school site for parents and/or students. There will be some development in this space closer to the school holidays, with entry to the school site likely to be via the temporary access road early in term 2. Works that may impact the school site will, as best as possible, be minimised and hopefully during the coming school holidays. Further information about these coming changes will be communicated in further newsletters.

Staff Changes

We have had some staff changes in the past couple of weeks. Kiarra Nolan has taken up an alternate opportunity that will allow greater flexibility around her university study. We will Amy Maher to Year 5. Sandra Raleigh has taken up an opportunity that allows a greater level of support for her family. We welcome Maya Hall to Year 1. We welcome Mr Rod Hundy to our grounds team alongside Ian Giezendanner. We wish all staff well and look forward to the contribution of our new staff.

Blessings to all

Ros

Welcome to the end of Week 6 - it’s been another big week with the Disco, Year 1 Excursion and the normal comings and goings of the classroom everyday. A big thanks to all those who were able to assist with the Disco, it was a great event and the kids who attended looked as though they had a ball!

Today the Year 3 Emus led us on assembly and did a wonderful job! Their assembly was on the theme of ‘The First Sunday of Lent’ - they looked at the Gospel when Jesus struggled in the desert for 40 days - and reminded us of the times in our lives when we feel things are tough and we are struggling, and reminded us that God is always present in our lives to give us strength to rise up and keep going. As we get into the “difficult” part of the term, where we are all starting to get a little weary, this was certainly a timely message!

Project Compassion

Each week, Project Compassion has a video to show how they are supporting people and communities around the world. Please see the link below to see one of the many projects around the world and to see where your donations might be spent. This week's story takes us to Zimbabwe and is about a woman named Priscilla.

If you’re interested, you may want to learn more at the following link:

https://www.caritas.org.au/project-compassion/a-day-with-priscilla/

A reminder that each classroom has a donation box, where any funds, even small contributions, can be placed to do something for someone else.

Pax,

Nick

Year3Brolgas.pdf

LAST DAYS TO ORDER

Please see images and prices below of the new badges that are available for ANZAC DAY. The school will be ordering these new badges and would like to seek an expression of interest for those families wanting to purchase them from the school.

Please email Leza Triffitt ltriffitt@stbenedicts.catholic.edu.au indicating which badges and how many you would like to purchase. The order will placed on 22/03/2023 so that no one misses out as they do sell out fast.

ANZAC_Day_badges.pdf