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Morning activities
Thank you for your support with the change to our morning activities where we are providing a variety of activities for the kids to do including puzzles, building blocks, colouring in, cards and board games. It has made for a much needed calmer start to our day for those kids who respond better to less craziness and with Run Club available for all students, we can still provide an option for those kids who like to burn off some early morning energy. It has been lovely to see so many parents join the kids on the mats to participate in the activity and show the kids how to play some of the games or set some building challenges with the blocks.
School Disco
We are all looking forward to the School disco being hosted by our P&F on Thursday night from 6.00pm - 7.30pm. This is a family night so get your dancing shoes on and let’s show the kids how it’s done :)
Playground updates
Our back oval is ready for students to use again (weather permitting) from next Monday and our landscapers are ready to move onto the next component of the Early Years area- the Putt Putt Mini Golf course. I hope this weather doesn’t hold things up too much as we are very excited to have this project in place.
Prep 2020 Enrolments
We are about to get our Prep Enrolment Campaign underway so I would like to encourage all of our families who have children due for Prep to please get your enrolment applications in. Siblings of current students, catholic children and students from our Kindy receive priority enrolment at St Benedict’s in the first round but it is essential we have your application to enable this.
Looking forward to a fabulous week ahead.
Cheers
Penny
Welcome to Week 8, it’s crazy to think there are only 2 weeks left of term! A big thank you to Year 1 Possums for leading assembly this week, speaking about the Transfiguration of Jesus. They reminded us take Jesus’ words into our hearts and put them into action in our lives, a great message during our Lenten season, which is a time where we are all called to action.
I have been away from school most of this week. At the beginning of the week I attended our Townsville Catholic Education APRE Cluster meeting. We looked a lot at Catholic Identity in our schools and what this looks like. Over our vast diocese, this looks different in many of our schools, but I’m very proud of the Catholic Identity we have formed, and one that is certainly very Benedictine in nature. As with all things, this will be something we continue to grow and develop with our school.
On Friday, I am attending a meeting for Christian Meditation. You may be aware that our diocese is quite unique in that Christian Meditation is offered in all of our schools. At St Benedict’s, we have Contemplative time which is timetabled into our day, with every class partaking in a Contemplative practice between 1:50 - 2:00 pm. This is a great time for students to take time out of their busy school schedules and lives, to breathe, be still, listen and refresh. You may have heard your children talk about our mantra which is used, ‘Maranatha’. It may sound a little strange, but it is an Aramaic word (the language used in the time of Jesus), which translates to ‘Come Lord Jesus’.
Swimming Carnival
A huge congratulations to our Interschool Swimming team, who on Monday WON the ‘F Schools’ Swimming Carnival. As well as taking out the overall prize, we also took home the ‘Most Improved’ trophy. I hear all of our students put in their best efforts and showed great sportsmanship during the day. Also thank you to Miss Massato and Mrs Moore who travelled with the students to the carnival and ensured all students made it to their races on time!
Have a great week and God bless.
Nick
On Friday, Year 2 Curlews visited the Kindy to talk about our Eproject, Eggs Benedict. We took our chicks, Pancake and Ash to visit them. The Kindy students asked many wonderful questions that we were excited to help them answer. We showed them the small coop they live in and what they ate. We hope the Kindy students had as much fun as we did!
2019 is the 3rd year of Penny Collins’ four year term as Principal, St Benedict’s Catholic School, Shaw. In line with Townsville Catholic Education Office procedures, an appraisal of Penny Collins’ performance in the role is carried out at this time. She has written a Self-Review as the first step in the appraisal process. In the Self-Review, she looks at her work with six leadership and management aspects: Faith and Mission, Education, Human, Staff, Community and Strategic Management as well as addressing Personal and Professional Leadership Capabilities.
I am asking for your assistance in gathering some feedback from the staff and parent communities to assist Penny to continue to develop her leadership skills. You are invited to take part in this process by completing the electronic survey, which I have prepared in consultation with her and returning it by clicking on the SUBMIT button when complete.
If you could provide your responses to me by Friday, 5th April it would be appreciated. Anonymous contributions will not be considered.
Click on this link to access Survey B – Penny Collins
Many thanks for your assistance and I look forward to receiving your input.
Laurence Hosking
Education Consultant
