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Five weeks to go…
Can you believe that we are almost half way through the term already? Time is flying by this term and we have so much to look forward to. We have swimming lessons coming up from Monday November 9 to November 19 with the Swimming Carnival on Friday November 20. With restrictions easing, we are able to invite one parent per family along to our Swimming Carnival at this stage which is at least an improvement on other school events this year. I am thoroughly looking forward to our Step Up/Orientation Day on Tuesday December 1 where we will welcome about 120 new students who are coming to St Benedict’s in 2021 including 100 Prep students, our first year of moving to four-stream (classes). My favourite event of the year each year is our O’Holy night. This year we are planning to make it extra special by hosting it out on the oval where we can all get comfortable with our picnic style dinners and enjoy some Christmas Carols together. My adult daughter is already keen to get Christmas Carols started in her car as soon as November hits :)
2021 Planning
This week our leadership team- Nick (APRE), Aleesha (Learning and Teaching Advisor), Bernie Herron (Inclusive Education Coordinator) and myself have taken a couple of days out from school to have a planning meeting about 2021. This is such a valuable opportunity for us to review feedback (eg.RADii Survey results), current practices, successes and challenges to then develop our Annual School Improvement Goals for the coming year. The uninterrupted time allows us to think deeply, critically and creatively about our school community needs so we can come up with the best approach possible. With our growing school and another building project on the horizon, there is much to consider in ensuring that we continue aspiring to the wonderful plans identified in our School Mission and Vision. We look forward to sharing our plans over the coming weeks.
Day for Daniel
Thank you to everyone who was able to join our Awareness Campaign for Day for Daniel by wearing a red shirt today. We can never forget how important the messages about Child Safety are especially for guiding our children to be aware of their own body cues when they are uncomfortable or feel unsafe. Recognise, React, Report!
World Teachers Day
Finally I would just like to acknowledge the fabulous teachers in our school who are so passionate about providing engaging learning environments for our children. Being at a new school has both its challenges and its rewards (let’s face it our school is mostly a rewarding place to work :)) and I am so grateful for the team of professionals that we have. They are a wonderful support to each other and I feel blessed to work with them every day. Our teachers give so much of their time and energy to genuinely knowing and caring about your children’s needs. Happy World Teachers day team.
Please have a fabulous week.
Cheers
Penny Collins
Principal
Welcome to the end of Week 4!
We started off today being led in assembly by the Year 1 Wallabies on the topic of ‘Day for Daniel’ - Child Safety. This is obviously a very important topic and one that as parents, educators and carers of students, we all play an important role of imparting the message of safety to our children. Throughout the day, all of our students have taken part in child safety lessons. The Daniel Morcombe foundation has done great work in raising awareness and bringing child safety to the forefront of our minds. If you wanted further information, there is also a lot of information available on their website: https://danielmorcombe.com.au/
St Benedict’s - Polling Booth
As you may be aware, this weekend is the Queensland state election. Our school is an Election Polling Booth, and as such, you will be able to vote here from 8:00am on Saturday. Throughout the day, our P&F will be fundraising by having a sausage sizzle and cold drinks for sale for those voting at St Benedict’s. Any support of this is greatly appreciated! Also, if you are able to give some of your time, our P&F are still looking for volunteers to man the BBQ or sell drinks. If you are able to do this, please click on the following link and add your name in the spreadsheet. Volunteers on the day would also be greatly appreciated!
SAVE THE DATE
An announcement about our annual ‘O Holy Night’ Christmas Carols event. With some restrictions easing prior to the event, we are able to invite our whole community to attend our outdoor version of O Holy Night!
It will take place on the low oval on Wednesday 2nd December. People will be invited to set up from 6:00pm with the show beginning at 6:30pm.
Families will be invited to bring their own picnic rugs, camp chairs, dinner and nibbles to enjoy the festivities and farewell the year together. Fingers crossed that restrictions will stay that way as we are very excited at the prospect of being able to have everyone together before the end of the year!
Pax
Nick
