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St. Benedict’s Catholic Primary School is now in its second year of operation.  Situated in the picturesque suburb of Mango Hill, the school currently caters for students from Prep to Year 4.   The school will progress by one year level each year. Once fully completed, the school will be a Prep to Year 12 educational precinct.

The masterplan for St Benedict’s is to have three streams of Prep through to Year 7 and the capacity to have five streams of Secondary classes, assuming accreditation, government approvals and enrolment projections meet our targets. To meet this growing school population we will be building every two years with ten new classrooms and student amenities being built this year for use in 2010.

Ours is  a distinctive Catholic community in the spirit of Benedictine teachings and traditions. The school, in partnership with the Petrie Parish and Centacare, provides a unique Catholic environment where together we live, love, learn and celebrate. Our school motto, Walk in God’s Ways, permeates our school culture and challenges us to enrich our changing world, by living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Community News

Term 2 has been an exciting term with many significant achievements and the disappointment of the delayed start to the Stage 2 constructions. However, all is underway now and it is exciting to see the developmental progress and the heavy construction making a difference to our site. It has also captured the imagination of many of our students seeing the excavators, trucks, cranes etc working adjacent to the school complex.

Next term I will be meeting with Queensland Transport and looking at ways to ensure the safety of our students in and around our school environment. They have a number of programs that are implemented within all schools. If you are available and/or interested in student safety, you would be most welcome to attend this initial meeting at school. This initial meeting is to be held Monday the 20th of July at 9.30 am.

 

 

 

 

On the last day of the term we supported Red Nose Day and the wonderful work being done in the SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) field. Children were invited to come to school wearing something Red or everything Red if they so desired and bring along a gold coin donation to support this appeal.

100 Days at School As well as being Red Nose Day and the last day of term, Friday 26th June marked another significant event, 100 Days at School for 2009. Our Prep students commemorated this day with a celebration of learning event. 100 balloons were released and a large cake was cut and shared ~ a great way to end a semester of incredible growth and development for our youngest learners in our school.

St. Benedict’s Feast Day is celebrated during the holidays and there will be a celebration after Mass on the 12th of July. Our school community will celebrate St. Benedict’s feast day after the holidays on Friday 17th of July with a fun day of activities commencing with a whole school prayer in the undercover area at 8.30 am. It is sure to be a great celebration.

On behalf of our staff may I extend to all families a safe and enjoyable Vacation. School resumes, after the Staff Professional Development Day (Mon 13th July), on Tuesday 14th of July.

Thought for the Week: “Happiness is contagious. Start an epidemic today”

A Special Report from Mrs Chris McGraw and Prep C students On Assembly this week Prep C presented one of the values of St Benedict - Peace. They shared with the school community some of the things that St Benedict taught about Peace. St Benedict knew how important it is to have Peace in our lives. He told us to always make Peace before we go to sleep. The Preppies know that they can be a Peacemaker by sharing, playing fairly, caring about others and being a good friend. Sometimes, if we have hurt someone we need to make things right again. We need to say sorry and be forgiven. Then we can have Peace.

Wednesday 22 July Week 2, Term 3, on this date we invite our students to come in free dress with a gold coin donation. This money will go towards our Partner Parish, St Bruno’s at Masaka in Uganda. Mrs Linda Brady is travelling to Uganda to work with this community for a number of weeks during her long service leave. Our school will fundraise to help support this worthy cause, money is used to support initiatives in the parish. We would ask for your support. Mrs Brady will speak on Wednesday 22 July at our school assembly as well as Mr Parker and our Year 4 students presenting on the Charism of Humility. Our support, via this free dress day donation is an act of Humility as we offer ourselves to serving others.

 

Resource Centre News St Benedict's Bookworms! The children and teachers of St Benedict’s library are bookworms! They have been keen borrowers over Semester 1 this year. We have 230 borrowers on our system and they have borrowed nearly 13 000 items in the last 100 days. It’s wonderful to see our growing collection of resources being used so well and hopefully the library fulfilling its mission. The resource centre’s collection, facilities and services seek to support the commitment of St Benedict’s School in offering a holistic, inclusive, comprehensive and high quality curriculum to our community where together we walk in God’s ways as we live, love, learn and celebrate. Swine Flu We have been notified that the nation and schools will be going to the “Protect” phase commencing next term. It is my understanding that should we have a confirmed case of swine flu next term the student will be excluded from school until they have fully recovered from the flu. We will continue to be guided by the Federal and State Health authorities and respond accordingly. More detailed information on school closures and time out periods can be found at www.deta.qld.gov.au. P&F News The Parents and Friends are all looking forward to a well earned rest with the holidays coming up. It’s been a busy term, with working bees, pie drives and a Chef’s toolbox night. Every term we have a few functions, so if you are able to help out at anything, it makes the life of a few so much easier. The benefit of a few different helpers also encourages those that contribute their time and effort at every function to keep helping. All of our children are receiving the benefits of the P & F, so please help us out at least once a year. Don’t be afraid that once you help once you will be expected to assist every time, we just like you to feel the team spirit at least once a year. At the start of term 3 the P & F will distribute chocolates for sale by the families of St Benedict’s. This is the major fundraiser for the year, and so we really need a few more people to go the extra mile! Every chocolate we sell will raise much needed funds to benefit the school. I am sure everybody knows somebody who eats chocolate! Last year we sold so many we were able to give prizes to those that sold the most, but essentially if each family sold two boxes (yes only two!!!) we would raise $8500. Please, if you want to make a real difference to our school year, then this is your time to help. Our next meeting is Wednesday August 5th and all are welcome. Click here for more P&F News.... Website Error Messages?? Have you been getting the following error message “the file is damaged and cannot be repaired” when you are trying to download a PDF document from our website? Try downloading and installing the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, using the following link. This is a free download. http://get.adobe.com/reader You should now be able to download and open the required PDF file. If you are still experiencing problems with this then please send an email, along with the error message, to jacinta@jbswebservices.com.au		Teddy Bear’s Picnic On Wednesday we had some new Prep students in attendance: Teddy Bears! Our Prep students brought their teddy bears to school to spend the day. Our Prep students made a teddy bear mask and teddy bear biscuits. It was lovely for the parents and caregivers to join the classes for snack time. Click here to view our photos...... ST BENEDICT’S CATHOLIC COMMUNITY NEWS Mass is held at 9.30am every Sunday morning in the St Benedict's Community Centre Please note there will be no 9.30am Mass at St Benedict's on Sunday 28th June. All are invited to join the children celebrating First Communion at Our Lady of the Way Church, Petrie at 11am. Next Community Meeting: Wednesday 1st July at 7pm Come along on Sunday July 12 for St Benedict's Catholic Community Feast Day - commencing with Mass at 9.30am Saturday July 11th, is the Feast of St Benedict. We will celebrate this day, our community feast day, Sunday 12th July with 9.30 am Mass followed by barbeque brunch and children’s fun activities. Download the latest Community Newsletter View more information about our Community... For further information contact Sr Bernie 0400 035 462 Business Directory Have you considered advertising your business on our school website! The fee is only $50 per year. Businesses will be listed under the Business Directory button under Contacts & Links on the menu. For more information, or to download the advertising application form, please click here. The latest business to advertise on our School Business Directory is GMT's Fruit & Veg-E Boxes. Freshest seasonal fruit and vegetables delivered direct from the markets to your door - with quality, value and variety being made a priority. Visit their website today.