Dear Parents and Carers,

COVID-19 Update
Thank you for continuing to monitor and test for COVID. We are continuing with our COVID safe practices within the school and have luckily had very few cases to date. Please remember to keep your child/ren home if they display any symptoms. We will continue to inform the community of cases as they arise. This afternoon the ACT Government has announced that RAT kits will continue to be provided to schools until Week 8. We will distribute these as they are delivered.

Help Needed - Parents and Friends Committee
Last night the P&F held their AGM for the year. Thank you to the new families that joined our meeting. At the AGM all positions were declared open. We have several vacancies on the P&F due to families moving and students graduating. We are now seeking volunteers from the Parent community to join the P&F, as we are short volunteers for the following positions:

• President
• Vice-President
• Secretary
• An additional person to assist with the Clothing Pool
• Further people to help coordinate the Fundraising and Social Events team

Being a member of the P&F is not an onerous task and is one that is invaluable to the school. The P&F meets twice a term and is focused on building community through social events and fundraising. The role of President involves chairing P&F meetings, liaising with the school leadership team and front office staff, and the rare attendance at a wider community event. The Vice President takes on the role of support for the President and steps in, in the absence of the President. The Secretary role involves taking minutes at meetings, sending reminder emails and agendas for meeting, and redirecting any correspondence that comes through.

The St Benedict’s P&F are very inclusive and supportive of everybody in their roles and always willing to help each other out in anyway. Please consider being involved in the school through the role of P&F member, even if not one of the needed positions. It is a wonderful way to be part of the school community.

Interim Reports
Interim Reports will be sent out via the Compass Parent Portal next Friday, 25th February. These Interim Reports provide parents and carers with an overview of how their child/ren is settling into school and feedback on their learning behaviours.

This year we have revised our reporting/feedback cycle to accommodate the reduced teacher comment that Catholic Education implemented in the formal Semester Report. Our reporting cycle this year will be as follows:

Term 1

Week 4 – Interim reports sent home (Friday)

Week 9 – Learning Showcase (online)

Term 2

Week 8 – Semester Reports sent home (Via Compass)

Week 9 – Learning Showcase

• 3 Way Conferences (Teacher, Parent/s and Child)

Term 3

Week 9 – Learning Showcase

Term 4

Week 8 – Semester Reports sent home (Via Compass)

• Learning Showcase

Week 9 – Optional Parent/Teacher Conferences

Please note that parents/carers are always very welcome to make an appointment to meet with the classroom teacher to discuss their child and their learning and/or behaviour.

We thank you for your continued support.

God bless.

Alana Quirk
Principal (Acting)