Dear Parents and Carers,

Welcome back to school for Term 3. I hope you have enjoyed the rest from the school routine. Hasn’t the time just flown by? We have an exciting second half of the year ahead and we’re going to hit the ground running.

We are looking forward to an exciting term ahead with a variety of events planned.  These include Grandparents and Grand Friends day, Confirmation for our Year 5 and Year 6 students, Science Fair for our Kinder to Year 3 students, Book week, Fathers’ Day, Indigenous Literacy day, St Benedict’s Colour Splash and Dash, Whole School Performance and Mindfulness Day.

Our School Values
The current building repairs have given me cause to stop and reflect on our school values. The values are displayed on the turquoise wall in the front office and in the busyness of school life I find myself walking past these words daily without reflecting on what they actually mean for us as a school.

The school values we have are an important way of deepening our charism of ‘All Guests who present themselves are to be treated as Christ’(From the Rule of St Benedict) and our school mission ‘Inspired by Christ and guided by his teachings, the community of St Benedict’s journeys together to provide a caring, friendly, learning environment that nurtures the development of each child through love, work and prayer.’

Our school values of Spirituality, Dignity, Excellence, Compassion, Integrity, Community, Respect and Optimism help us to recognise the value of all members of our community, established and new. We honour their worth and uniqueness, made in the image of God, and in this knowledge we treat each other with the greatest respect. Our school values underpin all we do at St Benedict’s.

Thank you for your ongoing care and partnership in your child’s learning.

God bless.

Rachel Smith
Principal