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Parent Teacher Meetings - Term 2
Parent Teacher meetings will be conducted via Zoom this term commencing with Year 11 and Year 12 on Wednesday 10 May. These meetings are an essential part of your child's education at St Benedict’s, and we encourage all parents and carers to attend. They provide an opportunity for you to meet with your child's teacher, discuss your child's academic, faith and wellbeing progress, and gain insight into their strengths and areas that may require extra attention. We aim for our parent teacher meetings at St Benedict’s to provide:
Communication: Attending parent-teacher meetings allows you to establish a relationship with your child's teacher and create open communication channels. This communication helps you to stay informed about your child's progress and any concerns that may arise.
Understanding: These meetings provide you with an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of your child's academic performance, wellbeing and strengths, and also their behaviour in class. This knowledge can help you to support your child's learning at home and encourage them to excel in their studies.
Collaboration: Parents/carers, and teachers working together can create a supportive environment that fosters academic success. When you attend parent-teacher meetings, you can collaborate with the subject teachers to identify any challenges your child may be facing and work together to find solutions.
- Advocacy: Attending parent-teacher meetings demonstrates your commitment to your child's education and shows that you are invested in their success. This advocacy can help to ensure that your child receives the support they need to achieve their academic learning goals as well as supporting their faith and wellbeing.
At our school, we value the partnership between parents and teachers and recognise that your involvement in your child's education is critical to their success. We encourage you to attend our upcoming parent-teacher meetings, where you can discuss your child's progress with their teacher and work together to support their academic growth.
Principal
Information in this calendar list is correct at the time of publication but is subject to change without notice.
- Monday 8 May - Year 7 Science Zoo Excursion
- Wednesday 10 May - Year 11 & Year 12 Parent/Teacher Interviews (3.35pm - 8.00pm)
- Thursday 11 May - Immunisation Program
- Friday 12 May - P & F Mother's Day Morning Tea (10.15am - 11am)
- Friday 12 May - Year 10 English - Riverside Theatre Excursion
- Monday 15 May - Whole school athletics carnival (Compulsory for all students)
- Tuesday 16 May - Year 11 D&T Curry Reserve Excursion
- Wednesday 17 May - Year 11 Ancient History Chau Chak Wing Museum
Mr Michael Turner
Assistant Principal
Mrs Wendy Fawbert
Director of Learning and Teaching
The month of May is one in which Catholics honour and remember Mary, the mother of Jesus, in a special way. It is also the time when Australia and many other countries acknowledge and commemorate the importance of Motherhood with the celebration of Mother’s Day.
Whether we are a mother or not, Mary is a role model for all of us to follow. Often we can think of Mary in an angelic form and forget that she embodied all of the human qualities and frailties that we do. From the gospels we see that Mary was young and poor and like many mothers throughout the world, she faced struggles and fear. It is through meeting her own challenges, that we too are inspired to meet our own trials head on.
The greatest lesson we can learn from the life of Mary is to put our trust in a God who was active in Mary’s life and in our lives. There would have been many times in Mary’s life when she would have felt like she was doing it all on her own and certainly would have desired an easier path. All of us share similar experiences. Our lives rarely follow the paths that we think or desire that they do. When we encounter an experience that we do not desire we can ask ‘where is God in this?’.
Often the loving hand of God may not seem very clear to us. With the passage of time, that loving hand is evident; it is just that through our fear and emotions we may not have been able to see it. In the same way if we look at the Gospel accounts of Mary it is only through viewing them in their entirety that we can see God truly at work.
One of my favourite hymns about Mary - is HAIL MARY, GENTLE WOMAN Hail Mary - Gentle Woman
In May let us remember the person of Mary as someone who continues to show us that God is with all of us at all times in our lives and that although we too will experience fear and uncertainty, we should use her example and lovingly respond to the call and challenge of our day to day lives.
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Mrs Kimberley Logue
Director of Mission and Vision,
Religious Education Coordinator
It's not too late.....
The NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge 2023 has commenced. However, it’s not too late for students to sign up for the challenge to read 20 books before Friday 18 August 2023. ‘Too hard’ you say? ‘Not enough time’ you say? You will be surprised how many books you have already read. You can include in your personal reading record, books you have read since September last year, 5 books from an approved series, 10 personal choice books and not to mention books you are studying for English. Easy!
Come to the Library to register and be in the running to win a great prize pack together with a Certificate from the Office of the NSW Premier when you complete the challenge which will be awarded at the end of the year at the College Assembly. You will also be awarded House Points for every book you read!
Book v Movie Trivia Competition - NEW DATE
The much anticipated Book v Movie Trivia Competition will be held in the Library on Wednesday 17 May 2023.
It will be a Kahoot Trivia competition about books made into movies. So if you think you’re a bit of a movie buff, a literary expert or you just want to join in for some fun and a chance to win some great prizes, please come to the Library with your laptop at lunchtime Wednesday Week 4 Term 2.
Happy reading,
The Library Team
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College P & F Uniform Pool Orders
The P & F preloved Uniform Pool is open. For all enquiries please email: uniforms@sbccdow.catholic.edu.au Our wonderful P&F volunteer Tracey will contact you.
Items can be paid for and collected from the SBCC College Office. We do not return, exchange or refund on 2nd hand clothing as these are donated by families. Cash is the only option to pay with.
Donations of items in good condition can be left at the College Office.
