St Benedict's Catholic College
Benny's Bites 29 November 2019
DATES TO REMEMBER
Monday 2 December - Year 10 Science Incursion
Thursday 12 December - Year 10 Reflection Day
Monday 16 December - Years 7 - 10 Reports Distributed
Wednesday 18 December - Parent/Teacher Meetings
Wednesday 18 December - Year 12 Morning Tea
Thursday 19 December - Student Free day/Staff Development Day
Wednesday 29 January - Year 7, 12 and other New Students Return
Thursday 30 January - All Students Return
Thursday 6 February - Year 12 UOW Discovery Day
FINAL CALL FOR ORDERING UNIFORMS
Anyone needing to order uniforms for next year,
particularly for Year 9 into Year 10 in 2020
Please see flyer below.
There are so many stars in our College who are achieving wonderful things! One of those achievements is to represent our great state of NSW.
The College would like to recognise students who have represented NSW in a competitive field and to nominate these students for a State Representative Award.
Nominees of any age, who have represented NSW in a competitive field (eg. sport, music, the arts or academic), either nationally or internationally, may be nominated for the Award.
Please contact the office on 4631 5300 or email info@sbccdow.catholic.edu.au with details.
LOST PROPERTY
We also have a number of school uniform items with no names on them. Can you please mark all items of clothing clearly with your child's name.
Students are welcome to come and collect articles at recess, lunch and home time.
Parents are asked to call the office before 2.00pm if needing to send messages to students. This allows our office helper time to deliver the message before end of school.
Parents are asked to email teachers between 7:40am and 6:00pm if requesting appointments or needing information, please allow teachers 48 hours to reply. The school office is open from 7:40am until 3:30pm. If calling for a teacher please allow them 24 hours to return your call. Parents are asked to remember that teachers are in class during the day and have meetings after school hours.
P & F CLOTHING POOL
The clothing pool is open on Friday mornings from 8:00 - 8:30am. Students are welcome to come if parents are unable to. Cash sales only.
We would also welcome any donations of uniforms, school bags, lap top bags etc. as stocks are running low.
Café News
Lunch Order – Any lunch order completed through Flexischools, lunch collection for hot food is in the oven labelled “Lunch Orders” any Cold Food is in the Milk Fridge.
All orders including drinks are labelled with Students name and order. If students cannot find their lunch order, please can you ask the CAFÉ staff for assistance.
2020 school travel applications now open
Applications for student travel in 2020 opened on Friday, 11 October 2019.
Students progressing to year 3 and year 7 no longer need to re-apply if they:
· are continuing at the same school
· are residing at the same address
· have not been sent an expiry notification from Transport for NSW.
Where a student meets the new distance eligibility, the system will automatically update their entitlement. If they do not meet the new eligibility, they will receive an expiry notification via email.
Students who have an entitlement approved under a medical condition which is due to expire will receive a notification advising them to re-apply.
Term Bus Pass holders will receive a notification to re-apply.
If students need to update their information or re-apply, they should go online to https://apps.transport.nsw.gov.au/ssts/updateDetails
Applications need to be submitted before 31 December 2019 to ensure student entitlements are updated and their current entitlement/card is not cancelled. If their application is submitted after 31 December 2019, the system will automatically cancel an entitlement/card and a new one will need to be issued.
Students in the Opal network applying for a SSTS or Term Bus Pass entitlement for the first time will receive their card at their nominated postal address. Cards will be mailed out from January 2020.
Students residing in Rural and Regional (R&R) areas should receive their travel pass at the commencement of the new school year from their nominated operator, this may be distributed via the school or sent direct to their address. Note: some R&R operators do not issue travel passes. Students/Parents should confirm with their nominated operator if they do not receive a pass.