St Benedict's Catholic College

HSC Exams - Thursday 18 October - Friday 9 November

Year 9 NAPLAN Science Readiness Test - Tuesday 23 - Thursday 25 October

Leaders Induction Ceremony - Tuesday 30 October

Vaccinations for Year 7 students - Friday 2 November

Parents are reminded that during the HSC exams, office staff are unable to make announcements. You are asked to make sure you put a note in the student's diary if the student is being collected early.

Fr David Catterall (Parish Priest of St Mary MacKillop Parish, Oran Park) is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced Parish Office Coordinator to provide administrative and secretarial support to this large and growing parish.

This role is a part-time position (26 hours per week). A position description and further information about this role is available at www.marymackillopparish.org.au (Applications close 5pm Friday 26 October 2018).

On Tuesday morning, Year 10 welcomed Senior Constable Clapham from the Camden Local Area Command to talk about partying safely. During his talk, Snr. Constable Clapham spoke about the dangers of drug and alcohol use for young people including health issues that may arise as well as possible legal ramifications for illegal activities.

Officer Clapham also addressed staying safe when attending parties. Students were given tips around avoiding drink driving and drink spiking whilst attending party style events. Officer Clapham also gave advice on what to do in a situation where a friend or peer has been heavily affected by either drugs or alcohol.

The messages given by Senior Constable Clapham were well received by students who now have the knowledge and confidence to celebrate appropriately.

Mrs. Brown's 10.1 and 10.2 Food Technology students are studying the topic "Food Equity". Over the last six weeks they have been growing seedlings and experiencing the challenges of crop farming in a variety of climatic conditions and the effect on seed germination.

Students have realised how difficult it has been for people to grow crops with limited water, resources and variety of seed types. The seeds were harvested from the foods they used whilst cooking with various types of foods in practical lessons in class.

Congratulations to the following students who were nominated as MVPs for Week 1:

Barefoot Bowls:

Ella Taylor

Crossfit:

Maddison West, Damian Eagles

Golf:

Heath Milford

Kickboxing:

Elliana Kremer, Nate Murphy

Gym:

Leah Brown

Dance:

Alicia Marshall

Beach Sports:

Tyler Lewis, Jason Ertl

Yours in Sport

Miss Liska

Sport Coordinator