In 2025 the following vaccines will be offered:

Year 7 - students are offered free vaccines for diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (whooping cough), (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV).
Year 10 - students are offered the meningococcal ACWY vaccine.

If your child is in Year 7 or Year 10, you can give consent online for these routine school vaccinations.

Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received.

How to Provide Consent:

Each year the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is sat by students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Students will participate in tests for writing, reading, conventions of language (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

NAPLAN 2025 will take place from Wednesday 12 March to Monday 24 March.

NAPLAN is just one part of our school’s learning assessment program. The tests assess literacy and numeracy skills your child is already learning at school, so the best preparation is their everyday classroom learning. Our school will also undertake activities to help students become familiar with the types of questions and tools available in the online tests.

The public demonstration site https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public- demonstration-site is available for you to see the format of the online tests.

Further information about NAPLAN is available on the NESA website and the NAP website https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/for-parents-carers.

Click here for NESA Naplan information.

If you have any questions about NAPLAN, please contact Ms Natalie Hutchinson.

Natalie Hutchinson
Acting Deputy Dean of Learning Science and Innovation

Save the Date - Bennies is holding our annual Open Day on Sunday 2 March from 10.00am - 2.00pm.

Tell your friends with daughters currently in Year 5 that enrolments for Year 7 2027 are now open.  Prospective families can register to attend: https://enquiry.msb.nsw.edu.au/events , and lodge an online Expression of Interest to reserve your daughter's position on our database.

If you have a daughter, or know someone who has a daughter commencing Year 5 this year, now is the time to submit your Expression of Interest (EOI). This is easily accomplished by visting the College website and selecting Enrolments where you will find "How To Enrol". You can also book for the College Open Day on Sunday 2 March. All families who have lodged their EOI will receive the link inviting them to complete their Application for Enrolment in the week commencing Monday 3 March. If you have any questions, please email registrar@msb.nsw.edu.au or call 9980 0406

In 2025, Mount St Benedict College has partnered with a new canteen provider.

Introduction from Vanilla Blue

Vanilla Blue are excited to be your new canteen provider at Mount St Benedict College. As finalists in 2023 and 2024 for “Education Site Caterer of the Year”, we focus on wholesome lunches and snacks that will be freshly prepared on-site each day by our dedicated and friendly canteen team including your Canteen Manager- Migumi, Chef- Josh and Canteen Assistants- Kym, Sharon and Prin.

If you have any questions or would like to speak to our team, please call 1300 556 086 or msbcanteen@vanillablue.com.au .

Menu

Please view our menu here.
There are Daily Deals, click here.

Students are not permitted to order hot drinks including coffee, except for Year 11 and 12 students, who are permitted to order hot chocolates before school or during study periods.

Payment information
Orders can be placed up to 8am on the day via the Flexischools app, or over the counter by Student ID card (linked to the Flexischools account) or physical bank/ATM cards.
Please note the canteen does not accept cash.

Vanilla Blue supports the College’s policy on mobile phone usage, so we are unable to accept payment by mobile tap-and-go.

Your student Flexischools account should already be linked to the new canteen menu.

Sign up to Flexischools here.

To access the College calendar log in to BenniesLink (Parent Portal) Calendar.
Click here

*College Assemblies For Parents

College Assemblies are livestreamed for the MSB parent community at 9:40-10:45am on the dates specified in the schedule above. The live stream link is here.

This year, we are excited to be offering the Austria Music & Language Learning Tour to take place in the December holidays. This tour is designed to provide a unique opportunity for students who are studying or are thinking of studying German or are involved in cocurricular or curriculum subjects.

Expressions of Interest to attend are now open. To register your interest, please complete the form. This is NOT an official registration for the Tour as all applications will undergo an approval process. We will notify students who receive a place on the Tour and further information will then be provided about registration and payment.

For more information please see this brochure.

Sandy Huang
Teacher and Music Academy Convenor

Please be advised that registrations for our Term Two sports are now open. For more information please read the Term Two Cocurricular Update and check your student email. Please note, registrations will close Sunday 2 March . The options are listed below:

Interschool:

- IGSA Basketball

- IGSA Football (Soccer)

For enquiries regarding Interschool Sport please email Miss Bronte Finegan ( bfinegan@msb.nsw.edu.au )

Social Sport:

- Social Netball

Physical Activity:

- Bootcamp

For enquiries regarding Social Sport or Physical Activity please email Miss Stephanie Kelleway ( skelleway@msb.nsw.edu.au ).

For over 165 years the Sisters of the Good Samaritan have eased the pressure placed on vulnerable women and children by offering a safe haven, education, food security and hope.

Today is a great day to donate to the Sisters’ ministries in Australia, the Philippines, Kiribati and Timor Leste!

If you wish to support a particular program please choose your preference on the donation form.

Blessings to you Good Samaritan. Thank you for your generosity.

Click here to donate.