Below are a selection of some of the recent awards our school have won due to the hard work of all the children and staff.

 

Sport Scotland Gold School Sport Award

St Benedict's has been recognised with a prestigious national award for innovation and achievement in delivering physical education and extra-curricular sport. The sportscotland Gold School Sport Award was presented to staff and pupils at the school for all their hard work and dedication to performing and participating in sports.

 

 

Eco Schools Second Green Flag Award

St Benedict's achieved our second green flag in recognition of all the hard work from Mrs Kenny and our Eco Committee, staff and all the children in 2016. We now look forward as to how we can improve our school's eco status further by  keeping our school grounds free from litter, making our garden a welcome place for wildlife and nature as well as reducing the amount of energy we use in school and at home. In the near future we will work hard to achieve our third green flag.

 

 

Jump-2-It Champions 2016

St Benedict's continued our basketball success winning another basketball tournament. We were treated like VIP’s for our championship final, seated courtside at the Glasgow Rocks game at the Emirates Arena. We played on the professional court before the main game and at half time and were presented with our medals and certificates from the Rocks players after the game

 

 

Easterhouse Football League Runners-Up 2016

St Benedict's Football Team were unable to retain their Eaterhouse League Title after a hard fought season. Well done to all the pupils who took part throughout the year, the Active Schools Coordinators and schools; Aultmore Park, Our Lady of Peace, Oakwood and St Rose of Lima for taking part and making it such an enjoyable league.

 

 

Cycle Friendly School Award

St Benedict's achieved our Cycle Friendly School status in September 2015. Due to the hard work of our Junior Road Safety Officers, our cycle club, Mr Byatt, Miss McLean and Mr McKerrall we have been recognised as a school which encourages and promotes cycling as a healthy, environmentally friendly and fun way to travel.

 

 

Easterhouse Football League Winners 2015

St Benedict's Football Team successfully defended their EFL 7-a-side League title. Well done to all the pupils who took part throughout the year, the Active Schools Coordinators and schools; Aultmore Park, Our Lady of Peace, Oakwood and St Rose of Lima for taking part and making it such an enjoyable league.

 

 

Determined to Build Winner 2015

Primary 6 took part in the Determined to Build project which is run by Glasgow City Council in collaboration with City Building. We used the expertise of young Glasgow apprentices to help teach us the skills of brick laying. We also visited the Glasgow House to see the building process in action. Mrs Brogan's class won the competition with their excellent entry which you can see in our gallery.

 

 

Best Movie Winner 2015

Primary 1B along with Mrs Murphy and Mrs McKee won the Best Movie accolade at the Determined to Make Movies Project 2015. They spent a whole term planning, practising and shooting their movie in the Commonwealth Woods across from our school. The movie 'The Dragon and the Disappearing Woods' was linked to our Eco Schools project and told the story of recycling and taking care of nature. Well done to our little film makers for all their hard work!

 

 

Trades House Citizenship Award Runner-Up 2015

Primary 6 pupils entered our school into the competition which is organised by The Trades House of Glasgow recognising the excellent work being undertaken by schools in, for and with their communities. The pupils prepared and presented a presentation which outlined all the important events we run throughout the year which involve our community and our local partners. After their incredibly hard work and some very stiff competition we were commended on our community links and the confidence of our pupils and were awarded runner-up for 2015. Well done to all involved!

 

 

Jump-2-It Runners-Up 2015

St Benedict's were pipped in the final to our second Jump-2-It title. We were treated like VIP’s for our championship final, seated courtside at the Glasgow Rocks game at the Emirates Arena. We played on the professional court before the main game and at half time and were presented with our medals and certificates from the Rocks players after the game.

 

Eco Schools Green Flag Award

St Benedict's achieved our first green flag in recognition of all the hard work from our Mrs Kenny and our Eco Committee, staff and all the children in 2013. Since then we have been working hard to maintain our eco status by keeping our school grounds free from litter, making our garden a welcome place for wildlife and nature as well as reducing the amount of energy we use in school and at home. In the near future we will work hard to achieve our second green flag.

 

 

Fair Aware School Status

The Fair Trade committee worked hard in 2015 to achieve our Fair Aware status. They worked together to create and present an assembly to the whole school highlighting Fair Trade fortnight and over the course of the two weeks successfully held a Fair Trade tuck shop. Primary 6 and Primary 4 worked in class to learn more about Fair Trade and helped the committee in completing questionnaires before and after their topics to assess their understanding of Fair Trade.

 

 

 

Glasgow Effective Partnership Award 

St Benedict's received our Glasgow Effective Partnership award due to the extensive community links we have in our school. Creating meaningful links with our local community reflects the school as a part of the community and with shared commitment we hope to raise the attainment of our children. To see a list of her school partners please click here.

 

 

 

Determined to Succeed Award

St Benedict's were awarded the Determined to Succeed Award for delivering its aims of improving the children’s educational, economic and social needs. Through our class lessons and Enterprise Week we prepared our young people for the world of work and encouraged them to have an enterprising culture in later life.

 

 

 

Highly Commended Speaker's Council Award 2014

The judges of this year’s Speaker’s School Council Awards  selected St. Benedict’s Primary School council’s project St. Benedict's Gives Back as highly commended in the 7 -11 category. This year, the competition received over 700 entries from UK wide. The Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon John Bercow and the Speaker’s School Council Awards team were very complimentary about the school and all the hard work that has gone into making the project great.

 

 

Easterhouse Football League Winners 2014 

St Benedict's Football Team successfully won their first EFL 7-a-side League title. Well done to all the pupils who took part throughout the year, the Active Schools Coordinators and schools; Aultmore Park, Our Lady of Peace, Oakwood and St Rose of Lima for taking part and making it such an enjoyable league.

 

 

Jump-2-It Champions 2014

St Benedict's P7 children won our first basketball title. We were treated like VIP’s for our championship final, seated courtside at the Glasgow Rocks game at the Emirates Arena. We played on the professional court before the main game and at half time and were presented with our medals and certificates from the Rocks players after the game.