St Benedict's, Burwood, is best described by our vision statement 'Together we work and pray'. At St Benedict's we believe that, as a Catholic school, we are committed to learning and living the values of the gospel with Jesus as our model. We are committed to living and sharing the gift of faith and providing a learning environment that focuses on the whole person - the spiritual, academic, emotional, social and physical dimensions of a child's development. We offer a comprehensive curriculum with a strong emphasis on the core areas of literacy and numeracy. Specialist teachers focus on the following areas: Reading Recovery and literacy, mathematics, library, art, music and drama, physical education and Italian. We also offer an excellent instrumental program and our students are involved in inter-school sport, zone athletic championships and cross country running. Religious education is a core area of the curriculum. Our pastoral care is very much based around gospel values such as love of others, justice, forgiveness. St Benedict's opened in January 1941 and moved into the present buildings in 1973.