St Benedict's Catholic School provides a variety of extra curricular activities (inter-school and internal options) to engage students in particular areas of interest and / or competitive pursuits. These include but are not limited to:
- Quest for Knowledge (academic trivia competition for Year 6 students)
- Mulkadee (Townsville Youth Arts festival (Year 4-12)
- Young Speechmakers Competition (Years 4-6)
- Eco Warriors
- Reader's Cup
- Instrumental Music lessons
- Representative sport
- Code Club
- Maker Space
- Eisteddfod
- Run Club
- Chess Club
- Choir
- Ukulele Karate Club (ribbons for levels instead of belts)
- Recorder Karate Club (ribbons for levels instead of belts)