Instead of being a time for wrapping up and finalising assessment, the end of Term 4 marked a chance for St Peters Indooroopilly’s Year 10 Business and Technology students to learn about digital technologies, entrepreneurial opportunities and innovation from a panel of industry experts.

In the lead-up to the centenary of Rotary Australia, the Rotary Club of Kenmore donated a Peace Pole to our Upper Primary students. The pole, one of just 100 donated in Australia, was officially welcomed by our Year 6 students on Tuesday 5 November, 2020—in the College’s 75th year.

The annual St Peters Multicultural Week is one of the College’s key calendar events. Celebrated, typically, as a whole-of-College event, the pinnacle of the week is the Parade of Nations ceremony. This year, we united online to celebrate what makes our community unique: our cultural diversity.

The ‘New Normal’ is a phrase that’s being thrown around a lot lately, but what does it look like at St Peters Lutheran College? The obvious changes are in the day-to-day College activities (socially distanced assemblies and split lunch hours to reduce the students at serveries and in common areas), but they also extend to livestreamed events, spectator limits at co and extra-curricular activities and the extension of annual College Sports Carnivals.

Huge changes continue to take place on campus at St Peters Indooroopilly and, if you haven’t had a chance to read the latest edition of the College’s biannual magazine, Plus Ultra, you may not know what they’re all about. In this post, we’ll fill you in!

The International Baccalaureate (IB) has long elevated St Peters Indooroopilly amongst the pool of Queensland’s leading private schools in Brisbane. The IB’s incorporation of a ‘Growth Mindset’ has enabled St Peters staff to encourage risk-taking which, in turn, has led to prolonged student success. Read on to find out why.

It’s no secret that St Peters boasts one of Australia’s leading school Music programs, but, if you weren’t aware, there’s definitely no denying that now! Where many school programs and activities might have pulled the pin, the St Peters Music department chose, instead, to thrive. Read on to find out how our music masters adapted to the COVID-19 world.

Cooking, exercise classes, trivia, pet appreciation, drama club and more—whoever said At Home Learning meant being alone didn’t know our St Peters community! Over the last month, staff and students from all year-levels have banded together after school hours to participate in a range of Zoom Extra-Curricular Activities. While many of these activities have wrapped up (with students now back on campus), the glowing reports are still rolling in. We caught up with Mrs Maynard to find out more about the innovative initiative that ensured St Peters maintained connections at home.

Mental health awareness is important at the best of times. In the midst of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions, it’s even more crucial that we take measures to ensure good mental health, especially given our teachers and students have started At Home Learning this week. This article presents a few top tips for maintaining good mental health while online learning. Read on to find out more.

Elite-level athletes are common at St Peters, but more so in the student body, or so we thought! Before the Term 1 Break, we met up with one of our new members of staff to find out a little more about them and their elite sporting career. Can you pick who it is?

COVID-19 has caused a lot of uncertainty everywhere but, at St Peters, it's encouraged our College community to band together. Read how St Peters is keeping Care, Dignity & Respect at the forefront during the Coronavirus.

March has been a big month for St Peters students in the swimming pool—from the AIC Championships on 2 March; QGSSSA Championships on 4 March; and, this week, the Inter-Lutheran Swimming Carnival for our Years 4-6 students. Click to read how they all went!

In February, our College and Vice Captains joined with other Brisbane school leaders (including our Springfield College and Vice Captains) to share their vision for 2020. Here's what they had to say.

On Friday 7 February a group of 35 French Exchange Students arrived from our sister school, Jean XXIII Metz. The students have been on a whirlwind adventure around the College and Brisbane so far and, this week, they even spent two days at Ironbark!

Last Friday 7 February, we honoured our OP 1, 2 and IB 39 recipients at the annual Scholars Assembly. These students were part of the 2019 graduating Year 12 cohort—a cohort who should all be extremely proud of their results.