A very warm welcome to the 2023 school year! There has been such a joyful, positive feeling here at St Peters over the past days as our students, families and staff have returned to life and learning. This year, our College’s theme is in fact: Sparking Joy! This theme will be explored in our Pastoral Care classes, Assemblies and Chapels. We have certainly started our year on the right path!

Continuing our pattern of strong growth, the College has now exceeded the 700 student milestone for Prep-Year 12 and we are overjoyed that so many new families have joined us.

NEW MIDDLE LEADERS

With the growth of our College, we have introduced a number of key Middle Leadership positions in 2023 to optimise teaching and learning and pastoral care across our great College. In the Primary Years, the Primary Years Curriculum Coordinator role has been developed to drive innovation in teaching and learning in the Primary Years, particularly inquiry based, global-minded learning. In addition, our new Years 4-6 Pastoral Care Coordinator will proactively introduce Positive Education and wellbeing practices into Upper Primary.

In the Secondary Years, four Curriculum Leader roles have been introduced for English, Humanities, Mathematics and Science to continue to produce best practice teaching and learning in these core areas. Our new Year Level Coordinators for Year 7, Years 8/9, Year 10 and Years 11/12 are working in partnership with our Counsellor to ensure the evidence-based Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum program from Geelong Grammar’s Institute of Positive Education is delivered through our nurturing Pastoral Care teachers in a new, dedicated Wellbeing lesson each week.

This year, we have also introduced a Performing Arts Coordinator position. The role encompasses the coordination of Private Tuition and will strengthen our Music, Dance and Drama co-curricular programs and activities. We congratulate Dr Bradley Voltz on his appointment to this position. Dr Voltz brings a wealth of expertise to the role, having been the Director of Music, the Director of Arts and Performance and the Director of College Improvement (Special Projects) at a number of schools. He has also been a conductor of the Third Queensland Youth Orchestra from 1998-2020.

ADVANCING TEACHING AND LEARNING

Our Year 12 2022 results highlight the dedication of our students over their St Peters journey as well as the support from our highly skilled and supportive teachers and families. Of those students who consented to sharing their ATARs with St Peters, we are pleased to share that four of our students achieved an ATAR above 99 (placing them in the top 1% of the state) and seven of our students above 90 – a wonderful result. 100% of student applicants received a Tertiary offer, with over 50% of these students receiving early offers and with approximately 75% of students receiving their first preference.

The areas of Engineering, Nursing and Health Pathways and Law and Business emerged as the strongest areas for future study, with Griffith University once again being the university

of choice for approximately 50% of the students who applied for university. Increasingly our graduates are electing to study at the University of Queensland, with 1 in 5 of the Class of 2022 having been accepted to study at UQ this year.

We hold our Old Scholars in our prayers and are looking forward to celebrating their excellent academic achievements in the upcoming Academic Honours Assembly on Thursday 9 February when we will present our Year 12 2022 Dux, Proxime Accessit and Subject Award winners.

In Primary Years, we journey into inquiry learning with even greater rigour this year under the leadership of Mrs Karen O’Neill has been appointed as the Primary Years Curriculum Coordinator. Mrs O’Neill is an experienced education and senior leader for 30+ years and has driven inquiry learning and the world-renowned International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program in schools here in Australia and overseas. Mrs O’Neill and our dedicated Primary Teaching team will focus on the development of student agency, questioning skills, curiosity, critical and creative thinking and research and high level cognitive skills to prepare our students for our ever changing world.

Literacy and Numeracy will continue to be key focuses of the Primary Years and the introduction of our Prep-Year 3 Learning Support Teacher, Mrs Samantha Jones, in addition to evidence-based programs such as MultiLit and Oxford Maths, will ensure our students can be supported and achieve at their very best in these areas.

In the Junior High, our Years 8 and 9 students have had an exciting week starting to engage in a variety of new electives developed from listening to student voice, including Cultural Studies, Drama, Dance, Entrepreneurship, Fashion and Textiles, Law and Order, Mechatronics, Media Studies and Research and Reason. We have been delighted by the professional dialogue and planning of Secondary teachers to ensure best contemporary pedagogical practices facilitate learning across these engaging subjects, and we can’t wait to see what our students learn and create.

Your support is of the utmost importance as we educate, equip and form our fine young people here at St Peters. Together we can grow your children into people who are confident in their identity and about their place in the community and who have the heart and capability to make a positive difference in our world.

As St Peters reaches its 15th year anniversary this Friday 29 January, Founders Day, we thank God for the rich blessings given to our College. May God grant us all we need as parents and staff to wisely guide, support and inspire our fine young people so that they can flourish in 2023. 

Natalie Houston 
Principal

Arise is a Lutheran community that meets at St Peters, Springfield. It’s a place where you can come to know God’s love through Jesus, and find light and hope for your life, and connect with other families from St Peters and the wider community.

In our service you will hear God’s word, sing, pray and share in Holy Communion if you want to. There’s a message for the kids too. 

We’d love for you to join us!

For more information contact College Chaplain Pastor Matt Wilksch: m.wilksch@stpeters.qld.edu.au.

You may like to view Sunday’s service on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ariselc/posts/?ref=page_internal

E:  arise@stpeters.qld.edu.au
M:  Pastor Matt Wilksch: 0447 656 793
FB:  @ariselc

Parking

• Parents are not to park in the Staff Carpark please (except for after 4pm and Vacation Care, but never in a designated parking space, or in a disabled space unless you have a permit).
• No parents are to park in the disabled parks unless you have a permit. The Principal may give permission on occasions for a disabled park to be used.
• No parents are to park in the signed designated car parks.
• There is to be no pedestrian traffic through the Main Carpark entrance of the staff carpark. Pedestrians are to use the pedestrian gate along Wellness Way.
• If parking across the road from the College, pedestrians are to use the designated crossings and enter via the pedestrian gates on Wellness Way.
• Parking in the Parent Carpark and using the path along the blue courts is recommended.
• The use of the marked area between disabled parking spots is not to be parked in. This space is to provide additional space for those using the disabled parking bays to disembark vehicles

Visitor Car Parking

Detailed information will be sent out regarding the procedures in our Visitor Car Park over the coming weeks. It is important to follow the procedures for the safety of our students. Prep – Year 6 students can use Kiss and Go in the Visitor Car Park.

• Our Prep teachers bring the Prep students who are using Kiss and Go to the area at 2.20 pm.
• Year 1 teachers also bring Year 1 students who are using Kiss and Go to the area at 2.30 pm.
• All other students make their own way down.
• All students meeting parents in the middle parking areas MUST use one of the two crossings which are supervised by staff. No families are to cross the road at any other point.

St Peters Lutheran College Springfield has engaged Southern Cross Transit as our new transport provider for 2023.

Click on the link below for further information.

Bus Information 2023

While everyone was on school holidays, OSHC was having lots of fun!

Some of our favourite activities included:

• Kite building and flying
• Christmas party at OSHC
• Knitting
• Decorating our own pencil cases
• Meeting Eddie the Christmas Elf
• Participating in our Christmas toy drive for the children’s hospital
• Playing laser tag around the school
• Making mosaic tiles
• Seeing a science show

We are so excited for the new school year, meeting all our new friends and hearing about all the exciting adventures our OSHC families got up to over the holiday break.

If you are interested in booking in for OSHC this year, Luckily, we still have plenty of spaces available! Please send an inquiry to: oshcspringfield@stpeters.qld.edu.au

How exciting it is to finally feel that the year has started in a ‘normal’ and uninterrupted way!

We are all very excited to see the start of 2023, the year of sparking joy and focusing on belonging.

These two themes are ones we’ve been working on as a Staff over the last week. Our priority this year is to focus on wellbeing as an explicit teaching practice to ensure our kids have the tools to be the very best versions of themselves. We know that when people feel good, they do good – they are kinder, more empathetic and achieve greater personal success.

The Secondary School this year have reworked the timetable to have one wellbeing lesson a week for all year levels, all at the SAME TIME! I’m very excited in this development. It means that sometimes we’ll be able to run these sessions altogether, or in year level groups as well. In this lesson we will be using the Positive Education Enhanced Curriculum (PEEC) to help our school and students be a place of flourishing. This curriculum is based on Positive Psychology and comes out of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria – positive education is now the term used for most wellbeing programs across the country. I have attached our new ‘revamped’ wellbeing framework which follows positive psychology, so we’re all using the same language throughout the College. Soon to come will also be a Wellbeing Manifesto for your use of the same language at home, together we do better!

I look forward to walking with you in Wellbeing in 2023.

With joy.

Sarah Johnson
Careers/Counselling

Reserve your free tickets via Eventbrite here.

This year, the P&F Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open on Thursday’s from 7:45am-9:30am. It is located in the Performing Arts Building.

The P&F is also seeking volunteers to run the shop on a different morning. Please send all enquiries or queries to Hansi (P&F President) at pf.springfield@stpeters.qld.edu.au.

May I extend a warm welcome to all new and continuing students of St Peters Springfield. My name is Dr Bradley Voltz, and I am delighted to have commenced work at the College in the new role of Coordinator of Performing Arts (Co-curricular). This role will encompass not only the extensive private tuition program but also instrumental and vocal ensembles, Dance Troupe, and various drama initiatives planned for 2023 and beyond. As the term progresses I will communicate more regarding the wide range of co-curricular offerings available to students interested in the Performing Arts.

By now parents and caregivers will have received the 2023 Private Tuition Handbook, and I thank those parents who have returned enrolment forms. May I request that any outstanding forms for new and continuing students be returned as soon as possible so that tutors’ timetables may be finalised. Forms may be submitted to the College office marked to my attention or emailed to b.voltz@stpeters.qld.edu.au. Private lessons will commence in Week 2, with Speech and Drama commencing in Week 3.

The 2023 Ensemble Handbook will be emailed to all parents and caregivers within the next few days. It contains details of rehearsal times for music groups, various policies, and importantly an ensemble enrolment form. Again, may I request that this form is completed and returned as soon as possible. I hope to start most ensembles in Week 3.

Dr Bradley Voltz
Coordinator of Performing Arts (Cocurricular)

Welcome to all members of the St Peters Lutheran College sports community for 2023. I trust all families have had a relaxing break and are looking forward to what this year holds.

Last year certainly had its challenges but were proud of the way students remained committed throughout the year and made the most of the opportunities available. I strongly encourage all young women and men at the College to be involved in as many sports as they can this year – not just to enjoy the array of physical and social benefits, but also to be a part of the significant improvements that St Peters has displayed in both the QGSSSA and AIC Competitions and Representative Sport over the last five years.

The diverse range of sports offered to students from Prep to Year 12 aims to cater to both varied interests and varied ability levels. St Peters Sport recognises the importance of positive sporting experiences in a young person’s development and therefore accepts that competition focussing solely on winning and losing can create undue pressure on students. To this end, in junior years there is increased emphasis placed on enjoyment, fair participation, and skill development. As our sportspeople mature, the aforementioned attributes remain important while a sense of competition also shifts into focus. In senior years, results become an increasing part of shared team goals and successes.

Parents are strongly encouraged to be involved in their child’s sporting pursuits, particularly through positive support at matches. This attendance is invaluable and creates an environment that is conducive to quality performances and a united, supportive approach. We greatly appreciate the effort and time that is required of parents and we thank you in advance for your support.

Queensland Girls Secondary Schools Sport Association (QGSSSA) Girls Year 7 – 12

The College is involved in two prestigious sporting associations, Queensland Girls’ Secondary Schools Sports Association (QGSSSA) and Brisbane School Girls’ Rowing Association (BSRA). There are ten schools in the formal QGSSSA competition and fixtures are played on a rotational basis whereby all schools compete against each other. Girls also have the opportunity to participate in the Queensland Interschool Equestrian Association (QISEA) and Brisbane Water Polo Inc (BWPI).

A comprehensive overview of the 2023 Girls Sports program can be found by clicking on the link below:

2023 Girls Sport Handbook – CLICK HERE

Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) Boys Year 4 – 12

St Peters is a member of the formal inter-school sporting competition known as Associated Independent Colleges (AIC). There are eight schools in this formal competition and matches are played on a rotational basis whereby all schools compete against each other throughout the year.

A comprehensive overview of the 2023 Boys Sports program can be found by clicking on the link below:

2023 Boys Sports Handbook - CLICK HERE

St Peters Lutheran College Springfield Sport Bus

As in 2022, the College aims to further increase participation in Co-curricular Sports in 2023 by supporting the movement of students between St Peters Springfield and St Peters Indooroopilly. This will be achieved by a dedicated St Peters Sports Bus which will operate at the following times:

Morning (AM)
St Peters Indooroopilly to St Peters Springfield

Depart promptly at 7.40 am from the St Peters Indooroopilly Internal Bus Stop

Afternoon (PM)
St Peters Springfield to St Peters Indooroopilly

Depart promptly at 2.35 pm from the St Peters Springfield Bus Stop

Students must register for the Sports Bus through the ST PETERS SFD Sports Bus Manifest. Sport bus information will be shared directly with students' Microsoft Teams Accounts, with students needing to add their names whenever they require a seat on the bus for training at Indooroopilly.

For further information about the ST PETERS SPORTS BUS, please click on the link below:

St Peters Sports Bus Policy – CLICK HERE

Map of St Peters Indooroopilly – CLICK HERE

WDNA Girls Primary Netball Year 3 – 6

We are aiming again to have St Peters teams entered into the Western Districts Netball Association competition made entirely of girls from St Peters Springfield. Girls will play in teams based on their date of birth. Girls from Years 3 – Year 6 in 2023 will be eligible to play in this competition. Please note that 8-Year-old girls in Year 3 will need to play up in the 9-Year-old competition. Please click on the link below to register your interest for the 2020 season:

WDNA Primary Girls Netball Registration – CLICK HERE

Representative Sport

Representative Sport is an important pathway to enabling our students to achieve individual success and further their sporting development. Girls and boys aged 10 - 19 years (born 2013 to 2004) are entitled to attend the Metropolitan West Sports selection trials which includes a district trial with Central Comets in the sports they currently play at St Peters. Exceptions to this would include sports that are not offered to students within the St Peters Co-curricular Sports program such as orienteering, baseball, etc. In 2023, student nominations will be approved by the Head of Sport, Mr Jeremy Lohe, and submitted through to the appropriate convenor. Nominations for the following Sports need to be submitted to Mr Lohe via email by Wednesday 24th January:

Please also familiarise yourself with both the Representative Sport Policy and the Central District Sports Calendar:

Representative Sport Policy – CLICK HERE

Representative Sport Calendar – CLICK HERE (as at 20/01/2023)                                      

Representative Swimming Trials (Central District and Met West)

Swimmers who wish to pursue the Representative pathway for Swimming (10 to 19 Years) will be able to nominate to attend the Central District Swimming trials to be held on Tuesday 7th February. Only students who meet the Central District Qualifying Standards will be considered for selection (found below). Students wishing to nominate will need to complete the following documents in order to nominate for the Met West Swimming Trials and return completed via email to Mr Jeremy Lohe by Friday 3rd February:

• All swimmers wishing to nominate must complete the following form - Central District Event Nomination Form
• All competing swimmers must complete the following form – PROJECT CONSENT FORM (CLICK HERE)
• If applicable, 2023 Distance Event Nomination Form Swimming 10-12 Years (CLICK HERE)
• If applicable, 2023 Distance Event Nomination Form Swimming 13-19 Years (CLICK HERE)

Additional information for students and parents wishing to nominate:

·       10-12 Years Qualifying Times (CLICK HERE)

·       13-19 Years Qualifying Times (CLICK HERE)

·       Order of Events for 2023 Central District School Sport Swimming Trials (CLICK HERE)

Lower Primary Sport (Prep to Year 3)

Our Lower Primary students are catered for through paid after-school programs run throughout the year. Information regarding these programs will be communicated throughout the year and run by various providers and include:

Prep to Year 2 Netball Program – Term 1

As we aim to offer more opportunities for Lower Primary students, we are asking for expressions of interest for Prep to Year 2 Netball program. This program will be run on a Monday afternoon from 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm and be run by Mrs Marty Stolberg. Cost of the program will be $100 for 6 sessions. Dates of the program are as follows:

Session 1 - Monday 30th January
Session 2 - Monday 6th February
Session 3 - Monday 13th February
Session 4 - Monday 20th February
Session 5 - Monday 27th February
Session 6 - Monday 6th March
Back-Up - Monday 13th March

Registration for this program needs to be completed by Friday 27th January with payments for the program by Friday 10th February. Please register by clicking on the link:

Prep to Year 2 Netball Registration – CLICK HERE

If you have any questions, please contact Mr Jeremy Lohe via email.

Baseline Tennis – Term 1

Baseline Tennis runs programs for our Lower Primary students on the courts at the Springfield Central Central Sports Complex. Enrolment in Baseline Tennis is done directly with Baseline Tennis will continue on a Tuesday afternoon for our students. Qualified coaches will collect students take them across to their lessons and if necessary return students of OSHC if required at the end of the lesson.

Please contact Baseline Tennis via email at admin@bltc.com.au or by phone at 0450 622 307 to discuss enrolling your child for Term 1.

Date Claimers – Term 1

• Thursday 2nd February: Upper Primary Inter-House Swimming Carnival @ Waterworx
• Friday 3rd February: Secondary Inter-House Swimming Carnival @ Waterworx
• Tuesday 7th February: Central District Swimming Carnival @ IGS
• Wednesday 22nd February: Met West Swimming @ Chandler
• Wednesday 1st March: QGSSSA Swimming Championships @ Chandler
• Tuesday 7th March: AIC Swimming Championships @ Chandler
• Thursday 9th March: Lutheran Primary Swimming @ St Peters Indooroopilly
• Tuesday 28th March: Year 4 – 12 Inter-House Cross Country @ Robelle Domain
• Australian Track and Field Championships and Schools Titles

Last December, 6 students from St Peters Springfield Represented Queensland at the Australian School Track and Field Championships. Our students did incredibly well over the 3 days of competition. Congratulations to the following students:

• Toby S: 1st 16 Years High Jump
• Allira T: 1st 15 Years Shot Put (Record 15.82m) & 5th 15 Years Discus
• Hayley C: 3rd Hammer Throw
• Aldora T: 7th 18 Years Hammer Throw
• Addy F: 8th 13 Years 400m
• Xander P: 8th 15 Years High Jump

Following on from this event, Toby, Allira, Hayley, and Addy represented St Peters at the Australian Schools Team event. The girls were part of the Intermediate age group which won Gold. This is a phenomenal achievement for the team and St Peters Track and Field. Congratulations girls on this achievement!

Anne-Marie Champion - Girls Sport Coordinator 
3377 6128  |  a.champion@stpeters.qld.edu.au   

Welcome back to the 2023 school year and for our new families, welcome to the St Peters Community.

Sport is an important facet of life at the College, and we hope all our girls find a way to be involved as a competitor or supporter throughout the 2023 year. As 2023 unfolds, we look forward to another amazing year of Girls Sport. I hope the perseverance and resilience we have all demonstrated over the past three years will continue to give us the strength and courage throughout this year.

We are blessed at St Peters to be able to offer the girls a wide range of sporting opportunities. We encourage all girls to find a Sport/s this year and to actively participate to the best of their ability. The cocurricular life of the College is a wonderful way to help develop balanced all-rounded young women and build the habits of lifelong regular physical activity.

At St Peters, we pride ourselves on many things but when it comes to Sport, we particularly value commitment and communication. Commitment to a team is something we emphasise in Girls Sport, and parents we would appreciate your support in reiterating the importance of honouring a commitment. When girls sign on for a Sport it is important, they consider whether they can uphold this commitment for the season. Each sport will have two training sessions and a game/meet each week in season and it is vital that girls do their best to attend these sessions. If they are unable to attend a session, we ask the girls to please communicate this with their coach and the coordinator of the Sport.

Congratulations

Congratulations to the following students who have enjoyed amazing experiences and have achieved great success over the holidays.

Gabby S (Year 12) – Second Place in the Australian World Cross Country Selection Trials which qualifies Gabby for the 2023 World Cross Country Championships. Congratulations to Gabby on an amazing result and well done to her coach, our much-loved, Mrs Kerry Schreiber. A real St Peters Plus Ultra effort and we can’t wait to watch Gabby represent St Peters this year.

Niamh de Jong (Year 10) – Competed at the U15 Indoor Hockey Nationals

Laura McKinnon (Year 8) - Member of the Mermaid U14 Green team that won gold at the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships

Queensland Swimming State Championships

Over the holidays, we had many of our swimmers do amazingly well as members of the St Peters Western team who were once again crowned number one in Queensland at the State Championships. Many of our girls enjoyed an outstanding meet with many PB’s achieved – amazing results, well done to all our girls and coaches!

Australia All Schools Track & Field Championships & Schools Challenge

In early December, a team of St Peters students competed at the Track & Field Australian National Schools Challenge in Adelaide. The team (Intermediate Girls) took the honours to be crowned Australian champions.

Competing team members included: Allira T (not pictured), Gazelle C, Hayley C, Isabelle P, Brogan T (not pictured), Toby S, Zoe C, Addy F, and Gabrielle S.

Congratulation girls, a real Plus Ultra effort, you all deserve it. Thank you to all our coaches and support crew for assisting in this great result.

Also in Adelaide were the All School National Track & Field Championships. St Peters had 12 girls competing with all girls placing in the Top 10. Congratulations to all our athletes and special congratulations to our athletes list below that were successful in securing a podium finish.

Well done to our Track & Field team, what a great way to finish a very successful 2022!

• Gold Medal - Gabby S (Year 12) – U17 1500m & 3000m
• Gold Medal - Toby S (Year 12) - U17 High Jump
• Gold Medal - Isabelle P (Year 11) – 90m Hurdles
• Gold Medal - Allira T (Year 10) – U16 Shot Put
• Silver Medal - Zoe C (Year 11) - U17 Long Jump
• Bronze Medal - Zoe C (Year 11) - U17 Triple Jump
• Bronze Medal - Jazelle C (Year 11) – U17 400m
• Bronze Medal - Hayley C – U16 Hammer Throw 

National Volleyball Schools Cup

Congratulations to our St Peters Year 11 Volleyball team who competed in Division 1 at the 2022 National Schools Cup, Gold Coast in early December. The girls enjoyed a great tournament and finished in first place securing the gold medal. Also doing amazingly well was our Year 10 team who placed third also in Division One to secure the bronze medal.

Special mention also to our Year 8 girls who finished in fifth position in Division One.

It was wonderful to see the National Schools Cup tournament back on again, thank you to all our coaches, players and parents for their support throughout the competition.

St Peters Football Holiday Camp

Over the holidays St Peters Head Coach, Remo Buess, hosted a two-day Football Development and Training Clinic on Harts Road Oval. It was a wonderful opportunity for our girls & boys Footballers to get a great head start for the seasons ahead.

Thank you to all who attended and special thanks to Coach Remo and his team of coaches for giving the students this opportunity.

TERM 1 GIRLS SPORTS

QGSSSA SENIOR AUSTRALIAN RULES

Coordinator: Mr Peter Hicks – p.hicks@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Welcome to the 2023 QGSSSA Senior Australian Rules season.

Training has commenced this week, any new girls in Years 10 -12, if you are interested in playing Senior Australian Rules, please email Mr Hicks.

2023 Game Days are scheduled for Saturday February 11, 18, 25 & March 4 & 11.

The Season draw will be on the App as soon as it is finalised.

QGSSSA SOFTBALL 

Coordinator: Ms Natalie Holman – n.holman@stpeters.qld.edu.au  

Thank you to all girls who remain committed to our Softball teams. Training has commenced this week, any new girls in Years 9 -12, if you are interested in playing Softball, please email Ms Holman.

2023 Game Days are scheduled for Saturday February 4, 11 & 18. Wet Weather Day is held on Saturday 25 February.

The Season draw will be on the App as soon as it is finalised.

QGSSSA SWIMMING

Coordinator: Mr Peter Dawson – p.dawson@stpeters.qld.edu.au    

The first of the Friday night ‘Lead Up’ Meets is on this Friday 27 January, all girls wanting to be a part of the QGSSSA team are invited to attend.

If you would like to be considered for the 2023 QGSSSA Swim Team, it is VERY important that you attend trainings. Trainings have commenced at the 50m pool and will continue weekly Monday & Wednesday morning until the QGSSSA Swim Championships on Wednesday 1 March – further details can be found on the St Peters App.

Please also note the extra school sessions on offer, Monday & Thursday afternoons, 3.20pm – 4.10pm, commencing next Monday 30 January & concluding Monday 27 February.

Sign on information has been emailed to the girls.

BWPI WATER POLO 

Coordinator - Mrs Tracey Bruce – waterpolo@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Water Polo training has begun this week and the training schedule for Term 1 can be found on the St Peters App.

Round 7 of the 2022/2023 season recommences on Saturday 4 February; the draw will be on the App as soon as it is finalised.

REMINDER - The extra Swimming sessions at the 50m pool will commence next Monday 30 January.

• Monday afternoons 50m pool: 3:30pm – 4:15pm
• Thursday afternoons 50m pool: 3:30pm – 4:15pm

Please note: There is no need for girls to sign on for these sessions, simply turn up to the pool for the sessions you can make.

AUTUMN FIXTURE SPORTS – BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL & TOUCH

QGSSSA BASKETBALL

Coordinators: Mrs Anne-Marie Champion – a.champion@stpeters.qld.edu.au and Mr Matt Allen-Ankins – m.allen-ankins@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Open team trials/training commences next Monday 30 January. All other teams commence trials/training in Week 3 – details are on the St Peters App.

ANY NEW GIRLS INTERESTED IN TRIALLING FOR THE OPEN TEAM – PLEASE EMAIL MRS CHAMPION.

Sign on information has been emailed to the girls.

QGSSSA FOOTBALL

Coordinator: Mr Nathan Edwards – football@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Open trials/training commences next Monday 30 January. All other teams commence trials/training in Week 3 – details are on the St Peters App

ANY NEW GIRLS INTERESTED IN TRIALLING FOR THE OPEN TEAM – PLEASE EMAIL MR EDWARDS.

Sign on information has been emailed to the girls.

QGSSSA TOUCH

Coordinators: Ms Anne-Marie George - a.george@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Open Team trials/training commence next Tuesday 31 January. All other teams commence trials/training in Week 3 – details are on the St Peters App

ANY NEW GIRLS INTERESTED IN TRIALLING FOR THE OPEN TEAM – PLEASE EMAIL MS GEORGE

Sign on information has been emailed to the girls.

QGSSSA CROSS COUNTRY

Coordinator: Mrs Kerry Schreiber – k.schreiber@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Cross Country pre-season training commences next week, all details are on the St Peters App. Do your best to attend as many of these sessions as you can, with Wednesday sessions being a priority.

Sign on information has been emailed to the girls.

Community Run Club starts next week also!

Join our Running Community on Friday mornings - meet at 6.30am at the St Peters Bus Stop.

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE & DEVELOPMENT

Coordinator: Mr Leigh Smith – l.smith1@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Further details and the Term 1 Athletic Performance & Development Training Schedule will be advised next week.

WET WEATHER SPORT CANCELLATIONS

Please keep an eye on the St Peters App for cancellations. We will endeavour to do this by 1.30pm for afternoon training sessions and 5.30am for morning training sessions. Updates for game days will also be provided, students will also receive an email.

Luke Donatini | Boys Sport Coordinator 
3377 6234
l.donatini@stpeters.qld.edu.au

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Tim Notke

Welcome to St Peters Boys Sport for 2023!

We hope that you all had a wonderful break of the Christmas and New Year period and are keen to get involved in St Peters Sport in 2023. To all the new students and families joining the St Peters sporting community – welcome!

We are extremely excited and looking forward to a successful year of St Peters Boys Sport and assisting the young men of our College aspire to and reach their sporting goals in 2023 and beyond. 

A major focus of our AIC Sporting Program in Term 1 of 2023 will be to further nurture and encourage positive engagement of both students and coaches alike, whilst maintaining a high standard of commitment, skill development and enjoyment at both training and game days. 

St Peters prides itself on its holistic approach to education of which sport and cocurricular activity plays a significant role in developing. It is not too late to sign up for either Volleyball, Cricket, Swimming, Cross Country, and Australian Rules Football for this term. We encourage all students who have not signed up for a Term 1 sport to contact the Sporting Coordinators listed below and they will be happy to assist you with respect to trials, trainings, and games.

Please also note that boys AIC Round 1 for Australian Rules, Volleyball and Cricket commences next weekend (Friday 3 & Saturday 4 February). We will be playing a full round of trial games this weekend (Friday 27 & Saturday 28 January) verse Iona College.

Please refer to the St Peters App for details of times and venues for all AIC trial games this coming Friday and Saturday.

Introducing our Boys Sports Captain and Spirit Captains

We are extremely please and proud to introduce our 2023 St Peters Boys Sport Captain and Spirit Captains.

National Volleyball Schools Cup Success

Congratulations to our St Peters Year 11 Volleyball team who competed in the highest division (Honours) at the 2022 National Schools Cup, Gold Coast in December. They finished in overall third place securing Bronze.

Special mention also to all our Years 8 and 10 boys who also represented St Peters at the National Schools cup.

Thank you and congratulations to all our players and coaches on a fantastic week of Volleyball.

St Peters Holiday Clinics, Camps and Trail Games

Over the Christmas and New Year vacation St Peters were extremely well represented at a variety of Boys sporting clinics, trial games and camps across multiple sports. It was wonderful to witness so many boys enjoying their St Peters sporting experience during the holidays.

Some of the many opportunities on offer were:

• National Volleyball Schools Cup – Gold Coast
• Cricket Development and Training Clinics at St Peters
• Brisbane Schools Cricket Cup – One Week Tournament
• Volleyball Trial Games verse BBC
• St Peters First XI Football Development Camp – Gold Coast
• Football Development and Training Clinics at St Peters

St Peters Term 1 AIC Sport

AIC Volleyball, Cricket, Australian Rules, and Swimming are the current IN-SEASON BOYS AIC SPORTS this term and training is currently well underway. It has been a very hectic lead up to our Term 1 sports with preseason training beginning last year.  

Also, this term, we will see the commencement of both St Peters Cross Country and St Peters Rowing training for our boys. St Peters Cross Country training is open to all boys from Years 7 to 12, whilst St Peters Rowing will cater for boys in Years 8 to 12. All trainings will continue over the coming weeks of this term and we encourage both students and parents to become familiar with the St Peters App when looking for information pertaining to anything dealing with St Peters Sport.   

It is imperative that all boys participating in any Term 1 Sport are now attending training and are available for this weekend’s scheduled trial fixtures against Iona College.

For details of times and venues for this weekend’s trial games against Iona College please check the information on the St Peters App. 

For our St Peters sporting programs to positively develop and grow, it is paramount that our students attend training sessions for their chosen sport, so they can improve and refine sport-specific skills and build cohesion amongst their team-mates.

• If students are unable to attend some training sessions, it is vital that their absence is communicated to their coaches firstly, and also the respective coordinator/s.   
• Should the sport specific information you are looking for cannot be found on the St Peters App, please contact the below sport specific coordinators.   

St Peters AIC Cricket Coordinator:
Mr Gary Munday – g.munday@stpeters.qld.edu.au  

St Peters AIC Volleyball Coordinator:
Miss Laura Buckby – l.buckby@stpeters.qld.edu.au  

St Peters AIC Swimming Coordinator:
Mr Peter Dawson – p.dawson@stpeters.qld.edu.au    

St Peters AIC Australian Rules Coordinator: 
Mr Mark Holman – m.holman@stpeters.qld.edu.au

St Peters AIC Cross Country Coordinators: 
Mrs Kerry Schreiber (Head Coach) – k.schreiber@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Please also CLICK HERE to access the AIC Sporting Calendar for 2023.

Dress Standards at St Peters AIC Sporting Training and Games

A reminder that all St Peters boys do need to be dressed correctly at both AIC training and at AIC games.

AIC Volleyball

Correct Training and Playing Uniform Requirements:

At Training – All St Peters AIC Volleyballers are to be where their St Peters Sports Uniform to Volleyball training.

At Games – All St Peters AIC Volleyballers must be wearing:

• St Peters numbered Volleyball shirt (NO sports/PE shirts are to be worn at AIC games)
• St Peters maroon PE/Sports Shorts.
• WHITE SOCKS ONLY are to be worn at AIC Volleyball Games.
• Joggers MUST be worn at all times – No slides or thongs are to be worn at any time.

AIC Cricket

Correct Training and Playing Uniform Requirements:

At Training – all AIC Cricketers must wear their ‘Program Shirt’ to their first training session of the week. The second training session you are to wear your ‘Sports Uniform’.

At Games – All St Peters Cricketers are to arrive to their game wearing:

• St Peters ‘Program Shirt’ and then get changed into your playing whites just before the start of play.
• WHITE SOCKS ONLY are to be worn at AIC Cricket Games.
• Joggers MUST be worn at all times – No slides or thongs are to be worn at any time

St Peters Student Spectators on Gamedays

Should any St Peters student be attending a St Peters sporting event/game outside of normal College hours, it is expected that they are dressed in St Peters Formal Uniform. Should a student not be wearing the correct attire when attending a sporting event/game, they may be asked to leave the venue.

Boys Rowing Sign Up

The St Peters Boys Rowing program competes in the South East Queensland Rowing Conference during Term 2. The boys also complete a preseason training schedule during term 1 each year. 

All boys that are wishing to row are requested to complete the following ‘sign up’ google form which has been sent via email to all boys in Years 7 to 12.

Wet Weather and Cancellations

With regards to wet weather and any unforeseen or potential cancellations of AIC sports, please ensure that you keep an eye out for notifications and alerts via the St Peters App. We will endeavour to keep everyone updated on both training cancellations and game day changes as the week progresses.

Luke Donatini
Boys Sport Coordinator

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Information regarding the St Peters Lutheran College Springfield Sport program will be communicated through a range of modes including email, St Peters App and Cornerstone. Students and parents will primarily receive information from the Head of Sport at Springfield but at times may also receive information from the Girls and Boys Sport Coordinators or individual Sport Coordinators. Parents and students are encouraged to download and use the St Peters App for information regarding the Sport program. 

Please download the St Peters ‘app’ today!! 

All information regarding the St Peters Lutheran College Sport program including sport training times and venues, draws, coordinator details and wet weather arrangements can be found on the St Peters App. 

*Please ensure that you update your preferences in the Settings> Subscriptions section of the app so that you only receive information from your appointed Campus or area of interest that are relevant to your family e.g. Springfield or Sports.

The app can be downloaded free through iTunes or Google Play, please search for St Peters: