Aim high. Embrace challenges. Stretch yourself to your limits. Celebrate your accomplishments. We encourage our students to constantly seek new adventures, to set new goals and then work hard to achieve success.
This week we saw our Year 9 students start out on a new adventure while at the other end of the spectrum we were able to celebrate the accomplishment of students who had achieved their academic goals.
On Tuesday, we farewelled our Year 9 students as they boarded the bus for Ironbark. Excitement and anticipation rippled through the assembled students as bags were stowed and names checked off. We know that the students will face challenges while at Ironbark—physical, social and emotional—but that they will return richer for the experience. Knowing they confronted and conquered doubts, apprehension and the occasional fear will give them confidence and strength only found when we have achieved more than we believed ourselves capable of.
Then later in the morning at the Secondary assembly, we were able to celebrate the academic endeavours of students. Students who received their Personal Best GPA in Semester 2, 2020 or who improved their GPA by 0.5 or greater compared to their Semester 1 results were acknowledged with certificates recording this achievement.
These awards can be achieved by all students because they are not influenced by the results of others. They are informed only by the personal effort of the individual student. Therefore, it was wonderful to see over sixty students presented with certificates confirming their commitment to and perseverance with their studies.
SET representatives
Also acknowledged on Tuesday’s assembly were the 2021 Student Executive Team representatives. Each Pastoral Care class elects a representative who attends SET meetings. This team is the student voice of the school and is run by the College Captains and Vice-captains. The team brings suggestions and recommendations from the student body to the teaching leadership team. The SET representatives are also responsible for organising a class fundraising event to raise money to support our Compassion child, Alfred, and our Australian Lutheran World Service Village Partnership project.
Congratulations to the 2021 representatives and I look forward to hearing their ideas for the enhancement of student life at St Peters.
What's On
Date Claimers - 25 February to 4 March 2021
Date Claimers:
Thursday 25 February Prep – Year 6 RACQ Streets Ahead
Friday 26 February Prep – Year 6 RACQ Streets Ahead AIC Swimming, Chandler
Wednesday 3 March QGSSSA Chandler Year 3 - 6 Swimming
Thursday 4 March Community Focus Day – coin trail
Ministry
Lent
Wednesday 17 February was the first day of the church season of Lent. The season runs for forty days (Sundays are not counted) and concludes on Holy Saturday. The purpose of the season is for Christians to prepare their hearts and minds for the remembrance of Jesus’ death and resurrection over the Easter weekend. Traditionally, this has involved personal reflection on one’s own sin, the realities of earthly mortality, and on the undeserved gift of eternal salvation received through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Many Christians have also adopted the practice of 'giving up' something for Lent, in honour of Jesus’ 'giving up' his life for our sake on the cross. While we each can give up habits and material things for the season of Lent, it is even better to focus on transformation of character. Take some time to look through the list below. What do you need to 'give up' and 'take up' to more fully live and act in the way of Jesus?
Give up complaining. . . . . . focus on gratitude. Give up pessimism. . . . . . . become an optimist. Give up harsh judgments. . . . think kindly thoughts. Give up worry. . . . . . . . . trust divine providence. Give up discouragement . . . . be full of hope. Give up bitterness . . . . . . turn to forgiveness. Give up hatred . . . . . . . . return good for evil. Give up negativism . . . . . . be positive. Give up anger. . . . . . . . . be more patient. Give up pettiness. . . . . . . become mature. Give up gloom. . . . . . . . . enjoy the beauty that is all around you. Give up jealousy . . . . . . . pray for trust. Give up gossiping. . . . . . . control your tongue. Give up sin. . . . . . . . . . turn to virtue. Give up giving up. . . . . . . hang in there!
A Personal Lenten Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank you for journeying towards the cross for my sake. Shape me during this season of Lent so that I may better reflect your loving, serving heart in my thoughts, words and actions. Amen.
Blessings, Pastor Greg St Peter's Lutheran Church, Indooroopilly
Arise Lutheran Church
Arise is a Christian Community where people gather each Sunday morning at 9am in the St Peter’s Hub, to meet Jesus the Light of the World. "Arise, shine, your light has come!" Isaiah 60:1
All are welcome.
The video on Facebook is of the complete worship service.
Secondary students are invited to join a youth night this Friday 26 February from 6-8pm in the Junior High Precinct. The kids will play a range of interactive games with a break for Pizzas and devotion time. Kids will get to know each other better, get to know God better, and get to know Pizza better! That’s a win-win-win!
Please sign in and sign out your child and bring $5 for pizza. SPY Night: Friday 26 February | 6-8pm | Junior High Precinct
As the school year ramps up and the reality and pressure of everyday life hits us, it might help to Lighten the Load by remembering that:
There’s always too much to do. And that’s not a bad thing.
Feeling swamped, overscheduled, and incapable of doing it all is part of the human condition (or it is for many of us). But when we make peace with this reality, it can actually be empowering. Why?
It means that we are forced to choose, so we must choose wisely.
If you have 20 things to do today but only have time for 10, choose the 10 that matter most. It’s true that sometimes things will feel a little unbalanced, and we’ll have to let important things slide. But that’s not going to happen all the time.
The brilliant Stephen R. Covey taught that "things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least."
This week, be intentional about what you can accomplish in a day. Set your focus and priorities. And make sure the things that matter most (the children! Just in case you were unsure) aren’t at the mercy of things that matter least.
This term, the RACQ’s Streets Ahead road safety program is being delivered to our Prep to Year 6 students focussing on pedestrian, passenger and riding safety. Resource Packs with age-appropriate activities and videos demonstrating strategies are available here: www.racq.com.au/streetsaheadresources
These will assist you to continue to teach road safety, implement the strategies your children have learnt and apply them to your everyday lives.
Year 1 Hand Sanitiser donation
Thank you to the P&F Committee for the kind donation of an individual hand sanitiser to each student. The students were delighted to receive this gift which also helps keep us safe in these times.
The Arts
Music News, Term 1 Week 5
Seize the Advantage
Don’t ever stop that Music!
This article is a compilation of research by Dr Anita Collins, drawing on the latest international neurological research to reveal the extraordinary and surprising benefits to children of learning music.
The music advantage, it seems, kicks in right from the time we are born. Current research indicates that babies actually begin decoding language via the same neurological processes they use for music. Where once it was presumed that musical ability had a strong connection with mathematical proficiency, it now appears that music activity is more closely related to, and may in fact assist in, the acquisition of language.
Intuitively this makes sense. A baby is clearly unable to discern what a word actually means, but they can understand meaning through the musical elements of rhythm, pitch, contour, and timbre of the way in which that word is spoken to them.
“They use sound to identify the important things, lie who are their primary carers, who is part of their family or tribe”, says Collins. “One of the most effective mechanisms humans have to convey that information is through song”.
Research is also highlighting how a child’s capacity to maintain a consistent beat is a strong indicator as to their readiness to learn how to read.
“Music and reading are actually complementary and overlapping processes inside a child’s brain”, says Collins. “Enhancing musical development benefits reading development”.
Structured and sequential music learning activities also provide the foundation for the important school ready skill of paying attention and memorising information.
According to Collins, the research shows that, across schools, “participating in school music, especially instrumental music, was related to higher exam scores…. Highly engaged instrumental music students were, on average, academically one year ahead of their peers”.
The field of neuro-music research is in its relative infancy, so the body of evidence supporting the beneficial impact of music education will continue to grow.
To hear the full interview between Patrick Devery and Dr Anita Collins, go to www.theieuzone.org.au.
Sport
Springfield Sport
AIC Swimming Championships
The AIC Swimming Championships will be held this Friday with a number of St Peters Springfield boys lining up to represent the College as they go for 5 in a row! These boys have put in many hours of training and competing at the Friday night meets to earn their place in the team.
Congratulations to Themys A-M who has been selected as a member of the AIC Open team and has been a dedicated member of the AIC Swim team for the past 8 years.
The following boys will represent the College on Friday:
Name & Year
Name & Year
Name & Year
Randiv K – Year 5
Vasili M – 13 Years
John J – 15 years
Fred M – Year 6
Ethan R – 14 Years
Abdiel S – 15 Years
Aiden C – 12 Years
Jack S – 14 Years
Justin P – 15 Years
Tom G – 13 Years
Rav S – 14 Years
Themys A-M - Open
Good luck boys!
QGSSSA Swimming Championships
Our QGSSSA Girls swim team will go for 8 in a row next Wednesday at the QGSSSA Swimming Championships. As with the boys, the girls have put in many hours of training and preparation in the lead-up. We also congratulate the following girls who have been chosen to represent the Open Girls team including Jess G, Mollie O, Ella R and Leilani R. We wish all girls the best as they strive for success:
Name & Year
Name & Year
Name & Year
Jillian F – 12 Years
Stella S – 13 Years
Claveria J-T – 16 Years
Israiel R – 12 Years
Isabella P – 14 Years
Leilani R – Open
Tamika R – 12 Years
Tiare R – 15 Years
Ella R – Open
Alexa S – 13 Years
Lillian K – 16 Years
Mollie O – Open
Ruby-Jane K – 12 Years
Kaia S – 16 Years
Jessica-Marie G – Open
Representative Sport
Over the last few weeks we have had a number of students trial at both Central District Sport Trials as well as Met West Sport trials.
Congratulations to the Jack S in Year 9 who represented Met Wet at the State Triathlon Championships. Jack put in a fantastic swim, ride and run to finish 55th overall. Triathlon requires many hours of training in each discipline and Jack is commended on his efforts. Well done Jack on this result.
Congratulations also to Sophie K in Year 8 who trialled and was selected as a member of the 15 years Central Districts Girls Football team. This is a fantastic achievement as Sophie is only 13 and will now trial later this term at the Met West trials. Well done Sophie!
We also congratulate Stella S on making the Central District 15 Years AFL team. This is a fantastic achievement given Stella is only 13 playing against older students. Congratulations Stella! We also congratulate Mia M in Year 6 who has been selected in the 12 Years Girls AFL team to trial at Met West later this term. Well done to all these students.
Students are reminded to nominate through Mr Lohe if they wish to trial for a respective sport.
Tuesday 9th March: Lutheran Primary Swimming @ St Peters Indooroopilly
Tuesday 30th April: Year 4 – 12 Inter-house Cross Country @ Robelle Domain
QGSSSA Girls Sport
“The mind has a way of limiting what’s possible when you give it permission. The world is your stage. Use it all.” Dave Cenker
WEEKEND WRAP
Last Friday night, 95 of our amazing swimmers attended the Swim Meet hosted by St Margaret’s/Clayfield College at the Valley Pool. With less than a week to go before the QGSSSA Swimming Championships on Wednesday 3 March, it was very pleasing to see such big numbers at both the meets & training sessions.
On Saturday our Senior Softball girls ventured to Downey Park for Week 3 of games. The girls played hard, competing with such enthusiasm and spirit, it was a pleasure to watch them put their improved Softball skills to work and see them playing the game they enjoy.
As our Water Polo girls head into the back end of their season with three rounds to go, our U12B team is fighting hard to have the opportunity to play in the finals. Last Saturday saw our Open team come out winners in a hard-fought game against BGGS. Well done girls!
WET WEATHER
With wet weather predicted for many days this next week, 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, however this is not always possible with storms around. Students will also receive an email.
REMINDER
On behalf of the Coaches and Coordinators of our Sports, can we please remind parents to be mindful of picking your daughter up from trainings or games on time.
DRESS CODE FOR WEEKEND SPORTING FIXTURES
When attending/watching other weekend sporting fixtures (eg Boys Volleyball or Cricket), girls are asked to ensure they are wearing their St Peters Formal uniform or if they are coming from playing their own St Peters sport (eg Softball), their St Peters playing uniform is allowed. (PE Uniform or casual clothing is not permitted).
MATER CHICKS IN PINK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FUN RUN
For further information, please contact Susannah Treschman – s.treschman@stpeters.qld.edu.au
Our St Peters Community event will be held on the same day as the main run with details below:
When: Sunday 7 March 2021 Time: 7.30am arrival for 8.00am start Where: Robertson Park (across the road from St Peters Lutheran College, on the corner of Indooroopilly & Lambert Road) What: wear a lot of pink, get your family and friends together and walk, run or skip 5km
There will be lots of prizes to be won on the day including a prize for the best dressed (in pink of course), participant who raises the most money, lucky entry prizes and many more.
Thank you in advance for supporting this wonderful opportunity to show that St Peters can make a difference in the wider community. We look forward to seeing you on 7 March.
St Peters will host the final QGSSSA Swim Meet this Friday afternoon 26 February at the 50m pool (please see below or the St Peters App for the Program of Events).
REMINDER - it is a requirement to wear St Peters togs when representing the College at a Swim Meet.
Another compulsory part of the St Peters Swimming uniform is the grey St Peters Swimming Shirt.
This shirt must be worn to and from Swim Meets and the QGSSSA Championships (with HPE shorts) and also when not swimming at the meets (e.g. waiting in the stands). All students who attended the Swim Camp will already have this shirt.
Grey shirts can be purchase from Sports House for $20 or via the St Peters Portal. Once you have a receipt, you can collect the shirt from Sport House.
2021 QGSSSA Swimming Championships – Less than a week to go!
We are commencing the last week of preparations for our QGSSSA swimmers before they compete at the annual QGSSSA Swimming Championships next Wednesday 3 March at the Chandler Aquatic Centre. The girls have trained hard for this event and we are getting excited in anticipation for winning for the 8th year in a row!
The twilight championship carnival commences at 3.30pm and finishes at 8.15pm. We look forward to seeing many parents support our QGSSSA swimmers and we wish the girls every success.
QGSSSA SWIMMING STATEMENT
The QGSSSA Board have released a statement regarding spectators at the upcoming QGSSSA Swimming Championships. There will be no student spectators and further information on how parents can apply for tickets will be sent in the coming days.
Trial games for all teams v Somerville House | Friday 5 March at St Peters – draw to be released very soon
RESCHEDULED TRIAL GAMES V BGGS
Due to the rain, last Thursday afternoon’s Touch Trial games V BGGS were cancelled. With thanks to BGGS these games have been rescheduled for next Monday and Tuesday afternoons at St Peters, the draw can be found on the St Peters App.
The final round of games is on this Saturday 27 February (6 & 13 March if wet weather occurs).
Congratulation to all our Senior Softball Girls, the season has been a huge success. As we approach the final round of the season, our Open girls are in 3rd position and play BSHS this Saturday to maintain this position. Our Senior A1 girls are in 2nd position, our Senior A2 girls are in 4th position, and our Senior B1 & B2 teams are in 2nd and 3rd position in the social competition.
A big thank you to our Softball coordinator Nat H and our coaches who have done an awesome job this season.
GOOD LUCK GIRLS.
DATE CLAIMER | End of Season Award Presentations – Next Tuesday 2 February, 7.00am in the Cafe 45 Common Room (at the back of Café 45). Please Note – This is subject to change if wet weather occurs for Saturday’s games.
Three more minor round games to go – Well done to the Open team on a hard-fought victory again BGGS last Saturday. We have seen great improvement across all our teams throughout the season with tough games each weekend. Our U12B girls are still a chance to play finals, we wish them well for the last 3 games.
Please watch the St Peters App & an email from your manager if the weather is threatening.
Cross Country pre-season continues this week and we have had a steady flow of runners attending. There are many training sessions to choose from – please check the St Peters App for further details.
Do your best to attend as many of these sessions as you can, with Wednesday sessions being a priority.
Run Club is on again this week! Join our Running Community on Friday mornings - meet at 6.30am at the St Peters Bus Stop.
‘Run Club’ a fun way to improve fitness for all sports, meet new people and start training for our QGSSSA Cross Country season.
AIC Boys Sport
Luke Donatini Boys Sport Coordinator 3377 6234 l.donatini@stpeters.qld.edu.au
What a fantastic and successful day of St Peters Boys Sport we just experienced. It was wonderful to get out and about last Friday and Saturday to spectate and encourage our students whilst representing St Peters at various AIC sports. It’s always great to witness the positive energy, enthusiasm and effort exhibited by our boys when representing their College. What was also noticeable was the following traits which were ever present both on and off the playing field - Respect, Resilience, Tenacity, Passionate and being Humble.
For me, these elements I find important in all our students both on and off the sporting field. As mentioned on previous occasions, the concept of ‘Our Crest, Our College’ is paramount in the building of our St Peters sporting culture and spirit. Engraining an attitude of pride, confidence and commitment to what the St Peters Crest represents, so we are all striving for ‘Plus Ultra’.
Last Saturday was made even more special with the hosting of ‘St Peters Pink Stumps Day’ in support of the McGrath Foundation. It was brilliant to witness our College community come together to embrace and overwhelmingly support this worthy cause. I would like to thank Mr Gary Munday (St Peters Cricket Coordinator) for initiating our inaugural ‘St Peters Pink Stumps Day’ and putting it all together in his first four weeks in the role of St Peters Cricket Coordinator. It is definitely something we will be looking forward to hosting for many years to follow. Should you wish to support this great cause and make a donation, please click on the below link: https://www.pinkstumpsday.com.au/fundraisers/stpeterslutherancollege/
This Week in Sport
With regards to our AIC ‘in term’ sports, we now move towards Round 5 this weekend. St Peters will compete against St Patrick’s College in Opens AFL (Friday afternoon), and then in Cricket and Volleyball on Saturday. Our senior teams, Year 7 to 9, will be competing home at St Peters and our senior teams, Year 10 to 12, away at St Patrick’s College venues.
Please ensure you check the St Peters App. for both venue details and time of games.
AIC Swimming Championships – Friday 26 February
This Friday our St Peters Swimmers will line up to defend their AIC Agregate Winners title in the pool at the State Aquatic Centre, Chandler. For the past four years our boys have won this prestigious event and in 2021 they are even more keen and up for the challenge as they strive for five consecutive wins. We are extremely proud of how hard our swimmers have worked, and we are now looking forward to watching them compete on Friday.
The AIC Swimming Championships will be Live Streamed on Friday from 8.30am to approximately 1.00pm. Please see below for the Live Stream Link: AIC Swimming Championships 2021
2021 AIC Swimming Championships – No Student Spectators
The AIC Management Committee released a statement surrounding spectators at the up and coming AIC Championships on Friday 26 February. Parents and Caregivers are welcome to apply and attend as spectators; however, it will be a ticketed event and only entry given to those who have applied for a ticket (allocated seating). There will no student spectators at this year’s AIC Swimming Championships. For further information on how to apply for spectator tickets, please check the St Peters App where you can also read the full AIC Statement regarding this event.
2020 AIC Cross Country & Runners Club
I would also like to highlight this week the importance of the St Peters Cross Country program. Not only are we wanting boys to compete competitively for St Peters in Cross Country but we are wanting all Years 7 to 12 boys who will be playing in Term 2 Sports (Rugby & Football) to strongly consider attending at least one (1) Cross Country session or Runners Club so to enhance their overall fitness level as they start to prepare for Term 2 Sports.
Cross Country at St Peters has traditionally been well received and very competitive at both AIC and QGSSSA. Let’s work hard in 2021 to maintain this high standard and consolidate on past years participation and performances. Training times for Cross Country can be found on the St Peters App. Boys can also find more details about Cross Country from the weekly sport email sent to them.
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.
Dress Standards at St Peters AIC Sporting Training and Games
A reminder that all our boys do need to be dressed correctly at both AIC training and 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 their numbered volleyball shirt and maroon PE/Sports Shorts.
NO sports/PE shirts are to be worn at AIC games. WHITE SOCKS ONLY are to be worn at AIC Volleyball Games.
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 their ‘Program Shirt’ and then get changed into your playing whites just before the start of play.
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 be dressed in St Peters apparel whilst attending these events.
If the sport specific information you are looking for cannot be found on the St Peters App, please contact the below sport specific coordinators directly,
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.
St Peters APP
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:
