RACQ

A recent visit by the RACQ Streets Ahead Education Program supported our Health program by focusing on road safety rules.

Our Prep – Year 6 students participated in interactive activities on 25/26 February with RACQ Education Officers to develop further knowledge of road safety rules. This was a request from our Student Council in 2019 for bike safety information for Upper Primary.  We had to postpone our 2020 presentation until this year, and it was worth the wait for these engaging presentations.

The specially designed road mat gave our Prep to year 2 the ability to learn correct road safety behaviours and practice crossing the road safely. They learnt that when using a Zebra Crossing, they need to Stop, Look, Listen and Think.

One other area of education was the Safety Door. Each student was sent home with a stick on sign to add to the family car so students are aware of the Safety Door. It is the rear passenger door that opens closest to the footpath or nature strip. Using the Safety Door will keep your child off the road when they enter and exit the car.

For our Year 3 - 6 students, our Education Officers demonstrate the importance of responsible behaviours and safety equipment, like helmets and seatbelts, through engaging lessons. They also shared the laws for riding on the road on a bike or skateboard.

Please find the link to the material and activities presented to our students for follow up at home.

https://www.racq.com.au/streetsahead/?cmpid=GR:RA:BR:BRD:ENG:EDM:Educationemailnewschools

Harmony Week  - Everyone Belongs 16 March

Harmony Week is held each year to celebrate our cultural diversity and promote participation, inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. This year, celebrations will be held from 15 to 21 March 2021.

Australia is a vibrant and multicultural country, from the oldest continuous culture of our first Australians to the cultures of our newest arrivals from around the world. At St Peters Springfield we are blessed to have over 30 different cultures represented in our community.

To celebrate our cultural diversity, students are able to wear cultural dress on Tuesday 16 March. Activities will also take place in classrooms on this day. Students are also able to bring their uniform to change into if they need to participate in sports activities.

There is a separate flyer attached with Cornerstone today with information.

Parent Teacher Interviews End of Term 1 

We are in the process of organising parent-teacher interviews for the end of Term 1. This is an important time to connect with your child’s teacher/s to review Term 1 and then set goals for Term 2 and beyond. There will be a range of times for parents to access interviews with a block time on Thursday 25 March from 3:00 – 6:00 pm. 

Some families may also like their Upper Primary child to be present during the interview so they can be involved in the goal setting.

National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence 19 March

The National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence is a day for our St Peters community to say Bullying. No Way! Students are able to wear a splash of orange of this day to highlight the importance of this message.  It will also be a day to highlight our everyday work to counter bullying and violence. More information will be sent out closer to the date.

Primary Discos and Parent Session 19 March

We are excited that our Primary Discos will resume this term thanks to our P&F. There will be 3 different discos – Prep, Yr 1-3 and Yr 4-6.  A flyer will be sent home shortly.

This year we have also organised two parent information sessions about our Positive Education program here at St Peters. The two sessions will run while the Yr 1-3 and Yr 4-6 discos are in progress. Mrs Sarah Johnson, our school counsellor, will be presenting this session to our parents.

We are working with the P&F to organise this event.

Primary Assembly

It has been wonderful to welcome our Primary parents back to Assembly times this term. I look forward to seeing parents attending over the year as their children receive Principal Awards.  There is the opportunity to take advantage of our new coffee machine at Hearts Café before Assembly as well.

Kind regards

Debbie West-McInnes
Head of Primary

Date Claimers:

Thursday 4 March
Community Focus Day

Tuesday 9 March
SLAPS Swimming 
P&F General Meeting, 6.30 pm, iSTEAM Room Junior High Building - All welcome

Wednesday 10 March
Year 3 - 6 Swimming

Thursday 11 March
Year 10 Dinner, 6-9 pm

On Tuesday 16 March we will be celebrating Harmony Day which is an important day in our school calendar. This day embraces the cultural diversity in our school community. Primary students are able to celebrate this day by wearing items of clothing from their traditional culture. On this day we are also organising activities with a Harmony Day focus.

If your child would like to share something from their home culture, please feel free to send this item to school on this day. Please name all items sent to the school. Your child might like to share a cultural song, book, or activity that represents their culture and share this with their class. If you would like to share a video or song please email your child’s teacher.

Students are also able to wear a plain coloured shirt on this day to which they might like to add a printed flag from their family’s cultural background or one of our Australian flags - the Australian National Flag, the Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag. Students are able to bring their school uniform in a bag so they can change into this later in the day if needed.

We are looking forward to a day of cultural celebrations with our classmates.

Our new Occupational Therapist, Sarah Shakibaie from Ready kids will be our new therapist at St Peters Springfield. Sarah will be providing OT support on Fridays during the school term. This is a fee for service arrangement. If you feel your child would benefit from accessing this OT service, please contact Mrs Stephanie Wise (Exceptional Learners Teacher). s.wise@stpeters.qld.edu.au

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.

View video of worship service

This week was the funeral of former St Peters teacher and lately Australian Lutheran World Service support worker Christian Stern in Hervey Bay. I wasn’t able to attend in person but could participate in the live-stream. It was sad, as Christian was still a young man leaving a young family behind, but it was also a powerful witness to the faith that inspired his life and led him to serve in various ways around him – and make an impact on the world.

I was reminded that we live our lives under the shadow of its finiteness, and in the end it doesn’t matter how much we have accumulated or how many experiences we have consumed, but how we have lived, how we have related to others, how we have cared for others…

The funeral service and its songs and readings – which Christian helped prepare during the last months of his life - pointed to Christ and the Easter hope we have through his death and resurrection. A hope that points us beyond the finiteness of our earthly lives to the infinite magnitude of God’s love and the eternal future in His presence that Easter has brought.

As we move through this time of Lent, 40 solemn days of preparation for Easter, we are led on the journey to the cross, to death and then beyond into resurrection. We live our lives in the shadow of death – but through Christ that is not the final word anymore. This hope empowered Christian’s life and gives us a hope that can carry us through the dark times, through sadness, through loss. Peter writes this in his first letter:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. (1 Peter 1:3-4)

May this living hope fill and inspire you, too.

Pastor Thomas

A day on Moreton bay, in a Catamaran, exploring the natural world! The Year 12 Biology students agreed that it was not a bad way to learn. They investigated a mangrove ecosystem using quadrats to systematically sample the distribution and abundance of mangrove flora and fauna. Did you know that nearly half of Australia's mangrove forests are found in Queensland?  Moreton bay harbours 8 different species, which the students learned to distinguish using a dichotomous key. They also measured a range of abiotic components and noted the adaptations which enable mangroves to live in the estuarine environment.

Back on the Catamaran they measured abiotic factors which are used to determine the health of the waterway. They also identified and counted marine organisms caught in a Benthic trawl from the bottom of the Jacobs Well Channel.  From these sampling techniques, the students have collected data that they could use in their own student experiments. 

This learning experience aimed to bring concepts, studied in class, into the real world, and to increase student’s appreciation of the natural environs of South-East Queensland. 

Under the guidance of coach Zac Hyde (2020 Captain), Year 12 students, Grace T, Hope T and Yash G won their first debate of the season against Iona College at Brisbane State High School. The topic of the debate was: That we should not allow donations to universities to be conditional upon the teaching of a particular worldview. SPLC Springfield presented the affirmative case convincingly, handling the challenge of ‘points of information’ skilfully. Congratulations to all debaters and many thanks to Rebekah Q, who stepped in as Chairperson for the evening.

By Mme Rae Morgan (Debating Coordinator)

There is no shortage of reasons as to why playing an instrument in ensemble advantages all involved.

Ensembles teach participants to create something beautiful; it develops a new form of language and expression, and allows participants to make lasting relationships within the group.

Here are four advantages of ensemble participation:

1. Motivation – there is a constant motivation to practice and improve, with individual and group responsibilities to make each performance successful.
2. Music ensembles create a chance to form new friendship groups.
3. Music is the perfect way to relieve stress, as you see friends and enjoy a fun activity for a short time.
4. Music Teamwork – being in an ensemble is to be part of a team.  Musicians learn to listen to each other, play in time with others and follow the leader’s directions (verbal and non-verbal).

Shared musical experiences cut across language barriers, cultural differences and socio-economic differences to form a sense of community. They create a sense of shared goals are participants prepare individually and together to shape the performance, and empowers participants with a sense of responsibility for contributing to the final product. 

At St Peters Springfield, we have several co-curricular Music ensembles for students to join and contribute.  All students are welcome to participate in an ensemble of an appropriate standard.  Ms Grennan and Mrs Clarke are always happy to discuss any questions.

Bands:

• Burgundy Band – Thursday, 2.50-3.30pm
• Gold Band – Monday, 7.15-8.00am
• Percussion Ensemble – Friday, 7.30-8.00am
• Platinum Band – Thursday, 7.30-8.00am

Choirs:

• Piccolo Voce – Monday, 10.20-10.45am
• Bella Voce – Wednesday, 7.30-8.00am
• Con Brio – Tuesday, 7.30-8.00am
• Poco Voce (all Yr 2 & 3 students) – Thursday, Lesson 5
• Fella Voce (all Yr 4- 6 boys) – Tuesday, Lesson 4
• Mezzo Voce (all Yr 4-6 girls) – Tuesday, Lesson 4

String Ensembles:

• Cantabile Strings – Monday, 12.40-1.10pm
• Allegro Strings – Monday, 3.00-3.30pm
• Pizzicato Strings – Friday, 10.20-11.00am

AIC Swimming Championships

Congratulations to our AIC Swim team who have made it 5 in a row! In one of the closet finishes in years, St Peters narrowly clinched the title by 14 points, the closest result in many years. There were some fantastic individual performances including Abdiel and Justin who were part of the 15 years Div 2 Freestyle relay team and John who was part of the 15 years Medley relay team which broke the record. Well done also to John, Ethan, Tom and Fred who placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in individual or relay events on the day.

The following boys represented the College on Friday:

Well done boys!

Representative Sport

Last week, 25 swimmers from St Peters Springfield competed at the Met West Swimming trials. It was great to see so many swimmers out there striving for their bests. Congratulations to the following swimmers who have gained selection in the Met West team to compete at the State Titles at the end of March:

We also congratulate Ella R who broke the Met West 17 – 19 years Girls 100m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle records.

Well done to all these students and good luck!

Date Claimers

• Tuesday 9th March: Lutheran Primary Swimming @ St Peters Indooroopilly
• Tuesday 30th April: Year 4 – 12 Inter-house Cross Country @ Robelle Domain

“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” Thomas Merton

EIGHT IN A ROW – WHAT AN OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FROM OUR 2021 QGSSSA SWIM TEAM

Congratulations to our 2021 QGSSSA Swimming team! All girls were fantastic last night and raced exceptionally well. The overall result was a team effort and every girl played their part on the team. We would like to thank our Captains Stef McC and Sophie R and Vice-Captains Eli P and Ella R for their leadership - they were amazing. Our Open girls are to be commended for their support of the younger girls and for instilling a great winning culture amongst the team. On behalf of the girls we thank and acknowledge all the hard work of our Swimming Coordinators Peter Dawson, Shaun Nodwell, Jeremy Lohe and our amazing coaching team, Dean, Maxie, Richard, Stewart, Scott and Andrey.

The success of the girls would not be possible without the support of all parents with special thanks to the many mums who help with the weekly breakfasts & lunch before yesterday’s Championships. Special mention to Monica G for leading the way, the girls really appreciate the great food and support.

Further details of the amazing results will be published next week.

SENIOR SOFTBALL

Well done to our Senior Softball girls on a great 2021 season. The four-week competition was a huge success with our Open team finishing in second place, our Senior A1 team also finishing in second place and our Senior A2 team finishing in equal third place. These results are pleasing but more importantly, I enjoyed watching the girls improve their Softball game in a happy, fun environment. A very big thank you to Ms Nat Holman and our amazing coaches for their work throughout the season.

Congratulations to the following award winners:

Open Team: MVP – Matilda P | Coaches Award – Kate E
Senior A1: MVP – Annabelle C | Coaches Award – Annabelle C
Senior A2: MVP – Scout V | Coaches Award – Lillian K
Senior B1: MVP – Sophie T | Coaches Award – Imogen J
Senior B2: MVP – Vanina N | Coaches Award – Alice J

WET WEATHER

With the wet weather continuing for many days 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/fixtures and 5.30am for morning training sessions, however this is not always possible with storms around. Students will also receive an email.

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 allowed)

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 is on this Sunday, we would love to see you there 😊

When: Sunday 7 March
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 Sunday.

BASKETBALL

Coordinator: Mr Orhan Memedovski – o.memedevoski@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Please see attached for details of the trial games v Somerville House this Friday afternoon – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.

DATE CLAIMER – OLD SCHOLARS V OPEN TEAM GAME

FOOTBALL

Coordinator: Mr Tim Arnold – t.arnold@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Please see attached for details of the trial games v Somerville House this Friday afternoon – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.

TOUCH

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

Please see attached for details of the trial games v Somerville House this Friday afternoon – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.

WATER POLO (continuation from Term 4)

Coordinator: Mrs Tracey Bruce & Mrs Elaine Ripamonti – waterpolo@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Two more minor round games to go. Let’s finish the season on a high with good attendance at training.

Please watch the St Peters App & an email from your manager if the weather is threatening.

Date Claimer: Water Polo Break-Up – MONDAY 15 March - Further details to follow

GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR ROUND 13 GAMES THIS SATURDAY.

CROSS COUNTRY

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

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.

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

‘Five In A Row’

The St Peters Boys AIC Swimming Team can proudly hold their heads high after being crowned Champion College at last Friday’s annual AIC Swimming Championships.

Digging deep right until the very last event the day, the Open 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, our boys finished the day 16 points ahead of second place Marist College, Ashgrove.

This 2021 win makes it five consecutive years in a row for St Peters Boys Swimming, a magnificent feat and a real credit to all involved in the swimming program.

We can sometimes take for granted and can easily gloss over all the behind the scenes hard work, guidance and expertise that takes place each day, each week and each month in the lead up to these such events. It would be remiss if we did not make special mention and acknowledgment of our St Peters Swimming Coaches, Dean Boxall, Maxine Seear, Scott Crawford, Richard Sleight, Stewart Melton and Andrey Piana Dos Santos, who guided our team to victory.

Likewise, a massive thank you to our Swimming Coordinator, Peter Dawson, who worked tirelessly in organising, cross checking, comforting, motivating and communicating with every swimmer before, during and after the day of the swimming championship. His hard work did not go unnoticed.

Equally as important were the roles played by both Shaun Nodwell and Jeromy Lohe. Their amazing knowledge of every swimmer, every time swum, rankings and their constant communication in letting all know where St Peters stood after each race, age group event and what was required next was so paramount in our success.

All of this is the dedication of this well constructed St Peters swimming fraternity.

This years success was not just about the swimming performances on the day, it’s very much about the parents who fed the boys each week - the endless hours of coaching and training, the months of coordinating and organising - and it is also very much about the swimmers who did not get a swim on the day, the reserves.

Five consecutive St Peters AIC Swimming victories is an acknowledgement and celebration of a successful and a growing Swimming Program which has developed by a proud and enthusiastic Swimming community. On behalf of St Peters Boys Sport, I thank each and everyone involved, your College is extremely proud of you!

AIC Swimming Achievements – St Peters ‘New’ Records:

Boys 200 Metre Medley Relay Div 1 - 1:43.59

1. Tarquin Magner        
2. Joshua Staples          
3. Tom Nankervis    
4. Kai Taylor

Boys 15 & Under 200 Metre Medley Relay Div 1 - 1:54.44

1. Michael Thomas        
2. Samuel Thorpe          
3. John Jendra  
4. David Chippendale

Boys Year 6 50 Metre Breaststroke Div 2 – 41.43 Luke Aldridge

Boys 100 Metre Freestyle Div 1 – 50.01 Kai Taylor

Boys 100 Metre Butterfly Div 1 – 54.53 Tom Nankervis

Boys 15 Years & Under 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Div 2 – 1:48.46 

1. Abdiel Susetyo      
2. Justin Parker    
3. Fraser Stott        
4. Hugo Buller

Age Group Placings:

St Peters Senior AIC Team: 12 Years – 3rd, 13 Years – 2nd, 14 Years – 2nd, 15 Years – 1st, 16 Years – 1st, Opens – 1st. Overall – 1st

St Peters Junior AIC Team: Year 5 & Year 6 – Overall 4th

This Week in Sport

We now move towards Round 6 this weekend. St Peters will compete against Marist College in Opens AFL (Friday afternoon), and then in Cricket and Volleyball on Saturday. Our Senior teams, Years 7 to 9, will be competing home at St Peters and our Senior teams, Years 10 to 12, away at Marist College venues.

Please ensure you check the St Peters App. for both venue details and time of games.

2021 AIC Cross Country & Runners Club

A reminder that training has commenced for all our boys who are wishing to be part 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.

Term 2 AIC Sports – Sign On (Chess, Rugby and Football)

Earlier this week an email was sent to ALL boys in Years 7 to 12 regarding ‘Signing On’ for the Term 2 Sports of Chess, Rugby and Football.

We strongly encourage all boys who are intending on participating in a Term 2 sport to please check their emails and sign on via the links within the Sign On email.

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,  

• St Peters Cricket Coordinator: Mr Gary Munday – g.munday@stpeters.qld.edu.au  
• St Peters Volleyball Coordinator: Mrs Danielle Tucker – d.tucker@stpeters.qld.edu.au   
• St Peters Swimming Coordinator: Mr Peter Dawson – p.dawson@stpeters.qld.edu.au    
• St Peters Opens AFL Coordinator: Mr Mark Holman – m.holman@stpeters.qld.edu.au
• St Peters Cross Country Coordinator: Mrs Kerry Schreiber – k.schreiber@stpeters.qld.edu.au

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: