“Children are the priority. Change is the reality. Collaboration is the strategy.” – Judith Billings
We are better together. If the world has taught us any lesson over the last two years, for me – it has been – that we accomplish more when we work as a team. Over the last year, in my wellbeing role, I have been collaborating and planning with the St Peters P&F to increase the parental involvement in our wellbeing programming here at the College.
Last year, the P & F invested in ‘Happy Families’ memberships, which were available to all parents. ‘Happy Families’ is a platform run by Dr Justin Coulson and last year the feedback we received from our community was that this information was helpful and useful for them in their parenting journey. We have continued this membership this year for our families so that they can access newsletters, webinars and information to help them to become more positive, proactive and happy parents. We encourage all parents of the College to access this useful resource.
Another P & F initiative is the seminars this week run by Dr Kristy Goodwin. Dr Goodwin is an expert in technology and the digital dilemmas that our young people are facing. On Wednesday, we were lucky enough to have two student sessions, a teacher professional session, and a session run for our parents, these sessions were absolutely insightful and engaging.
Throughout the expertly presented seminars, I took away two key learnings.
The first learning is that the most important skill of the 21st century is paying attention and that we need to focus on FQ – focus quotient, in the same way that we have attended to IQ and EQ in the past. The message Dr Goodwin gave the students is “build a fortress around your focus” in order to master the media and not be a slave to the screen. Taking back the technology and using it for us – was a key important message by Dr Goodwin.
The other learning that made me stand up and take notice was that in our student wellbeing survey – our SPLC students reported to getting around 6 hours sleep a night. This is desperately low and in fact at ages 5 – 12 children should be getting between 9 and 11 hours sleep. For teens, around 8 – 10 hours. 1 single hour less than their recommended sleep time reduces IQ by 15 points. The fact that some of these students are getting this little sleep will begin to impact their cognitive performance and attention.
We know that like us, parents are doing the best they can for their young people. We also know that when we know better, we do better. So we thank the P & F for their continued support in educating our families and community around the topics of wellbeing, so that together, we can come out of these unsettling and challenging times that the world finds itself in to be more resilient, resourceful and well.
It is a privilege to walk beside you in wellbeing for our students, and I wish you a fabulous end to Term 2.
Sarah Johnson Careers & Counselling
What's On
Friday 20 May - Friday 27 May
Friday 20 May
NAPLAN Catch up day Primary Sport Photos, Indooroopilly Year 10 Geography Excursion
Tuesday 24 May
Year 9 Geography Excursion 8.00-3.00 pm
Wednesday 25 May
Met West Cross Country, JPC National Simultaneous Storytime Prep – Year 3 Year 3 Orion Library National Simultaneous Storytime Private Tuition Concert 1, 4.15-6.30 pm
Thursday 26 May
Community Focus Day Coin Drop – Touches of Red for Dyslexia Gideons Bible presentation to Year 7 students Private Tuition Concert 2, 4.15-6.30 pm
Friday 27 May
Reconciliation Week Friday 27 May to Friday 3 June Year 6 Mock Parliament Excursion P&F Teen Trivia Night, Year 7-12, 6-9 pm
Ministry
‘Ask what I should give you’ (2 Chronicles 1:7)
That night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask what I should give you", (2 Chronicles 1:7).
Have you ever wondered what you would wish for if you were asked for three wishes? It’s tantalising, isn’t it? Would you want wealth, beauty, power, smaller feet, curly hair, world peace, an end to lockdowns and a cure for COVID-19? Stories about Aladdin’s lamp and wishes coming true have featured in fairy tales for generations, but Solomon hits the jackpot! God asks him what he wants and actually makes good on the request. And not only does Solomon get what he wished for, but God adds on riches, possessions and honour. Wow! That is an amazing response.
I ask God for a lot of things. There are many people who I pray for on a regular and irregular basis. I don’t keep tabs on how these prayers are answered, but I know God hears those prayers and some responses have been over and above what I could have expected.
If we fast forward to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, I find his reference to King Solomon most interesting. We have Solomon, who has wisdom and knowledge plus riches and possessions. Yet when Jesus tells us not to worry about life, he suggests that we ‘consider the lilies of the field … Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these’. And as I look at the lilies, freesias, bluebells, daisies, sweet peas and all of the other spring flowers blooming in my garden today, I have to agree that nothing made by humans can match them for colour, form, perfume and beauty! Jesus then suggests that we don’t need to worry as God is there looking after us. There is also the promise: "Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well", (Matthew 6:25ff).
Solomon is not the only one that God is going to shower with blessings. God will also look after each of us in every way – take time to look around and recognise those blessings he has gifted us.
Loving God, thank you for hearing our prayers and answering them so generously. Please strengthen our faith in you so that when we worry, we recognise that you are looking after us and that you will provide for all of our needs in ways far beyond what we can imagine. Amen.
Kirstin Munchenberg Chaplin Indooroopilly
St Peters Village Partner Program Fundraiser
As part of St Peters Springfield commitment with Australian Lutheran World Service we are partnering with Krang Kor Village, Cambodia to assist with the construction of a canal to allow the village to access a reliable source of clean water. This water will allow for significant improvements in agriculture, with flow-on effects in the employment and health status of the village. The Year 11 cohort will be running a pie drive fundraiser to help reach the target goal of $5000 from the St Peters community to enable this project to come to fruition.
Please see the attached flyer for the menu available which includes a range of delicious family and single serve pies as well as other delicious baked goods. Orders will close Monday 30 May at 2.30 pm and delivered to school for pickup on Tuesday 7 June between 2.00 pm - 3.30 pm. To place your order and help our village please go to www.homestylebake.com.au/, create an account and use fundraiser code FSTPETERS070622.
Thankyou for your support.
Sincerely, Year 11
Lutheran Youth of Queensland Winter Camps
Lutheran Youth of Queensland are running Winter Camps again during the Semester break. If your child is interested, please go to https://lyq.org.au/wintercamps
Coolum B CLW, Grades 7-12 Luther Heights Youth Camp, Coolum Darling Downs B CLW, Grades 7-12 Koojarewon Youth Camp, Highfields
Arise Lutheran Community Church
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.
Please find attached the NRSW logo to promote National Road Safety Week 15-22 May, a reminder to keep safe on our roads, pledge to drive so others survive!
St Peters offers students in Years 3-12 the opportunity to participate in a range of academic competitions throughout the year. Participation is voluntary and students may enter one or more of the competitions being offered.
Australian Mathematics Competition
The Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC) is one of Australia’s largest school-based mathematics competitions. It features unique problems designed by Australia’s leading educators and academics, with the goal to demonstrate the importance and relevance of mathematics in students’ everyday lives. It is an engaging 30-problem competition, open to students in Years 3 to 12. Each student receives a certificate acknowledging their participation and recording their level of achievement.
The competition will be held on Wednesday August 3 2022, and is conducted online. Primary students may use calculators which must be brought from home, however Secondary students may not use calculators or other calculating aids. The cost of participation is $7.50 (incl GST). Further information and practise resources can be found on the Australian Mathematics Trust website: https://www.amt.edu.au/australian-mathematics-competition
AMC Payment
Payment and registration can be made via the St Peters website https://mystpeters.com/ from the ‘Online Payments’ link. This information is for students enrolled at St Peters Lutheran College Springfield.
Registrations and payment must be completed by Friday June 17 5:00 pm. Registrations cannot be accepted after this date.
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)
Students in Years 3-12 have the opportunity to participate in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) in English, Mathematics and Science. The competitions are designed to target students’ higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. Each student receives a certificate recording their level of achievement and an analysis of their responses.
The competitions are conducted at school on the following dates, which have been set by the UNSW Educational Testing Centre:
English – Monday 15 August 2022 Science – Tuesday 23 August 2022 Mathematics – Monday 29 August 2022
If you would like your child to participate in any of the competitions, please visit the online Parent Payment System to make a direct payment to Janison (the provider of ICAS). The Parent Payment System is a simple and secure online payment service specifically for parents to purchase ICAS Assessments.
St Peters Lutheran College Springfield Access Code: KWH898
Payments are not able to be accepted by the college. Registrations are now open. The online payment closes Friday June 17 2022, after which time no registrations are able to be accepted. This information is for students enrolled at St Peters Lutheran College Springfield only.
IMPORTANT: Please enter your child’s name accurately into the system as it will appear on their ICAS certificate.
All AMC and ICAS competitions will be undertaken online, which allows greater accessibility for students and faster delivery of results. Students in Years 4 – 12 will access the web-based platforms using their devices, while Year 3 will be provided with access to a device. Please note, the iPad mini is not supported by the testing platforms. Students also require headphones.
In the event of student absence, catch-up sessions will be offered for both ICAS and AMC within the testing windows set by each of the organisations. Refunds will be offered if students are unable to participate due to COVID-19 government-mandated school closures. Entry fees cannot be refunded for any other reasons.
NCSS (National Computer Science School) Challenge
The NCSS Challenge (run by Grok Learning, an education start-up from the University of Sydney) is a programming competition with a focus on coding, programming and computational thinking open to students in Years 5–12. The competition begins on Monday July 25 and runs over 5 weeks.
The NCSS Challenge is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies. Through the challenge, students learn to code, solve exciting real-world problems, receive instant feedback and earn points to climb the leader board. Online tutor support is available. At the conclusion of the challenge participants receive a printable certificate of achievement.
Registrations and monitoring will be done by the College, however students will complete the NCSS Challenge at home.
In 2022, we are pleased to be able to offer the NCSS Challenge at no cost. Please follow the link below to register your child’s interest.
Students will receive a notification email once registered and they can access the Grok Learning platform using their St Peters email address and password via the Google sign-in option.
Last week, at a special Secondary Years Assembly and Staff Meeting, we celebrated and farewelled Mrs Sue Grotherr, Head of Secondary Years, after seven plus years of service to our community.
At the Assembly, Mrs Grotherr told our secondary students that she was an ‘accidental teacher’; having grown up in Bundaberg, she thought she’d see what university and the big city had to offer and she fell into teaching.
Aren’t we and many who have come before us so thankful for this ‘accident’?! Mrs Grotherr has brought out the best in thousands of students across every year level from her first schools in Bundaberg to those in the Ipswich/Brisbane area since 1971 – that’s over 50 years! She has served across State, Anglican and Lutheran schools as a teacher, teacher librarian and in various leadership roles, including Head of Secondary Years and P-12 Curriculum Coordinator as St Peters Springfield. This is an amazing achievement that not many could claim.
Mrs Grotherr has worked tremendously hard to guide the hearts and minds of our secondary students and to lead the secondary staff at St Peters Springfield. In doing so, she has always shown care, dignity and respect and the excellence that defines St Peters both in her work and in her relationships with all community members.
We have appreciated everything Mrs Grotherr has done for St Peters Springfield, from guiding students and staff in relation to academic and pastoral matters, organising many College events to creating the College timetable but most importantly, for the way she has gone about it all. Mrs Grotherr has been a rolemodel to us in the way that she has always considered the dignity of a person in every decision she has made and in the way she has strived to bring about the best possible outcome in every situation for our students, staff and families. Mrs Grotherr is a kind, calm, fair, creative, dedicated and hardworking educator and leader with a can-do attitude.
Mrs Grotherr – going into Education was no accident at all! God gave you special gifts, strengths and abilities and He placed you in schools to serve. You have done this marvellously well. Mrs Grotherr, we will miss your enthusiasm and upbeat personality but we are happy for you! May God bless you as you write your next chapter – metaphorically and literally!
Wellbeing on Wellness Way
Weekly Wellbeing
Meaning
“Human beings, ineluctably, want meaning and purpose in life”
We are onto the M of our REVAMP theory this week.
M stands for Meaning.
Meaning is a difficult construct for some of our young people to understand. So when we discuss meaning with young people we can use different words.
Service, is a type of meaning creation. It means serving something outside of oneself. The special buzz you get when you donate to something or help someone across a street, that’s meaning.
Legacy, is a type of meaning you want to create to leave something behind. We have a Year 9 program called Legacy and that talks about what type of Legacy the students want to create for their year level, we talk about this in all year levels, especially those higher up as they come closer to graduating – our graduate tree speaks to a great level of meaning, and becoming.
Kindness, is a type of meaning. Being kind and behaving in a way that is kind creates belonging, and where people feel belonging, they feel well, and when people feel well, they can better be positioned to create long term goals in pursuit of a life of meaning.
One of the most powerful books ever to be written in regards to the construct of meaning is Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”, I encourage you to read it as parents – I encourage you to talk to your children about it too.
Take care, Sarah
The Arts
Wearable Art Showcase - Save the Date
Term 2, Week 5
How Music Primes the Brain for Learning – Part Three
Part three is this series focusses on the contribution Music learning makes to academic learning.
Music As Academic Strength Training
At a school in Sussex County, New Jersey, music teacher Shawna Longo calls out a particular rhythm, and then her kindergarten students play it on their Boomwhackers. “Now only the red ones! Do “I like pepperoni pizza,” she calls out, and the children play ta-ta-ti-ti-ti-ti-ta-ta. “They only play when I hold up their colour,” she says. “They have to learn when to wait, and when to play.”
The ability to keep a steady beat and anticipate the next beat, research has shown, are reliable indicators that a child is ready to learn to read. But keeping rhythm isn’t the only musical skill that paves the way for language development and reading, notes education researcher Anita Collins in her book, “The Music Advantage.”
Learning to read music – decoding musical notation and connecting it to sounds – activates the same “phonological loop” in the brain as when kids learn to read words, deepening sound-word connections. Collins describes the process in her book (54):
The eye sees a symbol on the page, whether it’s a quaver D or a letter “t” at the start of a word
The brain hears the sound, pulling it from the memory of music and speech sounds all brains possess
The brain instructs the body to make that sound, whether it’s hands playing an instrument, or the mouth shaped to make the “t” sound
The brain listens to be sure the correct sound was made, and then makes adjustments.
Processing sound strengthens the same areas of the brain that are responsible for learning language and learning to read – and while neuroscientists are still teasing out the how and they why, Collins writes that the latest research indicates that “music and reading may well be complementary learning activities,” with music functioning as a robust tool to improve language learning.
Ipswich Junior Eisteddfod
We have several students and ensembles participating in this locally run music eisteddfod. All the best to students and conductors as they display the results of their hard work. This is especially meritorious given the challenging start to the school year and the ongoing rehearsal disruption created by illness. There will be a report in future weeks, detailing achievements.
Private Tuition Recitals
Semester One Recitals are being held on Wednesday, 25 May, and Thursday 26 May. Registration for these recitals is open until Friday 20 May. The details and links have been sent to eligible students. Please note that numbers will be capped for time management purposes, and unregistered students will be unable to perform. Highlights of these recitals will appear in future editions of Cornerstone.
Sport
QGSSSA Girls Sport
Girls Sport Coordinator – Anne-Marie Champion
“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured.” Gordon B. Hinkley
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations to the following girls on their outstanding achievements.
Renee C (Year 12) – 2022 Queensland School Sport 16–19 years Netball Team (Renee is pictured second from the left with fellow St Peters team members, Aldora T, Annie I & Milly T.
The Met West 16-19 yrs team enjoyed a great tournament and came away with a silver medal from the State Championships, congratulations Renee and well done girls.
Sienna O (Year 10) - 2022 Queensland School Sport 13-19 years Water Polo Team (Sienna is far left with fellow St Peters team members, Poppy B, Meg H, Remaya B, Emmilia McL & Eva H.
This team also enjoyed a great tournament winning a bronze medal. Congratulations Sienna and well done girls.
Sienna has also been selected in the Australian National Youth Water Polo squad, two teams will be selected from this squad, the Australian A team will go to the World Championships in Greece in August and the Australian B team will go to NZ in July. Congratulations and good luck Sienna for the final stage of selections.
GOOD LUCK - Many of our swimmers are in Adelaide competing at the Australian National Swimming Championships this week, we wish them well for a successful week of competition.
IMPORTANT AUTUMN FIXTURE RESCHEDULE UPDATE
Round 3 - 8A & 9B BASKETBALL rescheduled games v St Aidan’s: - CANCELLED, not to be rescheduled Round 3 - 10A & 8A TOUCH rescheduled games v St Aidan’s: Monday 23 May, 4.00pm @ Ambiwerra Round 3 - SENIOR A & 8/9B TOUCH – CANCELLED, not to be rescheduled due to venue availability Round 6 – ALL TOUCH TEAMS rescheduled games v BSHS: Tuesday 24 May @ UQ. Round 9 – JUNIOR FOOTBALL v St Hilda’s – has been rescheduled back to Friday 27 May Round 9 - 8A TOUCH v St Hilda’s – CANCELLED due to Kaleidoscope, not to be rescheduled Round 9 - 8A & 8B BASKETBALL v St Hilda’s: Proceeded as scheduled with 2 great wins by our girls!
WINTER FIXTURES - NETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, HOCKEY & TENNIS
Pre-season training sessions for all our winter fixture sports has commence this week. Numbers are amazing in Netball, Volleyball & Tennis and Hockey is looking for a few extra sign ons so they can make three teams, please contact Mr Glass for further details.
All pre-season training schedules can be found on the St Peters App. Training schedules for the remainder of Term 2 will commence in Week 7, these schedules will be on the St Peters App as soon as they are finalised.
Last Thursday our teams travelled to the amazing facility, the Northside Indoor Sport Centre to take on St Margaret’s. It was a great round of Basketball with victories in 8 from the 9 games, well done to all involved, the girls certainly enjoyed the experience of playing on the inside courts. Well done also to the 7B & 8B girls who enjoyed the opportunity of playing an internal game in our St Peters Indoor Gym.
By the Numbers.
58 - Number of points our Open girls scored 25 - Our 7A girls won by 25 points. 2- A close, 2-point loss for our 9B girls. 46 - The number of points our 10A girls scored
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Round 8 Draw v Moreton Bay College for this Friday afternoon/evening – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.
Would you like to be a Basketball Referee?
Please see below for details of two Referee Development Courses being offered at Brisbane Basketball.
The Beginner Course (28 May) is aimed at training new referees and setting the foundation for basketball referees. We teach the basic mechanics, communication, and administration that referees need to service the game. This is a great opportunity for new and existing individuals who are looking to expand their knowledge for the game.
The Development Course (18 June) is aimed at training existing referees and prepare them for the more intricate sides of the game, in game management, play calling and communication. This is to service older junior levels as well as the bottom age of representative basketball. This is a great opportunity for existing referees looking to sharpen their own skills to prepare for older junior age groups or prepare for U14 and U12 representative basketball/state championships.
Round 7 Wrap - All games cancelled due to unplayable fields
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Round 8 Draw v Moreton Bay College for this Friday afternoon/evening – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.
Congratulations to Sophie K & Lila F who were part of the undefeated 13-15 years Met West Football team who won a gold medal at the recent State Championships, well done girls.
DATE CLAIMERS
Opens V Old Scholars Game – Sunday 29 May. Please CLICK HERE for details.
2022 Football Dinner – Sunday 12 June. Please CLICK HERE for details.
Round 7 Wrap - All games cancelled due to unplayable fields
It seems like our Touch teams will never get a game, with yet another drenched week. The incessant rain last week saw the entire QGSSSA Round washed out, so these games won’t be rescheduled. This week the Open, Senior A, 10A, 9A, 8/9B, 8A, 7A and 7B teams are due to play Moreton Bay College at White’s Hill Reserve, Camp Hill, with the Senior B and 8B teams playing St Margaret teams at Windsor Park, Windsor. With more rain forecast, though, please watch the St Peters App for Notifications and Cancellations. Next week is our final week for the season. We are planning rescheduled games for the 8A and 10A teams against St Aidan’s on Monday 23 May at Ambiwerra Sports Fields, Corinda; a rescheduled Round against Brisbane State High on Tuesday 24 May at the University of Queensland and then our final games on Friday 27 May against St Hilda’s at the Gold Coast (due to Kaleidoscope, the 8As will have already played this game and 8Bs have a Bye). Please note, that, due to the rescheduled games, there will be no training for the 8A and 10A teams on Monday, and no training for the Opens and Senior As on Tuesday of next week. We are praying that the girls will have the opportunity to play a few more games before the final whistle is blown for a very soggy, Season 22.
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Round 8 Draw v Moreton Bay College for this Friday afternoon/evening – The draw can also be found on the St Peters App.
Tuesday evening saw the first of the Brisbane School Girls Rowing Association competitions for 2022. The girls travelled to Somerville house to compete in the Indoor Rowing Championships. Congratulations to Jess M who achieved a second place in the Year 10 individual 1000m event.
On Water training resumption
On water training has resumed this week for all rowers as per the weekly schedule. Saturday will also follow the previously published schedule.
Ergometer and Sculling Trials
Trials, within the context of the Rowing Program, are undertaken based on three factors: ergometer times, sculling times, and attendance/attitude to training. These trials are completed at the BSRA regattas, which are held on a Saturday in Term 3, each age group is divided into divisions (i.e. Year 8, Division 1, 2,3 etc). The goal of these trials is to place each girl into appropriate crews that will be competitive within these divisions at regattas.
Upcoming trials -
Saturday 21 May, the girls will complete their first sculling trial on the Brisbane River. All girls will complete these trials within their normal scheduled Saturday training times – can I please ask families to ensure that girls are present to complete these trials.
If girls are absent and do not complete these trials, it makes it impossible to correctly place girls into appropriate crews. As always if there are unforeseen circumstances, these will be taken into account.
Boys Season Celebration and Girls Season Launch | New Rowing Boat fleet Blessing – Saturday 21 May
Between 4pm-6pm on Saturday 21 May the Rowing community is invited to the 2022 Boys Season Celebration, Girls Season Launch and the New Boats Christening.
Drinks will be available to purchase for a gold coin donation, as well a small number of pizzas for the students to enjoy. Families are asked to please bring a plate of finger food to share for this occasion.
We look forward to celebrating together with the whole community at this event.
Girls Rowing Camp
The Rowing Camp is an integral event for the girls in a number of ways. Firstly, as a shed and community building event, the time spent away at these camps is generally a highlight as it a fantastic team bonding time where girls are able to spend time and develop lifelong friendships, not only within their year level but from all year levels. Secondly as an important fitness and technical foundation for the crews which leads into the BSRA regattas which start a few weeks after.
Camp this year is between the 18-24 June in Bundaberg.
All transport, accommodation and food will be organised for the girls with forms and costs are currently being finalised. Could I please ask families to put these dates in the diary for the girls to attend.
Thank you girls! Another fantastic week of RG training!
Group A, Group B, Yr8 and Yr7 Groups all worked on learning their routine sequence (to music) with both Hoop and Ball apparatus. The Hoop is a difficult apparatus, so the girls should be proud of all their efforts – well done girls 😊
There were a few absences this week, so we’ll now announce performance groups at next week’s training.
Please be mindful of keeping the same time each week for training. This will help with coaching and team routines.
Date Claimer: QGSSSA RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – FRIDAY 5 AUGUST (Week 4, Term 3). The 2022 Rhythmic Gymnastics Calendar can be found on the St Peters App
As always, keep up the great work, keep practising and keep smiling.
I’ll see you at training…Mrs Maynard 😊🤸♀️🤸♂️
DRESS CODE FOR WEEKEND SPORTING FIXTURES
When attending/watching other sporting fixtures (eg Basketball, Football or Touch), girls are asked to ensure they are wearing their St Peters Formal uniform or if they are playing, their St Peters playing uniform is allowed. (PE Uniform or casual clothing is not allowed).
WET WEATHER
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.
AIC Boys Sport
Luke Donatini | Boys Sport Coordinator 3377 6234 | l.donatini@stpeters.qld.edu.au
As we now approach the midway mark of our Term 2 AIC sports, it’s been pleasing to see our boys showing such resilience given all the poor weather we have experienced and so many cancelled training sessions and games. St Peters has achieved some great success across all our sports to date and it is vitally important that all teams remain focused on completing the next four rounds of AIC sport strongly and with commitment and enthusiasm.
For most of our teams, this Saturday we will play St Laurence’s College at home at St Peters Lutheran College. Traditionally, competing against St Laurence’s College has always been very competitive and displaying a high level of energy from both Colleges. This weekend will be no different.
We encourage all our St Peters community to come along and support our sporting teams this weekend as we are confident that there will be some exciting games of AIC Chess (Friday 21 May, evening), AIC Rugby, and AIC Football.
We wish all our teams and students every success this coming weekend as they don the St Peters maroon, white and gold to uphold our Plus Ultra!
Congratulation on Australian Selection
We are super excited to announce that Robbie T (Year 12) has made selection into the Swimming Australia Open Team to compete at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022, Paris, France. Robbie will depart Australia for Paris on 30 June and will compete on 9 and 10 July. We wish Robbie every success in Paris as he represents both St Peters and Australia in July.
AIC Chess Round 4 Games Friday 20 May
This coming Friday, St Peters Chess will compete away to St Laurence’s College in their fourth fixture of the 2022 AIC Chess season. All Chess games verse St Laurence’s College will commence from 4.00pm at St Peters Lutheran College.
Please refer to the St Peters App for details about training times and games for Term 2 AIC Chess.
This Saturday St Peters Football teams will compete against St Laurence’s College in Round 4 of AIC Football. Years 8 to 12 (Open) teams will be ‘home’ at St Peters whilst our Year 7 teams will play ‘away’ at St Laurence’s College Playing Fields, Runcorn. We request everyone to please check the St Peters App for game times and details. Please also check the App for any cancellations.
This coming Saturday all our St Peters Rugby teams will also compete in rugby games against St Laurence’s College at ‘home’ at St Peters Lutheran College. We request everyone to please check the St Peters App for game times and details. Please also check the App for any cancellations.
The 2022 AIC Championships will be held on Wednesday 1 June at Curlew Park, Sandgate. St Peters will be attending one (1) AIC Lead Up Cross Country meet in the final weeks preceding the AIC Championships. This final preparation Lead Up Meet will be conducted on Thursday 26 May at St Patrick’s College Playing Fields, Curlew Park, Sandgate.
We request that all boys ensure they are fully committed to attending both training and the one (1) lead up race prior to the AIC Cross Country Championships on 1 June 2022.
We still welcome all boys from Years 7 to 12 boys to get involved in our Cross Country program or the social Runners Club.
Training times and our Cross Country Calendar can be found on the St Peters App.
Term 3 AIC Sports – Basketball, Tennis and Track & Field
All boys from Years 7 to 12 have now received emails about signing on for the AIC Term 3 sports of AIC Basketball, AIC Tennis and AIC Track & Field. We strongly encourage any boy in Years 7 to 12 who has not signed up of a Term 3 sport, and wishes to participate, to do so ASAP. Term 2 preseason training for boys’ Basketball and Tennis is set to commence from Monday 30 June.
Term 2 Track & Field pre-season skill development has already commenced, please check the St Peters App for times and venues.
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.
Term 2 AIC Sporting Coordinators – St Peters Boys Sport
If the sport specific information you are looking for, in relation to Term 2 AIC sports for St Peters, cannot be found on the St Peters App, please contact the below sport specific sports representatives directly.
Please see below the AIC Sporting Calendar for 2022.
St Peters Football Dinner
Communication of Sport Information
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:
