Welcome back one and all to Semester Two and a very special welcome to the new families who have joined our community this term. We also welcome our visitors from Lycée St Vincent, Senlis, France who are with us on exchange for the next few weeks. I take the opportunity to commend the host families for their hospitality and commitment to this mutually rich experience.

Over the holidays our Junior High building project leapt forward with the pouring of the upper ground level slab which is itself now being built upon. I have attached a few photos from early this week. It is great to see this facility taking shape.

In addition, the laying of the turf on the Springfield Central Sports Complex oval immediately across from St Peters has been completed. The final, lowest oval is now being prepared for turf. Mr Lohe and I recently met with Ipswich City Council, again affirming opportunity to use these facilities for inter and intra-school sport in consultation with occupying clubs and the ICC. Several cricket nets are included immediately across from St Peters and the two lowest ovals will have turf wicket blocks.  It is expected and hoped that some of these facilities will be open for Term 4, though the two lowest ovals will likely need further time for the surface to consolidate before use.

Thank you to the parents who responded to the brief survey at the end of last term. The leadership team has been engaged with your responses since they started coming in. Over 80% of respondents rated their St Peters experience at an 8, 9 or 10 with 10 being outstanding. That which is collectively most valued is the strong sense of community, the quality of staff, the values and inclusivity, the atmosphere, environment and level of care. 

Points of delight were highly individualised including everything from Mother’s Day in Prep, to children who come home happy every day, to Ironbark, Year 10 Dinner, parent teacher interviews, quick response to concerns, sporting representation, the new building, and the care and leadership of older students.  Points of frustration also were highly varied but included the multiplicity of communication channels, travel associated with sport and the challenge of the carpark at peak times. I was very pleased with the helpful spirit that you offered your feedback, being both encouraging and constructive. 

With commitment to our Plus Ultra motto, we continue to work at enhancing our service provision.  Some refinements will be more easily made than others. With the new building underway, for example, our architects are now seeking advice from traffic engineers in relation to improving the effectiveness of our car park but it will take a little time to work through the infrastructure development processes. We appreciate your patience and support. Thank you also to the P&F for their ongoing support in developing our community and providing a valuable forum for dialogue and partnership.

We are thankful to God for the richness of his blessing and pray for his continued guidance and wisdom.

Craig Schmidt
Principal

Monday 22 July 2019

Prep Vision Screening
Canberra Parent Information Evening 6-7 pm CH 11/12

Tuesday 23 July 2019

Year 10/11 Career Expo, Hub
2020 Information Evening Year 9 into Year 10, 6 pm
2020 Information Evening Year 10 into Year 11, 7 pm

Wednesday 24 July 2019

Year 4-12 Inter House Athletics Carnival, St Peters Lutheran College, Springfield Oval
Year 1/2 Swimming

Thursday 25 July 2019

Year 4-12 Inter House Athletics Carnival, St Peters Lutheran College, Mayer Oval, Indooroopilly

Friday 26 July 2019
Year 6-12 Male Mentoring Program
Year 6-12 Female Mentoring Program

Saturday 27 July 2019
French Exchange Students depart 10.35 pm

I write this article at the Year 8 camp at beautiful Mapleton in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Some 250 Year 8 students, plus staff, are spending the first week of Term 3 here – enabling the students to create close friendships, to learn to work together through various challenges, to get to know themselves and each other better, sharing meals, sitting around a campfire, sharing stories. After the three week break it is a great start into the new semester, reconnecting with old friends and making new ones.

Year 8 camp is part of the journey through St Peters Lutheran College, a good preparation for Ironbark in Year 9 and also an opportunity to test yourself, to discover leadership qualities, to overcome fears and grow as a person. For some students this is the longest they have ever been away from their family.

At St Peters we invest time and effort in these activities and opportunities, because we want our students to grow as whole people, to discover their abilities not only in academics but also in other areas of their lives. We believe that God has created us as whole beings - body, mind and soul - and that we can only fully develop as humans when all aspects of our being are grown. Our society appears to be on a learning journey about the importance of wellbeing, the importance of looking after our spirit or soul, our emotional and psychological needs as well as our physical needs in order to flourish. I believe as a Christian community we carry in our very DNA deep insights and history of taking care and developing all those aspects of human being – and this is a particular gift we want our students to experience.

The camps are an important aspect on that journey, which also includes the opportunity to reflect in chapel, to challenge yourself in sport, to develop your musical or artistic abilities. We want our students to be able to recognise, I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14) and to live out of this knowledge of being gifted, special, loved, and therefore bringing their own unique gifts and purpose to this world.

Have a blessed term! 
Pastor Thomas

Opportunity to share your gifts with others

Please don’t forget to register for the Walk my Way fundraiser event to support the building of the school on South Sudan. We are walking up to Mt Coot-Tha on Sunday 28 July (from 12pm). You can join the walk or donate toward a person doing the walk, which will support our project. This link allows you to register as walker and/or donate: https://walkmyway.org.au/groups/st-peters-community-mt-coot-tha

(If you select donate, then please tick “I would like to donate to team” and select “St Peters Lutheran community”. This will then support our effort. You can also see the total raised so far. Tax receipts are available from ALWS.

See you there! Pastor Thomas

The Australian Mathematics Competition is being held on Thursday August 1st. Students are asked to solve 30 problems in 60 minutes (Years 3–6) or 75 minutes (Years 7–12). The problems are designed to test mathematical thinking. Students who have elected to participate in the competition will be supervised by Ms Susan Levitt and Ms Lauren Head, and will need to bring a B or 2B pencil, an eraser and a ruler. Students in Years 3 – 6 are permitted the use of a calculator (which is to be brought from home); however, students in Years 7 – 12 are not permitted to use a calculator.

Further information, including practice questions can be found on the Australian Mathematics Trust website.

Susan Levitt
Prep – Year 6 Curriculum Leader

Over the last Semester the Wellbeing Committee - founded here at Springfield at the beginning of the year - has undertaken funding to complete their first wellbeing project for students.

We called this project, ‘the toilet door project’ and our aim was to decorate the bathrooms on the Orange Level for positive impact on wellbeing.

It is widely known and researched that when kids are struggling or having a  bad day that they often use the bathrooms as a place of solace.

With this knowledge and with student participation we designed motivational and uplifting posters to help strengthen and support our student’s mental health. 

Look forward to sharing further developments from the Wellbeing Committee in Semester 2!

Lauren Head, Sarah Johnson and the Student Wellbeing Committee

As we move into Term 3, a range of sport will commence from this weekend for both QGSSSA and AIC sport while our WDNA Primary Girls Netball will finish the remainder of their club season. Training schedules for all Term 3 Sport is available on the St Peters App. Please ensure students are aware of times and venues. 

For QGSSSA Netball, Volleyball, Tennis and Hockey, Round 1 fixtures will commence this weekend against Brisbane Girls Grammar. Please see information below or check the SPLC App for fixture times and venues. We congratulate the following girls who have been selected to represent the College in Open Girls teams for 2019:

• Open Girls Tennis - Sophie J, Allya N and Hayley J (Reserve)
• Open Girls Netball – Kiara C and Martina R
• Open Girls Hockey – Lauren H, Ariel W and Sarah H

AIC Basketball and Tennis fixtures with trial games against St Edmunds this Saturday. Boys need to ensure they have the correct uniforms. Please see information below or check the SPLC App for fixture times and venues. We congratulate the following boys on their selection in First teams for 2019:

• First IV Tennis – Michael K
• First V Basketball – Liam S and Allystar G

St Peters Track and Field season will also begin for Year 7 – 12 QGSSSA and AIC. Training schedule can be found on the St Peters App. 

St Peters Track and Field is building towards another outstanding season with the College aiming to finish top 4 on both QGSSSA and AIC. The St Peters Springfield Year 4 to Year 12 Inter-House Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 24th July at St Peters Lutheran College Springfield Oval, and Thursday 25th July at Mayer Oval, St Peters Lutheran College Indooroopilly.

Students will attend school at the normal time on Wednesday 24th July and on Thursday 25th July.  On Thursday 25th July, students will travel by bus to St Peters Indooroopilly and will depart St Peters Springfield at 8.30 am. Students will return by bus to school by 2.45 pm. Students are requested to arrive at school and attend Pastoral Care classes at the normal time of 8.05 am.

Students are reminded that they are normal school days and attendance at school is expected. If students are unable to attend due to medical reasons, parents are encouraged to notify the College. Please also note that students are not able to leave St Peters Indooroopilly unless signed out by a parent who is present. 

Welcome back to Term 3. We hope you all had a great holiday and are looking forward to the term ahead. Term 3 is always the busiest of the year for girl’s sport as we have the Rhythmic Gymnastics competition midterm, Rowing regattas start, all of our Winter Fixtures are now in season and Athletics gets underway too. We hope all girls enjoy their chosen sport this term and aspire to reach their personal best. A reminder that the best way to ensure personal and team success is regular and committed attendance to training sessions. Girls who work hard and arrive at every training session on time, ready to train, are those who make the biggest difference to their team. Good luck to everyone participating in sport this term, we hope you enjoy it.

Rowing

Coordinator: Mr Peter Hicks

At the end of last term, the Rowing community launched their 2019 season at the BBC Rowing Sheds and also held a ceremony to name our newest boat. This beautiful brand new coxed quad scull (4 rowers plus a cox) has been named the Kate Rowan. Kate is an Old Scholar of St Peters, graduating in 2014. Kate has gone onto represent Australia multiple times as an U19, U21 and U23 athlete, as well as representing Queensland in many crews. Congratulations Kate on this great honour.  

Our rowers were also busy over the holidays attending Rowing Camp in Bundaberg. This was a fantastic week full of hard training and team bonding and all girls thoroughly enjoyed their time away. This camp is the perfect preparation for the start of our 2019 BSRA season. A big thank you to Mr Peter Hicks for all his tireless work organising this camp and to the coaches and parents who also attended. Such wonderful opportunities for our rowers wouldn’t exist without your help, the team effort is greatly appreciated. 

Good luck to both the girls and boys rowers this weekend as they compete in the South East QLD Schools Championships regatta. St Peters has over 50 athletes competing in this regatta, the largest in St Peters history! 

Winter Fixtures

The 2019 QGSSSA Winter Fixture season officially starts this Saturday 20 July. Please check the St Peters App for all draw details, including game times and venues. We are lucky to start the season with home games so we hope girls can stay to watch each other’s games and provide some real home court advantage. 

With the start of Round 1 this Saturday, we expect all students to be in correct uniform. All uniforms can be purchased from Shop 45.  

Hockey

Coordinator: Mr Cameron Glass

We are looking forward to the 2019 Hockey season. Hockey trains every Tuesday afternoon (at Mayer Oval Cricket Nets), Thursday afternoon (at UQ - buses provided) and games are at UQ on a Saturday morning. 

Netball

Coordinator: Mrs Anne-Marie Champion 

This weekend in the first round we have the opportunity to play at the new QLD State Centre Facility. Everyone will have a wonderful opportunity to play on an indoor court. Good luck to the girls this weekend.

Tennis

Coordinator: Mrs Deborah Wilson

Our 2019 teams are ready to hit the court for their first day of competition this Saturday. Tennis is our only individual winter sport and so it is a true testament to the girl’s nerves who step up to play in our singles and doubles game. We wish all girls the very best of luck.

Volleyball 

Coordinator: Mr Joshua Singh

Thank you to all girls who attended our Volleyball clinics at the end of Term 2. We have no doubt that your volleyball skills will have greatly benefitted from this extra time practising and we hope you enjoy the start of the 2019 season this week. 

We are looking forward to the Volleyball season ahead and to make it successful we need to ask every player to do duty a few times throughout the season. Duty involves helping on the score bench and helping with the lines. Each week coaches will be asking for volunteers and we greatly appreciate your support and assistance.

Please come along to the St Peters Gymnasium this Saturday to watch our Volleyballers in action. 

Equestrian

Coordinator: Girls Sport

During the holidays, the Equestrian team was very busy in what is one of the biggest events for the season – the Interschool State Championships held in Maryborough. Sienna competed in the 80cm show jumping, where she successfully was selected into the QLD Team. Alyssa, our Equestrian 2019 Captain, competed in the Senior Preliminary Dressage where she was ranked 15th in Queensland for that discipline. Alyssa also competed in the 65cm Fig Tree Pocket Eventing competition where she scored 66% in the dressage discipline, clear show jumping and clear Cross Country placing 9th out of 40 riders. This weekend Imogen will be competing at the Warwick State Championships for the 60cm Combined Training Discipline. Well done to all these girls for their dedication to their sport and their outstanding achievements.

2019 QGSSSA Athletics

Coordinator: Mr Shaun Nodwell

With the start of Term 3 comes the start of the 2019 QGSSSA Athletics Season. Athletics is the last of our core sports for 2019 and having won the Swimming and placed second in Cross Country, we are hoping to continue to place strongly for Athletics. Our success in Athletics comes down to having many girls committed to training and improving their distances and times over the season. 

We hope you have a great week in sport,
Kelli Rodman and Kerry Schreiber 

Welcome back to all students

Term 3 is shaping up to be another busy term as we focus on our IN SEASON sports – Basketball and Tennis. Please remember that these sports take precedence over other training sessions and we expect players to remain committed to their teams and the sport over the term. Having said this, for those boys who are hoping to represent the College in Athletics this year, it’s also time to consider incorporating pre-season Athletics training into your schedules where this does not clash with current in-season commitments. Good luck to all sportsmen representing the College this term – we look forward to another exciting term of sport! 

Term Three Sport Clashes

As highlighted above, students and parents should note there is a strong chance of sporting ‘clashes’ at the beginning of this term, and that occasionally commitments may overlap. It is therefore very important that your son communicates with the coordinators of their selected sports so that arrangements can be made to best accommodate all students. Unfortunately such busy schedules are not uncommon for this time of the year, but with clear communication and planning ahead of time most situations can be managed. If there are any major issues, please come to Sports House and see Mr Grose or Mr Nodwell. 

AIC Basketball and Tennis

Basketball Coordinator: Grant Carlson | g.carlson@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Tennis Coordinator: Stuart Delaney | s.delaney@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Basketball and Tennis are now IN SEASON sports! Training schedules are all on the St Peters app and it is expected that students involved in these sports commit 100% to their teams from this point forward.

For the third year in a row, the St Peters First V competed in Division 2 at the Gold Coast Invitational Basketball Tournament. The boys started with games against two top teams on day one and losing both matches. Day two saw our boys turn the results around and we were able to go into day three with a 2-2 record. Having found some offensive rhythm we played a difficult cross over match which saw us face a higher ranked St Edmunds College and coming away with an upset win which put us into the fifth place final on the final day. We faced Padua College for our final game and unfortunately went down by a single basket and earning a sixth place from a 12-team competition.  Well done boys and well done to Coach Matt Such for a great tournament.

Over the holidays, our Basketball and Tennis clinics were well attended with over 100 boys taking advantage of these sessions. Well done to these boys and it is obvious that these camps will continue to grow in the future.

It is important to note that our Years 7-12 Basketball and Tennis players will compete in trial games against St Edmunds College this Saturday. Some of our Basketball matches are being played at Centenary SHS. Again, refer to the St Peters app for the draw.

We look forward to enjoying some exciting games this weekend. Although these games are trial matches, they also provide an opportunity for coaches to finalise team selections for the first round of AIC competition so all players must attend. 

Track and Field

Coordinator: Mr Jeremy Lohe | j.lohe@stpeters.qld.edu.au

Training preparation for our AIC Track and Field championships have begun this week. We are lucky to have many of our 2018 coaches return as well as the addition of many experienced old scholar athletes and accomplished high level coaches. As is always the case, consult the St Peters App for training schedule details.

Week 2 of this term will see our College Interhouse Track and Field Carnivals being run at our Indooroopilly campus. We have our Springfield campus Years 4-12 Inter-house Carnival (on Mayer Oval), on the Thursday; our Indooroopilly campus Years 7-12 Carnival on the Friday as well as our Years 4-6’s on the Wednesday.

For our inter-house carnivals, I look forward to sharing in a day full of healthy competition, team comradery, house colours and music. Championship events, jumps, throws, sprints and novelty events will all be a part of the schedule on the Friday. See you there in your house colours!

Important AIC Track and Field dates:

• Thu 29 Aug – AIC Meet 1 @ UQ
• Fri 6 Sep – AIC Meet 2 @ SAF
• Fri 13 Sep – AIC Meet 3 @ SAF
• Fri 11 Oct – AIC Meet 4 @ UQ
• Thu 17 Oct – AIC Meet 5 @ UQ

I am looking forward to another great term of AIC sport.

Yours in sport,

Darren Grose
Boys Sport Coordinator

Australian 15 Years Netball Championships
We also wish Kiara C in Year 10 well as she represents Queensland at the Australian 15 Years Netball Championships. This is a wonderful achievement for Kiara and represents many hours of dedication to her sport. 

Queensland 12 Years Rugby League
Congratulations to Treyvon P in Year 7 who over the holidays trialled at the 12 Years Queensland Rugby League trials. Treyvon played a number of games for Met West and performed exceptionally to gain selection in the Queensland team to play at the Australian Schoolboy trials in August. This is an outstanding achievement given the quality of the players trialling. Well done Treyvon!

Queensland Schools Cross Country Championships
We wish Paige G in Year 7, Caitlin M in Year 11 and Benji W in Year 12 who will compete at the Queensland Schools Cross Country Championships this coming weekend. Paige will run the 3km, Caitlin the 4km and Benji will run the 8km event in their respective age groups.

Met West Track and Field
We also congratulate the following students who were selected to represent Met West at the State.

Met West 15 Years Rugby Union
Congratulations also to Kadin P in Year 9 who has made the Met West 15 Years Rugby Team. Kadin will represent the College at the State Titles in Toowoomba in August. Kadin has had an outstanding season with St Peters Rugby winning the Best Back award for the 9A’s along with the leading try scorer award the St Peters. Congratulations Kadin!

Met West 15 Years Basketball
Lilliana M in Year 9 and Toby S in Year 8 have also been selected to represent the College and Met West at the State 15 Years Basketball Titles. Lilliana and Toby both spend many hours training and playing and is a wonderful opportunity to play against some of the best girls from across Queensland in August in Cairns. We wish them every success at this trial. 

Term 3:

Year 4 – 12 Inter-House Track and Field: Wednesday 24th July @ SPLC Springfield
Year 4 – 12 Inter-House Track and Field: Thursday 25th July @ SPLC Indooroopilly
Lutheran Primary Track and Field: Wednesday 28th August @ QSAC
Prep to Year 3 Track and Field: Friday 30th August
QGSSSA Track and Field Championships: Thursday 19th September

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:

Congratulations go Bella Voce who participated in the Sing Together Festival 2019, hosted by St Peters Indooroopilly during the last week of Term Two. Choristers participated in a day workshop, with guest conductor, Mr Paul Holley OAM. They then performed in the evening concert, as an individual choir and as part of the 350-strong massed choir.  Paul Holley is an energetic and very knowledgeable conductor, and an enjoyable time was had by all participants.

To showcase the learning of Year 5 Music Education Through Band students, and Year 3 Music Education Through Strings and Music Education Through Recorder students, a culminating concert was held for parents, friends and fellow students at the end of last term.  Congratulations to all performers, and to their teachers and conductors – Mrs Jodie Brighton, Ms Celine Crellin, Ms Sally Grennan and Ms Krist-elle Hill.

Congratulations to the following students for completing Australian College of Music Piano examinations recently:

• Sarayu K – Prep 1 – Honours
• Kayden G – Gr 2 – Merit
• Arabella G – Gr 4 Modern Piano – Merit

Mrs Alison Pomerenke teaches these three students.

The Variety Kids Choir is seeking talented singers and dancers with heart!  There is no need to audition as it is a wonderful opportunity for children of all abilities to learn to sing and where possible some choreography will be adapted to suit individual abilities. Choir members would be required to attend fortnightly rehearsals (at Milton) on Saturday mornings during the term and attend a few performances throughout the year at Variety events. 

The link for parents/guardians to provide an expression of interest for their children can be found here.