Serving others, accepting challenges, unharnessing creativity, persevering when the going gets tough—most of us we are not born with these traits. They come from the forging of character as we step outside the security of the comfortable, negotiate adversity and place the needs of others before our own desires.
At this week’s assembly, we acknowledged students who are, in a variety of ways, demonstrating these characteristics.
Two of our Year 12 students, Amreen C and Themys A-M, received Commendation Awards in the Creative Generation Excellence Awards for their Visual Art. These awards celebrate and recognise the artistic achievements and creative talents of Senior Secondary students across Queensland.
We also acknowledged our 2021 Long Tan Award recipients. These awards commemorate the Battle of Long Tan when a patrol of Australian soldiers held their ground against 2500 enemy soldiers. The awards are given by the Australian Defence Forces to a Year 10 and Year 12 student who demonstrate the values of these young soldiers—teamwork, service, honour and loyalty. The 2021 awards were presented to Zoe C (Year 10) and Joshua C (Year 12).
After receiving his award, Joshua spoke to the students about his involvement in ‘The Polished Man’, an initiative to promote awareness of the scourge of child abuse. Upon hearing of this campaign, Joshua felt compelled to become involved. As he explained to the students at Assembly, his brightly coloured nails prompted questions and conversations about the issue. This then gave him the opportunity to raise awareness, and hopefully, some monetary donations, to combat the damage and pain caused to children.
The assembly was the final assembly for our Year 12 students and, in what has become a yearly tradition, our College Captains shared with the student body some final observations and advice based on their thirteen years of schooling.
Rather than defaulting to clichés about working hard and aiming for a high ATAR, they spoke of being your own person, leaving a legacy, accepting challenges and, most importantly, having fun. As I listened to them, I was reminded of the attributes identified on our Graduate Tree--independent, optimistic, aware, articulate. Daniel, Hope and Yash demonstrated these qualities in their thoughtful reflections.
The Bible verse on the St Peters Graduate Tree encapsulates our vision for St Peters graduates:
They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit. (Jeremiah 17:8)
Walking with our students as they discover the qualities and gifts which mark them as unique individuals made in God’s image is and always will be one of the great privileges of teaching.
Sue Grotherr Head of Secondary
Ministry
Doesn’t a bishop move diagonally?
At the end of this year, I will be moving to Adelaide to take up the role of the Bishop of the Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand. On Friday 1 October, the tri-annual gathering of Lutheran Church delegates from both sides of the Tasman elected Pastor Paul Smith to be the Church’s new Bishop. This is the first time that the Lutheran Church has elected their Bishop from a school ministry. In that decision, I see a significant confirmation of the importance of Lutheran Schools in the work of the Lutheran Church in Australia. It is a great privilege to serve in this role.
So, what does a Bishop do? The chess players would keenly say, moves diagonally! In the Lutheran tradition in Australia and New Zealand, the Bishop has responsibilities as the Chairperson of the governing Board of the Church, he represents the Lutheran Church in various forums, and he has oversight of the communities of the Church. These communities include congregations, schools, camping and youth ministries, early learning centres, aged care communities, disability services, social support centres, a tertiary education facility, first nations indigenous communities, archives and publishing, financial services, administration support, multicultural communities and overseas liaison. Outgoing Bishop, John Henderson, has reached retirement, having served eight years in the role.
I like to think of the work of the Bishop in the Church, in terms of the New Testament story of an unnamed woman in the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 14. Just before Jesus is crucified, she pours precious anointment on him. People ask Jesus about what he thinks about what she has done. He explains, “she has performed a good service for me.” A Bishop seeks to provide a good service the Lord of the Church as he serves people from all walks of life.
This decision of the Lutheran Church means that I will finish up my duties as Senior Pastor at St Peters. My call was for an initial six-month service. Our College Council understood that if I was not elected as Bishop then I would be eligible for the full-time role at St Peters. The Council is now proceeding with the call for that position.
My wife, Heidi, and I have received a tremendous welcome from the people of St Peters in our six months stay. Particularly, I am grateful for the leadership and fellowship of Head of College, Tim Kotzur. Also, Chaplains Kirstin, Silke and Matt has been a tremendous team to work with and I thank God that these three have been called to serve amongst the people of St Peters.
I will pray God’s ongoing blessing on the people of St Peters, Indooroopilly and Springfield as the staff continue to provide extraordinary educational journeys for the young people in our care.
Cheers, Pastor Paul
Arise Worship Service
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.
Term 4 Year 6 Leadership Activities Lunchtime Clubs
Please refer to the Term 4 Year 6 Leadership and Lunchtime Club Activities. We’re looking forward to seeing our Year 6 students taking an active role in leading our Primary community. Also, we would encourage students to get involved in the Lunchtime Clubs. These are wonderful groups where students are able to pursue further activities of interest to them.
There’s no better way to learn than immersing yourself and going back in time. That’s exactly what Year 5 students did on Friday October 8 on their excursion to Eureka Creek, where students were transported back to 1854 to learn more about the Australian gold rush.
On the walk into town, the group was held up by a bushranger, where Lewis had his gold and apple stolen! On arriving at Eureka Creek, students worked collaboratively to build tents, haggled for goods in the general store and mined for alluvial gold using pans. Sophia, Inayat, Barossa, Miandri and Diva baked damper for the group, which was eaten warm with golden syrup. After lunch, students played the gold rush game; finding nuggets of gold and visiting the assayers office to haggle for good prices. Students had a great day and learnt a lot from being able to experience history for themselves.
Susan Levitt and Nick Brayne Year 5 Teachers
Prep Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
Last Wednesday, 6 October our Prep classes marked World Cerebral Palsy Day. Students wore green and read a story with Mr Kelly during PE called Xander’s Cerebral Palsy Superpowers, by Lore Leigh Yarborough. This special book opened an important conversation with students about meaningful inclusivity and respect for all in our community. Money raised will be used to purchase a book that will be used at the College to raise awareness about Cerebral Palsy and what it means to live with it.
Chess Mates - Prep to Year 6
The Arts
Week 2, Term 4
AMEB Results
Congratulations to the following students, for their outstanding results in recent AMEB examinations:
Jun Kim – Honours, Gr 3 Piano for Leisure Ian Kim – Credit, Gr 3 Piano for Leisure Jane Kim – Credit, Preliminary Piano for Leisure
These students are pupils of Ms Yuting Kao.
Assembly Performances
Congratulations to Anvi D and Cooper W, for their splendid performances at Primary Assembly recently. Anvi and Cooper, along with several others, were very successful during the Ipswich Junior Speech and Drama Eisteddfod. Both students are taught by Mrs Kathy Wilson.
SHEP Awardees
Congratulations to Miandri K and Jane K, who were successful in their application for the State Honours Ensemble Programme Primary (SHEP) run by Qld Conservatorium, Griffith University. This is a very prestigious event, with thousands of applications received for the places available. The girls will participate in an intensive weekend of music rehearsals and performances on 27 and 28 November.
Timetables
Tutor timetables for Term 4 have been prepared and distributed. Enrolment forms for 2022 will be distributed a little later in the term.
Private Tuition Recitals
These recitals will be held on Thursday 28 October. A parent information letter and permission form has been distributed to parents. This will be the final Private Tuition Recital for the year.
Sport
AIC Boys Sport
Track & Field results
Wow! What a great weekend for St Peters Sport. On Friday 8 and Saturday 9 October, St Peters Boys Track & Field Team competed at the annual AIC Track & Field Championships, QSAC, Nathan. Our athletes really stood up and lifted for the occasion across all events areas. The final results was our best ever aggregate result. St Peters finished in overall second place by 29.5 points behind Marist College.
We, as a College community, could not be prouder of our boys, both those who competed across the two days of the championships, and those who were reserves and supported us so strongly.
Overall Aggregate Place
1st MCA (716.25)
2nd ST PETERS (686.75)
3rd SEC (568.75)
4th IONA (526)
5th PAD (499.50)
6th VILLA (455.50)
7th SPC (422.25)
8th SLC (402)
St Peters Overall Year Level Place
12 Years – 2nd Overall
13 Years – 4th Overall
14 Years – 3rd Overall
15 Years – 1st Overall
16 Years – 1st Overall
Opens – 2nd Overall
Congratulations St Peters Division 1 Athletes:
Addison S (12 Years) – 1st Javelin, 1st 400m
Tristan B (13 Years) – 1st High Jump (New AIC Record - 1.76m)
Theodore H (13 Years) – 1st Long Jump, 1st Triple Jump
Treyvon P (14 Years) – 1st Triple Jump
Brodie W (15 Years) – 1st Shot put, 1st Discus
Lachlan K (15 Years) – 1st 100m, 1st 400m
Jacob D (16 Years) – 1st Shot Put
Jirra T (16 Years) – 1st 100m
Max K (16 Years) – 1st 400m
Kadin Pritchard (Opens) – 1st Long Jump
Zane P (Opens) – 1st High Jump
Ethan F (Opens) – 1st 400m
12 Years 4 x 1000m Relay – 1st
16 Years 4 x 100m Relay – 1st
I would like to also take this opportunity to thank our awesome St Peters Track & Field Coaches. Their expertise, enthusiasm and high energy all season was fantastic and greatly appreciated.
Water Polo
Our St Peters Boys Water Polo players are training hard in readiness for the 2021 AIC Water Polo Gala Day to be held on Sunday 24 October at Somerville College Aquatic Facility, South Brisbane.
Should any boy wishing more information about getting involved in St Peters Water Polo, we ask that you please contact Mr Alex Lawn (Coordinator) – a.lawn@stpeters.qld.edu.au
Cricket, Volleyball, Swimming and AFL
This term (Term 4) we will see the commencement of our preparations for our 2022 Term 1 sports of Cricket, Volleyball, Swimming and AFL.
All boys from Years 7 to 11 have now been emailed information regarding ‘sign on’ for 2022 Volleyball and AFL.
We do ask all boys to keep checking their emails for more important information pertaining to 2022 Term 1 Sport and when all specific pre-season training will commence over the course of Term 4 this year.
For further information about what is happening with 2022 Term 1 pre-season sports, please contact one of the below St Peters Coordinators:
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.
QGSSSA Girls Sport
Girls Sport Coordinator – Anne-Marie Champion
“Time moves slowly but passes quickly.” Alice Walker
Queensland All School Touch Tournament
Last week a selected U13 & U15 St Peters Touch teams ventured to the Gold Coast Performance Centre at Runaway Bay for the Queensland All School Touch Tournament. With over 170 teams competing over the five-day tournament, it was great to see the Maroon and White of St Peters competing for the first time. The U13 team, lead by Chris Mahony, continued on from the Brisbane All Schools Tournament and won three of their four games on Day 1. Day 2 proved to be more challenging as they came up against some schools with Touch Excellence Programs but certainly held their own. The girls left the best for last and finished with a 5-1 win over Cannon Hill to complete a great two days of Touch.
The U15 team, lead by Scott Nolan, and due to Ironbark and injury, had a more challenging preparation. With a depleted team the girls did a great job and the improvement over the two days was pleasing to see. The exposure to this level of Touch can only improve our girls as we look forward to the next QGSSSA Touch season.
Players of the tournament as voted by the girls was
U15 – Isadora M
U13 – Addie M
Congratulations girls.
Special thanks to our coordinator for this tournament Belinda Byrne whose organisation and communication was fantastic and to our coaches Chris & Scott, thank you for all you did to give the girls this opportunity.
Badminton
Well done to our Years 10 -12 girls who played Badminton last Saturday in the one-day competition. Thanks to our Badminton Coordinator, Laura Buckby, and our team of coaches for all their work in preparing the girls with such a short lead up due to the lockdown.
Water Polo
Round 1 of Water Polo was also a huge success and a promising start to the 2021/2022 season. A big thank you to our Coordinator, Tracey Bruce, and our coaches who have done a great job in the pre-season with trials and all the behind the scenes work to get the girls in the pool for Round 1.
Good luck to all our girls playing Badminton and Water Polo for St Peters this weekend.
Well it has finally arrived. This Friday afternoon/evening will see the first of the two QGSSSA AFL Skill Development Sessions. These two skill sessions followed by the two Gala Days of mini games are being run by AFL QLD as an introduction and a great way to learn the fundamentals of AFL.
Girls will be emailed further details including bus departure times.
It is important to note, AFL will be offered for Years 10-12 girls in Term 1 next year, The GIRLS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY SOFTBALL & AFL, they will have to choose one.
Years 7-9 AFL will be played in Term 4 next year.
Please note you are committing to the following Skill Development Sessions and Gala Days this term.
Skill Development Sessions
Friday afternoon/evening 15 October
Friday afternoon/evening 22 October
Gala Days
Friday afternoon/evening 5 November
Friday afternoon/evening 12 November
Please CLICK HERE to read the media release from the AFL QLD & the QGSSSA.
Years 7-9 Girls Only - St Peters play in the QGSSSA Junior Softball Competition in Term 4.
Game Days commence next week at Downey Park, the draw & bus details will be on the St Peters App as soon as they are finalised.
Training Days - Hart Road Oval | Tuesday & Thursday mornings - 6.15am - 7.30am.
Game Days
Round 1 – Tuesday 19 October
Round 2 – Thursday 21 October
Round 3 – Monday 25 October
Wet Weather Day – Wednesday 27 October
We have not had much luck with wet weather this week, fingers crossed for some fine weather for both training and game days next week. Training will be offered in the mornings of game days as an extra preparation to help the girls.
Congratulations to the girls from Years 10-12 who competed in their QGSSSA competition on Saturday, it was a fun day across all three venues. Good luck to the Years 7-9 girls who will be competing this Saturday. Go Saints!
Round 1 saw us with a beautiful warm day. Great for our girls as the pool is the best place to be even if it requires lots of wrestling to hold your position and fighting for the ball. Parents and Coaches, we had the hard job of firstly getting a car park and secondly waiting for an odd splash from a bouncing ball to cool us down. In true St Peters spirit, we powered through Round 1 with the following results:
18B (Open) Lost 7 – 5 to St Rita’s Polo Bears. A really close game and we walked away saying our team has big things to come. Our mushroom setup and being aware of passing the ball around to move the goalie will definitely be something that will be worked on this coming week. Ellie S-S came away with the team award for her numerous defensive steals.
17C Lost 5 - 6 to Brigidine College. This team went into the last quarter down three and showed great fighting spirit and came home really strongly. Eva H was totally awesome in goals stopping many attempts. Zara F was outstanding in the field and came away with the team award for the game.
16C Won 21 - 1 to Polo Bears. A big thank you to the four 15B players who played up today to help with team numbers, it was greatly appreciated. Our team showed great skills particularly the quick passing. Our strong defense put us on the counterattack which lead to the big score. This award could have gone to all team members however Alice H did shine the brightest.
15B Won 5 - 3 to Loreto. A close game saw the 15B have to dig really deep in defense to hold out Loreto especially in the last quarter. Beth S won the team award for her great play. It was pleasing to see the mushroom set up. Defensively everybody pressed well and continued to defend hard to help out the goalie.
15C Drew 10 - all to Loreto. This team jumped into the water and finished the game one player down and with no subs. The six girls played absolutely amazing and showed great St Peters spirit. TEAM OF THE WEEK!! Gwen D got the team award for her efforts.
14B Won 9 - 5 to AHS White. Willow P was the team award winner this week for showing strength at Goalie and in the field. This team was down at halftime and powered home with great team defense to take the win. Nia D showed good speed on the counterattack and scored a few cracking goals. Amelia S went into goals at halftime. This team has got a lot of exciting times ahead!
14C Won 14 - 2 to AHS Blue. Jess B lead from the front to take out the team award. The defensive pressure we applied paid off gaining many turnovers and providing us with plenty of scoring opportunities. A great start to the season.
13B Lost 6 - 9 to AHS Blue. A tough first game saw a narrow loss. Some great defense and Lara N at Goalie was a standout. Lara stopped many attempts and took out the team award this week. Coach Sophie will be working on their attack play and set up in the coming weeks. This team showed a lot of courage and we look forward to seeing their improvement throughout the season.
13C Won 12 - 9 to MSM. This was a tough game with referees warning both teams to stop grabbing in the first half. A couple of girls in this team are new to Water Polo and we also had four of our 12B’s backing up playing their second game of the day. Coach Nacole was extremely pleased with the girls and is looking forward to working on improving skills. Mackenzie B was awesome showing lots of speed and scoring many goals.
12B Won 15 - 7 to Loreto. Only a handful of these girls have played Water Polo before. They started with an amazing 4-0 lead in first quarter. Georgia P’s communication and game play earned her the team award this week. This team is coached by Nacole and Ellie together and we can definitely see improvements from the first week they jumped into the water for trials.
Swimming sessions are offered at the 50m pool for any girl playing Water Polo or wishing to do pre-season QGSSSA swim training. These sessions will be held on:
Monday afternoon 50m pool: 3:30pm – 4:15pm
Thursday afternoon 50m pool: 3:30pm – 4:15pm
There is no need for girls to sign on for these sessions, simply turn up to the pool for the sessions you can make.
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:
