This will be my last contribution to The Rock. During the holidays we will move to Toowoomba, where I will take up the position as Pastor to Concordia Lutheran College from next term. So, after 6 ¼ years at St Peters we are leaving this amazing, multilingual, multicultural, diverse community, which we have been privileged to be part of.
Farewells are almost always a little bittersweet, mixing the sadness of leaving good friends behind, leaving a community we have grown fond of and who has supported us in so many ways, with the excitement about a new challenge ahead at Concordia College, another albeit much smaller Lutheran school community. This is the eighth move in our 27 years of marriage (five of them interstate), and it doesn’t get any easier – but we move in the confidence that our Lord is with us and with you all the way, and with a sense of God’s calling.
I also leave with an immense sense of thankfulness. Thankful for the graceful reception we received here, for the support given, for the many things I learned, for many people who encouraged me, for the opportunities to get to know you, to teach, to share the Good News of Christ, and to remind us of our foundation in Christ and of the plus ultra, the more beyond that is so vital to our lives.
St Peters prepares future leaders, young people who will have to master living in an increasingly complex, globalised and challenging world, and who will shape that world. I believe the amazing opportunities St Peters provides give our students a good foundation on which to build their lives and an incredible variety of opportunities, from Music to Sport, Service Learning, extracurricular opportunities to develop their gifts. I certainly pray that they will continue to step out with confidence, knowing they are held by a loving God, who is with them as much in their darkest hours as in their greatest successes, and who calls them to develop and use their God-given gifts in service of others, making a positive difference in the world.
So, farewell St Peters and thank you for the opportunity to serve you for a little while, and here is a blessing from St Paul, that I would like to leave you with:
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14)
Pastor Thomas
Important Notices
MMG Questionnaire
Dear Parents and Caregivers
As part of our continuous improvement process, I wish to provide opportunities for parents (Prep to Year 12), staff (Academic and Corporate) and students (Years 5 to 12) to provide us with feedback relating to their views of St Peters Lutheran College across a wide range of areas.
The research is being conducted by MMG Education, a specialist education consultancy that works with schools in the areas of school strategic reviews and stakeholder satisfaction. MMG’s client schools include many schools across Australia.
Parents were invited to complete a questionnaire which closes tomorrow, Friday 18 June.
MMG Education emailed you an invitation to participate in the review and provide you with your confidential, secure access to your questionnaire.
To ensure confidentiality and to encourage frank and full expression of views:
All responses will be de-identified;
The data will be reported back in aggregated form only; and
All data collected by MMG Education will remain under its control and archived according to research protocols. The College will not be able to access it.
At the conclusion of the research period, MMG Education will provide the College with a report. This report will then help to guide the ongoing development and improvement of St Peters.
If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact Lisa Delaney, Deputy Head of College (l.delaney@stpeters.qld.edu.au).
I look forward very much to the valuable contribution you will be making to this important project by completing your questionnaire.
Yours sincerely
Tim Kotzur Head of College
Around the College
Celebration Month – Culture Week
The St Peters Culture is one of pride: every day we wear our uniform as proud ambassadors of the school. We hold ourselves with dignity, we care for our community and we respect our neighbours. The culture of our school spans generations and grows every day by the way we students act and present ourselves. The St Peters Culture allows for freedom of learning with so many different opportunities and facilities at our fingertips; we are able to achieve anything with the support of the College and God. This is the culture the St Peters community has built and will continue to expand upon for future generations of students.
Culture is an extremely broad term that encompasses our heritage, beliefs and values, as well as our passions, talents and dreams. It is the united expression of our identity and our community. We express our culture through various different means, but mostly through sport, art, music and dance. Our culture is also defined by our heritage and we draw from our heritage in cultural activities. The St Peters Culture furthered by our multiculturalism, which we will learn more about next term in Multicultural Week.
To celebrate our culture and since it’s also the end of Term 2 boys and girls Sport, Students 4 Students hosted some social sports matches to celebrate the achievements of our sportspeople! Unfortunately, we weren’t able to have our Boys 1st Rugby vs Girls Opens Touch match yesterday due to the wet weather. Despite this setback, we were still able to have a phenomenal Futsal match between mixed teams of 1st Boys Football and Open Girls Football. The crowd absolutely loved every moment, from the intense midfield classes to the skilful goals scored by our talented students. Well done to everyone who participated and thank you to everyone who came along to support!
Also, at lunchtime today, we hosted a 'Dancing with the Seniors' competition! This involved Seniors partnering with someone in another Year Level to compete in Just Dances to ultimately determine the best dancing duo in Just Dance! The Year 12s rallied behind this initiative, engaging with the event and supporting their peers in lower grades. The competition effectively connected everyone to the senior cohort and enhanced the cross-year-level connection between us. Thank you to the Seniors who took charge and led this fantastic initiative as well as everyone who came along and participated!
And with that, the St Peters Celebration Month draws to an end. While there were many hoops we had to jump through to make sure everything went smoothly, it was all worth it for the impact we’ve made on our College. Thank you so much to everyone who made this possible, particularly to the students who assisted us in organising the many events throughout the month. In case you didn’t notice yet, every activity was organised and led by students! So none of this would have been possible without the leadership and faith of everyone involved. Special thanks to our College Captains for helping us advertise every event and being the best supporters of Celebration Month! And of course, thank you to the amazing Students 4 Students leadership team who helped us make sure the month ran smoothly.
We would also like to extend our thanks to the staff that supported us with this initiative; while the activities were organised and led by students, it couldn’t have been achieved without the support of the College staff. We particularly want to thank Pastor Silke for designing Chapel worships around each of the weekly themes and perfectly connecting them to the word of God. We also want to thank the Junior High and Senior School Administration Team for their support when we promoted the events at sub-school assemblies, as well as all the Year Level Coordinators for promoting the events when we were unable to. We’d like to thank Mr Kotzur, Mrs Delaney and everyone on the Senior Leadership Team for giving us the opportunity to host this event. A very special thank you to our amazing Communications team for posting all the media and articles for Celebration Month and overall being fantastic supporters in getting everyone aware of what’s going on. And finally, we’d like to thank Mrs Midgley and Ms Braby for being with us every step of the way - we couldn’t have made this event what it was without your unwavering support. Thank you.
We are so grateful to have been able to host this Month of Celebration and for everything we’ve achieved in Students 4 Students. We look forward to how future generation members nurture and expand upon this phenomenal event! We hope you all have an amazing holidays and we hope you continue your prideful celebrations throughout the rest of June.
Vinesh N & Emma W 2021 Students 4 Students Captains
Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital Foundation
My name is Jacob Deeb, and I am a student in Year 11. I also have the privilege of being a volunteer at the Royal Brisbane Women’s Hospital Foundation.
On Wednesday 23 June the Foundation is hosting their annual giving day. This is a charity fundraiser to support medical research and patient care at the RBWH. This year we are aiming to hit a massive target of $500,000. For every dollar raised by the community the Foundation is planning to double it. This means that as a Foundation we are aiming to contribute at least $1 million to medical research and patient care at the RBWH.
Understanding this, it is imperative that the Foundation can obtain the support from as many people as possible. As the largest hospital in Queensland this hospital acts as a hub for many critical and complex cases across the entire state. Any and all fundraising support will have great impact on the lives of people, not only in the Brisbane area but, across the entirety of Northeast Australia.
As a St Peters community, we have a remarkable opportunity to lend our support here. The donation of any sum of money will go a long way to support the ground breaking medical research and innovative patient care that has helped save millions of lives.
Please consider giving to such a great cause through the THIS LINK.
Thank you.
Academic Matters
Academic Hub
Year 9 and 10 Semester 2 Subject Changes
Student wishing to make a change will need to collect a Change of Subject form from the Academic Hub and submit prior to the holidays as ‘change of mind’ changes CLOSE THIS FRIDAY 18 JUNE. Please note: Many classes are full so please indicate two preferences.
Year 11, 2022 Subject and Pathway Information
Parents of current Year 10 students have received information via email last week. Please contact the Academic Hub if you did not receive this information. A reminder of Parent Information Evenings:
Thursday 15 July 7pm: Senior Pathways Overview in the PAC Dron Auditorium (Please note change of start time)
Tuesday 20 July 7pm – 8PM ATAR Pathway and Subject selection in the PAC Dron Auditorium 8pm – 8.30pm IB Pathway in the PAC Theatrette
Semester 1 Reports
Reports will be available on Community portal for both students in Years 7 - 12 and parents, no later than Monday 28 June. These reports contain an end of semester grade and attitudinal grades. Senior School students will receive their Pastoral Care reports at this time.
Parent Teacher Interviews
Parent teacher interviews for Years 7, 8 & 12 will be held next term on Tuesday 20 July from 3.30pm – 7pm. Bookings will be open at 7pm on Monday 12 July and will close on Friday 16 July at 3pm. PLEASE NOTE: Years 9, 10 and 11 Parent Teacher Interviews will be held early Term 4.
Parents will receive further information on how and where to access Reports and Parent Teacher Interview bookings later this week via email.
Wishing all our students across both Junior High and Senior school a safe and relaxing winter break and look forward to seeing you back in Term 3.
Rachael Turnbull Head of 7-12 Curriculum - Students
Primary Years
Primary Years News
Farewell
“It takes a village to raise a child”. African Proverb
The end of the term has come along very quickly for me and suddenly I am being faced with, 'the lasts' - the last chapels, the last Kiss and Go duty, the last time I will encourage students to persevere to make it to the end of the monkey bars, the last Rube Goldberg afternoon, the last meeting with our Year 6 leaders, and so on. The list this week continues to grow. These form such happy memories for me and ones that I will take away and cherish into the future.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the various members of our community for your support throughout my time at St Peters. Speaking with parents in the last few weeks the overwhelming message was that our success is the relationships formed with students, their families and the staff. We are so blessed to have the richness and complexities of a global community right here, on our doorstep who, for the most part, treat each other with the care, dignity and respect. I have been truly humbled to be a part of this for over 10 years and worked with amazing people. What an honour!
To give our students the best possible start in their educational journey, an entire community of people must be able to work together for children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. It does indeed take a village to raise a child. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your child’s village.
Pam Carden
Semester 1 Reporting
Next week you will be able to access your student’s end of semester report. For information about this, how to access the report and some tips for sharing with your child, please read the information on this Firefly page.
Year 4 Rube Goldberg Showcase
Junior High
Junior High
Term 3 Staff Changes
Mr Greg Moor (7K) and Mrs Rejeena Thomas (7E) will be taking Long Service Leave for the durations of Term 3. We hope they enjoy this opportunity to rest and spend time with their families. In Term 3 we welcome Ms Laura McBeath (7K) and Ms Bianca Stewart (7E) to the Year 7 team.
A number of families will be leaving us at the end of this term as their life adventures take them elsewhere. They will always be part of the St Peters family and we keep them in our thoughts and prayers as they settle into their new communities and we thank them for their contribution to our College.
Year 8 Camp & Year 9 E/F Ironbark Departures
On the first day of Term 3 (Tuesday 13 July) we will be faced with the logistical challenge of both the Year 9 E/F Ironbark departure and Year 8 Camp departure. Parents will be sent instructions over coming weeks, and we ask that you check your emails over the school holidays to ensure that you know what is required on the morning. If you don’t receive an email please remember to check your ‘junk email’ folder.
If unforeseen events occur over the holidays which might impact your student’s departure for Camp or Ironbark, please contact the Year Level Coordinator and me as soon as possible via email. These will be responded to after Wednesday 7 July.
Happy holidays everyone! Stay safe and we’ll see you next term.
REMINDER!
School resumes Tuesday 13 July – students not returning on this date for whatever reason must apply for leave to s.leave@stpeters.qld.edu.au.
Patricia Aishford Head of Junior High
Senior School
Year 11 Fashion
This term, the Year 11 Fashion class had the opportunity to visit Black Milk Clothing to see a fashion studio in action. Black Milk Clothing designs and produces clothing items that have been produced using sublimation printing technology, which is the technology students are using for their own Swimwear Design project in Fashion. Guided by Jules McMurtie from the Gateway School Program, the students toured the facility and were able to see the entire manufacturing process, from ideation to creation. Students gained knowledge of the various roles within the Fashion Industry and learned of different pathways that can be taken to enter the Fashion Industry, with the class also running into Old Scholar, Maryanne Frost, who now works at Black Milk. This real-world experience gave students a practical knowledge of industry standards relating to fashion production, in addition to inspiring them to design stylish swimwear.
Bethany Fowke
Sport
Primary Sport
“When your back is to the wall and you are facing fear head-on, the only way is forward and through it.” Anon
Primary Year Track and Field Inter house Carnivals
Please note the upcoming dates early in Term 3:
Prep – Year 3 Inter House Track and Field Carnival: Thursday 15 July | Stolz (Lower Primary) Oval
Year 4 – 6 Inter House Track and Field Carnival: Friday 16 July | Mayer Oval
Emails regarding the above carnivals will be sent to all Primary Years parents.
Primary Cocurricular Sport Term 3
The following sports are on offer in Term 3.
Boys AIC Basketball – Term 3 training will commence on Wednesday 14 July
Boys AIC Tennis – Term 3 training will commence on Friday 16 July
Year 4-6 Primary Years Track and Field – Term 3 training will commence on Monday 26 July
Girls Club (WDNA) Netball – Term 3 training continues each Wednesday afternoon throughout Term 3
Boys AIC Basketball
Years 5 and 6 AIC Basketball training will commence on Wednesday 14 July at the St Peters Outside Gym Courts. Training will continue each Wednesday afternoon in Term 3, concluding on Wednesday 8 September. All Basketball games will be played after school on Friday afternoons during Term 3. Round 1 will be held on Friday 23 July. A bus will transport teams to and from AWAY games.
Boys AIC Tennis
Years 5 and 6 AIC Tennis training will be run each Friday afternoon in Term 3. Training will commence on Friday 16 July and conclude on Friday 10 September. Only boys on the Years 5 and 6 Tennis teams will be able to attend the training sessions. All AIC Games will be played on Saturday mornings commencing on Saturday 24 July. The final round of the season will be on Saturday 11 September.
Primary Years Boys and Girls Track and Field Training
Following the Years 4-6 Track and Field Carnival on Friday 16 July, a Years 4-6 Track and Field team will be selected. The selected students will be invited to attend Primary Years athletics training during Term 3. The training sessions will be run on Monday and Wednesday afternoons beginning on Monday 26 July. An email will be sent home to parents concerning the Track and Field training sessions once the Primary Years Track and Field team has been selected.
Girls Club Netball
We are at the midway mark of the 2021 WDNA Netball Season. Term 3 WDNA Training will continue each Wednesday afternoon throughout Term 3. The WDNA Day Season will continue each Saturday morning with Division Finals being played in late Term 3. It has been great to see the St Peters girls playing each Saturday morning in the WDNA competition and improving each week.
Primary Girls Term 3 Netball Training will commence on Wednesday 14 July
HPE Dates Term 3
Track and Field: Monday 12 July – Friday 23 July
Games: Monday 26 July – Friday 13 August
Hip Hop Dance: Monday 16 August – Wednesday 15 September
Boys Sport
Luke Donatini Boys Sport Coordinator 3377 6234 | l.donatini@stpeters.qld.edu.au
Term 2 wrap
Last weekend witnessed the last round of AIC Rugby, Chess and Football for our boys at St Peters. Congratulations to all our teams for a successful season of Term 2 Sport. We had many ups and downs but extremely happy to say that the ‘ups’ definitely outweighed and out shone the downs.
Congratulations to St Peters Boys AIC Chess who completed their season in third place aggregately behind St Laurence’s (first) and Marist (second). A wonderful result which we all should be very proud of.
Likewise, a special congratulations to our St Peters Boys AIC Football who also secured third place aggregately this year behind Marist (first) and Iona (second). The competition was close with only five points separating third and second and eight points from third to first. The aggregate third place for St Peters is the best result achieved by our College since 1999 (the founding year of AIC sport).
A special congratulations to our 3rd XI Football team who managed to secure the 2021 AIC Football Premiership. Well done to all involved in St Peters Football in 2021. You all should be very proud of what you have achieved this year.
Our St Peters AIC Rugby finished off their 2021 season strong against Iona College in Round 7. Though finishing aggregately in eighth place, this is definitely not a true reflection of the quality and standard of Rugby being played at St Peters. With seven St Peters Rugby teams entered into the AIC competition, it is very difficult to finish off an AIC season higher on the aggregate table. As our program grows and develops over the coming years, so will the number of St Peters teams and this will stand us in a great position for greater success and competitiveness within AIC.
We must also commend and congratulate our 1st XV Rugby team for their courageous and outstanding win against Iona at Iona College last Saturday. Coming back from a score line of 19 to 0 and to finish the game with a win of 33 to 19 speaks volumes of the character and tenacity of this year’s First XV Rugby team. Well done and congratulations gentlemen!
Term 3 Sport
In preparation for Term 3 AIC sport, we have communicated via email to all boys in Years 7 to 12 regarding ‘Sign Ons’ for AIC Basketball, Tennis and Track & Field. Trials and training for both boys Basketball and boys Tennis has now commenced whilst Track & Field training officially commenced this week.
The below named Coordinators have already been communicating via email will all boys who have sign on and who have been attending training. We do ask that all boys please open and read these informational emails which pertain to their chosen sport for Term 3.
Please also check the St Peters App for further information regarding training / trails for Term 3 AIC sports.
Our AIC Term 3 Boys Sport Coordinators for 2021 are
St Peters student Cooper R (Year 10) was recently selected to play in the Met West Regional Schools Volleyball Team earlier in April. Last week, Cooper competed in the Under 15 Queensland Schools Volleyball Championship. His team was extremely successful, and podium finished in third place to secure the bronze medal. At the completion of the competition, selectors chose a State Team in which Cooper was named to play for Queensland. The National All Schools Under 15 Volleyball Championship has unfortunately been cancelled for 2021, however, an Australian Under 15 Merit Team will be announced at a later date. Congratulations Cooper on a great achievement, well done!
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.
Girls Sport
“When your back is to the wall and you are facing fear head-on, the only way is forward and through it.” Anon
We have nearly made it, and what a term it has been!
Congratulations to all the girls that have represented St Peters Lutheran College this term either on the Basketball court, running Cross Country or on the Touch or Football field.
Our girls have done an amazing job. I have enjoyed watching them every week and the improvement across our Girls Sports has been impressive. The girls have wonderful support from our Coordinators and Coaches, and we thank each and everyone of them for all they do for St Peters Sport.
Preseason for Netball, Volleyball, Hockey, Touch, Rhythmic Gym & Rowing have all started extremely well. We are excited about the seasons ahead. Please keep an eye out for all the holiday training sessions on offer.
Term 3 Student Free Day - Monday 12 July: Training will commence for some sports. Please watch for an email from the Coordinator.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Charli G (right) who was last week selected in the Queensland School Sport 16-19 Girls Volleyball State Merit Team for 2021 – amazing job Charli!
Charlie is pictured here with Met West teammate and St Peters Open player Jess P. Met West went on to win a Bronze Medal!
We could not be prouder of four of our Open Netball girls who will venture to Tasmania to represent Queensland at the U17 Years Netball National Championships. Congratulations to Chloe D, Renee C, Kiara C & Larika M – Good luck girls, we wish you well for a successful tournament.
What a busy couple of weeks! Sammi N (left), Jane R and Lauren H (right) were members of the Met West Hockey team that took out first place at the Queensland School Sport State Championships. Met West were undefeated and Jane R (centre) was also named in the Queensland School Girls Team. Congratulations girls!
2003 BORN AUSTRALIAN WATER POLO TEAM - Best wishes to Lara O as she travels across the ditch to Auckland, NZ to represent Australia in the New Zealand Water Polo Nationals, we look forward to sharing how Lara and her team go next term.
Last Saturday was a great celebration of Football at St Peters - an amazing job by Nathan Edwards (AIC Coordinator) & our QGSSSA Coordinator Tim Arnold. The 2021 season was a positive one for all our girls and we would like to congratulate the following award winners.
Junior/Intermediate B MVP - Romi V Coaches Award - Giulia P
Junior A MVP - Sophie K Coaches Award - Cassie B
Intermediate A MVP - Sienna O Coaches Award - Annie W
We head to Bucca (just outside of Bundaberg) this Saturday morning for a week-long camp which will see the girls on the water multiple times a day. This is also when final crew selection for most year levels take place. It's always an enjoyable week and everyone get a lot out of it.
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Holiday Training Sessions on offer.
This week at Rhythmic Gymnastics the girls were thrilled to have the opportunity to choose their QGSSSA Competition leotard! They certainly looked the part as they practised their routines to music from start to finish! Well done Girls 😊
Training Clinics – Training clinics will run on the student free days, Thursday 24 & Friday 25 June from 1pm – 4 pm. Please refer to the flyer for further information.
Next term the countdown begins! There will be only four training sessions left before the QGSSSA Competition Day. It is vital you attend all training sessions next term.
As always, great job with training this week girls!
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Holiday Training Sessions on offer.
Student Free Day - Monday 12 July: Training will commence for Years 7, 8 and 9 as normal.
Vicki Wilson Preliminary Tournament – Well done to our Open & Junior Teams who have qualified for the Vicki Wilson Final Series which will be played in Term 3. Both teams finished on top of their pool and went on to win the playoff games – great job Girls.
A big thank you to our coaches Tracey and Patti and, to Jeremy Lohe our Springfield Sport Coordinator. Thank you for your assistance and it was great to see our Springfield students join us to support the girls for a few games.
DATE CLAIMER: VICKI WILSON FINAL SERIES – Thursday 5 & Friday 6 August
OLD SCHOLARS GAME & 2021 SEASON LAUNCH
Our inaugural St Peters Netball Old Scholars game was a huge success with many of our current players venturing down to our Harts Road Courts to watch our 2021 Open Team Squad take on our Old Scholars team.
The experience of our Old Scholars with Tracey Bruce leading the way saw the Old Scholars get off to a great start, but the determination and talent of the youth in our Opens team saw them fight back in what was a very close game!
We are looking forward to next year already and we thank all our Old Scholars for joining us to kick start the 2021 QGSSSA Netball season!
Please CLICK HERE for details of the Holiday Training Sessions on offer.
Each year Hockey welcomes girls who have never played before, so we would love you to come and join or even attend a session as a trial. We could do with some extra players between Years 10-12 in particular.
DATE CLAIMER – QGSSSA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Thursday 16 September
Sign On for Track & Field has been emailed & please check the St Peters App for the training schedule.
Community
Gala Ball
SPOSA news
For all our latest news and to find out about our upcoming events please read our latest edition of the Bulletin by clicking on THIS LINK.
Community Hub
The second-hand uniform shop will open over the school holidays on Saturday 3 July from 9am - 12pm in the P&F Centre, Indooroopilly Campus.
Normal opening times will resume Thursday 15 July from 7:45am until 11:30am.
Monday Funday | 28 June at St Lucia Golf Club
Sponsors and Supporters
Thank you Tabrizi
Thank you to our 2022 Rugby supporters
Future Vet kids camp - June/July school holidays
We would like to offer all St Peters students 10% off the camp fee. Please mention you are from St Peters (in the comments) when enrolling online to receive the discount.
LinguaKidz - Spanish Language Camp
Code Camp
Our winter camps will be launched on the website yesterday.These holidays we’ll be running:
YouTube Creators: 5-7 July DJ Camp: 5-6 July Little Heroes: 5-6 July Spark: 7-9 July Blast: 7-9 July Animation Camp: 8-9 July
