In Week 9 of Term 2, St Peters was visited by eleven students and three staff from the Exupery International School, Latvia. These students attended regular classes with their host siblings, with some also electing to attend the Year 7 Science excursion to the Planetarium. While only a very short visit of two nights, the experience was highly valued for both visiting students and host families. In a true testament to the College’s values of Care, Dignity and Respect, the Latvians were made to feel welcome and quickly formed friendships with many of our students...

Firefly is a Learning Management System (LMS). St Peters has selected it as our platform for teaching and learning and to provide relevant information to parents about their child and their learning. Parents can access Firefly using their portal ID and password. Follow the directions on the Parent Login Process: Welcome to Firefly; Parent Login Process; and download the Firefly for Parents app. For support resources explaining how to make the most out of Firefly, go to Firefly Tips for Parents.

Schools across Australia are once again taking part in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with a Disability. From 2015, it has been mandatory for this information to be collected in every school across Australia annually. The aim is to provide better information about students with a disability in school settings. It is a requirement for all schools to contribute to this data collection in the August census and, as a school, we will provide the government with non-identifying information about students with a disability in our setting. If...

Our debut ‘Spark’ Code Camp was a huge success! Over three days, students created their very own game. They had lots of creative control when designing levels and learned about the language of code along the way! “I really enjoyed it. Every night, when I came home, I showed my family what I had done and my plan for the next day. It is good we were split into younger and older groups. A big thumbs up!” - Ryan; and "I loved it, and wanted to do another one in the holidays but I was unable to find one close to us. Over the holidays I kept playing and...

It was a big week for all things French! Firstly, the French soccer team took out the World Cup - “Felicitations” or congratulations on their victory! Then there was the inaugural St Peters French Week. Special events took place around the school to bring a French flavour to students’ learning. At Primary School Assembly on Wednesday, Years 2 and 3 students sang in French and the Junior Dance Troupe performed the song ‘Je Suis Moi’. Teachers and students wore splashes of red, white and blue to celebrate. In the Secondary School, Madame Morgan’s Year 10...

A few months ago, our families sent care packages to Australian Troops overseas. We have received numerous letters from the Troops over the past couple of weeks, thanking us for the joy and excitement those special treats have brought to them. Some extracts include: ‘Thank you very much for the thoughtful care package, which your students so generously bought, packed and sent to me here in Iraq. It is full of things that remind me of home and I will be sure to share the classic Tim Tams with the US Army People I work with, as they love them almost as much...

The ICAS English Competition will be held during Lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday 31 July. The competition assesses reading and language skills, including: text comprehension in literary and factual texts; the writer’s craft in selecting particular text types, vocabulary and techniques; syntax; and vocabulary...

The 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge is in progress and Team Leichhardt is in the lead! Students need to submit their record forms and finish reading by 24 August to gain house points and to receive certificates. Please see Mrs Ryan in The Hub for more details.

On Thursday 14 June, the Springfield Hub was transformed into a gathering of past and present eminent Australians. Year 6 students worked tirelessly throughout Term 2 to research and present information about their eminent Australian. They developed their writing and sketching skills to produce some outstanding portrait works, learning a lot about presentation, design and costume along the way. Most importantly, students beamed with confidence when speaking about their eminent Australian. Parents were impressed at the multidisciplinary skills and...

On 28 June, four lucky Year 3 students enjoyed the ‘Out of the Box’ Festival at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. The Springfield Coalition Group sponsored four students from each school in the area to attend with one teacher. This included entry into the festival, train fares and lunch. Attending students wrote about their experience: “Little Yawar was a performance by an Aboriginal family. They showed us some singing and dancing about hunting, fire and the death adder snake. It was amazing and a crowd favourite!”; “Air Play was a show with balloons...