Lead Article
‘You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen.’ – Vince Gowmon (Speaker, Author, Therapeutic Counsellor). As a parent, how many times have you asked the question: ‘What did you learn at school today?’ To which your child has replied: ‘Nothing!’ or ‘I can’t remember!’ You can be reassured that every child is learning every day at St Peters…
Ministry
At St Peters, we seem to be in a season of music. Last Friday, we enjoyed Abba impersonation band, ‘Abba Live’, who rocked the Performing Arts Centre, even drawing community from our Springfield campus to Indooroopilly. On Saturday, we enjoyed the Recital Final; on Sunday, a Strings Festival; the Greta Bradman Signature Series Concert will take centre stage this Friday…
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Around the School
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The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of Years 10–12 students who in 2017 left school without obtaining Year 12 certification. The Early School Leavers survey is a short, confidential survey that collects information about what young people are doing the year after leaving school…
The ICAS Mathematics Competition will be held during Lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday 14 August. The competition assesses students’ skills and knowledge across five strands: Algebra and Patterns: Involves patterns of numbers, relationships between numbers, and the use of symbols to stand for unknown or variable numbers; Chance and Data: Involves mathematical treatment of data and statistics; Measures and Units: Involves properties of the physical world that can be measured, the units used to measure them, and the process of measurement; Number and Arithmetic: Involves types of numbers, their properties, and...
Primary News
Prep students celebrated their 100th Day of School on Friday 27 July. Since the start of the school year, Prep students have been counting the number of days at school on a 100 number chart, eagerly awaiting to reach the 100 target. To celebrate, Prep classes joined together for a variety of fun, number-related activities…
This week, with Year 5 students away at camp, Year 6 students have enjoyed using their flexible learning space during collaborative class time. Year 6 students have enjoyed Technology, Christian Studies, Geography and Media Art lessons in the Year 5 space. Their overall verdict: ‘It’s awesome!’
Secondary News
In Technology, Year 7 students are learning about Sustainable Design and Engineering. At the beginning of term, each class was broken up into groups of three to five to participate in the Straw Tower Challenge. The challenge was to build the tallest and strongest tower possible, using no more than 20 straws and 1.5m of tape…
Music
Thank you to students who performed at Open Day on Saturday. Performing at events such as this is a great way to build personal performance ability and confidence, as well as an opportunity to highlight the talent of our students and the quality work of teachers and tutors…