‘Even if the mountains be shaken and the hills removed, my unfailing love for you will not be shaken, nor my promise of peace be removed,’ says the Lord who has compassion on you.

Isaiah 54:10

It’s been a great start to the year, I think. Much better than last year. No restrictions, no closed borders, no masks. It feels as if the world has stopped shaking, at least from a pandemic sense. And yet, when I open my search engine, I’m greeted by news outlets reminding me of all the things that I need to be afraid of. New variants. The threat of nuclear war. Inflation. Mutant spiders.

Okay, so I made the last one up, but certainly if there was something to be afraid of, mutant spiders would be top of the list.

That’s the way of the world. Once we finally think we’ve passed the threshold of a calamity, in this case, COVID, we’re reminded of a world that continues to tremble. Every day quivers with possibilities and problems and sometimes I feel like God has forgotten about us.

But then, someone, usually a very young person, approaches and reminds me that God hasn’t forgotten us, and that his faithfulness will carry us through. 

Past our fears.

Beyond our fights.

To the peace of faith.

Last week, a prep student danced up to me after Worship. Her hair bounced in the extreme heat (of which she was not bothered by in the least). She peered up into my face and said, ‘See you later, Elevator!’ At first, I thought about correcting her, but then it hit me: That’s my job. I’m an elevator. My aim is to lift both hopes and spirits for people to see that God has not forgotten us. God’s unfailing love will not end. And the promise of peace in the midst of a shaking world is assured. 

I hope you have had a beautiful start to the year!

Sincerely.

Elevator Reid

May I firstly add a warm welcome to our new families and of course welcome back to our existing families. I look forward to meeting our new families or speaking with you over the coming months as the opportunity arises.

In this 30^th anniversary year, the College Commencement Service at the start of term, was a rich way to commence the year, give thanks and commit it to God in prayer. It was also the opportunity to acknowledge the Year 12 cohort with the presentation of their senior badges as a symbol of their leadership and final year at the College. I am confident that all these students will represent and serve the College well in 2023 and I am excited to work with them as they lead the student body and develop new initiatives.

It has been lovely over the past few weeks, to speak with numerous students from various year levels as I’ve walked around the campus and visited classes. Our Year 7 and Year 8 students have been a bundle of energy and enthusiasm as they have approached new learnings with new teachers and subjects.

PARTNERSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS

Over the past week we have held both Year 12 and Year 10 Parent and Student Information Nights. Thank you, parents for attending, I trust you found the information shared specific enough and relevant to your child’s year level needs. 

On Monday 6 February, our Year 12 Parents were also invited to connect face-to-face for specific Year 12 Teacher/Parents (and student) interviews. These interviews helped to refocus our Year 12 students on their studies and goals for the year ahead.   

The Academic Awards Assemblies for Years 7, 8, 11 and 12 were held over the last two weeks. The Year 9 and 10 Awards will be held next Wednesday 15 February at 8:30am in the Ruth Butler Theatre. These Academic Award assemblies acknowledge excellence in achievement, endeavour and improvement in the previous semester of study. We also welcomed back graduates from the Class of 2022, who obtained an ATAR of 90 or above and celebrated this outstanding achievement with them. Congratulations also to Lilah Thurbon on being awarded the 2022 Dux of the College.

Our College newsletter, published three times a term, will share with you the happenings at St Andrews and provide information about opportunities to connect and to build community. I encourage all families to also follow our official Facebook and Instagram pages, as well as utilising the Facebook Parent groups for your child’s cohort. Furthermore, I encourage you to reach out and phone or email if you would like to connect with any of your child’s teachers and key leaders.

WE’VE GOT SPIRIT

Congratulations to the vast majority of students for their wonderful participation and spirited competition at the Secondary School Inter-House Swimming Carnival. A special congratulations is extended to Jubi House; led by the House Captains, Liliana Karos and Quinn Snide, on their victorious win, to all the competitors for their spirit, enthusiasm and participation. The event was terrific due to the active involvement and House spirit shown by all students! Sincere appreciation is extended to Mr Freddie Wood, the House Coordinators and the secondary staff for their assistance in ensuring the carnival was successful.

STARTING WELL AND MAINTAINING A SUCCESSFUL YEAR AHEAD

Finally, as we embark on a new school year, I thought I’d pen a few suggestions that may help your young person start well and maintain a successful year ahead.

Help them set a few goals for the year. Spend time discussing what they want to achieve this year. Were they happy with their end of semester report? Where are improvements needed? What are their strengths? What might they need to do to achieve their new-found goals?

Actively support them to do their best. Talking though the logistics of their weekly commitments and helping them establish their weekly homework schedule. It might also mean, ensuring they have a workspace in the home conducive to study. (i.e. a functional desk and simple whiteboard planner above it.)

Get to know their teacher. Make contact with their Connect teacher. Teachers appreciate being able to work in partnership with you to educate your child. Open lines of communication between home and school always benefits the child.

Keep a positive attitude. Be supportive of the school and its decisions. Trust that staff are professional and work with your child’s best interests at heart. Children pick up on the attitude of their parents and often reflect the same attitude themselves.

Be aware of co-curricular opportunities. At this school there is an array of co-curricular activities provided. Not all children come rushing home with a list of endeavours they wish to sign up for. Subsequently, missing out on opportunities they would enjoy, develop in, build friendships through and possibly thrive in. Research shows that students who are engaged in co-curricular programs or volunteer in some way, are more engaged in their school community and achieve better academic outcomes.

Remind them how good sport and exercise is. While we know academics are important, sport is a clear winner in helping children become a team player, release tension, focus better and build resilience. Oh, did I mention sport improves fitness levels as well. It is also worth acknowledging that some children excel in sports because it is their area of talent and opportunity to bring about success equal to or perhaps even greater than what they could ever achieve in academics.

Cut down on screen time. A simple way to reduce this is to consider keeping television, Netflix or social media platforms off during the school week, or extremely limited. This is a practise we have implemented in our home for the past decade and I am convinced it has helped our busy household of school age children to manage their commitments.

Ensure they are getting a good night sleep. This may seem an obvious one, but with such accessible technology in our homes, it is all too easy to assume teenagers are sleeping, while they may very well be gaming or enjoying a social life online. Take measures to reduce the temptation for them, i.e. switch modem off after 9:00pm or insist phones go in the fruit bowl at bedtime.

Our young people need our guidance, support and parenting, and while it is not always acknowledged, in time, they do or will appreciate it.

OPERATIONAL MATTERS 

School Pick up

A reminder that secondary students being collected from school by car ought to be collected from the Worship Centre pick up zone.  The carpark near the COLA (Sullivan’s Road entrance), is not a collection point. (There is no supervising teacher at this carpark after school.)

School Hats

As per the Uniform Policy, students are required to wear their formal hats to and from school and when outside throughout the school day. (Please ensure hats are named.)

Adele Ramsay
Deputy Principal Head of Secondary School

All the Senior Years staff welcome the students to 2023, especially our Year 10 students and our new students to the College! Our vision for our senior years students is that they become functional and contributing members of our community. Therefore, over three years we encourage our students to develop skills to become more and more independent and interdependent. 

Our pastoral care program helps students to develop these skills and is based on specific themes for each year level. Year 10’s theme is ‘Community’ and this is led by Year 10 Coordinator, Mr Christophe Tanguy. Year 11’s theme is ‘Leadership’ and this is led by Year 11 Coordinator, Mr Damian O’Rourke. Finally, Year 12’s theme is ‘Legacy’ and this is led by Year 12 Coordinator, Mrs Amanda Tanks.

In the senior years of schooling, study commitments increase. At the Year 10 level students would be expected to do 1.5 hours of homework per night for 5 nights.  At the Year 11 level students would be expected to do 2-2.5 hours of homework per night for 5 nights. At the Year 12 level, students would be expected to do 3 hours of homework per night for 5 nights. While students in Years 10-12 may not be set specific homework tasks, it is their responsibility to revise the days work, make study/revision notes and start working on assignments well before their due date.  

Senior schooling can be a very stressful time as students are often working part-time jobs, learning to drive, getting a serious boyfriend or girlfriend and/or experimenting with alcohol/drugs. It is important as parents to look for any red flags where your child might not be ‘quite right’. Red flags can include not sleeping enough, avoiding responsibilities and school, becoming overwhelmed, being more emotional than usual. It is important to connect with your young person on a daily basis and get in touch with our College if you are worried about anything. Teenagers still need boundaries and parents can still say ‘No’.

If you are concerned about your child(ren), please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. You can contact your child’s Connect teacher, the Year Level Coordinator, Pastor Reid, our College Counsellor and or myself.  

Dani Goucher
Head of Senior Years – Pastoral 

ESAFETY 

As we start a new year, it might be important to speak with your children about being safe and kind online. 

The internet moves very fast with a huge number of websites being launched daily. The other huge area is the introduction of new apps for mobile phones. 

Recently, the Australia Federal Police posted some useful links onto their Facebook page. Some easy guides are listed below:

Social media starter kit (great for Year 7 families) 
Think you know - Social media

Gaming, devices and what you need to know  
Think you know - Gaming 

 ESafety for kids guide 
www.esafety.gov.au/kids

Australian Federal Police media release (extra links) 
https://www.afp.gov.au 

Feel free to contact me at any time, we are all here to support your children. 

Lisa Roper 
Head of Middle Years - Pastoral 

Year 10 Visual Artists embarked upon their self-portrait unit with a trip to Tweed River Art Gallery for Contemporary Portraits from the Collection. Students looked at different ways that the subjects of the portraits portrayed themselves, their interests, their ideas and their passions. This set them up for creating their own large-scale self-portraits on canvas using mixed media.

Ngaire Harman
Visual Arts Coordinator

Greetings from the Secondary Library! We’re thrilled to welcome all students back for the 2023 school year, even though our Library space currently looks a bit different.

As you might know, the CRC is undergoing a major refurbishment to create a new and dynamic space for the students of St Andrews Lutheran College. This new environment will offer opportunities for reading, learning, creating, connecting, and quiet reflection in a welcoming space designed to meet the diverse needs of our students. We can’t wait to show you the new Secondary Library soon.

In the meantime, a cosy pop-up Library has been set up near the Uniform Shop in O1. Our friendly Library Services team is still on hand to assist with all your Library needs, and we’ve got a few comfy spots for students to rest, read, and connect. Of course, we haven’t forgotten about the books, and have a curated selection available for students to borrow.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL SUPERVISION

For before and after school supervision, the HUB will be available until the Library refurbishment is complete. Students can expect the same level of supervision as in the Library, and all details can be found below for your convenience.

Location:       HUB (Lower CRC/Under the Secondary Library)

AM Hours:      7:30am – Morning Bell

PM Hours:       Afternoon Bell – 5:00pm

Supervision before and after school will be for quiet individual work only until the renovation is complete.

BUSY LUNCH TIMES

The pop-up Library has been a-buzz during breaks, and we couldn’t be more delighted. Students are appreciating our chilled and welcoming atmosphere (complete with air-conditioning) and we’ve had a full house most days.

NEW BOOKS AND BOARD GAMES

Get ready for some bookish excitement! A brand-new selection of novels and non-fiction titles are on their way and will be ready for borrowing shortly. Plus, we’ve stocked up on the latest board games and some great classics. We invite students to come and make use of our comfortable space and explore the world of adventure and knowledge through the books and games we have on offer.

FUSE CUP TERM 1 2023

We are thrilled to announce we’ll be running trials for the upcoming Inter-School Esports competition, the FUSE Cup! Students in Years 5 to 10 have the opportunity to showcase their skills and compete against other local schools in this exciting event.

St Andrews will once again host the Years 7 and 8, as well as the Years 9 and 10 competitions in the CCI Arena over the 9 and 10 March. If you would like to know more about the FUSE Cup, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Library Services library@salc.qld.edu.au

SIGN-IN/OUT PROCEDURE FOR AFTERSCHOOL HOURS. 

Currently in the HUB (3:10pm – 5:00pm) 

Students sign in and out electronically using their school email or their mobile phone number. 

• There is no need for parents/carers to sign students in or out, students may leave the Library when they know their parent has arrived to collect them. 

• All students must sign in and out, if in the HUB, between the hours of 3:10-5:00pm. 

• Students who are signed in need to stay in the HUB unless they receive permission from the supervising staff member to go outside. 

• An after-school detention may be issued to students who do not follow procedures and sign in and out. 

• Cases where students have not signed in or out will be followed up. 

• The direct phone number to contact the CRC after hours is (07) 5568 5906.

• Please see the Senior Library After Hours Policy on Parent Lounge for more information.

O1 POP-UP LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

Monday and Friday, 8:30am – 3:10pm    

ASK A LIBRARIAN

Remember students may log in using student details to read e-Books through the Wheelers online platform. 

Your Librarians are always happy to help with research, finding resources, book recommendations and IT support. We also love to chat about books, life and the universe.  Come in and chat to us or email us directly:   

• Head of Library Services: Barbara Kristo  

• Teacher Librarian (Junior School): Vikki Rees 

• Senior Librarian: Trudy Slabosz   

• Library Aides: Cara Harrington and Brad McMillan   

• Library Technician: Deklan Kelly  

The Library Team   

PARENT INFORMATION NIGHTS

Happy new year to you and your families. I hope that you have all started the year well. It was great to see so many parents at the Parent Information Nights recently. I hope the format for the night was well received. The two key messages from me on this night were:

CYBERSAFETY 

The College takes cybersafety very seriously and have put in place measures to ensure students are kept safe online while at school. Please find below my suggestions for families to help keep their children safe while at home. 

• Parents own the device and set the expectations 
• Devices used in public spaces in the house (no bedrooms)
• Use the parental controls
• Set time limits for the use
• Develop a trusting relationship with your children where they can share with you what they are doing online

AMYGDALA AND PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX 

The amygdala (sometimes called the feeling brain) and the pre-frontal cortex (sometimes called the thinking brain) both have very important functions. The amygdala is responsible for the fight, flight or freeze response. The pre-frontal cortex is responsible for executive functions and logical thinking. Last week a spider crawled across the toilet seat. My instant response was to move my hand away. My amygdala kicked in, did its job and I had an immediate response to the spider. My pre-frontal cortex then kicked in and identified that it was a spider and there was no real danger. I was able to think my way through the next response. The challenge that we sometimes get is when our amygdala stays in that heightened state and overtakes the rational thinking. At a school level we spend time teaching the children to recognise these signs and put in place strategies to prevent their amygdala from taking control of their thinking. Karen Young, who visited our school last year, and has written extensively on this subject. Click here for some useful articles that are easy to read and give great parenting tips. 

PYP, LEARNING AND TEACHING IN THE JUNIOR SCHOOL

Welcome to the new year of learning. It has been lovely to see so many familiar faces and new faces at our Parent Information Sessions last week, as well as on campus at drop off and pick up times. It’s so lovely to have a ‘normal’ start to the year and students are settling into their routines well.

At the recent Parent Information Session, I shared with families how our classrooms operate with student agency at the core. If you want to know more have a look at this clip 'A student’s perspective'. Although each classroom has its own flavour of age appropriate student agency, the underlying principles are the same. Student voice, choice and ownership of their learning is valued and expected. How is this different to when you went to school? And why do you think it needs to be different?

Well although a complex answer, it is also quite a simple one. I started teaching 30 years ago and at that time, I was the expert in the classroom. I had the knowledge that my Year 2/3 class needed to know, I chose the books they could read to expand their knowledge and I controlled the learning environment. Since then we have had such a change in technology that knowledge is available to anyone, anywhere. Therefore, my teaching had to change. My role, and our role, is to educate students with skills, knowledge and learning dispositions that encourage them to inquire for themselves.

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme does just that. Knowledge is informed by the expectations of the Australian Curriculum and deepened through conceptual learning, skills are identified and practiced using our Approaches to Learning, and learning dispositions are defined and utilised through our Learner Profile attributes.

If you are wanting to know more, please consider joining the PYP Parent Advisory Group. An email was sent to all families during the week outlining the details of this group and parents are most welcome to come. I am also available for any questions via email karenk@salc.qld.edu.au or phone through Junior School Administration.

Until next newsletter,

Karen Koehler
Deputy Head of Junior School – PYP, Learning and Teaching

We have welcomed another group of lively students this year. All with lovely families who care about their child’s education. There’s been lots of name writing practice and getting to know the vast range of students that we cater for. We are looking forward to an action-packed Term One with our inquiry into different emotions, practicing our numbers and learning all about patterns. Although students this age know the ABC song, we will now be learning the sounds that the letters make.

Debbie Tyson
Prep Teacher

The commencement of 2023 has been such a positive and happy start to the year. All the children and families old and new are settling into their new care routines very well. It has been a busy start to the year having Uncle Allan join us for a Welcome to Country, Bunnings community connection and a partnership with a local Occupational Therapist and Speech Pathologist to support and enhance your child’s participation in the kindergarten program. The new Kindy reform program for the Pre Prep children has seen some families receive some additional funding. If your family receives Family Tax Benefit Payment A or B please come and talk to Bronwyn or Andrea in the office. 

The Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) is currently being reviewed and we are seeking parent feedback to assist with future planning and development. We invite and ask families to complete our feedback surveys. Please click here or scan the QR code in the centre to assist us.https://forms.office.com/r/GyB5Pu70wP

If your child started Prep this year and attended the ELC last year we also ask you to complete the transition to school survey to help with future planning. Please click here to complete the survey. 

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN STAFFING

At times throughout the year, staff will take leave. We share this with families via signs on your child’s door informing you of these changes. We endeavour to keep consistency with staff covering. At times this is out of our control.

POLICIES

Policies can be accessed via the QR codes displayed in the ELC foyer. 

ALLERGIES - NUTS, EGGS AND DAIRY

We have three children within the ELC that have severe food allergies. We endeavour to minimise the risk to these children and ask all families to not pack peanuts or foods containing nuts such as peanut butter spread or pesto. Please also refrain from packing hard boiled eggs, or egg sandwiches etc. In the Junior Kindy room, we also have children attending everyday with a severe allergy to dairy. We are minimising the risk with supervision and strong hand hygiene and cleaning practices.  

NEW STAFF

This year we have had a few new staff members join the ELC family. Andrea works in the office Monday, Thursday and Friday. Grace, former St Andrews student, in the Junior Kindy room five days a week, Tylah joins us a causal team member and we welcome back Renee for two days a week.

SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday 21 March - School Photo Day for ELC students, 

Friday 24 March - E-3 Mini Games, 

Friday 31 March - E-12 Easter Service. 

Bronwyn Waters
ELC Director 

Our first newsletter for the year!

We can’t wait to share this adventure with you and your child. Each term we will be focusing on specific room goals, the learning outcomes we will be working towards, and extra-curricular experiences.  These will be displayed on the wall in the entry area of the room and on our daily program sent through Xplor. Xplor is our biggest platform for sharing information. We encourage you to communicate, engage contribute and provide feedback wherever possible as we are always growing in everything we do. We value you and believe family partnership with the ELC team is the key to successful outcomes. 

Junior Kindy have certainly had a smooth transition into care. We have worked hard to develop relationships and ensure the children feel safe and secure. Focusing on the children’s interests and finding out more about them helps to support these connections. It has been delightful to see some new connections developing already, with lots of smiles and giggles.

Junior Kindy have really been occupied with the train set, regularly building on their connections with their peers as they work together to construct and share ideas. Painting has been available everyday with an opportunity to emerge themselves in creative expression, working on processes and outcomes. This included easel painting, water colour painting with small brushes and creating handprints. Through observations, the Junior Kindy team will continue to document observations, plan for your children’s interests and strengths, and develop strategies for building on skills.

Everyone has been enjoying our daily group time engagements with finger puppets, felts, stories and music. This has provided a sense of collaboration and positive interactions as the group engages in a shared learning experience.

We welcomed Indigenous Elder, Uncle Allan, for a morning of storytelling and dancing. Uncle Allan demonstrated the eagle dance and taught the children to say "Jingeri" which is hello in the Yugambeh language. The children are learning about the meaning behind the Acknowledgement of Country and Uncle Allan provided the opportunity to answer questions and share knowledge.

Sensei Sharon joined our class on Thursday morning for our first lesson of Japanese. The children were all very engaged as they practiced repeating greetings and learnt about some animal names. We will look forward to extending our knowledge of the Japanese culture and diversity each week.

Pastor Reid brings his enthusiasm and love of music to share in celebrations of Jesus. With his guitar often in hand, the children learn through songs, storytelling and devotions. This will be a regular lesson on Tuesday mornings and provides the children with a gentle connection to God and the way we can connect our values and beliefs in everyday life. We also have our own devotion area within the room, a quiet space to reflect, explore the children’s bible and take time to think and share what we are grateful for. 

We can’t wait to go on this journey with you and your child in 2023 and look forward to seeing all the growth and development in the months ahead.

The Junior Kindy Team

What an incredible start to our year.  We have begun sharing new moments with our new friends and teachers. We worked as a team to decide our essential agreement and the routine we were going to follow for our year. Our children were excited to use the visual pictures of our routine to share with their peers, with what was coming next. We welcomed many new children into Pre Prep 1 with new friendships forming. 

The children were very eager and ready to be involved in the Bunnings incursion. They took turns with watering the plants, digging a hole or placing the mulch on top in our vegetable garden. We introduced Carrie Caring prior to the Bunnings incursion and our children have discovered the connections between the learner profile and protecting our environment.

We began our unit of inquiry How We Express Ourselves with connections to art, music, dance and culture. Our children connected with dance when Indigenous Elder, Uncle Allan, shared a Welcome to Country and performed an indigenous traditional dance. This allowed our children to observe a cultural dance and reflect upon what they saw. Some of our children tried their best to complete the different dance movements and facial expressions. We continued to watch a range of dance videos and wrote down what we saw in their dances. 

Pre Prep 1 were very eager to adventure down to the library, going past the Prep classes and seeing some of their peers from last year. We learnt new things about the teacher librarian, Mrs Rees, and what we will learn this year during our library lessons. 

The children couldn’t believe that Sensei will be coming to our classroom every Thursday for a Japanese lesson. They have already learnt new greeting words and how to sing a new song. Sensei shared a Japanese dance with the class that represented lots of greeting words and animals. We have continued to incorporate this dance into our program to support the children's connection with culture, dance, music and art. 

Reminders 

• If you haven’t already completed your child’s Term One goal, there is a slip on top of the lockers. Please hand this to Miss Phoebe or Miss Anna. 
• Please remind your children to put their sunscreen and hat on before entering the outdoor yard. We can assist your child if they need this before they begin their day.
• Please pack spare clothes in case of an accident or water play. 

The Pre Prep 1 Team

It has been such a pleasure to meet all our new families and welcome back those that have returned. We are very excited to see what this year brings. Throughout this first month, we have focused on building strong relationships with the children to ensure they feel safe and secure. We have been using a variety of strategies to develop relationships such as daily transitions with partners, activities and group time games that build a confident self-identity. We have also looked at family cultures and traditions. The first month of any child’s transition can be a challenging time. Over this period, please be reassured that we will communicate your child’s progress through photos and updates on playground.

You may have noticed Miss Renee has joined Pre Prep 2 on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Renee has been a part of the ELC community for quite some time so make sure you say "Hi" when you see her. 

Our unit of inquiry this term is How We Express Ourselves. This unit has given us the opportunity to explore the different ways we express ourselves through music, dance and art. We welcomed our local Indigenous Elder, Uncle Allan, to share a Welcome to Country. This was a fantastic provocation to explore art and dance through an indigenous perspective. We have begun making connections with the school through Jesus time, Japanese and visits to the library. The children enjoyed their first lesson this week and couldn’t wait to meet our wonderful teachers.

One of our key words from our service philosophy is sustainability. This is something that we are regularly acting on in the ELC through recycling stations, gardening, worm farm and lots more. This month we had two representatives form Bunnings come in to visit and plant some new vegetables in the garden. Daniel and Jayde spoke to the children about how we can care for our vegetables and then assisted the children with planting some great new vegetables. We finished the garden with mulch and worm juice from the compost bin.  

Until next time,
The Pre Prep 2 Team

The 2023 Swimming Carnival, held last week at Somerset, was a resounding success. Students, staff, and families gathered to cheer on the talented swimmers and enjoy a day filled with excitement and friendly competition. The carnival featured a range of events, including freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, relays, and House participation swims. 

The races were contested in different age groups, allowing athletes of all levels to participate and show their skills. In addition to the competitive races, the carnival also offered a variety of fun activities and games which included inflatable races. a snow cone and food stall added to the festive atmosphere. 

Every student and staff member who took part in the carnival, whether it was as a competitor or a spectator, contributed to the lively and supportive atmosphere. The success of the 2023 Swimming Carnival is a testament to the spirit of St Andrews Lutheran College and the strength of its community.

In a fitting end to the day, Jubi House secured its fifth consecutive victory, cementing their status as the dominant House in school swimming. The team's unwavering determination and outstanding performances were a testament to the hard work and dedication of its students, House Coordinator and House Captains.

SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS 
Records 

Summer J (Year 8) Butterfly 32.69 matched 2018 record 

Kody B (Year 11) Butterfly 26.85 record previously held by James Roberts 2008  
Backstroke 29.05 record previously held by Dylan Jenkins 2013
Breaststroke 35.56 record previously held by Kieran Croker 2016 

AGE CHAMPIONS

U12 Lila T (Year 7) and Ky B (Year 7) 

U13 Summer J (Year 8) and Kobe B (Year 7) 

U14 Seren C (Year 9) and Reid S (Year 8) 

U15 Shelby B (Year 9) and Noah R (Year 9)

 U16 Grace P (Year 10) and Kody B (Year 11) 

OPEN Sienna C (Year 12) and Maverick A (Year 12)

HOUSE RESULTS 

1^st Jubi 2239 Points

2^nd Binging 1584 Points

3^rd Wardjam 1517 Points

4^th Gowandi 990 Points.

The school community came together to enjoy a day of swimming and merriment. As the College looks back on the 2023 Swimming Carnival, it's clear that it will be remembered not only for the impressive skills of the athletes but also for the strong show of House spirit and participation. 

Freddie Wood
Head of Sport Secondary School

February

Monday 13
Hinterland Swimming Trials 

Thursday 16
Junior School Lego Club

Saturday 18
Academic Scholarship Exams

Tuesday 21
ELC Uncle Allan visit
Junior School Swimming Carnival
Pancake Tuesday

Wednesday 22
Ash Wednesday          

Thursday 23
Lego Club

March

Wednesday 1
Saints at Miami Marketta

Thursday 2
Lego Club