Term three has become the term for focusing on the amazing person of Jesus in the worship life of our College. All through Semester One we connected with the Old Testament section of the Bible which sets the scene for the arrival of Jesus here on earth which took place just over 2,000 years ago.

Throughout the years leading up to Jesus’ time on earth, God’s people had a strong idea of who God was and what was important to Him, but they regularly fell victim of shaping Him into a warrior style leader. As we can imagine this leads to all sorts of problems and this view can still plague humanity today as human nature leads us in wanting to ‘triumph’ over others. My God is better than your God thinking brings nothing but division and destruction to humankind.

Thankfully, Jesus completely changed all of this in his time amongst us. He brought God’s heart for ALL people to the fore in all he said and did during his ministry. He came alongside us and lived out a life of perfect love and truth. In doing this he embraced the outcasts of society, breaking down our human inclination to set up ‘us’ and ‘them’ divisions. He connected with everyone and his love for them transformed their lives forever. There is a wonderful example of this in Luke’s Gospel when Jesus interacts with a tax collector called Zacchaeus. Jesus’ acceptance and care for this individual brought about a complete change within him. Zacchaeus recognised his past selfishness and set about restoring what he had ‘stolen’ from others.

We might not have stolen from others but all of us struggle with being self-centred and making life about ourselves. It is our human nature. Connecting with Jesus brings transformation to our hearts and minds. His Spirit interacts with our spirit and works beauty in our lives that we struggle to enact in our own strength. This is God’s kingdom of love and goodness breaking into our broken world that is so thirsty for all things right and good. May this be true and for all of us as we make our way through the second half of the year; the most beautiful experience of being loved by God and His love spilling over from us to others.

SEMPER FIDELIS - ALWAYS FAITHFUL

Over the past couple of newsletters, I’ve made mention of the different components that contribute to our College crest. This includes the St Andrews cross and Luther’s rose. This week, I’d like to refer to our College motto, “Semper Fidelis”. Semper Fidelis is Latin for Always Faithful. This motto was chosen and adopted at our College’s inception as it embodied the ongoing encouragement to be faithful to the Gospel and faithful to the mission of St Andrews to bring the Gospel to its community, as well as encouraging each of the St Andrews agencies (Church, School and Aged Care) to support and be loyal to each other and work together in harmony.

Additionally, when I see our College crest, I am also reminded of God’s ongoing faithfulness towards us. Our Heavenly Father, our God is always faithful to us. He never leaves us or forsakes us; he walks with us through the joys and challenges of life. For his goodness and faithfulness I am truly grateful. (Hebrews 13:5, Deuteronomy 31:6).

At special assemblies and events throughout the year, we are reminded of Semper Fidelis, God’s faithfulness to us, and our faithfulness to Christ and to one another, as we sing our College song. The words are included here;

Semper Fidelis – College Song

Semper Fidelis, Semper Fidelis,
Always faithful, always true.

On solid rock our school St Andrews is found,
Jesus Christ is our foundation and our cornerstone.
And when we find that all our learning here is done,
To Christ remain faithful, true to Him alone.

 Semper Fidelis, Semper Fidelis,
Always faithful, always true.

 St Andrews is the school where we will always hear,
Of the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ so dear.
He is the friend who will be faithful to the last,
Long after all our time at St Andrews is past.

CELEBRATING ACADEMIC SUCCESS

We celebrated our Middle School students academic success, achievement and endeavour this week during their Middle School Awards Assembly. We will celebrate our Senior School next week. I’d like to acknowledge the hard work, academic mindsets and agility of our learners.

CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY

In week one this term, we were delighted to be able to hold our Inter-House Athletics Carnival at St Andrews. The weather was very kind to us and the day of competition was hotly contested. I’d like to acknowledge our students on their athleticism, House Spirit and wonderful participation throughout the day.

Congratulations to Jubi House who deservingly won the overall shield. Thank you to Mr Wood who coordinated the carnival, the ground staff, the teaching staff, and most importantly the students for their wonderful contributions on what was a superb day.

Also, in week one, IC’22 was launched for selected students Years 7-12. This program builds entrepreneurial skills and mindsets and brings mentors from industry into the College to work alongside our students and staff over a 10-week program. In its fifth year, the program has led many of our students into social-enterprises and small business endeavours.

Thank you to the students and parents of our Year 9 &10 cohorts who attended the Senior Studies & Careers Expo on Monday 18 July. It was a very well-attended and resourceful event as our students begin to consider their subject and career pathways for the years ahead.

Two major events last week – “Grease” and the “Kokoda Challenge”

Last week, saw the Ruth Butler Theatre filled with sold-out audiences for the College musical, Grease. What a fabulous production it was! I am in awe of the 6 month commitment of the students involved, their talent, hard work and ability to confidently own the stage or produce a live musical streamed from a room next door. A huge thank you to Ms Cilla Scott and the Performing Arts Staff for their expertise, calmness, passion for what they do and support for our students.

The Gold Coast Kokoda Challenge was also last week and what an inspiration the staff and students were in both the 96km and 48km events. St Andrews again exceeds the expectations for the event, by having 100% of competitors complete the course. The individual team results were also outstanding. Please read more about this within this newsletter.

This week we held our Year 7-12 Three-way Conferences (Parent Teacher Interviews). Thank you to the teachers, parents and students who attended. If you were unable to attend and have questions about your child’s academic progress and development, please contact teachers directly as they will be all too happy to hear from you.

Thank you to all the students and staff for their stellar efforts and smooth transition back into the routines of College life. If I can help you or your child, please reach out on adeler@salc.qld.edu.au

Adele Ramsay
Deputy Principal Head of Secondary School

Welcome back to Term Three! Our Senior School staff have been very pleased with the students return to school and their positive attitudes and participation to date.

SENIOR SCHOOL ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS

We are now back into full swing of the term. We remind students of the study expectations in Senior School:

Year 10 students are expected to do at least 1.5 hours per night of study/homework.
Year 11 students are expected to do at least 2 hours per night of study/homework.
Year 12 students are expected to do at least 2.5 to 3 hours per night of study/homework.

Even if students are not set homework, they are still expected to be completing revision of the day’s work and working towards upcoming assignments and assessment.

We also expect students to be submitting draft and final assessment tasks on time. The cut off for submittal is 10:00pm at night. Failure to submit a draft or final piece of assessment on time will result in an afternoon Tuesday detention.

YEAR 11 CAMP

Our Year 11 students embarked on their camp at Emu Gully at the end of last term. While there were some certain highlights of the camp like the mud pit and night walk, the cohort were very impressive in the way they came together and got out of their comfort zone. We would like to thank the Year 11 cohort for their maturity, teamwork, kindness towards each other and willingness to ‘give things a go’. We would also like to thank our staff who attended the camp especially our Year 11 Coordinator, Mrs Tanks, for organising and leading the camp.

STUDENTS DRIVING TO THE COLLEGE

As you may be aware, our student drivers have now been asked to park off campus in neighbouring streets.

It is important that our student drivers understand the Gold Coast parking rules and if unsure they can access more information at this website.

https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/Services/Roads-transport-parking/Parking/Safe-legal-parking#rules While we have communicated various parking issues with our students in a meeting and via email, we would like to reiterate some important guidelines to promote harmony between our student drivers and our neighbouring community. We ask students to:

Park on only one side of the road (eg Fenton, Sullivans etc);
Park at least 50 metres from the end of a cul-de-sac so that drivers can do a u-turn;
When you arrive turn off your music especially if it is loud;
Don't wait in groups by your car;
Don't trespass through private property;
Just consider that our neighbours have had a change in circumstances and may be upset (try not to take this personally and act responsibly);
If a neighbour talks to you about your car, say "thanks for letting me know, I have checked the Council rules and I am sure I am legally allowed to park here".

Dani Goucher
Head of Senior School

It’s been a busy start to Term 3 here in the CRC and the coming weeks will see some fun events and competitions as we celebrate both Science and Book Week. The Library space has been bustling with Minecrafters, E-sport trials and training, board gamers, quiet readers, and socialising students. We love seeing the Library filled to the brim with students enjoying the variety of activities and spaces we provide.

Our new lounge room area, created with mental health and wellbeing in mind, has been a welcome space for students to sit, relax and chat.

ESCAPE ROOM

This term Mr Kelly created an Industrial Revolution themed Escape Room for the Year 9 Humanities Unit. Students must work as a team to navigate through a set of clues and solve puzzles to unlock the answer and ‘escape’ the room. This has proven to be a fun and engaging experience for the Year 9 students who’ve been challenged to think outside of the box, critically analyse the puzzles and come up with ideas and solution without instruction from a teacher.

FUSE CUP

The final rounds of FUSE Cup 2022 are happening in Weeks 2 and 3. Over the past two weeks students from Years 5-10 competed in thrilling trails to vie for a spot on our Rocket League teams.

Congratulations to the 7 and 8 Rocket League Team

Ethan B
Marcus K
Hayden L
Jethro M

Congratulations to the 9 and 10 Rocket League Team

Sam D
Callum H
Isaac M
Zac P

Both teams showed great resilience and sportsmanship representing St Andrews Lutheran College over Thursday and Friday at Saint Stephen’s College.

In exciting news Ethan B, who was on the mic Shoutcasting at Thursday’s tournament, so impressed the organisers with his skill and passion that he has been invited to be a Guest Shoutcaster at the QLD State Final alongside Max Vonneumann! Well done, Ethan!

Congratulations to our 5 and 6 Rocket League Team

Rory O
Olivia R
Huxley S
Edward T

ACADEMIC COLLECTION

Library Services have recently begun to purchase study guides, with an initial focus on English texts. These guides will be housed in a new Academic Resources collection which will include Extension English titles, Griffith Review and other published collections of essays, and Study Guides. This collection is focused on meeting the academic and individual study needs of our students.

NEW SIGN-IN/OUT PROCEDURE FOR AFTERSCHOOL HOURS (3:10pm – 5:00pm)

Please be advised of the new after-hours CRC Secondary Library Sign-In/Out Procedure for all students in Years 7-12.

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 Library between the hours of 3:10pm-5:00pm.
Students who are signed in need to stay in the Library 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.

CRC OPENING HOURS

Monday and Friday 7:30am – 5:00pm

After Hours: (3:15pm-5:00pm)

All students need to sign in and out at the CRC front desk.
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.

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 Tech: Deklan Kelly

The Library Team

2023 PLANNING

Now that we have reached the halfway point of the year, it is that time of year that we plan for 2023.

Please complete the following re-enrolment survey so that we can understand vacancies for 2023 and to help with the enrolment process.

https://forms.office.com/r/rFR8VDdrex

Once all responses have been received, I will start looking at room allocations and vacancies for 2023. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. If your child is in Pre-Prep, please talk to the team about a second year of the Kindergarten program if required. If unsure, please record your child’s name as uncertain and put your preference in for 2023.

CHILDCARE SUBSIDY

New childcare subsidy rates have come into effect this month. Please check your account statements to see how these new rates have affected your fees.

SIGNING IN AND OUT

A reminder that signing in and out is a legal responsibility. Please get in contact with me if you need assistance. Also, if you leave your phone at home, please communicate this to the staff so they can assist with signing your child in and out.

STAFFING

If you know any excellent Childcare Educators looking for relief work, please ask them to contact me via email elc@salc.qld.edu.au. We are always looking for relief staff to help cover staff illness and planned leave. Thank you for continuing to support the team by keeping your children at home when unwell.

The ELC supports families wearing a mask whilst at the centre, some staff are also wearing masks for own protection and family circumstances.

DENTAL HEALTH WEEK

Dental health week is coming up and we also have our Dental 2 U attending on 24 August for the mid-year dental check-ups please book online so your child can see the dentist. https://www.dental2you.net/consent-form/

VACANCIES

We currently have some limited spots available in the ELC. A child in the Junior Kindy room will be going on a holiday for a few weeks. If you would like a casual or temporary day, please let me know. In Pre Prep 1 a Friday spot is available and Pre Prep 2 have a Tuesday and Thursday coming up. Please reach out to me if you are interested in any of these places.

VACATION CARE CONNECTIONS

Thank you to St Andrews Lutheran College Vacation Care who connected with us over the school holiday break. We had two wonderful sessions including a game day and buddy reading. A fun time was had mixing with siblings, past friends and also past ELC children.

Also, over the holidays we had a special visitor Kerry from Gladstone Kindergarten. Kerry has been the Service Leader and Kindergarten Teacher in Gladstone for many years. Kerry spent two days observing our practice and sharing information on how she supports children in her service with additional needs. Kerry shared with us the organisation called Yellow Ladybugs which is a great organisation supporting girls with Autism. https://www.yellowladybugs.com.au/

Don’t forget to touch base with your local community health nurse for your child’s health checks. https://www.goldcoast.health.qld.gov.au/our-services/early-childhood-service-0-8yrs

Stay well and warm.

Bronwyn Waters Director of Early Learning

The children have been working hard on programmed goals which were based around the children’s interests and input from families. We have observed a huge improvement with self-help skills of packing away the room activities, as well as packing sheets away and putting on jumpers and shoes (and yes, some children do say how they don’t need a jumper or shoes on).

To acknowledge NAIDOC week, we have created a rainbow serpent and emus that you can now see displayed in our room. We have also been reading some dreamtime stories and the favourite story for the children was ‘The Hairy One’.

Many of the children have begun to show an interest in name writing, so for the children that like to practice this skill, we have name sheets for the children to trace over their names. Students have also begun to have a greater understanding of numbers. For transitions, we have been using number flash cards for the children to call out the numbers they know.

We have also engaged in a lot of cutting activities. The children have been practising their skills by cutting out many pictures from magazines and they have special envelopes to store their cuttings in.

As we continue to build on our relationship with the College, the children had the opportunity to attend two incursions over the school holiday period. These included a visit to the library and Vacation Care (OHSC). The students attending Vacation Care read stories to us and we also joined them for Jersey Day where we enjoyed dancing and participated in an amazing obstacle course. The obstacle course was so much fun for the children to complete as they balanced on beams, crawled thought tunnels and threw bean bags into hoops. During this time with the Vacation Care students, it was lovely to see the children enjoying the opportunity to play with their siblings or older friends and it was beautiful to see how caring and kind the children all where to one another.

Sensei Taki was away during the holidays and on long service leave however, we have kept up with practising our Japanese, counting one to ten, saying colours in Japanese and the weather. We also sing our song ‘Akino Kuri No’ (The Chestnut Tree).

July was a busy month with the children building friendships, and being very engaged in the many learning through play activities provided.

The Junior Kindy Team

We have had an exciting beginning to Term Three with ‘Rainbows stories for children’ visiting Pre Prep 1. Miss Suzette came and began our Unit of Inquiry by sharing an example of how we use props and characters to tell stories. This has led to our interest in sharing stories using a range of objects and puppets. We have now begun our Show and Tell roster with Charlie L making his own story using a range of resources. Dylan recreated a dinosaur scene and Asha presented an exploration of the mint in Canberra. We have viewed storytelling on the interactive whiteboard, told stories using our own resources and created our own experiences using props. We will continue learning how storytelling can be told through the arts and our own beliefs.

Our adventures to Bush Kindy have now commenced on Mondays and Thursdays alongside Pre Prep 2. We have collected sticks, made our own home corner kitchen, found many spiders, shared new relationships with peers and climbed new trees and logs. The children are coming to their teachers with many new ideas about the habitats of animals, how there are changes to the environment each time we visit and how they are balancing on the logs. This program allows our Pre Prep children to use their inquiry process to know more about the environment that is surrounding our ELC.

During the school holidays we were invited to join The College Vacation Care (OSHC) for their sports day. We learnt how to complete obstacle courses and gained new friendships with school aged peers. We all followed along with the dance program in the library and found our own stories to read. Our children developed their confidence when supporting one another in completing races and new games under the Multi-Purpose Hall. They were very excited to discuss our adventures when they returned from the day, sharing their favourite moments with their peers.

Pre Prep 1 was surprised by an invitation from the Prep classes to observe their ‘Henny Penny’ chicken program. We ventured down to the Prep block and each took turns looking through the pen. We all discussed how the chicks were too little yet to be held or pulled out of their area. Over the next few weeks, we will go and share some time in the Prep room to observe their growth. During our last visit, our class sat at the tables and drew a chick, using the Henny Penny program as their provocation.

Reminders:

Mondays and Thursdays continue to be Bush kindy. We ask our families to have children dressed accordingly and spare clothes in their bags to be dressed when returning to the ELC.
Show and Tell roster continues for the next few weeks. If you need help with finding your child’s allocated day, it is located on the Pre Prep 1 class door.

Pre Prep 1 Team

This term, our unit of inquiry aims to help the children develop an understanding of the different ways that people share stories and beliefs through the arts. Our provocation this term inspired the children to think about the different ways stories can be told. ‘The Rainbow Story’ incursion sparked their imagination and stimulated their curiosity through music, books, yoga and songs. Over the past few weeks, the children have been creating their own stories through painting, drawing and role play. Pre Prep 2 utilised the iPad to take photos of the day and document their learning.

With much anticipation, this term we commenced our Bush Kindy program. The children were excited to explore the natural environment, experiment with the many uses of sticks and build on their whole-body skills such as, climbing, balance, spatial awareness, co-ordination and jumping. Within the first few sessions, many of the children showed confidence and how comfortable they were in the Bush Kindy environment. It was interesting to see how each child made use of the outdoor space. We saw some pile sticks together to make shelters and campfires, some were using the clay dirt to press into the bark of the trees and make faces, some children initiated their own games of hide and seek or tag, while others took a more relaxed approach and would simply just sit and be in the moment, taking in their surroundings. At the close of the sessions, we usually take a moment for some mindfulness, to slow our bodies ready to return to the centre. We may do things such as have discussions about something we experienced while out playing and exploring, do our five deep breathes followed with a moment of quiet, look listen and feel what’s around us, or use our sit spots, which is a spot we sit for a moment, taking in everything around us.

Gross motor skills are important to enable children to perform everyday functions such as walking, running, and skipping, as well as playground skills like climbing and sporting skills such as catching, throwing, and hitting a ball with a bat. Each week, we aim to designate a time to specifically focus on these skills. This month we have been focusing on balancing, ball skills and crawling through various games and obstacles set up in the playground and on the oval. The children are enjoying the challenge, showing persistence, determination and teamwork as they make their way around the course.

We were lucky enough to be invited by the prep teachers to visit the prep classrooms to see the Henny Penny chicken hatching program. Pre Prep 2 were very excited to see the chickens and had lots of questions about the program. We decided to make the most of the morning and utilised the prep rooms to do drawings of the chickens and read stories.

Reminders:

Bush kindy is on Monday and Thursday. Please ensure your child is wearing closed in shoes, a long-sleeved shirt and pants. A spare change of clothes must also be packed.
This term our library day is Friday. Again, a closed in shoe is required on this day please.

Pre Prep 2 Team

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Issue 7, Friday 29 July 2022

In This Newsletter

Chaplain's Chat

Graeme Schache

Secondary School

From the Deputy Principal Head of Secondary School

From the Head of Senior School

Secondary School Library News

Junior School

From the Deputy Principal Head of Junior School

From the Deputy Head of Junior School Acting PYP Coordinator

Junior School Language News

Junior School Library Report

Early Learning Centre

From the Director of the Early Learning Centre

Junior Kindy News

Pre Prep 1 News

Pre Prep 2 News

Sports

Kokoda Report

Sports report

The Arts

Arts Corner

Community

Important Dates 1- 13 August

Uniform Shop 2022 Price List

Upcoming Commonwealth Census

Chaplain's Chat

Secondary School

Junior School

Early Learning Centre

Sports

The Arts

Community

Chaplain's Chat

Secondary School

Junior School

Early Learning Centre

Sports

The Arts

Community