The Inside Story goes live in Week 3 for a Come and Try Day for our Early Learning Centre and Reception Classroom! You’ve read all about our school and had snippets of the wonderful community of learners we have here through ‘The Inside Story’ and now is your chance, not only see inside the classrooms, but to also experience a … Read More
Sustainability @ St Peters
The school’s journey into sustainable practices was ignited last year with a visit from Toby from Groundswell Education. Toby engaged the students in a process where we audited the amount of waste we were producing as a school and from this audit created an action plan to develop the areas that needed improvement. The children were able to input their … Read More
St Peters Lutheran PYP Exhibition 2018
The St Peters Exhibition is an annual event which represents the culmination of our Year 7 students’ journey through the Primary Years Programme of the International Baccalaureate. Throughout their years at St Peters, students develop strong competency in learning through an inquiry approach. This learning is on display for all who are fortunate enough to attend the event. Our online journalist … Read More
Father’s Day Celebrations!
Friday the 31st of August was a special morning for our St Peters Lutheran community. With nearly 190 Dads, Grandfathers, father-figures and children in attendance, our Father’s Day Breakfast was another wonderful, busy, buzzing morning. With an abundant breakfast spread, coffees flowing, decorations, and some bad dad jokes, the scene was set for a morning of great community, conversation, and … Read More
Polly Parrot and the Pirates!
Lights! Camera! Action! Our whole school musical for 2018 was a wonderful event bringing together the whole community to present a musical with song, dance, humour and excitement! The students were the stars of the show, so this week’s Inside Story is written by one of our musical stars, Theo from Year 6. Over to you Theo! During the preparation … Read More
Mathematics…Creative. Fascinating. Satisfying. Everywhere.
‘Creative. Fascinating. Satisfying. Everywhere.’ These are words used to describe mathematics by mathematicians. ‘Stressful. Pointless. Memorisation. Practice’. Sadly, these are words many students use to describe mathematics. At St Peters we support each and every student in viewing his or herself as a powerful mathematician who enthusiastically engages in the wonder of mathematics and develops ingenuity as he or she seeks and identifies patterns, rules and concepts, communicates mathematically, … Read More
Not Just Monkeying About
Fundraising for the Orangutans One quality, out of many, that I am very proud of our students at St Peters Lutheran School is their philanthropy and compassion for others and the environment. This falls under the IB Learner Profile attribute of Caring, where learners ‘show empathy, compassion and respect. We have a commitment to service, and we act to make … Read More
Receptions Lead The Way!
Can the youngest of students influence the practices of a whole school? St Peters Receptions have recently done just that! Towards the end of last term, the Reception students at SPLS had been investigating their Sharing the Planet unit; “Practices can be established in order to sustain and maintain the Earth’s resources”. They have been developing their reflective thinking … Read More
The Truth About Dinosaurs!
St Peters Lutheran School offers a wonderfully broad and diverse curriculum that allows students to use creativity, critical thinking and extend their areas of interest. In past Inside Stories w e have followed the journeys of various old scholars and in this week’s edition we focus on a past student that has excelled in one of his areas of interest. We … Read More
A New Look!
Bright new spaces, a Year 6/7 Hub, brand new entry points and a new Junior Primary wing of the school is what greeted the families as they returned to a new school year earlier last month. The holidays were a time of refreshment for many of our families and staff, and also for our school, as building improvements were made … Read More
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