Autumn 2010 - St Luke's Anglican School

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THESTLUKE’SWAY Autumn Edition 2010 2 P R I N C I PA L’ S P E N The nine weeks of Term 1, while at times very wet underfoot, were never slow flowing or stagnant. We started off the term celebrating the fine OP results of the 2009 Year 12 cohort. While many students “over achieved” I particularly congratulate Michelle Ong on her excellent OP 1 result. The seniors of last year have dispersed to all parts of Australia and overseas. We encourage them to stay in contact with us and share what they are doing as part of The St Luke’s Way Old Saints page. We welcomed Ayrial Mammino (School Captain and OP1, 2007) back as the guest speaker at this year’s Academic Assembly where we traditionally give out the Academic Colours for the previous year. We enjoyed listening to how Ayrial coped in her veterinary course, being such a slightly built person and overcoming prejudices. Term 1 was full of highlights. The Principal’s welcome barbeque followed by the House performances in Rock Pop Mime was new this year as were two staff versus student soccer matches that occured over two lunch times. The Year 6 students moved their Shakespearean Theatre Restaurant performances to Term 1 with great success. It was a great evening, highlighted by fine food, polished performances and good company. I am sure this will come across in the photos. Some items stay on the School calendar, as they are important to the traditions of St Luke’s and help set it apart from other schools. The Ash Wednesday Service at the start of Lent and the end of term Worship Service before Easter are always a feature of Term 1. It was a privilege that we could welcome the Covenant Players to be a part of our end of term Service this year. Also participation in the Bundaberg Cooking Goes Hi-tech Catering and Hospitality Studies have been growing in popularity to the extent that Senior students have had the opportunity to select Hospitality Studies on two lines of the subject selection form for the past two years. While at the same time discussions with focus groups of parents highlighted the desire for greatly improved catering facilities. Prioritising the needs of the School along with the available funds for current and future development is always a difficult task. However, the receipt of funding through the Building the Education Revolution in 2009 allowed the School to bring forward the redevelopment of catering facilities in line with student and parent needs, and the new Hospitality room became a reality. Once the old library had been moved, the space was District Secondary Schools Sport (BDSSS) Swimming Carnival where we managed to win both the Aggregate and Percentage Trophies, again in very poor weather conditions, as you will see, is a strong tradition of the School. In years to come, Term 1, 2010 will be remembered for it being very wet; we even had cyclone Ului threaten us briefly. Unfortunately, a number of camps had to be postponed; but you will see that Year 4 gamely ventured on, albeit with a modified program and had a fun time. Our building program came on line this term with the use of the new Catering Room, which you will see is all new and shiny. There will be more on the new buildings in the next edition. We start Term 2 in the new Performing Arts Centre and by the standard of performance of the students in the Term 1 concerts, the St Luke’s Music Program is in an excellent growth phase. There is much to read and look at in this edition of The St Luke’s Way, and I hope you get a sense of the positive vibe that is currently a part of St Luke’s. redeveloped into a catering facility that would be the envy of most schools boasting eight new commercial gas stoves, two large turbo fan ovens and cooling racks, a commercial dishwasher, more than ample preparation space and all in stainless steel. The new facility has meant that we can’t remove the smile from Mrs Gill’s face, which is certainly well deserved after spending so many years in the old catering room.
Leadership Induction Each year a group of students across the three Schools takes on positions of responsibility where they will be expected to represent and lead the student body in all aspects of school life. Although all student leadership roles are highly valued, the induction of our Senior Leaders marks an important day in the School’s calendar. These eleven young people take their oath of office before God, staff, students, parents and other members of the St Luke’s community at Christ Church. The importance of this occasion is symbolised by the lighting of candles for the various sections of our community and areas of our school life. Both our Primary and Middle School Leaders also took their oaths of office in similarly important services before their communities, the roles just as important to their respective Schools. These young people will have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills throughout 2010 and could well be the Senior Leaders in years to come. However, leadership opportunities abound at St Luke’s; and students do not have to hold a particular office to lead. As Henrik Ibsen once said, ‘A community is like a ship: everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.’ All students are encouraged to take the opportunity to steer the ship, whatever that ship may be. 3THESTLUKE’SWAY Autumn Edition 2 010
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