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Autumn 2010 - St Luke's Anglican School

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Genesis: the coming into being of something; the<br />

origin, the initial stage of a developmental process.<br />

So it was for most of the Middle <strong>School</strong> students<br />

this year as they began the next stage of their<br />

educational journey with their first day in either Year<br />

7 or 8. The day was spent getting to know many<br />

new people, learning what it is to be a <strong>St</strong> Luke’s<br />

student and understanding the ‘<strong>St</strong> Luke’s way’.<br />

Being dressed in their school sports uniform allowed<br />

Mr Johnstone to lead these students through<br />

a series of fun serendipity activities where new<br />

friendships would be formed and discoveries about<br />

each other could be made in an open way. <strong>St</strong>udents<br />

also set their goals for the year, and they would<br />

revisit these at the end of the year on Exodus Day.<br />

The Genesis Day provides the staff an opportunity<br />

to settle these young people into Middle schooling<br />

quickly, and the students always enjoy the activities<br />

and they find a sense of achievement in the outcomes.<br />

Duke of Edinburgh Awards<br />

The opportunities for the young people to improve themselves<br />

in many ways are numerous at <strong>St</strong> Luke’s. Each year a growing<br />

number of our students is involved in the Duke of Edinburgh<br />

Awards scheme. There are four levels of awards available<br />

ranging from the Bridge Award for those not yet old enough to<br />

start their Bronze Award through to the prestigious Gold Award<br />

only achieved by the very few.<br />

<strong>St</strong>udents choose an activity from each of the areas of service,<br />

skills, recreation and expedition and complete them over a set<br />

period of time along with a diary to log their Duke of Edinburgh<br />

journey. In addition, those attempting the Gold Award also<br />

complete a residential project.<br />

At a recent <strong>School</strong> Assembly, Senator John Hogg presented the<br />

following students with their respective awards.<br />

Bridge:<br />

Jessica Joiner<br />

Luke Chivers<br />

Ted Millett<br />

Christopher McRae<br />

THESTLUKE’SWAY <strong>Autumn</strong> Edition <strong>2010</strong><br />

Bronze:<br />

Joshua Furby<br />

Michelle Braddon<br />

Liam Tacon<br />

Johannah Walker<br />

Daniel Smith<br />

Connell Crozier (Pending)<br />

Two Senior students from 2009, Bridget Argent and Robert<br />

McRae, achieved their Gold Award prior to completing Year 12.<br />

They are both to be commended for this great achievement.<br />

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