Autumn 2010 - St Luke's Anglican School
Autumn 2010 - St Luke's Anglican School
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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