THESTLUKE'SWAY - St Luke's Anglican School

Spring Edition | 2009
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Jemma Joiner (Macbeth)
and Georgia Ramsay
(Macduff) draw swords
in a performance of
Macbeth at the Year 6
Shakespearean Theatre
Restaurant.
Inside this issue:
Principal’s Pen
Year 6 Shakespearean
Theatre Restaurant
Year 12 Drama
Snakes Alive!
Life @ St Luke’s
Old Saints
and much more!

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Term 3 was traditionally considered the quiet term of the year. That I believe is no longer the case as I am surprised at how much we
managed to fit into the short nine weeks. You will see in the following pages many activities that encompass the Academic, Cultural,
Service and Sporting accomplishments of our students.
Towards the end of the term the trucks rolled in and building on the new Performing Arts Centre and Library commenced in earnest.
Work is progressing well and we are still on track to open these buildings in February 2010, weather dependent. To commemorate the
“breaking of the ground” for the Performing Arts Centre, we invited donors who had made a financial contribution towards the Capital
Campaign to an afternoon tea to thank them for their significant support. The Capital Campaign is crucial for the School’s capital works
programs and we acknowledge with gratitude the support of these benefactors.
The Year 6 Theatre Restaurant that captured Shakespeare in a new light thrilled those who attended. The quality of performance and
support of parents in catering made for a memorable evening. The Old Saints function at the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane was again a
very enjoyable time for me to catch up with past students of my era as well as meet Old Saints from previous years. They are certainly
wonderful and interesting young people. The 10 Year reunion for the 1999 cohort was held in the last weekend of September in
Bundaberg and I have invited them to St Luke’s to see the building work that is changing the face of the School as they remember it.
The Life @ St Luke’s weekend was another busy time for all at the School, supported by beautiful weather, as was Jazz in the Garden
which moved venues on campus this year with much success. The Cultural side of the School remains as strong as ever as the
students and staff watch the new Performing Arts Centre being built.
The energy that the students show towards their Service activities each term never wanes. This is a great credit to them and a great source of
pride to me that so many students are prepared to help others less fortunate than themselves. I particularly congratulate Amy Clements on her
accomplishments within the Cultural and Service side of the School.
Of course no publication would be complete without highlighting the huge talent of our sports men and women. For a small school, we certainly have
more than our share of representative athletes. Congratulations to them all.
Capital Campaign Donors
Maria Baigrie
Susan and Darren Browne
Craig and Belinda Corpe
John and Annette Evans
Matt Farthing
Freshest Spring Water
Russ and Trish Garrad
W&T Goodfellow Electrical Pty Ltd
Samantha and Warwick Hawes
Francis, Kay, Kylie and Travis Hagens
Len and Irene Harper
Hayhoe Family
Ben and Meredith Hayward
Homes-R-Us (Aust) Pty Ltd
Richard and Catherine Johnson
McLean Family
Neta Home & Commercial Pty Ltd
Oates Family
Hugh Peers
Fred, Helen, Jacinta and Lachlan Phillips
Jason and Margaret Powning
Pressler-McHugh Family
I G Reynolds
Andrew and Dale Rickert
N Rowland
Glenn Ryan
B Walker & Co Pty Ltd
R, P, R & K Williams
Wright Family
D & S Yunus Medical Pty Ltd
Plus 8 Anonymous donations

Living with Lady Macbeth
Year 12 Drama students were happy that their final performance at St Luke’s was based
on a character they knew, for they had been studying Macbeth in English. Living with Lady
Macbeth is a story of senior student Lily, who is dying to play Lady Macbeth in her school’s
production of the Shakespeare play. Lily is average. She gets average grades, is considered
average looking, and has never done anything remarkable. Lily has never done any acting
before but she is determined to audition for the role. Her teacher, her mother, her brother, her
boyfriend and even her geeky best friend Monica doubt her ability and fear she is doomed for
failure. Everyone believes one of the “perfect girls” will be awarded the role of Lady Macbeth.
After studying the script over and over, even dreaming about Shakespeare’s characters
entangled with her real-life friends, Lily finds herself onstage ready for her audition. She
begins her monologue which is rudely disturbed by the “perfect girls” making fun of her.
Suddenly Lily begins to intertwine her own dialogue with that of the power-mad, blood-thirsty
Lady Macbeth, frightening all those who watch. At the end of her audition, Lily surprises her
teacher by requesting a backstage role. Explaining her decision to opt-out of the race for Lady
Macbeth, Lily tells Monica she has already played her. And indeed she has, as Ms Beavis and
the “perfect girls” are none too sure of Lily whenever she is around. In the end, it seems, Lily
holds the power.
Ultimately, this play is about peer pressure and breaking free of the “label” that is usually placed
upon adolescents at school. The role of Lily was skilfully played by three different students,
Julie Buckle, Kalya Brand and Hannah Witten, each one bringing their own personalities to
the character. With a supporting cast of Jessica Barnes and Sarah Whan (Monica), Anja Britz
(Mum), Karis Ramsay (brother Alex), Kendall Stevenson (Barry the boyfriend), Kendal McLeod
(Ms Beavis) and the “perfect girls” played by Courtney Rudken, Gabrielle Fairbrass, Julie
Buckle, Jessica Barnes, Karis Ramsay and Sarah Whan, the performance was an inspiring
show featuring
a modern-day
tale forged from an Elizabethan classic.
Well done to the entire cast and
crew for such a wonderful show.
Thank you also to the Heritage
Christian Centre for the use of
their hall.
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Sounds of Music – The St Luke’s Way
The instrumental music program at St Luke’s involves a diverse range
of ages and abilities across the campus from as young as Year 3 to the
Senior years. The opportunity to hear them all play in the one evening
does not come very often; however, this term
the many bands and ensembles performed
at Christ Church to a packed audience of
proud parents and family members. Some
of the audience were on holidays from as far
away as South Africa, and it was such a treat to see their grandchildren
perform.
An evening such as this showcases the breadth and depth of the
instrumental program at St Luke’s. Groups such as the Beginner Concert
Band and Year 3 Strings which act as the breeding grounds; and as
the night progresses, the audience gets to build an understanding of
the talent development of the these young people as the program moves through the Primary,
Middle and Senior School bands and ensembles. We even heard from our very own St Luke’s
Staff Choir!
These performances are not possible without the staff, and St Luke’s is truly blessed to have such
wonderfully talented people working with our young people. The opening of the new Performing
Arts Centre should further inspire all who work and teach in it to even greater heights.

Shakespeare under the stars
The Shakespeare plays for me were all about the experience and a great challenge. The challenge
was learning such great plays and then performing them in front of family and friends. From the
start of the year every Year 6 student was looking forward to performing the plays, and when the
time came it was a big thing.
You can’t do Shakespeare and do a “mediocre” job and we didn’t! We had a theatre restaurant where
families could come and watch their children perform while eating a three course meal. It wasn’t only
the meal experience; there were lights, projector screens, backdrops
and even a smoke machine. But most of all, it was the acting of the two
plays - Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet.
The Year 6 students rehearsed the plays for about six weeks. I was
playing a great part of Macduff from the play Macbeth. Macduff returns
to kill Macbeth so Malcolm can become King of Scotland. We practised
sword fights, acting on stage, speech and bringing our character to life.
After six weeks of practice, it was time for the show!
Our plays started at 6.00 pm and more and more people arrived by
the minute. The night started out with Macbeth, which I was in. When I
was up on stage, I didn’t think about anything except what I had to say
and do. After I had finished, I felt great because the experience I had
just had was fantastic. The next play was Romeo and Juliet. Then the
night concluded. I learned a lot with doing the plays, like how to really
become a character. It will be an experience that I will remember for a
long time.
Georgia Ramsay, 6C
Our thanks go to the parents who helped stage such a successful event. In particular we thank Mrs
Sharon Joiner for catering the entire event, Mrs Narelle Chivers, Mrs Cathy Jhetam, Mrs Kate
Sobczak and Mrs Fiona Kelly.
German
Rappers
Rock!!
Roger Rekless and
Nico Suave are a
stage team who has
worked together with
most of Germany’s
celebrated Hip Hop bands - both live on stage and in music
studios.
In workshops for German
teachers, the musicians
give concrete, realisable
examples of how to become a
producer of songs in German
and thereby to motivate
students to use the German
language in a more liberated,
creative and authentic way.
As part of their Australian tour
and their only Queensland
workshop, Nico and Roger
ran a Hip Hop songwriting workshop at St Luke’s for students
studying German as a foreign language. At the end of the
workshop, the students’ songs were performed in front of the
whole audience - with a little help from the musicians.
The audience may have been small; however, the enthusiasm was
large and infectious. Experiences such as this certainly motivate
students to explore
real life uses for the
development of the
language skills in
any areas that the
students have a high
level of interest.
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The Primary School dance spectacular was held at the
end of the term as a culmination to the dance unit covered
during Physical Education lessons. Although it was a fancy
dress dance, the children were encouraged to dress in a
country theme to match the styles of dances that had been
taught. The staff as well as all the children went to great
lengths to be dressed for the event, and everyone looked
fantastic.
Each year level performed dances with partners and in line
dance formation to the delight of parents, grandparents
and family friends. The adults also didn’t miss out on the
fun as the children got them out of their chairs on the floor.
Some of the parents looked like they were having more fun
than the children!
What a Hoe Down!
The highlight however, was the staff performance in the
afternoon where they performed a popular YouTube
wedding ceremony. Laughing to the point of crying is
possibly the best way to describe the reaction of all who
witnessed this joyous occasion as Miss Behaving (Mrs
Boreel) was wed to Mr Boat (Mr Davison).
The whole school enjoyed the whole day immensely. Mrs
Baren is to be thanked for her efforts and congratulated on
running a wonderful event.

Simply Relaxing!
Winter in Bundaberg is certainly a great time to spend an afternoon in the sun with friends enjoying fine food and
drinks while listening to live music. This is how many of the school community and their friends spent a Sunday
afternoon in August at Jazz in the Garden. As the crowd swelled to over 120, this year’s event was certainly going
to be the most successful ever.
With the bands playing in the Lohse Centre and the audience in the fresh air, the scene was set for a superbly
lazy afternoon of relaxation and enjoyment. The Bundaberg Jazz Band, School bands and even our staff choir
filled the air with easy listening music much to everyone’s pleasure.
Jazz in the Garden has become a popular and must-do event in the School’s musical calendar.
Cut the Glow to Help Turtles Go!
During August students from St Luke’s were invited to attend a press
conference to launch the 2009 Cut The Glow To Help Turtles Go
community campaign during the Bundaberg Community Cabinet.
These students were surprised to find that Premier Anna Bligh and
Minister Kate Jones were launching the campaign and enjoyed the
opportunity to rub shoulders with our Premier and Environment
Minister. The Premier announced a positive increase in the number of
endangered Loggerhead turtles in the South Pacific Ocean and talked about the great work
being undertaken by schools in the area who were getting students to be Turtle Rangers and
campaigning about turtle welfare. Ms Robyn Deer, along with Science 21 Year 12 students
and Ms Trudi Zormann from Prep R with
Samuel Fenwick, Hurley Gatley, Georgia
Weston and Hayden Drewett attended on
behalf of St Luke’s.
In Term 4, Prep R and Year 1B will be
participating in the Turtle Ranger program
with a number of activities planned as well
as participating in the opening of the 2009
Turtle Season on Sunday 18 October at
the Turtle Park in Bargara, during which
we get to adopt a turtle. During Weeks
2 and 3 our Turtle-themed artwork will
be displayed at the Bundaberg Regional
Library.
Life’s a beach!
The waves were fairly calm but the
spirit on the beach was soaring. The
St Luke’s Surf Life Saving team pulled
out all stops in the schools’ competition
held at Nielson’s Beach, Bargara, on the last day of Term 3.
The day started with the water events and quickly moved to
the beach flag and sprint races. It was wonderful to see the
team encouraging and supporting each other. What was even
better was that many students who “gave it a go” were not surf
life saving regulars. In fact, Robin Toder, one of our German
exchange students, was earnestly competing for St Luke’s!
In the end we had great participation and results, but just
not enough to retain the trophy for 2009. It was a formidable
challenge this year, and each competitor is to be commended
for his or her participation. Particular congratulations go to Age
Champions Emma Sheppard and Aamon Lammi.
Thank you to Mr Mick Parsons
and Ms Danielle Thompson, Team
Managers, and to the many parents,
friends and past students who came
along to support our team.
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Life @

St Luke’s
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Term 3 at the ELC!
Another busy term at the Early Learning Centre! We had a special morning with our
dads celebrating Father’s Day. We participated in the Book Fair Parade and the
Primary Bush Dance. Each week we had a visit from our buddy readers from Year 3
whom we are always happy to see and, as the weather warmed up, we got to have wet
days which were lots of fun!
The Pre-prep children went on a journey through the alphabet A to Z! We looked
at every letter and reinforced our learning through many crafts, games, songs and
activities. Our classroom became a gallery of our colourful creations as we made Ants
from egg cartons for the letter A, right up to using our imagination to paint zebras for
the letter Z with loads of stripes. We made pizza for the letter P and noodles for the
letter N. We painted faces for the letter F and lots more! We looked at the letters that
start our names and the letters we see at school and all around us. We practised
writing our names with collage, paint, stamps and even magnets! Most of all we had
lots of fun together, laughing and learning!
In the Kindergarten we learnt all about Healthy Bodies and Minds! We exercised
our bodies with lots of tricky obstacle courses and games with running, jumping and
hopping! We learnt about making healthy choices with sometimes food and everyday
foods! We had a visit from Mal the Dentist and Flossy to learn about keeping our teeth
healthy. We did lots of cooking and tasted some yummy fruits and vegetables. One of
our Kindy friends brought in an interesting book about Japan which led us into a mini
theme about Japan and China. We cooked fried rice and ate fortune cookies, we made
paper blossoms and did rice collages, we made Japanese musical instruments and
lots more. We had a great time together!

Old Saints News
The annual Old Saints function held in Brisbane once again proved to be a
great night out as past students joined Mr Oates and Mr Corpe to catch up with
other old scholars to relive the ‘tall tales and true for the legendary past’.
It was wonderful to see many different graduation years present, and even
better to listen to the life stories of these young people who certainly know
how to pack a great number of experiences into a short period of time. They
definitely live up to the reputation of ‘Y Genners’ as so many of them move from
one career path to the next.
Their level of connectedness also did not cease to amaze as phones came out
throughout the evening to
text others about what was
proving to be a top night.
Numbers grew as the night
went on, and everyone was
enjoying the company.
The School thanks all those
who attended and hopes
that even more Old Saints
will join this annual event in
2010.
Studying for a sustainable future
Selling a shopping centre? How about
building a pipeline? These and many other
projects are all in a day’s work for the
lawyers in the Property and Infrastructure
Group at Corrs Chambers Westgarth in
Brisbane.
Camille MacDonald (Class of 1999) was
admitted as a fully qualified lawyer nearly
three years ago and has been working at
Corrs for almost two years. During that
time, she has worked on many exciting and
interesting projects, including the restructure
of South East Queensland’s bulk water assets, the sale of one of Queensland’s bestknown
resorts and the construction of numerous pipelines.
But now Camille is facing what could be her toughest challenge yet – going back to
university!
Camille was recently awarded a scholarship through the Corrs Study Assistance
Program to complete a Master of Laws. One of only two lawyers who were awarded
the scholarship from the Brisbane office, Camille is studying her Masters at the
Queensland University of Technology.
Camille’s major is Environment and Resources Law, and she is currently studying
a special topic in Environmental Law: Climate Change. Camille chose to study
climate change because not only does she find the topic interesting, it is also a very
controversial subject from a legal point of view.
Queensland is particularly vulnerable to climate change, and the ways in which
we develop land and build communities now will impact how the effects of climate
change are felt by future generations. Camille’s research focuses on how current
planning laws in Queensland can be changed to better cope with climate change and
achieve sustainable development.
After Camille completes her Masters,
she hopes to continue studying and
practising Law, while contributing to
the ongoing development of law in
Queensland.
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Snakes Alive!
Nothing excites Year 1 students more
than dinosaurs and other reptiles, so the
chance to spend the day at Snakes Down
Under in Childers was always going to be
a big hit with the children from 1H.
The children set off in the morning with a caravan of parents
and other family members following close behind. As soon
as they arrived it was off to the first of two snake shows. The children
were enthralled as a variety of non-venomous and venomous snakes
were brought out. Whatever the attraction, this certainly kept the children
interested.
A wide range of other reptiles is also on display
through the park. The main snake enclosure also
kept them busy, as they were able to view them ‘up
close and personal’ through the glass cages. The
children were keen to see these, but most of all the
main attraction – Macca the crocodile. It may have
taken a little bit of coaxing, but eventually Macca
came out of her pond and put on quite a display
including the infamous crocodile ‘death roll’!
Book Characters come to life
On Friday 28 August, the Kindergarten to Year 6 students proudly strutted the ‘Book Week Catwalk’
to show off their favourite book character. The overall theme was a safari theme and we saw
many wild animals prancing about and even some daring rangers and poachers! The effort from
all the students (and parents!) was outstanding and the colourful display was greatly assisted by
much dancing and prancing and roaring! As has
become tradition, the staff, led by Mr Farthing,
performed a song sung to the tune of The Lion
Sleeps Tonight.
Fun with Maths
For three days in mid August, St Luke’s students were
challenged, extended and entertained with a handson
mathematical display delivered by Geoff Todman
from Fun With Maths. Two whole classrooms were
filled with nearly 30
different mathematical
challenges.
Students from Years 5 to 10 spent 90 minutes
exploring, investigating and reasoning their
way through lateral thinking problems
designed to take them beyond their
normal reasoning processes. The students
b a l a n c e d
equations, undid knots, played music, built
towers, measured soap bubbles, got out of
mazes and so much more...
When you’re reading, some quiet reading, the library seems just right.
If you’re reading, for quiet reading, the library seems just right.
Our thanks go to Geoff and the people from
Fun With Maths and also to the teachers who
enthusiastically took their students through
each session.

Service Activities
Browning House students were kept busy earlier this term promoting
and selling products to support
the Queensland Cancer Council’s
Daffodil Day. This service event
for Browning is always a popular
activity with plenty of products for
sale including the Dr Dougal Bear,
pens, pins and wristbands. The
event raised over $1000 which
will be directed to the Queensland
Cancer Council.
The Bundaberg Multicultural Festival was held at
Riverside Parklands on Sunday 30 August and the St
Luke’s Interact Club was there in full
force! To raise money for several
different charities, members of the
Interact Club sold sno cones and
spiders, painted faces and some
theatrical members posed as living
statues. At a meeting following
the Festival, the Club nominated
various charities to receive support from the money raised. Donations will
be directed to the Helena Goldie Hospital in The Solomon Islands to assist
with the replacement of their maternity ward destroyed during
a tsunami a few years ago. Other
beneficiaries are the Make-a-Wish
Foundation, Salvation Army, Phoenix
House, Bundaberg Special Olympics
and the Leukaemia Foundation of
Queensland. The members of the Club
are very pleased to make a difference
to the lives of others and are confident
that these donations will go some way
to assisting others in need.
On the final day of Term 3, the Student Council organized a ‘Jeans for Genes’ day. Students
were permitted to wear free dress for a $2 donation which is to be directed towards the
Children’s Medical Research Institute. In addition, the Student Council sold badges and pens
to staff and students. It was great to see so many people supporting “today’s scientists for
tomorrow’s children”.
Things on Strings
From finger puppets to marionettes,
Master Puppeteer David Hamilton
expertly entertained and educated our
Prep to Year 6 students on the amazing
world of puppetry. Using a highly
visual song and dance routine, David
introduced us to the various forms of
puppets, how they are made and how
they work. The show was fast-paced
and energetic, with every eye glued to
the stage as David interacted with his
puppet friends and the audience. Some
lucky students were invited onstage
and were taught how easy it is to make
a glove puppet come to life!
One of the highlights of the show was
when David introduced the marionette
Gepetto, who then introduced his
marionette Pinocchio. What incredible
skill to be able to bring a puppet to life at
the end of some strings, and then have
that puppet manipulate another!
Before the final curtain fell, David and
his puppets farewelled the audience with
a cabaret-style extravaganza that would
surely rival any Broadway show.
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Fractured Fairy Tales
The Sleeping Beauty
story was retold as
part of the end of
term items involving
Middle School and
Primary classes;
however, it did have
a twist. ‘Leaping
Beauty’ as she was
known, was able to
keep a very boring
and uninspiring
kingdom happy as she leapt about spreading
her infectious joy upon all until one day she
trod on the toe of an evil witch.
Now the witch was
quite upset by this
event. So instead
of putting Leaping
Beauty to sleep until
a handsome prince
kissed her, she
would be so boring
that she would put
everyone around
Congratulations Amy Clements!
We are very proud of Amy Clements who has received one
of four scholarships awarded to Australian music students to
the Pacific Honours Ensemble Program in Seattle in USA in
November. This is a wonderful accolade for a very talented
musician. We wish Amy all the best.
her to sleep. That way
no prince would ever
kiss her and the spell
would last forever.
The spell worked, and
everyone with whom
Leaping Beauty came
in contact fell asleep. The kingdom stopped
in its tracks, and soon the King and Prime
Minister banished her to an island where only
animals and the deaf Old MacDonald lived.
As always, good prevailed over evil, Leaping
Beauty met her prince and to save herself from
putting him to sleep she kept her mouth full of
chewing toffy. The
prince fell in love
with her and that
faithful kiss ended
the spell.
Jock Oates
Australian Football
(Aust)
State and National
Representatives
Congratulations to the following students who
have made State or National representation in
their chosen sport:
Georgia Corpe
Squash (Qld)
Sophie Jarvis
Rowing (Qld)
Morgan Riemer
Football (Qld)
Luke Gerry
Tennis (Qld)
Bianka McKlaren
Triathlon (Qld)
Isabella Spring
Tennis & Softball (Qld)

Celebrating Father’s Day
The Primary School welcomed our Fathers and Grandfathers with open arms on Friday 2 September
to celebrate Father’s Day. There were many opportunities for children to show their Dads what they
have been learning in class. Everywhere you looked there were Dads reading books, assembling
blocks, throwing paper planes, playing ten pin bowls, learning how the computers work and playing
tag. After hearing about the insect project Prep R has just completed, Preppie Dads were lucky
enough to have a red-back spider painted on their hands! Some Dads in the ELC were ankle-deep
in the sandpit while others were spotted happily producing some outstanding finger paintings.
After working hard all morning, our Dads were then treated to a special morning tea (lovingly prepared by our Mums, perhaps?) and the
chance to wind down from all that excitement
before heading back to the “real world”.
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