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To raise awareness of the issues around bullying and cybersafety, St Paul’s students participated in an orange accessory day.

Leading up to the day students were encouraged to share a selfie on Seesaw (an internal learning platform). In the selfie the students wore orange and held up a poster that said ‘I Say No Way to Bullying’.

The students attended a whole school assembly where the eSmart Captains presented a video about bullying and cybersafety, and at morning tea the students were treated with orange iceblocks.

Mr Prinsloo, met some students and staff at the entry to the school in the morning and took some selfies with the students.

Above all the student’s enjoyed a great day while raising awareness about an important social issue.

The National Day Against Bullying is Friday the 19th of March. We will acknowledge it as a school on Thursday the 18th of March.

To raise awareness of this day, the issues surrounding bullying, and to celebrate this event students will be invited to post a selfie message to Seesaw.

Some of these selfies and messages will also be posted to St Paul’s Facebook page. Small posters saying ‘I Say No Way To Bullying’ were sent home yesterday for students to use in their selfie. A folder has been created on Seesaw for students to upload their selfie.

On Thursday students are invited to wear an orange accessory with their school uniform. At morning tea the eSmart Captains will be selling special orange no bullying ice blocks for $1.

What is your vision for your school community in 2021?

Our vision for St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School is to have a community where everyone feels safe, comfortable, and happy. It would be great if everyone could speak freely about their experiences and concerns if they have any.

We would like to see the students co-operating, collaborating, communicating, and having fun.

At St Paul’s our learning is exciting and challenging. We encourage other students to have a go and know that it is OK to make mistakes.

We feel honoured to be the School Captains for this amazing school. We look forward to serving our school community in 2021.

– Jorja, Cooper, Ruby and Noah.

Each morning the Prep children participate in a fun Perceptual Motor Program which develops their coordination, balance, core strength and midline capacity.

Saturday 13 March from 9.30am to 11.30am – For 2022 students and beyond.

Bring your child to our Come & Play Day where they can
meet our staff, make new friends and learn about our school.

At St Paul’s we believe every child is an individual and we encourage them to realise their potential through a balance of Christian values, an innovative curriculum, flexible learning spaces as well as fun and challenging co-curricular activities. Come and experience why our community is a special place for students, teachers and families.

Contact the school for an enrolment pack or to
book your no-obligation personalised tour.

Follow this link to RSVP https://stpaulslps.qld.edu.au/come-play-prep-2022/

We are pleased to announce that beginning 2022, St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School will commit to a Kindy into Prep Loyalty Discount of $800* when you take up an enrolment into Prep.

Once your child’s interview and subsequent enrolment has been confirmed during or at the beginning of the new school year, the school’s Business Office will be in contact with you to confirm this process and apply this discount to your Prep school fees.

We look forward to partnering with you as a family in the future and welcoming you into our school community.

*Conditions apply to this offer.

For an enrolment pack, please contact our Kindy Director, Mrs Sam Beaman on (07) 5432 4318 or email stpauls.kgt@qlecs.org.au

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It’s my privilege to welcome every family to St Paul’s for the start of the 2021 school year. It’s wonderful to have you all back safe and sound. I trust and hope that you have had the opportunity to connect with those closest to you as a family and have also had a time of rest and relaxation – I call it creating your own busyness! We thank God for rest, reconnecting and safe travels during this holiday time.

An extra welcome is extended to those families, across Prep – Year 6, who are new to our school community. We look forward to establishing a strong, rich and transparent working relationship with you as a family, as together we nurture, share and grow our partnership.

Thank you for the incredible patience and support given to the school last year as we navigated our way through the COVID-19 challenges and expectations which were put on us as a community. We will again be calling on your patience, understanding and co-operation at the start of the 2021 school year as we endeavour to land every student and family successfully in this regard. To our current families, please be understanding of any different arrangements which may be put in place for our newest families and students as we settle them into our community. Please be assured that any arrangements implemented will be done under the guidelines of the government to ensure the safety and wellness of everyone.

Thank you to those families who took up the opportunity last week to be part of a slightly modified Family Administration Day (FAD) which is designed to help with the settling in process to the new school year for you as a family.

Our next initiative to help you connect with us and settle into the new school year is the Parent Information Evenings which begin next week. Please note that each year level has been assigned its own evening, to allow those families with more than one student at St Paul’s the opportunity to attend their required evening. To accommodate the necessary COVID-19 physical distancing rules, the following arrangements will now apply to each of the Parent Information Evenings:
– Your student’s learning space (classroom) will be available for you to visit and walk through from 5:15pm onward. At around 5:40pm all parents still in the learning space will be asked to move over to the school’s Chapel where the year level teachers will further host you as they present the necessary year level information to you. These arrangements will ensure that we can all physically distance safely on the evening.

Both the Teaching staff and the Executive propagate a strong open-door policy at St. Paul’s. Open and transparent communication are vital to the success of your child’s time at school. We are proud of the innovative learning philosophy and programs being offered at St. Paul’s. Our goal in 2021 is to continue improving on our reputation as a school which is forward-thinking and which provides quality learning experiences for all our students, within a safe environment, under the guidance of a highly committed staff. I warmly invite you to walk this journey with us.

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

It’s my privilege to welcome every family to St. Paul’s for the start of the 2021 school year. It’s wonderful to have you all back safe and sound. I trust and hope that you have had the opportunity to connect with those closest to you as a family and have also had a time of rest and relaxation – I call it creating your own busyness! We thank God for rest, reconnecting and safe travels during this holiday time.

An extra welcome is extended to those families, across Prep – Year 6, who are new to our school community. We look forward to establishing a strong, rich and transparent working relationship with you as a family, as together we nurture, share and grow our partnership.

Thank you for the incredible patience and support given to the school last year as we navigated our way through the COVID-19 challenges and expectations which were put on us as a community. We will again be calling on your patience, understanding and co-operation at the start of the 2021 school year as we endeavour to land every student and family successfully in this regard. To our current families, please be understanding of any different arrangements which may be put in place for our newest families and students as we settle them into our community. Please be assured that any arrangements implemented will be done under the guidelines of the government to ensure the safety and wellness of everyone.

Thank you to those families who took up the opportunity last week to be part of a slightly modified Family Administration Day (FAD) which is designed to help with the settling in process to the new school year for you as a family.

Our next initiative to help you connect with us and settle into the new school year is the Parent Information Evenings which begin next week. Please note that each year level has been assigned its own evening, to allow those families with more than one student at St Paul’s the opportunity to attend their required evening. To accommodate the necessary COVID-19 physical distancing rules, the following arrangements will now apply to each of the Parent Information Evenings:
– Your student’s learning space (classroom) will be available for you to visit and walk through from 5:15pm onward. At around 5:40pm all parents still in the learning space will be asked to move over to the school’s Chapel where the year level teachers will further host you as they present the necessary year level information to you. These arrangements will ensure that we can all physically distance safely on the evening.

Both the Teaching staff and the Executive propagate a strong open-door policy at St. Paul’s. Open and transparent communication are vital to the success of your child’s time at school. We are proud of the innovative learning philosophy and programs being offered at St. Paul’s. Our goal in 2021 is to continue improving on our reputation as a school which is forward-thinking and which provides quality learning experiences for all our students, within a safe environment, under the guidance of a highly committed staff. I warmly invite you to walk this journey with us.

The School Office will close on Friday 18 December 2020 and will re-open on Monday 11 January 2021 from 10:00am until 2:00pm.

For all urgent enrolment enquiries please email: enrolments@stpaulslps.qld.edu.au

Enrolment Forms are available at: https://stpaulslps.qld.edu.au/enrolments/apply-now/

Book a Tour Forms are available at: https://stpaulslps.qld.edu.au/book-a-tour/

St Paul’s Lutheran Kindergarten will continue until Friday 18 December 2021 and will return in the new year on Wednesday 6 December 2021 from 6:30am until 6:00pm.

Outside School Hours Care will operate from 6:30am to 6:00pm until Wednesday 23 December 2020 and will resume on Monday 4 January 2021.

Book Pack Collection will be from 10:00am until 2:00pm, Monday 11 January – Thursday 15 January 2021.

Uniform Shop Fittings by appointment only will be from Friday 15 January until Thursday 21 Janaury 2021.

Family Administration Day will be on Thursday 21 January 2021 from 8:00am until 3:00pm.

Year 4 have submitted a video application to be one of 6 Queensland schools to be selected to receive Australian wattle seeds that have been studied in SPACE! and GUESS WHAT …………………we have been chosen!!

This is a first for Australia. We will be a part of history!The selected schools around Australia will receive wattle seeds that have been flown to space as well as seeds that have not. The seeds are from the same seed lot. These seeds will be germinated and grown, with data being uploaded to the ‘What’ll happen to the wattle??!’ app.There will be teleconferences and other education support materials provided for the duration of the program. A small greenhouse, growing medium and all material will be provided to schools. The project will take at least a year and it is envisaged that the wattle will then be planted and a map be made of all the ‘space wattle trees’ around Australia.

Read below for the students’ reasons why their nomination should be chosen: Our school should be chosen because we have lots of land space to plant the trees and enough space so everyone in our community can see it. Our school should get some seeds because we have a Kindy and a high school attached to it and an aged care center close by. The wattles will feed birds, give us something else to look after and the wattle tree will help other plants, which need shade, to grow. People who love science will be able to study, make notes, and share their information with the community. Our school is a clean environment. We learn about waste and carefully manage our waste so that we can care for the environment. We also have homes in the community close to our school and public places like a historic bike trail and a park nearby. We can plant the trees where the local community can see them and visit them. I think we should get the wattle seeds because the students in our school always take care of plants and we have a gardening club. Students in our school community participate in everything and we are very enthusiastic about everything we do as well!

Check out the Year 4 Video submission at https:// streamable.com/apxjck

On Wednesday 14 October, the Year 6 students, accompanied by Mr. Riley, Mrs. Cottrell, Mrs. Schneider, Chappy Teneille, Mrs. Mali, Mr. Bloxham and Mark, our wonderful bus driver and guide, departed for a three-day, two-night tour of Hervey Bay!

Although this was a change from the style of camps Year 6 has been on in previous years, it was the perfect experience and location to enjoy after all the hurdles 2020 has brought.

It really was a stress-free, rewarding experience for every student! The camp we stayed at, Camp Pialba, provided delicious food and activities such as basketball, volleyball, pool, table tennis, air hockey, and even a movie night with fresh butter popcorn! We got to travel back in time with visits to the extensive, interesting Hervey Bay Historical Village and the Mary Valley Rattler steam train. We enjoyed a spectacular morning on board The Spirit of Hervey Bay, where we were lucky enough to sight a mother humpback whale with her week old calf. Fun was had in spades at ten-pin bowling, enjoying a morning stroll along the Urangan Pier, souvenir-buying, and cooling off at the Wetside Water Park, Hervey Bay. 

As the Year 6 cohort for 2020 nears the end of our primary school journey, every student treasured this opportunity to enjoy some time out of the classroom with our friends before preparing to head to different high schools in 2021. We have no doubt that the memories we made on this tour will stay with us for years to come!