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Middle/Senior School Bulletin Issue 4 / 18 March 2016 Middle & Senior School News We are not there yet. A reminder to all families that students will be busy with assessments and end of term testing right up to our final day of term – Thursday 24 March. St Andrews is a busy, active and wonderful community. Each time I sit down to write I promise myself I will try to keep my article short but there is simply so much to share. That in itself is a true blessing.

Over the weekend, a number of our Leos took part in Relay for Life, fundraising for the Cancer Council and a group of seniors, accompanied by Mr Schache to support Rosies. The full cohort of Kokoda challenge participants, who will compete later this year, completed their first major training event at Polly’s Kitchen in the lead up to the event which raises funds and awareness for the Kokoda Youth Foundation.

Last week, Year 11 Legal Studies students attended the Brisbane Supreme Court and gained a deeper understanding of the legal system and court processes. Twenty three Years 8-11 students also attended the Somerset Literature Festival 2016 where they received advice in the fields of creative writing and journalism through the opportunity to converse closely with published authors. Last week, a group of Year 9 students attended the Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) Day held at Redeemer Lutheran College. This year the theme for the day was ‘Goodness Grows - Our Planet, Our People, Our Purpose’. Students explored the impacts of the changing climate on poor and vulnerable people around the world. Students engaged in listening to information in a whole group setting and then participated in small groups giving them ‘real life’ scenarios and activities to think about the issues surrounding the topic. They shared what they learned with other students upon their return as part of the wider ALWS Awareness Week. ‘I learnt that we are the change in the world and what we do is going to affect the world tomorrow. We also learnt that what we are doing is affecting people worse off and that they are the ones that are counting on us.’ Finn Hazir - Middle School Captain

On Monday, another handful of students and staff shaved for a cure and raised over $1900 for the Leukaemia Foundation and those suffering from leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Thank you to all who participated either by donating funds or their hair to raise awareness of this important cause. Cultural Exchanges This week we hosted students and staff from Ehime University, Fuzoku Senior High School in Japan and last week we were visited by students and staff from Batchelor Area School from the Northern Territory. These opportunities help to broaden and build our students cultural and international mindedness. ‘Kids are kids’, and it was a true pleasure to watch the interactions and shared learning that took place over these visits. Thank you to Mrs Harman and Mrs Hill for organising these opportunities for learning.

College Musical – The Little Mermaid Jr It has been an absolute pleasure to visit Musical Rehearsals on Monday afternoons throughout the term. It will be a truly special event for our College and I’d like to thank the students and staff for their stellar efforts. I am in awe of the talent of our young people.

Chaplains Chat The weeks leading up to Easter are a time to contemplate all that Christ accomplished for humanity through his death and resurrection. We have been fortunate here in the St Andrews community to have the Year 3 and 5 classes come and join the congregation for their family services during this Lenten season. Both occasions were wonderful celebrations of who God is and his role in bringing goodness into our world. The Year 5 Service was based around the theme of God being the instigator of new beginnings and this was shared through bible readings and song.

Tickets are selling fast, visit the following link to purchase: http://theartscentregc.com.au/?s=mermaid&date=#!standrews-lutheran-college-presents-the-little-mermaid-jr Easter Service – Wednesday 23 March Parents are warmly invited to join us for the E-12 Easter Service on Wednesday 23 March at 8.50am in the MultiPurpose Hall. As a Christian community, it is always special to come together as a whole community at this important time of year to reflect on God’s blessings. Cross Country Carnival - Thursday 24 March The Cross Country Carnival is being held on Thursday 24 March at Schuster Park. The Years 4-6 events will be held in the morning, to be followed by the Years 7-12 events from 12 noon. We wish all of our competitors every success as they each strive for personal excellence in this area of their physical development. A detailed note outlining arrangements for the day will be sent home from our Sports Department but students are reminded to bring a water bottle with them, along with a healthy snack, appropriate running shoes and a hat. By the time you read this bulletin we will be heading into our final week of Term 1. I hope that the holiday time ahead brings with it an opportunity for your family to relax and enjoy some quality time together. Over the break, your child’s Term One report will be emailed home to you and available on Parent Lounge after that. With the introduction of TASS, our new web-based administration system, we will no longer be sending home printed reports. The Term One report is intended to give you a brief overview of how your child has settled into the College year. In Week Two of Term Two, on Tuesday 19 April, parent teacher interviews will be held for all Middle and Senior School students. Thank you for your ongoing support. Every blessing Virginia Warner Deputy Principal Head of Secondary School

The students also shared prayers as part of their participation in the worship time. Some students wrote their own prayers and others searched out prayers on the net. Isabella Seymour found a most beautiful prayer that was of great encouragement. It fittingly conveyed the essence of the worship theme and linked together the wonderful promises our God makes to us. Dear Father in Heaven, You are full of grace and complete forgiveness. Help me to walk forward from this day. Thank you that right now I can enter into a new dawn, a fresh start, and a new freedom. You turn the pages of my life and wash each day clean. Help me to feel that I can learn from the past in your safe arms and move on. Thank you that I can write a new story on a fresh page. With you I find vision and hope again. Thank you for the price you paid that I always have a chance to begin again with you. Amen Reflecting on how God works the above in our hearts and minds brings healing and wholeness when life is challenging and we make a mess of our interaction with others. All of us long for perfection in our relationship with others but no matter how hard we try we fail to achieve this. Fortunately, God understands this and he offers us forgiveness again and again. Christ won forgiveness for us once and for all through His death and resurrection 2,000 years ago but we need to live in it daily. May each of us receive His forgiveness anew every day so that God’s kingdom of love and goodness continues to expand here on earth. Graeme Schache Chaplain

Middle School News

and shared with others (2013). During the recent Women’s Assembly our senior girls shared a message of hope through their messages of self-love and compassion, ways to cope with loss and be resilient and the art of assertiveness as a young woman and not being afraid to have strong opinions. Watching their wisdom and courage gave me lots of hope for the future and made me very proud of our young people.

Disruption to Middle School Area From the end of this term there will be some disruption to the physical surrounds of the main Middle School area. As part of the College’s plan for the development of new learning areas some buildings adjacent to the Middle School Office will be demolished and new areas for students constructed. This will necessarily involve a significant but short term disruption in the area. Some lockers will be relocated in this period and movement between some classrooms restricted. It is envisaged that construction will be completed by the start of Term 3 and I look forward to the new spaces that will eventuate as a result of these developments. Year 7 Reading and Literacy In the past fortnight we have started our new Literacy classes in Year 7. Year 7 students were taken up to the Cecile Ryan Centre for an introductory discussion on books and then we had some shared reading (actually… an Andy Griffiths’ short story on filling a shower cubicle with water). Research is increasingly showing the importance of the development of robust literacy skills for successful access to all elements of education and whilst reading forms only one part of this literacy it is an important part. The Resource Centre is open before school, lunchtimes and until 5:00pm each afternoon. In the inevitable discussions that will take place during the holidays about study goals for Term 2 it may be worthwhile considering an afternoon or two spent up in the Resource Centre completing homework, assignments, in peer-tutorials or just reading. As always, please contact me should you wish to discuss anything further. Tom Casey Head of Middle School

Flourishing in the Senior School Hope Shane Lopez, author of Making Hope Happens, believes that how we think about our future – how we hope – determines how well we live our lives (Lopez, 2013, p. 9). Through our goal setting process, approach to a growth mindset, learning optimism and focusing on strengths we engage our students and assist them to develop a positive approach to the future as that determines how well they live today. Therefore, our focus on helping our young people be better students, learners, community members, leaders and friends will not only benefit them in the here and now but also their future aspirations and their realisation of even bigger goals. What Lopez shares about Hope is that: it matters, it is a choice, and it can be learned

Shane has a great website with lots of great information about Hope and you can even check your own levels of Hope by clicking on the following link: http://shanelopez.com/ Academic Matters If your child is absent for an assessment please contact Senior Administration on the day. If it is an assignment every effort needs to be made to submit it on time and if this is not possible the very next opportunity/school day. If they are in Year 11 or 12 a Medical Certificate or documentation to explain the absence is required. If a draft is not handed in on the due date without explanation then the student is expected to submit it as soon as possible and attend an academic detention. If students are injured, ill or absent for long periods then it is possible to seek an extension to assessment or reschedule an examination by completing the appropriate documentation (at least 48 hours prior to the due date). These forms can be obtained from Ms Stewart, Mrs Wrigley or the Year Level Coordinators. If you have any queries please contact myself or Mrs Wrigley. High Expectations While we aspire to be our personal bests in the classroom and playground, the end of term brings stress and pressures which can affect behaviour and our standard of dress and presentation. Can I ask parents to assist us by reinforcing the uniform expectations at home while we continue to do so at the College. Congratulations to: • Zak Lopez for his selection in the Regional Cricket team, Bailey Scott who participated in the State Cricket Championships in Charters Towers, Kieran Croker for his win at the State Triathlon Championships and Will Atkinson for his selection (along with Kieran) in the State Triathlon team. • Tia Lightbody, Sophie Breach, Samantha Murrant, Khali Robins and singers Anna Tyrrell and Isobel Thomas for sharing their wisdom, courage, gifts and talents at the recent Women’s Assembly. • Katie Hayward won Gold in the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Perth last Friday for the 5000metre walk, u/18 age group. Tania Stewart Head of Senior School

At dinner that evening, I asked the Batchelor students to list some of the highlights from their day with us… this is a selection of their responses….

Visual Art News Another week, another awesome week in the Visual Art Department! This week we had a visit from Batchelor Area School, a remote school of only 140 students from Pre School to Year 9, from the NT. Eleven Years 8/9 students and two teachers visited us as part of a week-long visit to the Gold Coast. They began the day with Year 11 Visual Art students creating some scratch foam prints. Then they participated in a dance class with our senior dance students. Bucket drumming with senior music students was next, then at lunchtime the students played basketball against some of our Year 10 and 11 boys. Our students were impressed that the girls from Batchelor had a go against our boys too!

After lunch, Batchelor students were treated to a turbo touch PE lesson and finished their day with Year 11 Drama performances.

“Gene was a good basketballer and a good guy. The food was awesome! We loved the dancing, your kids are so good at it. That music teacher was funny and the drumming was fun. We can teach other kids in Batchelor turbo touch.” A massive thank you to all those members of the community here at St Andrews for making our guests feel so welcome, teachers, aides, office staff and especially our students. A special thank you to a Year 12 family who donated the breakfast supplies for their stay here. The students from Batchelor were blown away by your generosity! If you ever find yourself in the Northern Territory, visit Batchelor (it is the tiny town just before Litchfield National Park). It is an experience you will never forget! In other news from the Visual Art Department… There were several excursions this term. Year 11 headed to Tweed River Art Gallery to view the Archibald Prize exhibition. As they have been studying portraiture, this was a great opportunity for them to see the many different ways contemporary artists have tackled the portrait. Year 12 also headed to Tweed River to see the permanent collection redefined in an exhibition curated by the Gallery Director Susi Muddiman. We discussed the various ways artists have explored power within their work. Then Year 10 headed off to Gold Coast Art Gallery for the APT 7 exhibition and the Ode to the Souvenir exhibition. Students were impressed with the kitchiness of all things Gold Coast, as well as the massive works by APT artists.

The Year 12s have used the benefit of Kerry’s experience with their developing bodies of work, and it is really exciting to see the many variations of the theme - power. Early next term we will have an incursion with Kerry to allow the Year 12s to hone their ideas and complete successful works of art. We have also been lucky enough to have the equally talented Christina d’Assonville working with us on our Musical sets. This lady is a source of constant creativity and inspiration and the musical sets would not be as stunning without her!

Year 7 Core art are working away on their drawings. The Middle School electives are exploring Cubism and Steam Punk sculpture. I look forward to their work going on display next term. A very special thank you to Visual Art Technician - Hannah Barclay who has also been working on the Musical sets, in amongst the many other things that she does to keep the department running smoothly. Thank you to Darryl McAlister for his ever patient building expertise! And thank you also to Anneke Menrath who spent a massive day painting! A very unglamorous job but a very important one!

We are placing the finishing touches on the sets for The Little Mermaid. We are still trying to track down a small wooden boat/dinghy for a scene. We also need a few more bits and pieces for Ariel’s grotto - think spatulas, wooden spoons, buckets and spades, flotsam and jetsam. If you have anything lying around your house that we could use, please drop it in to us here at the Art Department. Thanks to those who have already supplied us with some really cool goodies! The very talented Kerry Spence has been working with us over the past few weeks sharing her expertise in portraiture and lino printing techniques. The Year 10 and 11 Visual Art students have been working hard on their self-portraits and printmaking techniques and I look forward to their work appearing in the CRC pop-up gallery over the next few weeks.

As we look toward Easter and Term 2, I encourage all of our Visual Artists to keep being so creative, to keep having fun, to keep tackling the big issues in their work and to find some time to just ‘be’. Ngaire Harman Visual Art Coordinator

Sport News It has been a very busy time for sport in the Middle and Senior Schools with much to celebrate. Training before school has been well attended for a multitude of sporting and fitness pursuits. In particular Futsal is in full swing, the AGCC competition is into its third week and there have been many outstanding individual efforts. I would like to highlight some of these below and reinforce the sporting opportunities available here at St Andrews. Last week 17 teams from the Middle and Senior Schools represented the College at The South East Queensland Futsal Titles in Brisbane. All players put in a tremendous effort and played with great intensity and sportsmanship. Of these teams, 8 have qualified for the Knockout Finals where they hope to qualify for the Champion of Champions Schools Competition. Training will continue into Term 2 with teams being entered into the Northern Rivers Championships in May. Thanks must go to Mr Hibbs, Mr McGilveray and Mr Schache who have committed to training these teams twice a week.

AGCC We have completed 2 rounds of the competition with some outstanding results in Futsal, Soccer, Oztag and Netball. This will be the last round of competition until we recommence in Term 2. Students are expected to engage in this activity and represent the College in the team they signed up to play for unless they are injured or sick. Fitness Opportunities Just a reminder that activities are available for your child to take part in if they are keen to improve their level of fitness. The Accelerate Gym Program has been running all of Term 1 and will continue into Term 2. Here students from Years 8-12 can engage in resistance based training to improve general fitness and strength. The classes are coordinated by a qualified Personal Trainer and are available free of charge on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 7-8am. Boys and girls are both welcome. If your child is keen, please go to the Accelerate link below and register online: https://accelerware.com/enrolForm.cfm?form_id=4398 Outstanding Individual Performance Bailey Scott and Zac Lopez in Year 11 have represented South Coast in Charters Towers in the State u19 Cricket carnival. Kieran Croker was successful in not only qualifying for this yearâ€™s team to compete at the Australian Schools Triathlon titles in Hervey Bay, but also won gold medals in the Individual and Relay team events to become State Champion. Katie Hayward won the Australian Junior Athletics Championships Gold Medal for the U/18 5000m walk event in Perth. Running Club Running club is another activity free of charge available for students from Years 4-12 Monday and Wednesday morning 7-8am. Once again the College has employed an external coach to facilitate this program. It is open to all levels of fitness, all that is required is a good attitude and willingness to give it a try. Touch As we move towards Term 2 the Touch season becomes closer and closer. If your child is interested in playing at a good standard and representing the College at Regional and State tournaments, then they need to ensure they have signed up for a team with Mrs Wood. With the girls entering in the All Hallows competition in May training will commence Week 9 of this term and continue with the boys in Term 2. Libby Wood Secondary School Sports Coordinator libbyw@salc.qld.edu.au

District Sport News District Sport Carnivals and Trials All 10 to 19 year old St Andrews’ students now trial via the Hinterland District. This applies for Carnivals (Swim, Cross Country and Athletics) and Sports Team selection trials. Don’t forget to email or see Mr Manion if you are interested in competing at District Sport Carnivals or attending District Sport Trials in 2016. All of the dates are listed on the College Website and on various notice boards around the College. Reminders will be in student notices and various College news sites as trial dates approach, but it is every students’ OWN responsibility to research the dates and contact Mr Manion if they are interested in such events. Hinterland District and South Coast Sport Trials Already St Andrews has numerous students achieving selection in Representative teams through the Hinterland District and South Coast Regional School Sport trials. District Team for 11s Netball – Jorja Gisinger, Joesi Gisinger, Atlanta Horan, Ella James District Team for 15s AFL – Hayden Beale, Justin Beale, Indigo Spinks District Team for 16s AFL – Emily Clark, Emily Richards, Cassie Crowe, Zoe Cunningham and Georgia Eller who was also selected in the South Coast Team for State Championships. District Team for 14s Cricket – Zac Micallef, Darby Scott and Lachlan Hinds District Team for 19s Hockey – Ben Beggs South Coast Team for 19s Cricket – Zak Lopez, Bailey Scott South Coast Team for Aquathlon (A) / Triathlon – Ethan Read (A), Tim Hornsey (A), Kieran Croker, Tom Atkinson, Will Atkinson with Will and Kieran qualifying to represent Queensland at the National Championships. Race Walking Katie Hayward recently won the Regional Little Athletics 1500m walk in a time of 6min 26sec. Katie also won the Queensland Athletics 5000m walk with a world youth qualifying time of 22.55.08. Katie is unfortunately too young to be selected for the youth team, but based on this time she would have qualified. Katie participated in the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Perth on Friday 11 March.

Triathlon Report Kieran Croker (pictured above) had a great championship winning Gold medals in the Individual and Relay events to become State Champion and qualify to represent Queensland at the National Championships in Hervey Bay in April. This is testament to his persistence, dedication and effort after a number of setbacks in recent years. Will Atkinson finished 4th in the Senior State triathlon championships and he has also been selected in the Queensland State Team to compete at Nationals in April. Will’s senior relay team also came 2nd at the State championships. Tom Atkinson had a good race in the junior division but as he is the younger age group in that division it was a very competitive field. He is hoping to qualify for Nationals in that junior division next year. His relay team finished 4th in the junior division. These outstanding results continue a great tradition of success at high levels by St Andrews triathletes. Swimming Representatives Once again our swimmers have performed extremely well across a range of representative carnivals. SLAPS – Years 4-6 Inter Lutheran Our team came 3rd place overall in the 1st Division Competition and 2nd in the Percentage Trophy. Our 10 Years Girls team of Milla Jansen, Joesi Gisinger, Jorja Gisinger and Kayla Gardner won 1st Place in their Age Group Competition. A big thanks to all the parents and friends who came along on the day and supported our team so well. District And Regional Carnivals St Andrews had 13 students qualify for the Regional Swimming Championships held at Southport recently. Of these, 6 of our swimmers have qualified to represent South Coast in a total of 25 events at the upcoming State Championships. Regional qualifiers were Joesi Gisinger, Madyson Cloherty, Saoirse Harding, Milla Jansen, Scarlett McMurtry, Ellena Perry, Misha Varley, Tom Atkinson, Daniel Craig, Joshua Horton, Jack Read, Ieuan Watkins, Kali Williams.

Milla (4 events), Scarlett (3), Ellena (7), Daniel (4), Jack (1), and Ieuan (6) have qualified for the State Championships to be held at the Sleeman Swim Centre at Chandler from 17-22 March. St Andrews Cross Country Carnivals Thursday 24 March at Schuster Park Years 4-6 9.00am – 11.00am Years 7-12 11.50am – 2.40pm More information will be circulated soon. Andrew Manion Hinterland District Sport Coordinator Junior Sport Coordinator

LOTE News Visiting Assistants from Japan and Germany This term at St Andrews, we have been blessed with many visitors from Japan and Germany and opportunities for our students to practice their skills with native speakers. Rika Takahashi is studying to become a primary school teacher in Japan and has been enriching our classes with special presentations on topics of interest.

Dates to Remember MARCH/APRIL MARCH Monday 21 Harmony Day Years 11 & 12 Exams Little Mermaid Jr Rehearsals, RBT – 3.30pm to 5.30pm Tuesday 22 Years 11 & 12 Exams Wednesday 23 Years 11 & 12 Exams E-12 Easter Service, MPH – 8.50am Thursday 24 Senior School Final Assembly Years 7-12 SALC Cross Country Term 1 Ends - All Students APRIL Monday 11 Term 2 Commences - All Students Little Mermaid Jr Rehearsals, RBT – 3.30pm to 5.30pm Tuesday 12 Years 7 & 8 Immunisation Year 12 University Showcase Friday 15 Whole Cast Musical Rehearsal, The Arts Centre Gold Coast – 8:30am to 3:00pm Lending a helping hand at ROSIES Saturday 16 The Little Mermaid Jr Matinee, The Arts Centre Gold Coast 12:30pm The Little Mermaid Jr Evening, The Arts Centre Gold Coast 6:30pm Tuesday 19 MS/SS Parent Teacher Interviews Thursday 21 Club Red Training (selected Year 11 students) Friday 22 MS/SS Anzac Day Service Year 12 QCS Prep Workshop

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German exchange student David Wollscheid who is living with a St Andrews family brought an authentic cheese noodle dish made by host mum Mrs Hoskins to share with a Year 8 German class.

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Social skills for children

School brings different types of learning, including social interactions and how to make friends. Parents can lay the foundations at home by teaching their kids these 7 important social skills. Children who are able to form friendships when they start school are happier at school and also learn better. More significantly, positive friendships have long-term implications for social and indirectly academic success. Friendships skills are generally developmental, but they don’t develop in isolation. Kids acquire these skills when they play with their siblings and interact with children and adults outside their family. Today’s children grow up with fewer siblings, fewer opportunities for unstructured play and less freedom to explore friendships than children of even ten years ago. Parents can help kids develop important social competencies by teaching them sociable behaviours at home, being good role models and providing opportunities for kids to play with each other in a variety of situations.

Here are 7 important social skills to help children to develop: 1 Ask for what you want Help children ask for what they want. It means they don’t throw tantrums, whinge,

and sulk or expect parents to guess what’s on their minds. While we need to be patient with toddlers, we need also to give older children the chance and opportunity to ask for what they want. Sometimes we need to ignore shrugs and grunts and expect them to articulate their wishes. This is the basis of civil behaviour, as well as a basic human skill.

2 Good manners Teach kids good manners, in particular the three ‘power words’. These words are very persuasive because they have a way of breaking down barriers and people’s defences. These three words are: your name; please; thanks. These terms are the basis of good manners, and, when used, will increase the likelihood of getting what you want.

3 Sharing Sharing is a basic social skill. Developmentally, very young children like to keep their possessions themselves. As they get older and move into Pre School and beyond the notion of sharing becomes a pre-requisite for playing with and forming relationships with others. Other children like

to play and be with those who share their time, possessions and space with them. Sharing is the start of empathy as it shows sensitivity to other people’s feelings.

4 Holding a conversation Holding conversations with others is a lifetime friendship skill. Conversations require self-disclosure, which can be challenging for some children. Good conversationalists give of themselves, but also take an interest in the person they are talking to. Many children forget that good conversations are two-way events, and tend to focus solely on themselves. Children within conversations need to learn to ask good or interesting questions; to take turns when speaking and to show you are listening by making eye contact and not interrupting.

5 Winning and losing well Kids need to learn to win without rubbing others noses in it, and lose gracefully without throwing tantrums and making excuses.