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Pictured (below): Our Strategic Pillars at a glance; (left): Scan the QR codes to read more about Our Strategic Intent (Indooroopilly, top; Springfield, bottom)
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR C A SSIE T WEMLOW
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fter last year’s numerous cancellation notices, it’s great to see things resuming to normality on campus. This year we’ve already celebrated a variety of events like Founders Day, Father Daughter Breakfast (p 62) and the P&F's Biggest Morning Tea, with (hopefully) many more to continue throughout the rest of the year including the sold-out Legends Sports Lunch (27 August) and our previously postponed 75 year Gala Ball (23 October).
Our Strategic Intent provides a road map to help St Peters reach its vision and mission. In charting our course for this decade Plus Ultra 2025 is future focused and embraces leading practice, next practice and innovation; yet at the same time remains true to the vision of our founding Headmaster Mr W C Schneider, whose great hope for St Peters was that it would be ‘a school where your sons and daughters will get the best possible training, a school which should do much good for the church and the country’. St Peters has benefited greatly from the contribution and commitment of staff, students, parents and Old Scholars and will further benefit from our continued work together as we implement Plus Ultra 2025. I look forward to sharing the progress of our exciting future, Plus Ultra 2025 in coming editions of Plus Ultra. To read our new Strategic Intent in full please visit the College’s website or scan the codes above.
However, with the celebrations also comes commiserations as we farewell a number of members of staff. Old Scholar and current Head of Primary Years, Pam Carden (p 18), and longserving Works Manager, Gary Evans (p 20), say their final goodbyes at the end of this term after being at St Peters for a collective 63 years! We also say auf Wiedersehen to Pastor Thomas who leaves us for higher pastures in Toowoomba. A theme running through this edition of Plus Ultra is that of perseverance and reward. We talked to students and staff, as well as Old Scholars, about their achievements and success that would not have been possible if it weren't for the persistence they maintained to realise their goals. For those that are regularly on campus, you will have noticed work on the new Centre for Innovation and Design ploughing ahead with major excavation now complete. Next Semester we should see some real formwork starting to take shape. Is there something we're missing? Tell us what you want to read about in Plus Ultra – submit your topics or stories via publications@ stpeters.qld.edu.au
Plus Ultra | June 2021
