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News from the School of Leadership   

In today's digital age, social media plays a significant role in our children's lives. It is therefore essential for all parents and carers to be aware of the age restrictions that are put in place on various social media platforms. These restrictions exist for valid reasons; to ensure our children's online safety, protect their privacy, and offer age-appropriate content. As a school, we urge all of our families to refer to these age restrictions indicated in the image below and most importantly, enforce them. From Facebook to Instagram, Snapchat to TikTok, each platform has age limits aligned with the content being offered. Additionally, we encourage parents/carers to prepare your son or daughter for appropriate use when they do meet these age requirements by having open conversations with them about responsible online behaviour. 

As part of our collective effort in equipping students with appropriate online safety knowledge and skills, we also recommend conducting regular social media audits. This involves reviewing your child’s online presence, discussing their interactions, and ensuring they adhere to the terms of use for each platform that they access. By actively participating in your child’s digital world, we can jointly create a safer and more positive online environment for them by working together to empower our children with the understanding and tools they need to navigate the digital landscape responsibly. 

 

Projecting ahead, Term 4 promises new experiences and opportunities for School of Leadership students including:

  • Connect 7 - a transition program designed to support Year 6 in their transition to Year 7
  • Year 7 2024 Orientation Day
  • High 5! - a program to support Year 4 students commencing 
  • Year 8 Peer Companion self-nominations and training 
  • Year 7 Swimming program
  • Year 6 2024 Kindy Buddies self- nomination and training 
  • Year 8 Choose Your Own Adventure - subjects communicated to students 
  • Year 6 Thanksgiving Liturgy and parent morning tea to mark the end of the Primary years
  • Year 8 Milestone Moments and trip to Raging Waters
  • Whole school Christmas liturgy

 

Enjoy a restful break with your families. 

 

Mrs Kate Kelly - Head of School, School of Leadership

 

A Note from The SOL Assistant Principal 

 

Term three has been action packed for us in the School of Leadership. One of the things I love about working within the St.Luke’s community is the way in which students and teachers get on board to support any initiative pitched. This term we saw a very successful SOL Soccer Tournament which aided in reducing negative social interactions of students on the Oval. We also hosted our very first Spelling Bees. Our students represented their classes in teams to spell some very challenging words. COngratulations to all our competitors and our champions in each respective grade.

 

 

Winners - Year 5 Malala

 

Runners Up - Year 5 Riley

 

 

Winners - Year 6 Malala

 

Runners Up - Year 6 Acutis

Winners - Year 7 Teal B

Runners Up - Year 7 Navy A

 

Winners - Year 8 Teal A

 

Runners Up - Year 8 White B

Seeing so many students come to cheer on their friends and the applause when a word was spelled correctly, was lovely to watch. 

 

We have continued our SOL Basketball Tournament and the finals for this will be held early in Term 4. The skills of our SOL students on the courts has been impressive.

 

 

These tournaments came as a response to student behaviour and have continued because they have been outward and visible signs of community and spirit building. The passion, commitment and dedication of our SOL students and the SOE students who turn up every lunch session to referee these matches is to be commended. As per the request of many students, watch this space for an upcoming Rubrik’s cube tournament in term 4 and possible handball or touch football competition.

 

Another important initiative this term has been our Growing Great Men wellbeing program. This has been developed in partnership with our school counsellors and Leader of Wellbeing, Growth and Development, Mr Chris Bettiol to support some of our male students across years 5-9 who would benefit from working with other males to build a garden. The students meet once a week for 6 weeks to plant, nurture and grow plants. The students have slowly started to form connections in this group and we are excited to kickstart Term 4 with another group of young men.

 

We also have our upcoming St.Luke’s Day Talent Showcase that students are welcome to send an audition video to me (through the form sent out on compass). It is a privilege to work and teach such talented, skilled, kind-hearted young men and women.

 

Have a wonderful holiday and I look forward to an even bigger and better Term 4.

 

Mrs Josephine Camilleri - Assistant Principal, School of Leadership

 

Stage 3 Stories… 

 

Celebrating Success - Spelling Bee Champions in Malala 

 

 

We are thrilled to share some exciting news from our remarkable Stage 3 students! Thanks to Mrs Kelly and Mrs Camilleri, students in the SOL had the opportunity to participate in a Year 5 and Year 6 Spelling Bee competition, showcasing their extraordinary talent and dedication to literacy. In the end it was Stage 3 Malala that triumphed as the champions of both the Year 5 and Year 6 Spelling Bee competitions. It was amazing to see the whole of Stage 3 come together to support their peers and we congratulate stage 3 Malala on their wonderful achievement. 

 

Speaking and Listening

Students in Freeman worked on building their speaking and listening skills through the presentations of their voice of youth speeches. During this session, students were required to present their speeches to a group of their peers and students were asked to provide feedback through the 2 stars and a wish model.

 

 

Captivate Choral Learning Exhibition

In Week 7, Stage 3 choir students were given the opportunity to attend the annual Captivate Choral Learning Exhibition held at Nagle College. Students had the opportunity to perform a piece of music they have been working on in front of four other CSPD schools and receive feedback from a panel of industry professionals. 

 

Students also participated in a workshop, where they learned two new performance items aimed at applying the general feedback of the panel. Through learning these pieces, students worked on annunciation, exploring with different dynamics of music and further developing their ability to harmonise within a 3 part Soprano, Alto and Bass group. 

 

The students involved should be so proud of themselves for their stunning performance, and for the fantastic feedback they received from the panel. We look forward to further refining the pieces of music that they learned and sharing this with the rest of the St Luke’s Community at future events. 

 

 

 

We look forward to our Stage 3 choir coming together with Stage 2 to perform at our Year 12 Graduation Ceremony on Wednesday 20th September. Details of this can be found on Compass, and any further questions should be directed to Miss Passmore via the Stage 3 parent email address. 

 

 

From Year 7…

 

Mathematics

 

To end Term 3, Year 7 Mathematics have launched their Statistics investigation. Student groups decided on a topic that they will investigate; whether via survey or measuring themselves. The images attached see students working around, recording responses from their peers, and using metre long rules to record wingspan. 

 

The next step is organising their data in a table, and then representing this via a graph of their choice. More to come soon!

History

In History this term, the Year 7 students have been actively engaged in studying the ancient civilisation of China. Throughout the course, the students have demonstrated their ability to analyse historical sources by drawing comparisons between the ancient text titled The Ballad of Mulan and the Disney film adaptation of Mulan. Then students were tasked with diving into the question of "to what extent is the ancient past shrouded in mystery?" 

In addition, the students have been building upon their historical skills by constructing timelines, conducting research, and locating both primary and secondary sources. By engaging in these activities, the students have been further developing their ability to critically examine and comprehend the complexities of history.

 

Religious Education

This term Year 7 has been exploring personal encounters to help us understand the mysteries of God and bring us closer in our relationship with Him.

 

Students have enjoyed engaging in a variety of experiences such as meditative sketching, engaging with Scripture, praying the Rosary, reflecting on religious artworks as part of a gallery walk and engaging in small encounter activities each day, They chose one of the encounters they most connected with to create a Head, Heart, and Hands reflection showing how it made them think differently, feel differently or inspire them to take action.

 

The culmination of our unit will be the students creating an artwork to share with the community capturing one of these personal encounters with God and how it helped them the mystery that is the Holy Trinity. 

 

We look forward to sharing these artworks with you next term at our St Luke's Feast Day celebrations.

 

 

 

 

Meditative Sketching: Images of God

Head, Heart and Hands Reflections

 

From Year 8…

 

STEM MAD Excursion

 

The day unfolded with a dynamic blend of learning and entertainment during our engaging STEM expedition. The adventure began with the thrilling F1 School Competition, where we were captivated by the creativity of student-crafted F1 cars and their precision-tested reaction times. Our journey then took us to the world of "Makey Makey," an innovative tool that transformed ordinary playdough into a conduit for digital interactions, emphasizing the seamless merging of the physical and virtual worlds. We obtained laptop-based games using touch by connecting playdough to an "earth" connection.

Then we went to see how other schools identified problems that they could fix in our world. It was really interesting to see how other students wanted to make our world a better place. Then we witnessed the launch of a bottle rocket and learned about the density of water, the amount of air pressure that should be in the bottle, and how much water and air was required for it to travel far. The remaining portion of our day was spent looking at the bridges that the students built and testing how much water they could hold. It was quite cool to see the design and capability of their bridges. Then we boarded the bus and returned to school.

-Mikayla G

 

 

 

 

TAS

Our year 8 Master Chef's have been working extremely hard in Food Technology over the past 13 weeks leading them to successfully completing their final practical task. 

 

Students were required to design and create a nutritious recipe suitable for sale at our school Canteen. Sounds simple right? Well it was quite the opposite! They had to learn about nutrients, finding balance within food groups, food senses, recipe writing, cost of ingredients and final meal, workflow planning, time management skills, safety and hygiene and of course, cooking and presentation skills.

 

As you can see, the students (and teachers) were incredibly proud with what they prepared and presented in one session!