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APRIL 2015 NUMBER 1
E V E R
H I G H E R
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IN THIS ISSUE
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Three 2014 Students
Among Top in State
Celebrating 70 years of
St Peters History
Discover Prep at St Peters
Proudly supporting
IN THIS ISSUE
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Published by St Peters Lutheran College
Writer/Photographer: Gollisa Thomson
Editor: Angela Gardner
Layout & Design: Kathleen Barker
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Communications Officer
Gollisa Thomson
Telephone: 07 3377 6264
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Adrian Wiles (Head of College) presents
Samuel Naylor (Year 12, 2014) with the
International Baccalaureate Dux. Read more
about Sam on page 6.
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intro
sport
Head of College...........................................4
St Peters’ Swimmers Rule the Pool............21
SPOSA President..........................................5
Springfield Students Swim for
Carnival Glory.......................................... 22
Ministry.......................................................5
academic
The Origin of St Peters Sporting House
Names.......................................................23
Three 2014 Students Among Top Students
in State........................................................6
SPOSA
St Peters’ Junior Quest Team Win
International Finals......................................8
Founders’ Day............................................24
Congratulations.........................................26
International Conference Delegates Explore
St Peters Gifted and Talented Program.......8
First World St Peters Day Reunion.............28
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Celebrating 70 years of St Peters History....9
staff
St Peters Music Scores New Director........12
Paul Herring Speaks at Future Schools......13
St Peters Welcomes Pastor
Thomas Böhmert.......................................13
Discover Prep at St Peters Indooroopilly...14
Springfield Principal Speaks at Lutheran
Women of Queensland Retreat.................15
around the school
St Peters Service Learning Lends a Hand in
Cambodia..................................................16
St Peters Springfield Years 7 and 8 Camp..17
vale
Kerry John Brumm.....................................30
Jackie Fairweather.....................................30
Carolyn Randall.........................................30
Paul Sawtell...............................................30
Rhonnie Hamilton.....................................31
Russell Gerchow........................................31
Alex Rowe..................................................31
Gordon Gerald Greensill............................32
St Peters Lutheran College
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Telephone: 07 3377 6222
reception@stpeters.qld.edu.au
www.stpeters.qld.edu.au
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© 2015 St Peters Lutheran College
SPOSA Office
66 Harts Road, Indooroopilly Qld 4068
Telephone: 07 3377 6592
sposa@stpeters.qld.edu.au
www.stpeters.qld.edu.au
www.facebook.com/sposa45
Editorial Enquiries
SPOSA Publications Editor:
Nicky Boynton-Bricknell
Telephone: 07 3377 6592
Brunhilde ‘Bruni’ McKinnon......................32
Dore Serotski.............................................33
Hugh Smith................................................33
reunions
Reunion Weekend 2015 Program..............34
Reunions in 2015.......................................34
St Peters Rocks with Dragon......................18
Symphonic Winds Tours Southern USA.....19
International Women’s Day.......................20
Indooroopilly only
SEVENTY YEARS AND COUNTING
Seventy years seems like
a long time in the history
of any one school. Three
generations of young
people from one family line being educated in the one institution,
continuity of teaching staff with some serving more than forty
years, buildings that undergo change and then are refurbished
yet again, and teaching and learning practices that seem to ‘cycle
by’ on a fairly regular basis. This year is the 70th Anniversary of
St Peters Lutheran College and we have, of course, experienced all
of the above phenomena.
BY ADRIAN WILES
HEAD OF COLLEGE
It is a special year while not necessarily being ‘the’ special
year. It is not a centenary celebration nor even a seventy fifth
anniversary, but it is shaping to be an important time in the life
and history of St Peters. My role in 2015 has changed in order
to lead the strategic aspects of the College that will be etched
in the history of the school. The role is centred on working with
our community in order to develop future directions in a setting
that is becoming increasingly complex in all spheres of operation.
Nevertheless, the focus is on several important processes that I
believe will lead us into a future that remains true to our Mission
– ‘Excellence in Christian Co-education’.
There are three key initiatives that will ensure the importance of
2015 as it is recorded in the annals of St Peters. Firstly, St Peters
Old Scholars Association (SPOSA) has developed a program that
is designed to connect and communicate with past students,
wherever they are across the globe. ‘World St Peters Day’ is a
concept that has been developed to share the stories of past
students with the seventeen thousand alumni that make up
the Association. In September, it is planned to enhance the
annual SPOSA Reunion Weekend by creating a ‘video-link’ with
Old Scholars who will gather in centres outside of Brisbane. In
November, the first official reunion for alumni living in Europe will
be held in Germany and there is an expectation that there will be
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other gatherings elsewhere in the world. I am constantly amazed
to meet with past scholars who are living and working in the most
far flung places on earth.
Secondly, this year will
see the development of
a Strategic Plan that will
take the College through
until the 75th year – 2020.
With many of the dreams
from the past ‘checked’ off
the list, it is now time to
position St Peters for a new
future based on the solid cornerstones of the past. The College
Council will engage stakeholders throughout the process with the
intention of publishing the Plan for the St Peters community to
embrace towards the end of 2015.
…it is now time to
position St Peters for
a new future based on
the solid cornerstones
of the past.”
Finally, a new St Peters Future Foundation has been created in a
move that is aimed at ensuring the College will continue to offer
the very best of Christian co-education in the decades ahead.
The new Foundation is clearly designed to engage our wider
community in a philanthropic program that supports the Strategic
Plan. As we together realise the vision for our school, readers of
Plus Ultra and others associated with St Peters will be invited to
connect to the Future Foundation through directed gift programs
and other philanthropic opportunities.
Through the initiatives outlined above, I believe that the St Peters
Lutheran College students, parents and staff will be able to
celebrate our 75th Anniversary knowing that we are well placed
to continue providing a quality teaching and learning experience
in a Christian environment. This has become the hallmark of this
Lutheran School, and I thank God for the opportunities that have
been provided for us in the past and present. The future is the
challenge, and I know that God continues to walk with us as the
path ahead unfolds.
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SPOSA PRESIDENT
BY JAN HOGARTH
SPOSA PRESIDENT
The St Peters Old Scholars Association is
the memory of our College community.
While the day-to-day students who
attend our three locations number about
2500; there are over 18,000 people on
the SPOSA database, all over the world,
across four generations. We share values
and experiences. Many have made lifelong friends.
As the College grows and the original founding students
become fewer, it is important that SPOSA makes the college
culture apparent to its daily participants, and offers a way for
past students to connect to each other and to the school. We
remember the school started by Queensland families with
German heritage during World War II. The founders wanted high
quality education for their daughters and sons in an inclusive
Christian context. Their values flow on.
SPOSA is undergoing generational change. We have always
organised reunions and Founders Day. Now we have a Facebook
page and YouTube Channel for snippets of shared experiences.
This year we look forward to the opening of the SPOSA Centre
with archives and museum. We launched “World St Peters Day”
to create video links of reunions, wherever they may be. It might
be a silly name, but as we laugh we can remember that St Peters
continues through time and place.
ABOUT JAN
I grew up in St Lucia, went to Ironside State School
with my sister Fiona and brother Fergus, and attended
St Peters as a day bug from 1975-79. Apart from
academic pursuits, I was on organising committees,
set up an inter-house debating competition, performed
in musicals and played cards at lunch time. Going to
Ironbark for ten weeks introduced me to new friends,
particularly among the boarders, and gave me a positive
experience of the value of diverse individuals pulling
together to create a community. I was confirmed as a
Lutheran. Some of the people I met at St Peters are my
dearest friends today. I’m proud to know them all.
I studied architecture at UQ, and have had my own
practice, specialising in houses and renovations for over
twenty years. I’ve lived in Italy, Scotland and the Gold
Coast. In 1990 we moved back to Indooroopilly and
I became an active member of the St Peters Lutheran
Church. My three daughters went to Senior School at
St Peters: Lucy (2007) Meg (2010) and Grace (2012), and
participated in rowing over nine years. St Peters was very
generous to us in tough times.
I was on College Council for about five years with Stephen
Rudolph, including when Springfield was first mooted and
through its feasibility phase.
The 1979’ers organised reunions for ten, 20, 25, 30
and 35 and the first back-to-Ironbark reunion, which
was wonderful. As a member of College Council and
SPOSA, I encouraged a policy change to allow an annual
reunion weekend at Ironbark. I look forward to actively
integrating SPOSA members from all campuses, of all
ages, and the wider school community.
MINISTRY IN A
MULTI-FAITH CONTEXT:
The St Peters Springfield Experience
BY PASTOR MATT WILKSCH
SPRINGFIELD CHAPLAIN
There was a time not too long ago when Lutheran schools were
attended predominantly by Lutheran students. But this is not the
case in 2015. St Peters Springfield was established in 2008 and
the proportion of students who identify as Lutheran has always
been relatively small, while the number of students following
other religions or having no religious affiliation is growing.
So how do we conduct ministry to a culturally and spiritually
diverse community?
Our data suggests 24 languages other than English are spoken
at home in our community. Fifteen Christian denominations and
six non-Christian religions
We are guided by
are reported. Catholic and
are the largest
scriptures that clearly Anglican
two denominational
groups comprising 31% of
define the Gospel
students. 31% of students
as being for all, so
have no religious affiliation
and 10% identify as Hindu,
we have chosen to
Buddhist, Muslim, Bahai,
include students from Mormon and Sikh. 8% of
students are Lutheran.
other cultures and
faith traditions as they
desire to participate.
Providing effective
ministry to our students
across cultures is not
complicated but it does
not happen automatically.
A little creative thought helps. For instance, greeting students
in their mother tongue provides a simple but significant point
of connection. Students happily share words and phrases and
have fun teaching them while gaining a sense that their cultural
identity is something to celebrate.
Often students who profess a different faith will hear the Christian
story and want to participate in worship. Can they participate in
worship in good conscience? We are guided by scriptures that
clearly define the Gospel as being for all, so we have chosen to
include students from other cultures and faith traditions as they
desire to participate. The Gospel accounts of the visit of the
Magi, Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman, the Roman
Centurion and other like stories are instructive. Jesus does
not reject these people because of their ethnicity or religious
differences, but welcomes their worship in response to revelation
without condition.
Multicultural opportunities such as Harmony Day can become
powerful symbols of unity. While this is a secular initiative, it
provides an opportunity to speak the Gospel and point people
to Christ, in this case proclaiming Christ as the source of true
harmony. By observing such festivals we remind ourselves that
what unites us is greater than what divides us.
The welcome of all cultures and faiths has implications for care
of our students. Our tuckshop menu lists vegetarian and halal
options which are provided for both religious and health reasons.
Through small gestures such as these, students feel included,
parents feel supported, trust between families and the school is
fostered and Christ who welcomes us is honoured.
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THREE 2014 STUDENTS AMONG
TOP STUDENTS IN STATE
Three of St Peters Lutheran College’s 2014 graduates were
recently recognised as among the best in the state at
the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority’s
(QCAA) inaugural Queensland Certificate of Education
Achievement Awards.
Samuel Naylor received the Highest Achievement in the
International Baccalaureate (IB) Award, whilst Tamara Bohler
and Joshua Sutton both received Distinguished Academic
Achievers Awards.
Sam Naylor was awarded the QCAA distinction for achieving
a perfect IB Diploma score of 45, ranking him among the best
IB students in Australia and in the top 1% in the world. The
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program is a leading,
internationally-recognised and rigorous pre-university
qualification, recognised by Australian tertiary institutions and
major universities worldwide.
Sam also received a University of Queensland Vice-Chancellor’s
Scholarship valued at $12,000 per year up to 5 years, as a result
of his outstanding academic achievements, leadership and
community service, which is a compulsory component of the IB
Diploma program.
“At St Peters, you are very well prepared from the younger grades,”
Sam explained. “The teachers support and challenge you to do
your own research and be independent learners.”
Sam is planning a gap year to pursue his love of languages
in Germany and France and plans to begin a Bachelor of
International Studies at the University of Queensland in 2016,
followed by a Law Degree at the University of Melbourne.
Meanwhile, St Peters highest achieving QCAA student and
prestigious Tuckwell Scholarship winner, Tamara Bohler has
re-located to Canberra to embark on a Science degree at the
Australian National University.
Tamara was the only Brisbane recipient and one of only 24
Australian students awarded a Tuckwell Scholarship in 2015.
Funded by Graham and Louise Tuckwell, the Scholarship is
awarded to exceptional students who can demonstrate a desire
and determination to use their natural abilities to realise their full
potential so they can make a difference in the world.
As a Tuckwell Scholar, Tamara will receive about $22,000 each year
towards her studies for the length of her undergraduate degree.
Tamara said she was shocked to receive a personal phone call
from Graeme and Louise Tuckwell to tell her she had been
successful in her application.
“It was a massive shock and it took me a little while to take it all in.
I still don’t think I fully comprehend the opportunity I have been
given.” Tamara said.
Once Tamara completes her Science degree, she plans to study
Medicine and specialise in pathology or infectious diseases.
Along with Sam and Tamara, Joshua Sutton achieved outstanding
academic results. In addition to receiving a QCAA Distinguished
Academic Achievers Award, he was the recipient of a University
of Queensland Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship, and is studying
a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) / Bachelor of Science degree
at the University of Queensland. His vision is to major in
Mechatronic Engineering and Mathematics and work in the
robotics sector.
Joshua credited the supportive St Peters staff, who were prepared
to help students enrich themselves beyond the classroom syllabus,
for their contribution to his academic success.
“In particular, I was able to undertake a University (UQ) course
in Calculus and Linear Algebra during my final year at St Peters,”
Joshua explained.
“As well as this, the school provided extensive extra-curricular
activities, with which I was further able to enrich my abilities.”
St Peters Lutheran College Head of College, Mr Adrian Wiles,
paid tribute to the 2014 Year 12 students and staff for their
outstanding achievements.
“These awards and overall academic results recognise the hard
work of our students, our teachers and our staff,” Mr Wiles said.
“We know that St Peters has prepared our 2014 cohort well for
university and beyond.”
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ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT
ST PETERS
The St Peters Indooroopilly Year 12 2014 cohort achieved
excellent Overall Position (OP) and International
Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Scores.
Sixteen students achieved an OP1 or equivalent and 96% of
the Year 12 2014 cohort received a University offer in their
first round.
Almost 20% of St Peters 2014 graduates received an OP 1-3
or equivalent.
The St Peters Lutheran College’s International Baccalaureate
students scored particularly highly in last year’s exams with
25% of IB students receiving an IB Diploma score of 37-45,
which is equivalent to an OP1-3, including a perfect 45 score
for Sam Naylor.
St Peters Head of College, Mr Adrian Wiles, congratulated
students and teachers.
“Once again, the St Peters Year 12 students have excelled,”
Mr Wiles said.
“We are proud of the way our students and teachers have
worked together to produce these outstanding results.”
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RESULTS OF ST PETERS YEAR 12 2014 OP ELIGIBLE AND
IB STUDENTS
• QCAA Highest Achievement in the International Baccalaureate
Award
• St Peters Lutheran College International Baccalaureate Dux
• Recipient of University of Queensland Vice Chancellor’s
Scholarship
TAMARA BOHLER
• OP1
• QCAA Distinguished Academic Achievers Award
90
% of St Peters Year 12 Students 2014
20 30 40 50 60 70 80
• IB45 (Perfect score in International Baccalaureate Diploma)
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SAMUEL NAYLOR
• St Peters Lutheran College Queensland Certificate of
Education Dux
• OP1
• QCAA Distinguished Academic Achievers Award
• Recipient of University of Queensland Vice Chancellor’s
Scholarship
Pictured (over page L–R): Sam Naylor and Tamara Bohler;
and (this page): Joshua Sutton.
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QTAC Rank
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77-92
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RESULTS OF ST PETERS YEAR 12 2014 STUDENTS VS
QUEENSLAND YEAR 12 2014 STUDENTS
% of Queensland Year 12 Students 2014
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
JOSHUA SUTTON
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St Peters Students
Queensland Students
• Recipient Tuckwell Scholarship - Australian National University
IB Students
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AT
A GLANCE:
OP Eligible Students
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ST PETERS’ JUNIOR QUEST TEAM
win International Finals
Students and teachers
were located around the
world, so an eLearning
component was used…
giving students the
opportunity to speak to
and ask questions of their
BRAINways teachers,
irrespective of borders or
time zones.
Three Junior School students
have achieved overall first
place at the BRAINways QUEST
International Finals.
the opportunity to speak to and
ask questions of their BRAINways
teachers, irrespective of borders or
time zones.
During the 2014 summer holidays,
Olivia Axelsen (Year 3), Joseph
Ivermee (Year 3) and Halle
Perkins (Year 2) progressed to the
international finals after achieving
joint first place in the state finals
in November.
Even in these demanding conditions,
the team maintained a smile and
worked well to support one another.
Each of these academic competitions
comprised of a full day of challenges
in Humanities, Mathematics
and Science, with all disciplines
demanding a high level of teamwork,
concentration and focus.
The competition spanned Australia
and United Arab Emirates with the
three leading teams from each
country participating. Students and
teachers were located around the
world, so an eLearning component
was used at the beginning of
each challenge, giving students
The students were amazed to see the
outstanding results on the internet,
achieving Mathematics: 1st Place;
Science: 2nd Place; and Humanities:
3rd Place.
These results earned the students
Overall 1st place, and reflect the
ability and meritorious effort of each
of these young students, as well as
the excellent standard of teaching and
learning taking place at St Peters.
Congratulations to the team!
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES EXPLORE
ST PETERS GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAM
St Peters Exceptional Learners
Department recently hosted
delegates from an International
Conference, Illuminating the
Spectrum of Giftedness and
Talent Development, hosted
by the Queensland Association
for Gifted and Talented
Children (QAGTC), Australian
Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented
(AAEGT) and the International Research Association for Talent
Development and Excellence (IRATDE).
The conference delegates, who had travelled from Saudi Arabia,
Singapore, Austria and the Philippines, visited students to find out
about St Peters Exceptional Learners program and the impact of
the Gifted and Talented program from the students’ perspectives.
The delegates visited the Robotics Club and talked to students
to find out more about the programs and robots they were
working on.
They also discussed the Gifted and Talented program with
students, Joe (Year 4), Charlie and Madeline (Year 5), Emma (Year
8), Claire (Year 11) and Abigail (Year 12). The students outlined their
memories of competitions, Philosophy classes, lunchtime clubs,
Maths and Language extension classes, Future Problem Solving and
a self-contained gifted class.
Each told a story of the different approach to learning they felt had
met their needs. The delegates were fascinated by the students’
experiences and by the confidence and enthusiasm with which
they spoke.
During the Conference, St Peters teachers, Jo Belchamber and
Katherine Austin (pictured), presented a paper on Creativity and
Competition. The presentation was well attended and the audience
was impressed with the opportunities on offer for all students at
St Peters.
St Peters Exceptional Learners caters
for a range of academic competitions,
including Future Problem Solving, da Vinci
Decathlon, APSMO Maths Olympiad, The
Brainways Quest, The Gateways Challenge,
Opti-Minds, Tournament of Minds, and
ICAS competitions.
St Peters Exceptional Learners caters for a range of academic
competitions, including Future Problem Solving, da Vinci
Decathlon, APSMO Maths Olympiad, The Brainways Quest, The
Gateways Challenge, Opti-Minds, Tournament of Minds, and ICAS
competitions.
qagtcconference.com.au
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Celebrating 70 years
of St Peters History
A walk through the first 25 years of construction
1945
19 February: the name St Peters Lutheran College is chosen. Mr Wilfred Schneider is the
first Headmaster.
E
20 February: St Peters opens to cater for 55 students and 8 staff members. The Ross
Munro garage is recycled to become the boys’ dormitory. This is later extended for the
girls. A caged koala still lives on the grounds.
19 June: the college badge design is chosen.
A St Peters staff and students
B The extended dormitory, now named Herse for the first Girls’ Head Prefect, Corinne
Herse. The building was erected by volunteer labour.
1946 – 1948
E
The girls are housed in Walella, off campus. It houses 30 boarders, their governess, Miss
Finger, and single female teachers.
C The recreational Hall is built. It is later extended by a storey and becomes the Lower
School for primary classes.
D The Australian Women’s Army Signals camp is purchased. Its buildings are
earmarked for use as classrooms, dorms for the boys, the chapel, kitchen and
dining hall. These go into use in 1947.
The Old Scholars Association comes into being at the end of 1946.
F
E Boys’ old dorms – converted army barracks and F the kitchen and dining hall.
*All buildings still on the campus that have vertical cladding can be identified as the
original army barracks.
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1948
Luther House is dedicated in September. It is used for
G classrooms,
teacher offices and a library on the lower
floor and upstairs is the chapel and stage area.
G Palm Sunday in the Luther House chapel
An oval is constructed on the Lambert Road side of the
grounds.
1954
G
H The boys’ brick dormitory memorial wing is opened
and a war memorial cross is erected. The cross is later
moved to its current location next to the chapel.
H Interior of one of the cubicles in the boys’ new dorm.
1959
A classroom unit housing a Science lab is built to the west of
Luther House.
I Theile House is opened by the Queensland Governor,
Sir Henry Abel Smith.
1960
G
The St Peters Old Scholars Association runs the first Garden
party on the girls’ basketball court – the forerunner of the
P&F’s Herbstfest.
1961
new brick girls’ dorm is opened. It is later named
J The
Cameron.
J Cubicle in new girls’ dorm
1964
Work begins on the 25 metre swimming pool. It is
dedicated in October 1965. The class room and science
labs block is in the background
K
H
1966
The students move from the army hut dining hall into the
newly built Refectory that seats 400 students and staff in the
main hall. The dining hall becomes classrooms.
L
The exterior and interior of the new refectory. * Note
the columns, a recurring motif of Karl Langer’s design
for the College centre.
1967
M Work begins on the erection of the Chapel. It is
H
dedicated in 1968 and becomes the scene of the first
of many Old Scholar weddings.
1970
There are 679 students and 35 staff members. The Garden
party has become the Garden Fete and makes a profit of
$5,000. Deaconess Pam Finger joins the staff and second
Headmaster Mr W Lohe hands the reins to St Peters’ third
Headmaster Mr Carson Dron, who is inducted in October
N 1948 campus vista
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ST PETERS MUSIC
Scores new Director
Welcome to Dr Nelson Wu, who
was appointed as the College’s
new Director of Music at the
beginning of the year.
Nelson earned his PhD in Music at King's College, London and
gave conference papers at prestigious universities such as
Cambridge and Oxford. In November 2006, Queen Elizabeth II
received him for his academic excellence and distinguished service
to community. Nelson has recently been appointed an Honorary
Research Associate of University of Queensland.
He is an accomplished violinist, orchestral and chamber musician,
and a dedicated pedagogue. Nelson has taught students of
all ages and abilities and has been Head of Music at Auckland
Grammar School, New Zealand, and the Director of Performing
Arts and Head of Music at The Scots College, Sydney.
Nelson said he was drawn to St Peters because of the excellent
reputation of the Music program and was excited to be working
with the students, staff and parents in the superb Performing
Arts Centre.
“The way I look at it, it’s a three way partnership,” Nelson
explained. “The students we have here are committed musicians
and the teachers are all outstanding musicians in their own fields.”
During orientation with the senior students, Nelson challenged his
students to make the most of their opportunities.
“We have this beautiful building but it’s not going to mean
anything unless the students step up. It’s our students who make
this a special place,” he said.
We have this
beautiful building
but it’s not going
to mean anything
unless the students
step up. It’s our
students who make
this a special place.
“I think today’s education is
all about differentiation and
catering for what students’
needs are,” he explained.
“To me, that’s important so we
don’t just have one formula
or a one size fits all approach.
We need to assess how we
can help students further in
their musical development,”
Nelson said.
“That’s what really excites me
about working here. We have
all the right foundations and ingredients to make it a truly world
class music program. It already is, and I think my challenge is to
take it further.”
As Director of Music, Nelson’s role covers the Curriculum and
Cocurricular Music programs at St Peters. He is very excited about
developing our Performing Arts Centre into a community hub for
Brisbane West and beyond.
“This year we have Dragon, James Morrison and Idea of North as
guest artists in our 2015 Signature Concert Series.”, Nelson stated.
“What other school offers this level of cultural immersion for our
future generations?”
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PAUL HERRING SPEAKS AT
FUTURE SCHOOLS EXPO
Senior School Information Technology Teacher,
Paul Herring, was a keynote speaker at the recent
Future Schools Expo in Sydney, a series of national
K-12 conferences and masterclasses, bringing together
educators from independent, public and Catholic schools.
Mr Herring, who started presenting to educators on the
value of Computational Thinking at various state and
national conferences four years ago, gave his latest keynote
presentation at EduTech's Teaching Kids to Code conference,
designed to prepare teachers for Australia’s new Digital
Technologies curriculum.
“My Keynote focussed on Computational Thinking,”
Mr Herring explained. “The focus is on helping educators
teach their students how to solve real-world problems
through the application of a four step process of
Computational Thinking.”
Computational thinking techniques include: problem
decomposition, pattern recognition, pattern generalisation
to define abstractions or models, algorithm design, and
data analysis and visualisation. Applicable to any subject,
Computational Thinking can enhance learning of the
curriculum beyond Computer Science and equip K-12
students with 21st century problem solving skills.
“As the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting
Authority Digital Technologies curriculum has been
developed to include a significant emphasis on
Computational Thinking, my advocacy has achieved some
recognition that has also led to me running workshops for
K-12 teachers,” Mr Herring explained.
As part of his keynote address, Mr Herring was able to share
some examples of student work from St Peters, including
an app developed by St Peters Old Scholar, Duncan Nicol
(2013), that was used to record and tabulate the results for
the Inter-House Swimming Carnival.
During the conference, Mr Herring also conducted a
roundtable discussion about the use of Visual Programming
Languages, such as Scratch.
“Overall, it was an excellent conference with world
renowned speakers, Gary Stager and Ian Jukes,
advocating the vital importance and pedagogical place
of Computational Thinking and coding in our increasingly
technologically-centred world,” Mr Herring said.
ST PETERS
WELCOMES PASTOR
THOMAS BÖHMERT
Welcome to Pastor Thomas Böhmert, who has joined St Peters
Indooroopilly as Senior Pastor and Chaplain.
He was installed on 16 March by Lutheran Church of Australia
Queensland District Bishop, Noel Noack, at a special chapel
service with the Junior High school.
Pastor Thomas’ connection with St Peters began many years
ago when he served for six years at Luther College at Croydon,
Victoria, with current Head of College, Adrian Wiles.
I loved the
school life and
teaching and
always thought
I would one
day return to a
school…You never
know what God
has in store.
“I loved the school life and
teaching and always thought I
would one day return to a school
– although in the end it happened
a little faster than anticipated,”
Thomas explained. “You never
know what God has in store.”
Pastor Thomas has also been a
parish pastor at Burnie, Tasmania;
Hermannsburg, Northern
Territory; and Laura, South
Australia. Prior to joining St Peters,
he spent six years in Bordertown
and Keith, South Australia, and
served two congregations. His
wife, Lyn, was the chaplain at a local public primary school. The
couple have a 17 year old daughter, Natasha, who is in Year 11 at
Immanuel College in Adelaide and will visit during school holidays.
Pastor Thomas, originally from Dresden, Germany, is looking
forward to getting to know the St Peters community.
“We are blessed with a great chaplaincy team who have already
made me very welcome,” he said.
“It’s a great privilege to serve here among this amazing school
community and I hope and pray I will be able to make a positive
contribution to St Peters and keep you connected with the source
of our hope and vision, Jesus Christ,” Pastor Thomas said.
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Discover Prep
AT ST PETERS INDOOROOPILLY
For most of us, the first year of formal
schooling is etched in our memories for life.
At St Peters Junior School Indooroopilly, our
Preparatory teachers and staff are dedicated
to providing a supportive and nurturing
environment to build foundations for
life-long learning and happy memories!
When it’s time to wave goodbye and sneak
another quick cuddle before drop off, our
Prep parents can rest assured their children
are in good hands.
Prep Coordinator, Kelly McBurnie, and
her colleagues, Prep Teachers, Adele
Amorsen and Debbie Wilson, have over
60 years of combined experience in early
childhood education.
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teachers and discovered how they each bring
unique gifts and talents to their classrooms.
KELLY MCBURNIE – PREP COORDINATOR
Kelly has been involved in the educational sector for almost 20 years as a teacher, coordinator and early
literacy workshop presenter.
In 2013, she received a National Excellence in Teaching Award for innovation and was nominated as
Brisbane Person of the Year. Her classroom was recently highlighted in Australian Teachers Magazine and
Kelly has written articles for The Educational Leader, Brisbane Child and for online publications.
Her work with gifted and talented students, consisting of a special project to raise funds for the RSPCA, was
also recognised in the media during 2013.
In 2014, Kelly was nominated for the Griffith University’s Alumni of the Year Award and her achievements
will feature in the 2016 Undergraduate Study Guide. In October, she will go on to represent Australia presenting a paper for
blind peer review at the Asian Conference in Education in Kobe, Japan.
Kelly is studying for her Master’s and she has completed her first half marathon in March.
“I am honoured to work with the outstanding St Peters team and look forward to many rewarding years in the Preparatory
Centre,” Kelly said.
ADELE AMORSEN – PREP TEACHER
Adele has been passionately engaged in early childhood education for over 20 years.
Her teaching career began with a Diploma of Teaching at Brisbane College of Advanced Education, followed
by a Bachelor of Education at Australian Catholic University and a Master of Education at Queensland
University of Technology.
Adele’s study in early childhood education has been interspersed with many years of classroom teaching
at a range of state and private schools in Queensland. She has extensive experience lecturing in early
education in the School of Early Childhood at Queensland University of Technology.
Her passion for early education has resulted in awards for both classroom teaching and university lecturing
and a range of research papers and publications.
“This is my first year of teaching at St Peters and I am enjoying working with the wonderful staff and families in the Junior
School,” Adele said.
“I look forward to an exciting year of teaching and learning with the children in Prep B class.”
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DEBORAH WILSON – PREP TEACHER
Deborah (Debbie) Wilson has been a teacher at
St Peters for the past 13 years and loving it!
For seven years, she was the Prep/Year 1 music
specialist and for the past six years, she has been
part of the Prep teaching team.
During a career spanning more than 20 years,
Debbie has been a classroom teacher, a Coordinator
of a Prep-Year 10 Music program and a Music
teacher in state, independent, tertiary institutions and private
organisations.
Early in her career, Debbie developed a keen interest in the areas
of music and learning support and how music can enhance the
development of literacy and numeracy, fine and gross motor skills
and social skills such as sharing in the Early Years.
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PRINCIPAL
SPEAKS AT
LUTHERAN
WOMEN OF
QUEENSLAND
RETREAT
Debbie was part of a Kodaly Music Education Institute of Australia
DVD project titled, “Musical Beginnings”, which now has a place in
the distance education curriculum.
She has also been a presenter at music conferences in Queensland
and interstate and enjoys singing in the community choir,
Vox Populus.
“My passion is seeing how children learn skills and helping them to
apply these to their daily lives to become the best person they can
be,” Debbie said.
Her philosophy is a simple Chinese proverb: “Tell me and I forget.
Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.”
ST PETERS PREP AT INDOOROOPILLY
Pictured: Ms Jill Lange-Mohr (far right)
with St Peters Old Scholars at the Lutheran
Women of Queensland Retreat at
Toowoomba.
On Saturday 7 March, St Peters Lutheran
College Springfield Principal, Ms Jill
Lange-Mohr, was the guest speaker at
the Lutheran Women of Queensland
(LWQ) retreat at Toowoomba.
The theme of the Retreat was Gifted
and Jill’s speech focused on her recent
trip to Germany on the ‘Lutherlands’
trip, with other Lutheran educators
across Australia.
There are three Prep classes, each with a full-time teacher and teacher assistant.
Literacy and numeracy skill acquisition is core business, and the curriculum is
taught through inquiry based learning. Specialist classes such as Music, Physical
Education and Language are also built into this rich and diverse program.
After her presentation, Jill asked that
all St Peters Old Scholars gather for a
photo. It was wonderful that 15% of
attendees for the weekend were St Peters
Old Scholars, while approximately 10%
were old scholars of Concordia College,
Toowoomba, Jill’s alma mater.
We provide extension or support as required for individual students.
At St Peters, Prep students enjoy great places and spaces to learn. The bright and
cheerful Preparatory Centre is a separate, purpose-built facility, located within
the Junior School precinct.
The Prep classrooms and outdoor play areas provide our Preps with a modern,
stimulating environment, and each classroom has self-contained bathroom
facilities.
Some of the favourite outdoor activities are the climbing equipment and the
rainforest play area, where many imaginative play scenes come to life!
The St Peters Prep experience is a stepping stone for children as they make their
transition into the next phase of their Junior Schooling.
Please contact the Enrolments Office on 3377 6236 if you would like to know
more about enrolling for Prep.
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ST PETERS SERVICE LEARNING
Lends a Hand in Cambodia
In December 2014, 63 St Peters students completed a successful
service learning tour to Cambodia during the first two weeks of
the summer holidays.
Since 2010, St Peters staff have accompanied students to
Cambodia in order to raise awareness and participate in
community projects.
Travelling in two groups, there were 17 Year 12 students and 46
Year 11 students, who completed two separate projects on the
outskirts of Siem Reap.
Leah Uselmann (Year 11, 2014), whose group completed a house
building project and agricultural work for an impoverished family,
was deeply moved by the experience.
“I absolutely loved building a house for the family, planting trees
and herbs, and giving them gifts in the traditional Buddhist
ceremony. Best of all, seeing their smiles and tears of joy when
they were presented with their new home was absolutely
priceless,” Leah explained.
“It was a beautiful experience and I’m so thankful to have that
opportunity. This feeling beats any Christmas present I could
receive,” she said.
The students worked extremely hard over numerous days as they
nailed floorboards and large metal sheets to build the house. For
Madeline Gardener (Year 11, 2014), the joy shown by the family
and local community was something she will never forget.
“After some finishing touches; bruised, blistered, dirty and
hot, we marched around the house with incense as a blessing,”
Madeline recalled.
“I felt my eyes glaze over as the mother cried, bowing and
thanking us for all that we had done. But really, I wanted to thank
them for having us. It’s not every day you can build a house
for someone in need and be able to feel such happiness and
fulfilment,” Madeline said.
Carys Hodgson (Year 11, 2014) was in another group of students,
who completed a three day agricultural project for ten families.
“The ten families we assisted in Siem Reap were so thankful for
the small time that we had to create a new way of life for them,”
Carys explained.
“When we handed over gifts to the families and saw them
crying with happiness, I was touched to think that a group I was
involved in had touched these families’ lives. It is a very humbling
feeling,” she said.
I felt my eyes
glaze over as the
mother cried,
bowing and
thanking us… But
really, I wanted
to thank them for
having us. It’s not
every day you can
build a house for
someone in need
and be able to feel
such happiness
and fulfilment.”
Both groups spent time with
school students, courtesy
of the People Improvement
Organisation in Phnom Penh
(PIO), which provides support
for over 1300 children a day
in Cambodia with education,
vocational training and meal
programs.
St Peters students met with PIO
founder, Phymean Noun, and
delivered second-hand laptops,
kindly donated by St Peters IT
Department. They also delivered
uniforms, school supplies, sport
equipment, rice, casual clothes,
books and art materials, and
visited classrooms where they
participated in drawing and face
painting and played outdoors
with local school children.
The Cambodia tour was made
possible through the generosity
of sponsors, players and supporters of the 2014 St Peters P&F
Golf Day and St Peters staff members: Lath Stewart, David
Rushmore, Shaun Nodwell, Trish Russell, Andrew Carey and his
wife Kylie, Murray Paterson and special thanks to Maria Liveris,
Tour Coordinator.
The tour will go ahead again this year. If you are interested
in sponsoring towards the building projects, please
contact Maria Liveris on phone: 3377 6549 or email:
m.liveris@stpeters.qld.edu.au
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ST PETERS SPRINGFIELD
Years 7 and 8 Camp
On 11 February, the Years 7’s and 8’s boarded the bus for Tallebudgera Camp at
the Gold Coast. It was a rainy, miserable morning when we left but we arrived to
a sunny coast!
We participated in many activities on camp and ate some delicious food. Our
instructors were fantastic and helped us through high ropes, archery, fencing,
surfing, team games and of course, the Giant Swing. It was great getting to spend
time with our friends too and develop all of our new relationships.
Some lessons we learnt at camp were surprisingly applicable to real life:
• It is easier to face a challenge if you are in an encouraging environment (like
St Peters);
• It is essential to have an experienced guide whom we can trust, who can
“show us the ropes” and make sure we are safe (for example, parents
and staff);
• The hardest step in any new venture is the first one – off the platform of our
current life, out of our comfort zone; and
• After the first step is taken, the rest can be one great ride!
We headed back to school on Friday with some very tired cherubs. We had a
great time and had great instructors at Tallebudgera. We would like to thank the
staff who accompanied us on camp, especially Mr Cadman, the organiser for all
his hard work!
“Amazingly fun…” – Eeva Tampel
“The body boarding was really fun…”
– Caitlin Casa
“The amazing thing about camp is it truly
brings out the best in everyone and you
don’t feel like you have to change who you
are …” – Tara Ewart
“The different range of activities which
pushed you to your limit…” – Aidan AnnisWade
“I got to learn a lot about other people…”
– Minna Hood
“Even though you didn’t want to, you always
had to go out of your comfort zone for the
things you didn’t want to do…”
– Romany Smith-Rowe
ST PETERS COMMUNITY
Rocks with Dragon
BY MARK PRADELLA HEAD OF WOODWIND
The Dragon Concert on Friday night was a very special
evening. It was one of the best rock gigs I have ever seen!
From start to finish, this was a night of entertainment at
its best. The band rocked out a full house in the PAC with
students and parents dancing and taking selfies on stage
with the band. The crowd sang along to every song, there
were drum battles and standing ovations, the house was
rocking…. all in very own St Peters PAC!
Dragon’s string of hits dating back to the 70’s are still
played on radio today. This band has been inducted into
the Australian and New
Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
The band
Marc Williams (he had a hit
rocked out a full song in 1980 called Show
Mercy and also coaches
house in the PAC No
Australian Idol contestants)
with students and did an outstanding job of
filling the shoes of original
parents dancing
Dragon front man Marc
Last of all, our
and taking selfies Hunter.
very own Kerry Jacobson,
on stage with the their original drummer and
our Head of Percussion,
band.
performed with them.
The lighting effects were coordinated by our very own AV
technician Andrew Snook, who was brilliant, and the audio
production was fantastic.
For those who missed it, go out and buy some Dragon
albums and enjoy!
I thank all involved and those who support these
fabulous events.
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SYMPHONIC WINDS BAND
Tours Southern USA
BY GRANT MASON
HEAD OF BANDS AND TOUR DIRECTOR
During the Christmas holidays, the Symphonic Winds undertook
a three weeks tour of the Southern United States. After a year
of diligent and detailed preparation and rehearsal, the ensemble,
consisting of 57 students and five staff, boarded the big red
kangaroo bound for Dallas,
…students spent Texas. Here commenced
a colossal road-trip which
almost every night would wind its way through
San Antonio, Houston, New
on tour in family
Orleans, Slidell, Pensacola,
homes. For many of Orlando, and finally Miami,
Florida. Along the way, the
them, this was the group performed some
and undertook
biggest highlight of 20 concerts
workshops with some amazing
professionals. Hosted mainly
the trip.
by Lutheran churches and a
number of schools and community organisations, students spent
almost every night on tour in family homes. For many of them,
this was the biggest highlight of the trip. The cultural exchanges
and generosity bestowed upon our party was overwhelming,
leading us to understand the term “Southern Hospitality”. Of
course the experience of a workshop, performance, and free time
over three days at Disney World will remain in students’ minds as
a particular bonus.
All in all, the USA Tour was a wonderful experience for those
involved and a great reward for many, many hours of hard
work. Congratulations to the students for their exemplary
commitment and behaviour, and a huge thank you to the staff
for their dedication and sacrifice supporting this amazing group
- Ms Shelley Clark (Tour Mum); Mr Mark Pradella (Assistant
Director); Mr Benedict Braxton-Smith (Supervisor and Morale
Officer); and Dr Janet Jukes (Volunteer Parent and GP).
Bravo to all.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S
DAY - SPRINGFIELD
Pictured: St Peters Springfield
School Captain, Abby
Croxford, spoke at the Greater
Springfield International
Women’s Day breakfast in
March, 2014.
St Peters Springfield School Captain, Abby Croxford,
was one of the three guest speakers at the Greater
Springfield International Women’s Day breakfast in March,
celebrating women and their roles in defining the Greater
Springfield community.
Speaking on the International Women’s Day theme, Make it
Happen, Abby was joined by Channel 9 Managing Director,
Kylie Blucher, and the Emotional Strength Trainer, Amanda Foy.
The breakfast coincided with International Women’s Day,
an annual international celebration, when thousands of
events are held throughout the world to inspire women,
celebrate their achievements and encourage advocacy for
women’s advancement.
St Peters Springfield Principal, Ms Jill Lange-Mohr, said it was
an honour for Abby to speak at the breakfast.
“Abby did a marvellous job and won the respect of all who
attended,” Ms Lange-Mohr said.
ST PETERS SPRINGFIELD CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY
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ST PETERS’ SWIMMERS RULE
THE POOL
The St Peters Boys’ and Girls’ swim teams
continued to perform at a very high level
at the 2015 QGSSSA and AIC Swimming
Championships.
The 15 years and 17 years girls teams brought
home Age Premiership titles from the QGSSSA
competition, and St Peters was crowned
overall QGSSSA Aggregate Champion.
In the AIC competition, St Peters’ 14 years,
15 years, 16 years and Open Boys teams
secured four out of the six Age Premierships,
driving St Peters towards an overall RunnersUp Aggregate result.
Congratulations to our swimmers and coaches
on these outstanding results.
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SPRINGFIELD STUDENTS
Swim for Carnival Glory
St Peters Springfield swimming was on show at their recent Swimming Carnival. Many of the students beat
their personal best times and had a ball doing it.
ST PETERS
SPRINGFIELD
SWIMMER MAKES
QUEENSLAND
TEAM
Year 4 student, Claveria
Johnson-Tuimalu is the
first St Peters Springfield
swimmer to be selected in the
Queensland team.
After a very successful
Queensland Schools Swim
trial, Claveria was selected
to compete in 6 events
including 50m Freestyle,
Backstroke, Breaststroke and
Butterfly and 100m Freestyle
and Backstroke.
Claveria swims with St Peters
Western at St Peters Lutheran
College under Head Coach
Michael Bohl.
Pictured: Claveria (centre) with other
St Peters Springfield students at the
Year 4 - Year 6 Swimming Carnival.
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THE ORIGIN OF ST PETERS
SPORTING HOUSE NAMES
SPOSA Officer and Archivist, Yolanda Robinson, discovered the history behind the names of St Peters
Sporting Houses in a Progression article dating back to September 1993:
BRADMAN
LAVER
Bradman House was named after Sir Donald Bradman, one of
the world’s greatest cricketers who played Sheffield Shield for
NSW at the age of 18. He played his first 1st class cricket match
against England in 1928 and retired from 1st class cricket in 1948.
Sir Donald held the highest ever test average of 99 runs.
Laver House was named after Rod Laver who was one of the
world’s greatest tennis players. Rod is the only player to have
twice won the Tennis Grand Slam: that is win Wimbledon, French
Open, Australian Open and United States Open titles consecutively
in one year. Laver’s sportsmanship and great tennis achievements
were and are still acclaimed throughout the sporting world.
CAWLEY
Cawley House was named after Evonne Cawley (Goolagong)
who was named the number one female tennis player in
the world in 1971. In 1972, she won the Australian Women’s
Championship and in 1980, was the first mother to win a
Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship.
CHISHOLM
Chisholm House was named after Caroline Chisholm, an
Australian Pioneer who dedicated a large amount of her life to
helping new Australian immigrants, especially women. Because of
her campaigning for immigration housing, thousands were given
housing assistance.
CUNNINGHAM
Cunningham House was named after Allan Cunningham,
who was one of Australia’s famous botanists/ explorers.
During his explorations, he headed an expedition to the area now
known as Darling Downs and on his return journey, discovered
a pass through the range now known as Cunningham’s Gap. The
Cunningham Highway, a National Highway, has been given his
name and follows close to the route of this expedition.
GOULD
LEICHHARDT
Leichhardt House was named after Frederich Wilhelm Ludwig
Leichhardt, who was one of Australia’s famous explorers.
His expeditions took him by sea from Sydney to Brisbane, onto
Toowoomba and through to the Northern Territory travelling
4,800km over eighteen months. Leichhardt and his companions
vanished during his second attempt at crossing Australia from east
to west.
MITCHELL
Mitchell House was named after Sir Thomas Livingstone
Mitchell who was appointed as Surveyor General of Australia
in 1828. He carried out surveys for town layouts, roads and
reserves in Eastern Australia and established the courses of the
Darling and Murray Rivers. He further discovered many rivers
and land around the Roma district and the town of Mitchell was
named after him following his explorations in the area in 1846.
SUTHERLAND
Sutherland House was named after Dame Joan Sutherland,
one of the world’s greatest sopranos. Joan was bestowed
the title of “Dame” in 1975 after battling many obstacles, both
physical and prejudicial, in the World of Opera.
Gould House was named after Shane Gould, who was a world
swimming champion in distance sprint racing. Shane set
the world freestyle record for women in 1972 at the age of 15.
In 1974, she was voted the internationally all-time best woman
freestyle swimmer. Shane is an Old Scholar of St Peters.
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Founders’ Day
CELEBRATING 70 YEARS ON WORLD ST PETERS DAY
BY NICKY BOYNTON-BRICKNELL
SPOSA PUBLICATIONS EDITOR
Perhaps the most spectacular aspect of Founders Day was the
torrential rain that kept many of the usual participants at home.
We missed the Toowoomba contingent, especially. Although it was
disappointing not to see the littlies at a whole-of-college morning
devotion, the Old Scholars who could get to the College enjoyed
the celebration that began with a service with the Year 12’s and
culminated in a shared lunch with the boarders in Café 45.
Old Scholars Keith Radke (1953) and founding scholar Neville
Stallman (1949) related stories from their time at St Peters.
Neville worked as a boy on the transformation of Ross Roy from
a house to a school during the holidays, alongside the men of the
Lutheran parishes who gave their time as volunteers between the
purchase of the property Christmas Eve 1944 and the arrival of
the first students 19 February 1945. SPOSA Vice President Brenton
Kanowski (2011) spoke on behalf of the Old Scholars Association
and Head of College Adrian Wiles honoured the Founders and
spoke about the planned year-long celebration that began with
this World St Peters Day.
Features of the day were a comprehensive archival display
of memorabilia, including school uniforms from the early
days, prepared by SPOSA archivist Yolanda Robinson, in the
Performance Arts Centre foyer; a mini-concert that included a
visit from Ross Roy herself, (in the guise of writer and performer
Nicky Boynton-Bricknell), who came to celebrate her 115th year
(she told her audience about her history from the day she was
built to her life as a
school, still haunted by
For many of us, the
memories of students
highlight of the day was past), and a wonderful
recital by Old
the presence of Rosalie piano
Scholar and staff
Zanhow, formerly Rosalie member Christian Gante
(1994), playing his
Freiberg, who was a
own compositions: Un
Màs ~tango~
member of the domestic Momento
and Overnight Train,
which will be performed
staff in 1945. Rosalie
by St Peters electric
particularly enjoyed her strings group ‘Neon
Pulse’ later this year.
visit to the attic room
off the Ross Roy kitchen
she had shared with
another girl.
For many of us, the
highlight of the day was
the presence of Rosalie
Zanhow, formerly
Rosalie Freiberg, who
was a member of the
domestic staff in 1945. Rosalie particularly enjoyed her visit to the
attic room off the Ross Roy kitchen she had shared with another
girl.
Video of the service is available on YouTube: Founders day 2015
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Gallery
Pictured (this page; clockwise from top):
Group Front Row: Bradley Porter;
Nicky Hughes (1984), Holly Hurwood
(2011); Maddie Riachi (2011);
Anthony Kanowski (1976); Theresa
Stolz (1980). Middle Row: June McNeill
(Dallow 1961); Brigita Nimanis (1962);
Nicky Boynton-Bricknell (1960);
Rosalie Zahnow; Roslyn Stallman;
Jan Hurwood (Leather 1952);
Dorothy Crawford (Grantz 1950).
Back Row: Christopher Hassall;
Roger Tomes (1959); Kevin Burchard
(1953); Neville Stallman (1949);
Keith Radke (1953); Head of College
Adrian Wiles; Brenton Kanowski (2011).
Roger Tomes (1959) and
Kevin Burchard (1953)
SPOSA Treasurer Nicky Hughes (1984)
and June McNeill (Dallow 1961)
SPOSA Vice-President and past President
Bradley Porter (1975)
Christian Gante (1994) plays his own
composition
SPOSA Vice-President Brenton Kanowski
(2000)
Pictured (opposite page; L–R):
Diamond Graduate Dorothy Crawford
(Grantz 1950); Roslyn Stallman and
Founding Scholar Neville Stallman (1949)
Keith Radke (1953); Holly Hurwood
(2011); and Jan Hurwood (Leather 1952).
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CONGRATULATIONS
ANDREW HASELGROVE (2013) RECEIVES
BOEING AWARD
Pictured (L–R):
Andrew at work at the
Washington Aerospace
Training and Research
Center; and Andrew’s
design, the ConVert, 3D
printed by the CSIRO
in titanium.
Andrew credits
his Grandmother’s
osteoporosis for
the inspiration that
led to his 2014 win of the CSIRO Australia-wide Titanium Challenge for
undergraduate engineering and industrial design students. Responding to
the prevalence of bone injuries and pathologies in society, his competition
design, the ConVert, proposed an individually-customised titanium vertebral
body replacement system made using additive manufacturing. Andrew
entered the 3D printing challenge and won the Boeing Award. The purpose
of the Titanium Challenge is to encourage students to come up with
innovative ideas for real-world applications, products and manufacturing to
demonstrate the potential of titanium.
BY NICKY BOYNTON-BRICKNELL
SPOSA PUBLICATIONS EDITOR
“My design incorporates shock-absorbing spiral spinal anchors to stably
connect implanted vertebral bodies with each other and with existing
vertebrae, while still allowing reasonable flexibility,” Andrew said.
Andrew enjoyed his prize of a study tour to Boeing’s facilities in Seattle, USA,
over the end-of-year University break. As well as private tours of the Everett
and Renton Boeing factories and the Boeing Applied Physics laboratory, he
completed a rigid composite structures short course at the Washington
Aerospace Training and Research Centre. He also visited aeronautical
research labs at the University of Washington and the California Institute
of Technology in Los Angeles. On return from the US, he has embarked on
a QUT summer vacation research project on bio-inspired plume-tracking
algorithms for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Andrew, a 2013 winner of a QUT Dean’s Scholarship, is currently studying a
Bachelor of Engineering and Mathematics. He is also a musician and plays
flute with the Queensland Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony and is studying
for his AmusA.
The purpose of the
Titanium Challenge
is to encourage
students to come
up with innovative
ideas for realworld applications,
products and
manufacturing
to demonstrate
the potential
of titanium.
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This edition we congratulate Old Scholars, Andrew Haselgrove and Robin Kleinschmidt OAM on
their recent achievements. Andrew won the prestigious CSIRO Australia-wide Titanium Challenge
for undergraduate engineering and industrial design students whilst Robin was awarded the Medal
of the Order of Australia for services to education. We thank them for sharing their stories with us.
ROBIN KLEINSCHMIDT OAM AWARDED MEDAL OF
THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA
Robin (1954) was awarded Medal of the Order of Australia in January for
service to education, and to the Lutheran Church of Australia.
The third of five Upper Coomera Kleinschmidt children to attend St Peters,
Robin excelled academically and won an Open Scholarship to the University
of Queensland as one of the top twenty-five Senior students in Queensland
(he was placed third in the State).
Initially an English, German, Latin and Greek teacher, Robin was Deputy
Headmaster of St Peters from 1970 to 1978 and Acting Headmaster from
1978 to August 1980. He became the founding Headmaster of Redeemer
Lutheran College from 1980 to 2001, and oversaw the construction of most
of the modern campus. Both musician and singer, Robin was particularly
interested in the arts: music, drama, art and debating. Both the school’s
Music Centre and the Inter-House Debating Trophy bear his name.
His service to education and the Lutheran church included a range
of executive roles including Chair and Deputy Chair, Schools Council,
Queensland District, Lutheran Church of Australia (now known as Lutheran
Education Queensland), for 23 years;
Association of Independent Schools
Robin (1954) was
of Queensland, Chair of the Education
awarded Medal of the Committee, 1984-1987; Member,
In-Service Committee, 1982-1984;
Order of Australia in
Member, Executive Committee,
January for service to 1987-1994; Treasurer 2 years. Board
of Senior Secondary School Studies,
education, and to the Queensland, Member 8 years,
Deputy Chair 6 years; Lutheran
Lutheran Church of
Church of Australia Member, National
General Church Council, 3 years;
Australia.
Church Council Queensland District,
1983-1995; 2003-2011; Chair, Lutheran Community Care Council, 2003-2006.
He has also served as a judge for Lions Youth of the Year Quest Program,
Lions Australia for 27 years.
Pictured: Robin Kleinschmidt was awarded
Medal of the Order of Australia in January
for service to education, and to the Lutheran
Church of Australia.
Robin served as SPOSA treasurer and president for a number of years. He has
also researched and written several historical books relating to the church
and colleges and to German migration to Queensland, held in the SPOSA
library. Robin is also Chair of Friends of Lutheran Archives Queensland.
This branch of FoLA plans to mark the 70th anniversary of St Peters with a
collaborative event with the St Peters Archives when it moves into its new
quarters later this year.
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FIRST OF THE
WORLD ST PETERS DAY
REUNIONS!
TOOWOOMBA, 21 MARCH 2015
Once again, the Toowoomba Old Scholars organised a get-together that
generated much interest and enthusiastic participation. Held at the Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church, a delicious lunch and animated conversation
were the order of the day as Old Scholars caught up with friends and others
from across the years, including Corinne Bartlett (Herse) – girls’ Head
Prefect in 1945.
GALLERY
The organising committee of Shirley Borgelt (Guse), Elaine Grassick
(Stallman), Ron Holzheimer, Ronda L’Hullier (Wieck), and Robyn Prebble
(Miles) this year co-opted former SPOSA President and recent Toowoomba
resident, Margaret Curnow (Neumann), into its ranks.
It was good to see former staff members at the function: Wilma Schloss
(Sullivan – piano teacher 1959/60) and Audrey Larsen (Wuersching), who
worked in the office on the verandah of Ross Roy from 1955 to 1961.
A huge thank you to everyone who made the day a great success.
Pictured above: Dorothy Poland in the winter uniform
in 1948.
Pictured (this page, from top):
Back Row (L– R): Robert Boddington (1965);
Robyn Prebble (Miles); Jeffrey Naumann and
Isabella Geldard (Ey) (all 1971);
Front Row (L– R): John Boddington (1960); Philip Donges
(1969); and Anne Donges (Genrich 1971).
L–R: Don Larsen (1950/51); Alan Hansen (1952/53);
Edmund Behrendorff (Sub Junior 1954); and Darcy Schefe
(1952/53).
Pictured (opposite page, L–R from top left):
Dorothy Hill (Poland 1948/49) and Judith Weppner
(Lubach 1948/49)
Joel Johnson (1966); Ron Holzheimer (1961); and
Tony Preston (1969)
Robyn Vaschina (1963/64); Audrey Hansen (Dionysius
1958/59); Ruth Vaschina (1959/60); and Shirley Borgelt
(Guse 1959)
Ronda L’Hullier (Wieck 1961)
Val Wuersching (Vonhoff Sub Junior 1950) and her
sister-in-law Audrey Larsen (Wuersching – headmaster’s
secretary 1955 – 1961)
Marg O’Hanlon (Jorgensen 1953/54) and Justine Wilkie
(Prenzler 1951/54)
SPOSA plus ultra
CONGRATULATIONS ANDREW
SPOSA ONLINE
COMPETITION
Winner
At the end of each year students
are encouraged to update their
email address with SPOSA via
an online competition. At the
2014 Valedictory Service for the
graduating Year 12’s Andrew
Walker (2014) was presented with
an Apple IPad mini, as the winner
of the competition.
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Vale
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
– Martin Luther
KERRY JOHN BRUMM
– aka John - (Scholarship to Junior 1964)
30 MARCH 1948 – 17 AUGUST 2014
John was born in
Papua New Guinea,
where his parents
worked as Lutheran
missionaries. They
returned home to Ipswich when he was
two years old. John grew up in Ipswich, and
attended St Peters as a weekly boarder from
Scholarship to Junior.
A strong friendship developed and over
the years progressed to something much
deeper. They were married in 2006.
After leaving school John completed an
apprenticeship then went to work on an
uncle’s farm in New South Wales for several
years. A career change took him to work
as a carpet layer back in Ipswich, where he
met and married his first wife Robyn. They
had three children prior to their divorce in
1994. In this time John went to work at the
Ipswich Railway Workshops as a mechanical
engineering tradesperson. He later moved
to the Redbank Railway Workshops
where he worked until his retirement in
February 2014.
Church and his faith were important to
John. He taught Sunday School and was
Superintendent for many years in Ipswich,
and on his arrival at St John’s Corinda
soon took on the role of Sunday School
Superintendent once again. He was a
member of the Church Council for the last
two years, and took great pride in his work
as the Church’s Property Warden.
John met his second wife Denise at St John’s
Lutheran Church, Corinda, in 1999.
John found pleasure in literature; reading
much, and writing short stories, poetry and
historical articles on pieces of old machinery
and their place in our history, a number of
which were published in magazines such as
England’s Old Glory.
A man of gentleness, kindness and patience,
John was much loved by his family and
friends alike. His advice to his children was
to use well the free will that God gave them,
and to go with confidence into their future.
JACKIE FAIRWEATHER
(GALLAGHER 1986)
10 NOVEMBER 1967 – 1 NOVEMBER 2014
Talented
sportswoman
Jackie Fairweather
spent her Year 12
as a student at
St Peters, having moved to Brisbane from
Perth. She completed a Bachelor of Human
Movement Studies with First Class Honours
at the University of Queensland, and a
Master of Science (Exercise Physiology
and Cardiac Rehabilitation) at the Eastern
Illinois University.
In Jackie’s first season as a triathlete, she
won the Australian National Series (1992)
and became both the world triathlon
champion and winner of the World
Duathlon Championship in 1996 – the only
athlete to have won both titles in the same
year. She won World Championship silver
medals in 1995 and 1997, and in 1999
again won the Duathlon Championship.
Jackie became the Head Coach of the
Australian Institute of Sport triathlon
program in Canberra in 2001, and worked
as a senior sports administrator for almost
ten years. She was married to fellow
athlete, 2000 Olympics archery gold
medallist Simon Fairweather. Jackie is
remembered for her generous sharing of
her knowledge and passion for her sport.
CAROLYN RANDALL
(HANNEMANN SUB
JUNIOR – JUNIOR 1964)
4 FEBRUARY 1949 –
6 SEPTEMBER 2014
One of the Finschhafen Mission kids who
graduated from the Katharine Lehmann
School in Wau to come to St Peters for her
secondary schooling, Carolyn completed
high school in St Paul, Minnesota, when the
family returned to the USA.
Carolyn studied pharmacy and pursued
a career in hospital pharmacy. While in
Chicago, Carolyn met her future husband
Bob Randall. They were married in 1972,
and lived there until 1976 when they
moved to Crystal Lake, Illinois, where their
two children were born. Carolyn continued
her career as a pharmacist.
In her later years, Carolyn became an
accomplished quilter with the Calico
Cabin Sew-ciety in West Plains, Missouri.
She donated hundreds of her quilts
to charitable organisations including
Afghans for Angels and the Wright County
Children’s Home.
Carolyn always looked for the best in
people, and she usually found it. She leaves
behind dozens of friends who loved her for
her kindness, patience and generosity. She
will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
PAUL SAWTELL (1982)
10 JULY 1965 – 5 JANUARY 2014
After five years at St Peters, Paul completed
his education at University of Queensland,
became a world-traveller, and settled
in Peace River, Alberta. One of his
activities was to organise sponsorship and
participation in the annual Polar Bear Dip,
in freezing December temperatures, that
raised funds for the Salvation Army and the
Peace River regional SPCA.
vale plus ultra
Vale
RHONNIE HAMILTON
15 JULY 1939 – 16 JANUARY 2015
Before her death
in January this
year, Mrs Rhonnie
Hamilton, who
taught at St Peters
from 1983 to
2000, returned some special artefacts to
the Boarding Houses.
ASpecial
The artefacts were given to Mrs Hamilton
as “thank you” gifts from Boarders.
Farewell
The shield-shaped artefact from Hopevale,
Far North Queensland, was given to
Mrs Hamilton by Old Scholar, Philip Walker
(1987), to thank her for faithfully washing
white footy shorts each week during the
footy season.
regarded as a ‘pioneer’ of the subject in
Queensland schools.
As well, she was a great advocate and
the first head of Vocational Education at
St Peters. In fact, Mrs Hamilton helped
write the submission for the grant
which enabled the College to build the
Technology Building.
The Bird of Paradise carving was given
by the PNG Choir in 2000 to thank
Mrs Hamilton for managing the choir. Her
enthusiasm, encouragement and love of
the students kept the PNG choir alive. With
her help they made a CD, “Singing Our
Songs”, which is still played at St Peters on
special occasions. Mrs Hamilton worked
hard planning, organising, scraping
coconuts and chopping vegetables to
help the PNG boarders every year with
their mu-mus.
She also supported school sport, especially
hockey and rugby.
ALEX ROWE
(COOKSLEY 1993)
●●●
14 OCTOBER 1976 –
29 SEPTEMBER 2014
Mrs Hamilton took a keen interest in all her
students but in particular, boarders, who
were far from home. Now the artefacts
have returned to Boarding, they can be
celebrated by the multicultural boarding
community and serve as a memento of a
much-loved teacher.
Mrs Hamilton taught English and
History and was largely responsible for
developing Legal Studies at St Peters, and
RUSSELL GERCHOW (1959)
31 MARCH 1942 – 5 DECEMBER 2014
Russell came to
St Peters for Sub
Senior and Senior
on a Teaching
Scholarship, having
completed his
Junior certificate
in Boonah. He was
one of the last
of the one-year
trained primary
teachers at the Kelvin Grove Training
College. He started teaching at Kalbar
School in 1961, at just 19 years old.
A dedicated teacher, Russell taught in many
country schools (and one big-smoke school)
throughout his 31 years career, retiring as
principal of the Torquay State School in
1992. But his real love was truck driving.
He took every opportunity to drive, carting
spuds to the Brisbane Markets, driving road
trains at Camooweal and doing interstate
hauls on school holidays.
Russell immersed himself in every town
the family lived in – he’d help farmers, haul
out cane, cart logs, and even worked in
a butcher’s shop. He was also a member
of organisations such as Apex, Lions and
Rotary. In Hervey Bay, Russell was an
active member of the St James Lutheran
Church community, serving as an Elder, a
Worship Assistant and finally as Chair of the
Church Council. He threw himself into the
establishment of St James College, where he
served as a member of the College Council
until his death. He was also a passionate
member of Gideon’s lnternational.
A loving and devoted husband and father,
Russell lived an exciting, adventurous life
with his beloved wife Gail and family.
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Vale
GORDON GERALD GREENSILL (1959)
23 OCTOBER 1939 – 4 FEBRUARY 2015
The only
member of
the family
to attend
St Peters,
Gordon was
enrolled
in his Sub
Scholarship
year (Grade 7), and grew to love his school
with a passion. Gordon himself wrote for
his entry in the 1959 Golden Graduate
memory booklet: “St Peters during the
1950’s was a wonderful place. With a total
enrolment in 1959 of 400 students, nearly
all of whom were boarders, and with good
teachers to show us the way, we co-existed
very well. Many of the students came from
outside Australia, in particular New Guinea,
so we learned also of life and customs in
their homelands. Being a close-knit group,
there were many good friends and lots of
good company. I didn’t mind being woken
up early sometimes on weekends to roll
the cricket pitch or the tennis courts. As
well as the disciplined side of classes and
study periods there was much enjoyment
derived from other activities, like outings
to various places accompanied by a prefect
and the occasional basketball games on a
Sunday afternoon.”
As many St Peters students did in those
days, Gordon attended the Kelvin Grove
Teachers’ College, the last of the one-year
trained teachers; but teaching was not
for him. He went into banking, eventually
moving to Sydney, working in several
branches for eight years, followed by
some years in Canberra and a stint in
middle management with the Balmain
Leagues Club.
Gordon was called upon to take on such
things as Treasurer, Youth Group and
Sunday School teacher at his church. But
when his mother became frail towards
the end of her life, Gordon returned to his
family home at Mt Samson to nurse her.
From this experience, Gordon felt called to
a new career as a Care Provider for those
with intellectual, psychiatric and/or physical
disabilities. He became qualified in the
area and continued as a volunteer after
his retirement.
Gordon’s other great love was the Samford
District Historical Museum, where he joined
the volunteers as an active participant
in 1986, fulfilling the role of Honorary
Treasurer for 21 years. He was made a
Life Member for his dedication to the
district’s heritage.
In 2002, Gordon also became the best
Treasurer SPOSA had ever had. Joining
the Executive Committee the previous
year, Gordon spent the next six years
devoting himself to his school. In his
retirement years, he met regularly with a
group of his St Peters friends: Club 59, for
lunch, followed by the Lord Mayor’s free
midday Concert. Gordon was a kind and
compassionate man, highly valued by family
and friends.
BRUNHILDE ‘BRUNI’ MCKINNON (STEINHOFER 1961)
15 JULY 1941 – 20 NOVEMBER 2014
Bruni impressed
everyone with
her vivacity and
enthusiasm for
life when she
attended her
Golden Graduates’
reunion in 2011.
Born into a
world at war
in Marienburg,
East Prussia, her father was away on the
Russian Front and Bruni was a toddler
when she fled west with her mother. She
had vivid memories of a man with an axe
freeing them from a bomb-damaged room,
of her mother running with her in a railway
station under attack, and of an American
soldier giving a little girl suffering from
malnutrition and rickets her first orange.
After much searching, her father located
his wife and daughter in Uchte, Germany
where her mother worked as a midwife.
As a young child in Australia, Bruni rode
behind her father on his motorcycle to
help him measure jobs for his fledgling
construction business.
The family relocated to Australia in 1974
and established a successful hardware
business in Townsville. They returned to
the US in 1978 and Bruni later became a
proud US citizen. She retired from Washoe
County Social Services in 2002, where she
worked in accounts payable. Bruni was a
member of several local Red Hat Society
chapters, Sparks Republican Women, and
the Newcomers Club of Reno/Sparks.
Bruni and her brother Eckhard (1965)
attended St Peters. After Junior, Bruni
worked in bookkeeping in both Brisbane
and Sydney. Back in Brisbane in1966,
Bruni met and married American Bob
McKinnon. They lived in Carson City,
Nevada where their daughters were born.
Bruni passed away peacefully following a
hard-fought battle with brain cancer. She
is remembered with love by her family and
many friends.
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Vale
DORE SEROTSKI (PAST TEACHER 1946 – 1956)
If there’s one thing
the early days girls
had, and still have
in common, it’s
the admiration
and respect they
had for their
Scholarship Class
teacher Miss Dore
V Serotski. Many
were therefore
saddened to recently hear of her passing.
As well as having a great influence on the
students in her class, Dore is remembered
for her enthusiasm for sports, especially in
the ball games area. She brought the girls
to the top of the field, a great achievement
for the still new and tiny St Peters
competing against the well- established
GPS girls’ schools.
To the delight of the students of 1956, their
beloved teacher was married in Luther
House to Hugo Buhner, a widower with
three small children.
According to her daughters Sonya and
Veronica and extended family members,
Dore epitomised the old style school
teacher with the stern voice, the attention
to detail and the erect posture, gaining the
love of her students right up until her final
years at Labrador State School.
Dore passed away in 1970 aged 48.
HUGH SMITH (2009)
19 NOVEMBER 1990 – 3 FEBRUARY 2015
Newcastle and moving in with his brothers
Eoin and Grant, continuing his studies at
Newcastle University.
Hugh came to St Peters from Newcastle
in 2008 for his senior years, boarding in
Schilling House. He participated in a variety
of sporting endeavours, including Volleyball,
Swimming, Basketball, Rowing and Soccer –
achieving a Bronze Sports Award.
Instead of heading to the Gold Coast for
Schoolies, at Hugh’s suggestion, he and his
Newcastle friends headed to the Solomon
Islands where they enjoyed a technologyfree, life-changing experience, building
fences for an isolated school in the middle
of the jungle, fences that will still be
standing to this day.
Hugh moved to Lismore to study
Environmental Science at the Southern
Cross University before returning to
Celebrating 70 years
of Christian
Co-education
Hugh was absolutely passionate about
the environment, forever telling his
friends every small insignificant fact he
could possibly find about it. He was also
extremely adventurous and once spent a
happy holiday helping with the turtle rodeo,
tagging Leatherback turtles. Tetepare,
‘The Last Wild Island’ is dedicated to
conservation in the Solomon Islands. More
details of the program can be found at:
tetepare.org
The photo is of Hugh at the ANZAC Day
Dawn Service 2008 on Mt Coot-tha with
sister Chloe and his father John. Hugh is
wearing his great-great Uncle Eoin Lindsay
Smith’s WWI medals – he was killed at
Gallipoli, also aged 24. In a sad twist to
Hugh’s passing, he won a pass to the
Gallipoli ANZAC Day 2015 dawn service
commemoration; in recognition of the
family tragedy, the Department of Veterans
Affairs has very kindly transferred Hugh’s
double pass to his father John to accompany
brother Grant to the commemoration in
Hugh’s memory.
Send us your stories for
inclusion in a 70 years
memory book!
SPOSA Office:
+617 3377 6592
or connect with SPOSA
on Facebook
World St Peters Day
19 and 20 September, 2015
St Peters Lutheran College
Indooroopilly
66 Harts Road, Indooroopilly
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REUNION WEEKEND 2015
Friday 18 September
4:00–6:00pm
Arrival for guests staying at the
College. Girls’ Boarding House
(adjacent to Ross Roy).
Saturday 19 September
10.00am
Welcome and Morning Tea
Ross Roy front verandah
11.30am
Songs of Praise. Chapel. Please enjoy
a selection of favourite hymns.
12.00pm
Diamond and Golden Graduates
Luncheon. Café 45—Staff Dining
Room ($40pp). This is a special lunch
for 1955 and 1965 Old Scholars, but
all Old Scholars from 1945 to 1965
are warmly welcome.
annual Reunion Dinner, especially
those enjoying a reunion with their
classmates.
3.00pm
Tour of the College. Please join
SPOSA Committee members for a
tour of the College, including the new
SPOSA and Archive Centre.
Sunday 20 September
5.00pm
Drinks with the Head of College.
Archive Centre. Meet the Head of
College Mr Adrian Wiles and enjoy
drinks and canapés at the new
Archive centre.
6.00pm
Annual Reunion Dinner (to be served
at 6.30pm). Café 45 ($60pp). All Old
Scholars are invited to attend the
9.00am
Sunday Service. Chapel. Join
the St Peters Lutheran Church
congregation.
10.00am
Annual photo of Old Scholars.
Chapel.
10.10am
Congregation morning tea. Chapel
forecourt.
To register and pay for the
reunion weekend please go to
http://www.trybooking.com/HJRX
REUNIONS IN 2015
This year is St Peters 70th birthday. If you live in other parts of the world and would like to celebrate with other St Peters Old
Scholars who live in the same country as you, please contact the SPOSA office at sposa@stpeters.qld.edu.au and we will help
you to arrange a reunion.
arranging this reunion.
1950: 65 Years
Reunion at school on Saturday 1975: 40 Years
19 September.
Please contact the SPOSA
Office if you are interested in
1955: 60 Years
Reunion at school on Saturday arranging this reunion.
19 September.
1980: 35 Years
Theresa Stolz. Please contact
1960: 55 Years
Reunion at school on Saturday Theresa on stolzkanowski@
gmail.com or join the closed
19 September.
Facebook group called SPLC
Class of 1982. A range of
1965: 50 Years
Reunion at school on Saturday events will be arranged
around the reunion weekend
19 September.
(18 to 20 September)
1970: 45 Years
1985: 30 Years:
Office if you are interested in Suzi Woodrow. Please
contact Suzi on 0417
632 730 or email her
at suzi.wr@bigpond.net.au or
splc30@outlook.com or join
the closed Facebook group
called SPLC 1985 Seniors – 30
year reunion group. There is
also a LinkedIn group called
“SPLC30”
2000: 15 Years
1990: 25 Years
Saturday, 25 October. Danielle
Hemer. Please email Danielle
at splc1990@hotmail.com
2010: 5 Years
1995: 20 Years
David Thomson. Please
contact David on 0431253897
or email him at dealenne@
hotmail.com
2005: 10 Years
Sarah Reid, 0423 630 344,
sarah.emilie.reid@gmail.com
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