St Peters Lutheran School Newsletter

Welcome to a brand new school year! The last 2 weeks have been full of new and exciting adventures for many of those involved in our community.

We welcomed our brand new Receptions who looked so happy and comfortable in their class, even on the very first day! This is due to the wonderful work of our ELC and Junior Primary teachers to make our transition programme as comprehensive as possible.

We have a brand new group of Seniors, ready to embrace their roles and lead the school in wonderful and innovative ways. The impact of this leadership is one of the very best aspects of our school in creating a caring and inclusive community for all.

To add to this we also have had first time school parents, new teachers, new roles within the staff, new committees, new friends, new stationery and new goals!

Our 2020 version of the School’s Strategic Plan outlines the new focus for the year and how we will GROW together. This is a document that will be launched during Term 1. Listed below are some highlights and plans for our year together.

• The opportunity for our seniors to get out into the community and serve local organisations in Kindergartens, Nursing Homes and Libraries!
• Reviewing our Whole School Meetings and giving even more opportunity for student voice.
• The creation of a Bushfire strategy that intentionally aims to help those affected.
• Whole school inquiry time where students are able to follow their passions, ask burning questions and take authentic action.
• The development of a Reconciliation Action Plan that will assist our school to support the national reconciliation movement.
• Continuing to love and care for each other in practical ways through the structures already set up within our school.

It is a new beginning for me in 2020, despite being part of the St Peters community for 10 years. I feel completely privileged to serve you all as Principal of this beautiful school. I feel God has prepared me well for this new beginning and I am excited and energised to think of the things we can do together as a community, but more importantly as the body of Christ.

In all new beginnings, our only certainty and security is found in God and his promises. Our God is the God of New Beginnings.

Of all the new beginnings, the ones God loves the most are when people turn to Him and accept his love for them in a real and tangible way.

2 Corinthians 5:17 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

In all things, God is on His throne - working in ways unseen, shaping us all into new redeemed people. My prayer for our new beginnings at St Peters is that we can look back on the year and say that we loved God, loved others and learnt a lot in the process!

Bronwyn Wilson, Principal

In 2020, our School newsletter will be published monthly, on the first Thursday of the month.  Parents/caregivers should regularly monitor SkoolBag for general information, Seesaw for class specific news and information and Facebook to celebrate community events as they occur!

On day one of school this year, our Reception students arrived with everything needed for a fabulous day at school...and their favourite teddy! The Receptions were so excited to show their teddies their new classroom and teachers and to have them join in with all the exciting things that happen in a day at school. The teddy bears stayed for the rest of the week and on Friday, the Reception and Year 1/2 students were invited to a Teddy Bears' Picnic.  Students and teddies joined in with the games and at the end had a snack pack of ‘tiny teddy biscuits'.  What a fabulous way to start the new year!

St Peters Lutheran Church warmly invites you and your family to our annual Installation Service where we install new staff members and re-install staff that have already served within the school.  It is a wonderful chance to come together - church and school - to celebrate our existing partnership and welcome our newest staff members. The service will be held on Sunday 9 February at 10.00am at the St Peters Lutheran Church and will be followed by a morning tea.  We look forward to seeing you there and partnering with you throughout the year.

Ephesians 4:11-13 'So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.'

At Chapel tomorrow, Friday 7 February, we will install our Year 6/7 Seniors as the 2020 school leaders.  Everyone is very welcome to come and join us as we celebrate this important day together.  Chapel begins at 8:45am.