A reminder that there are two Staff Professional Development days coming up in Week 5 on:

Thursday, 14 November 2019 and Friday, 15 November 2019.

Our School Office will be closed on:

Friday, 15 November 2019.

Thank you St. Peter's for your generous donations to Operation Christmas Child! 

Our Year 6 students are studying 'Consumption of fossil fuel and its effect on the environment' for Exhibition.

Year 6 would like to share their flyers with our School Community explaining how we can contribute to minimising emissions from fossil fuels. These flyers are to help inform parents about their job and what they can do in their own households. This would seriously help to decrease our emmisions in this area.

Last Thursday night the 31st October, St. Peter's held our second PYP Exhibition. The exhibition is the culmination of the student's journey through the PYP. During Exhibition, students carried out an extended, in-depth, collaborative project. This involves students working collaboratively to conduct an in-depth inquiry into real-life issues or problems. This year students inquired into issues around the transdisciplinary theme of 'Sharing planet'. Some issues were Drought, Carbon Footprint, Population Density, Human Rights in particular Women in sport, Mental Health and many more. The students were encouraged to think about what action they could do as a result this learning. 

It was exciting to see what the students learned through this time, however, it was more exciting helping them learn the skills that are needed for Exhibition and how this will help them in everyday life. Students shared on Thursday night how they learnt the value of teamwork, communication, research, and evaluation skills, planning and loads of other skills that will help them be effective learners now and into the future. 

Well done Year 6 you smashed it! 

Mr Peter Stevenson -  Year 6 Team Leader/Class Teacher

We would like to welcome the following new students who have joined our school:

Kindergarten

Akelya

Year 2

Ellie

Akeel

Year 5

Dylan

Our Prep Story and Play sessions have provided our 2020 Prep children with a delightful introduction to our school and Prep programmes. Each session offered a relaxed and enjoyable play experience to support our youngest learners in familiarising themselves with their new school environment.

Our visitors were invited to come along with their families to the school library to explore a range of creative, sensory and constructive play options and to share a story and craft activity. Story and Play sessions have been a wonderful opportunity for children to meet new friends and to get a taste of the exciting things that 2020 has in store for them.

We have one remaining Prep Story and Play Session, which will be held on Monday, 11 November from 10:00 am in the school library.

This year, we have noticed a larger delay in receiving the printed results and certificates from UNSW. We currently have only received information in regards to Digital Technologies, and more recently Science. Traditionally, we have formally recognised and awarded students who achieved a Credit score or higher at the Primary Assembly. This unfortunately may impact our opportunities to recognise students in a timely manner with only one remaining Primary Assembly this year. We understand that families may be keen to see their children's achievements, sooner rather than later. Due to this, we have decided to send home certificates and results as we receive them at school. We will still endeavour to make an opportunity in assemblies, where possible, to recognise our high achievers. 

On Monday night we held our Annual Music Festival! What a wonderful way to celebrate all the different music groups our students are able to participate in. Joining this event for the first time was one of our newest groups - African Drumming!

Well done to all the Students for your hard work over the year developing your skills. 

By Fiona Hornman

Week 3 results against Broughton Anglican College.

Junior Sport: Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Senior Sport: Wednesday, 30th October 2019

Players of the Match:

Junior Soccer: Indianah P

Senior Soccer: Laila M

Junior Oz Tag: Kobe J

Senior Oz Tag: Bella G

Junior Cricket: Cameron C

Senior Cricket: Jesse N

Junior Basketball: Ryder P 

Senior Basketball: Timothy D

On Thursday, 31 October 2019, 10 students competed in the IPSHA Gymnastics Competition at Rooty Hill Gymnastics and Aquatic Centre.                       

Ella H, Emma C and Stephanie B made up the Level 1 team, Torah H, Skyla H, Dani G and Claire S made up the Level 2 team, Leona B and Angela I made up the Level 3 team and Ella F competed in Level 5. It was great to see the girls compete on floor, beam, bars and vault and perform well alongside schools with strong gymnastics teams.

Our Level 1 team finished 2 ^nd , Level 2 and Level 3 finished 6 ^th and Ella finished 6 ^th on vault.

Well done to all of the girls and we look forward to the 2020 competition.

On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 parents are invited to come along and watch how their child has progressed in our School Swim Programme. Please check the sticker in your child's diary to see which session time to attend.

On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 parents are invited to come along and watch how their child has progressed in our School Swim Programme. Please check the sticker in your child's diary to see which session time to attend.

Congratulations to Bligh for leading our House Points tally this fortnight. 

If you are interested in tennis coaching for your child, we currently have Wednesday and Thursday lunchtimes and graded classes during class time on Thursdays. For further information call Tony on 0418414780 or email admin1@ttourserve.com

Website:  https://tonytennis.com/

Tuesdays:
9.00 am – 9.30 am: Chapel Years 3 & 4

Wednesdays:
9.00 am – 9.30 am: Chapel Years 5 & 6

Thursdays:
9.00 am – 9.30 am: Chapel Kindergarten & Morning Tea

Fridays:
9.00 am – 9.30 am: Chapel Years 1 & 2

Fridays: 8.30 am - 10.00 am
Please join us for a coffee and a chat.

We are happy to announce that our School Shop has relocated to our main office building next to reception.

Our School Shop hours are:

Monday:8.00 am - 10.45 am

               1.00 pm - 3.45 pm

Wednesday: 8.00 am - 10.45 am

• Give thanks for the rain we have received recently and pray for further relief in drought affected regions.
• Pray for the families across St. Peter's struggling with illness at present. 
• Pray for wisdom and guidance for our teachers as they faithfully present the Gospel each week.

We have registered to participate in Toys ‘n’ Tucker again this year. This is a wonderful way to share the joy of Christmas with people in need.

Together we can provide Christmas food and gifts to thousands of families who would otherwise go without.

We plan to collect donations between:

Monday, 11 November 2019 until Wednesday, 4 December 2019.

Some ideas/suggestions:

Food 

 Christmas cake

 Christmas pudding

 Dried pasta (500g)

 Pasta sauce

 Jam (500g)

 Lollies (200g)

 Long-life milk, custard or cream

 Packet of biscuits

 Tea (50pk) or Coffee (100g)

 Milo

 Tinned fruit and vegetables (425g)

 Tinned ham (450g)

 Tinned salmon (415g)

Sadly, we can’t include chocolate as it's likely to melt.

Please find the hyperlinks to Nigel Fortescue's latest Newsletter article for our School. 

• 25/10/2019  “2010 seems a long time ago”           https://campbelltownanglican.org/2010-seems-a-long-time-ago/
• 1/1/2019  “New Things in New Places”      https://campbelltownanglican.org/new-things-in-new-places/

Week 5

Monday 11 November 2019

10.25 am - 11.25 am: Remembrance Day Ceremony

10.00 am - 11.00 am: Prep Story & Play

Wednesday 13 November 2019 

School Banking 

9.30 am - 12.30 pm: Year 1 & 2 Swim Programme

3.30 pm - 7.00 pm: Student Led Conference

Thursday 14 November 2019

Pupil Free Day

Staff Professional Development Day

10.00 am: School Tour For New Families

Friday 15 November 2019

Pupil Free Day

Staff Professional Development Day

Last Thursday evening marked a significant milestone in the educational journey of our Year 6 students. In the final year of the Primary Years Programme (PYP), students participate in a learning experience known as Exhibition. They engage in a collaborative inquiry process that involves identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real ­life issues. The Exhibition process draws upon the attitudes, behaviours and skills students have developed over their entire schooling experience.

Students chose issues for exploration under the theme of 'Sharing the Planet' and inquired into the central idea ‘Behaviour Sustains or Depletes Resources.’ The Exhibition process started some weeks ago as students commenced brainstorming issues that impact our world. Some areas of study included pollution, population density, water wastage, drought, animal extinction and poverty. Under the watchful eye of their teacher mentors, Year 6 undertook research, conducted surveys, read news reports, emailed professionals and interviewed experts to build upon their understanding.

A significant aspect of Exhibition is for students to take action as a result of their learning and to create awareness about their chosen issue. We are incredibly proud of the many student driven initiatives that have arisen from Exhibition. Examples of these include donations of gift packages to the ‘Operation Christmas Child’ campaign to bring joy to children around the world living in developing nations. Furthermore, to reduce the level of waste produced across our community, a group of students established a ‘Nude Food’ promotion to encourage their peers to consciously reduce the amount of plastic wrapping within their lunch boxes. These are just two examples of effective actions taken by our students to create positive change and challenge the status quo.

At St. Peter’s we aspire to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who seek to be compassionate and lifelong learners. What a great privilege it has been to see the process of Exhibition unfold and to witness this goal coming to life.

Congratulations to our Year 6 teachers and students for a wonderful demonstration of your hard work and dedication.

Farewell Mr Richards

Some may have heard the recently announced news that Mr Fortescue has accepted the Archbishops invitation to become the new Senior Minister at Christ Church, St Ives from the beginning of 2020. This means that he will be leaving Campbelltown and St. Peter's. 

As announced recently, we are excited to welcome our new Prep Possums at the commencement of 2020. Our Possums will be our 5 day Prep class and as such there are limited vacancies available in all Prep classes for next year.

Please contact the Office or enrol@stpeters.nsw.edu.au if you'd like to find out more.