2019 Term 3, Week 5

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

Last week I received a lovely email from a member of the public. It is a great encouragement when someone notices the special things and takes the time to write and show gratitude. This particular person noticed something little, but it obviously had a powerful impact.

She wrote to thank one of our students. She doesn’t know who he is. He wears his uniform with pride and each morning, as he walks from the railway station to the School, he has his eyes open, not fixated on his device.

This young man is looking for litter. He has made a silent commitment to ensure the path he walks is free from rubbish. He doesn’t have to do this. He wasn’t asked, he just silently goes about picking up other people’s rubbish so everyone else walking that way can enjoy a clean environment.

What this young man has chosen to do is very small in the scheme of things, but it is having a big impact. While I am sure he doesn’t do it for recognition, that isn’t his motivation, others have noticed. His small act, carried out with humility, is providing a wonderful example to others. He is truly servant hearted and, as such, is making a difference to others.

At this week’s Chapel service, three students shared their experience of serving others. They had attended this year’s Vanuatu Outreach trip. Six months of preparation culminated in two and a half weeks of service to the children of three small communities on the island of Santo. Their act of service made a difference to the children in Vanuatu, but it had a bigger impact on the students who went. They had their eyes opened to the true value and worth of a person, a hint of what real joy looks like, and how fulfilling a genuine sense of purpose can have.

Part of our purpose as a School is to prepare students who… have a heart for servant leadership. The reason we have this as a key focus is because education is far more than a grade or entrance mark for university; it is about preparing young people to lead and live lives of flourishing – to seek ways in which they can make a difference to others.

My thanks to that young man who, in his own small way, is having a profound impact on those who have seen him.

Dr Paul Browning
Headmaster

APPLICATIONS FOR RAY GEISE BURSARY – CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY

The Ray Geise Bursary for Service will be offered to one current St Paul’s School student, who will be in Year 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 in 2020. This Bursary is to the total value of $1,000 (as a reduction in School fees) for 2020 only.

CRITERIA:

Students should submit a covering letter detailing their performance in pursing the Aims and Goals of the School and must show evidence of consistently caring for others and helping them to live worthwhile and meaningful lives; students must have pride in their School and demonstrate this in their dealings with their peers and indeed the whole School community.

In addition to the covering letter, students should submit a 1000 word essay on “Building a Christian Caring Community in the 21st Century.”

In awarding the Ray Geise Bursary, particular attention will be paid to the performance of the applicants in pursuing the Aims and Goals of the School, and to any financial need which exists in the family.

APPLICATIONS:

All Bursary applications and offers are to be treated as private and confidential and are not for public discussion or announcement. Applicants should submit:

A Bursary Application Form
A Covering Letter
An Essay

A separate application should be submitted for each child within a family.

Bursary Application Forms are available from the Headmaster’s Executive Assistant, Ms Sam Beeney, via email request: [email protected]

Bursary applications (including the completed Application Form, Covering Letter and Essay) should be submitted in a sealed confidential envelope by Friday 18 October 2019 (the end of the second week of Term 4) to: Dr Paul Browning, Headmaster, St Paul’s School, 34 Strathpine Road, BALD HILLS QLD 4036.

Updated e-news

As you will notice, we have updated our e-news! Read more below.

In response to feedback from a number of staff and parents we have replaced our PDF newsletter with an online, interactive version. It will perform the same function as the previous e-news, but will be much easier to navigate. This version is mobile optimised also, meaning it is accessible on all mobile devices.

We hope that locating information relevant to your family is simple and straightforward.

If you have any queries, please contact [email protected]

Developing 'Global Citizens'

An expression that we use frequently at St Paul’s School is “Global Citizenship” (as in our Purpose Statement: To develop resilient global citizens, who are innovative thinkers with a heart for servant leadership). Now, if we are not careful in the use of language like this, it can become jargon that has no meaning to those who aren’t “in the know”, so in this article I would like to elaborate on where the idea comes from and what we understand it to mean.

The concept is not new. Martin Luther King Jnr was really talking about global citizenship in 1965, when he said – “Anyone who feels that we can live in isolation today, anyone who feels that we can live without being concerned about other individuals and other nations is sleeping through a revolution… (What I am) saying is simply this: that all mankind is tied together; all life is interrelated, and we are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”

Of course, since 1965, we have witnessed a revolution in transportation, communications and information technology. The world really is, metaphorically, becoming smaller. Not only can I easily, and quite cheaply, keep in touch with (or go and visit) my daughter and her family in Norway, but I am also able to closely and almost immediately follow political and sporting events, natural and humanitarian disasters in every corner of the world.

Not only is change continuing, but it is happening at an increasing rate. Consequently, organisations like St Paul’s School have to remain nimble, adapting to these changes, if we are to continue to offer an education that is worth having. The world in which your children grow old is likely to be a very different world from that in which I grew up. Perhaps more than any generation before them, the children in school today are going to grow up into a world with a global economy and an international job market. Global problems, including climate change and a widening gap between rich and poor, impact on all of us. Even in geographically-isolated Australia, change has come to us in the form of unprecedented cultural diversity and religious pluralism, as well as ubiquitous information technology and artificial intelligence.

In the face of such change, we propose that schools need to help students to become global citizens. To clarify, I’d like to propose a definition, drawn from Oxfam and the US Fund for UNICEF – “a global citizen is someone who understands interconnectedness, respects and values diversity, has the ability to challenge injustice, and works with others to make our planet more equal, fair and sustainable.” That is, a global citizen –

– Feels responsible for helping others, in their own community and distant places.
– Respects the rights of others, in their own community and distant places.
– Is open-minded and interested in learning new things about the world.
– Has empathy for others, including understanding and concern for othersʼ feelings, in their own community and distant places.
– Demonstrates concern for the environment, locally and globally.
– Believes people should be treated fairly, in their own community and distant places.
– Is able to solve problems or disagreements with others, including compromising and finding solutions together.

One way in which the School has decided to respond to the challenge of global citizenship is to create two additional Executive Captain positions, commencing in 2020. The Global Citizenship Captains (ideally, a boy and a girl in Year 12) will, like all the other Executive Captains, have the responsibility of forming a portfolio committee of interested students in Years 7-12 who would like to lead the school to take action in this important area. As with other student leadership positions for 2020, interested Year 11 students should advise their House Leaders of their intention to nominate and begin work on their applications, due at the end of this term.

Mr Nigel Grant
Executive Director of Faith & Community

Important Dates

See a list below. Please find a complete calendar of events via Parent Lounge or Student Cafe.

Brisbane Sings! (All secondary choirs)	18 August
Book Week	19-23 August
Book Week Parade	19 August
Year 11 & 12 Hospitality Cafes	20-21 August
Year 7 & 10 2020 Laptop Info Evening	21 August
Year 9 Global Citizenship Conversations	29 August
Year 12 QCS Test	3-4 September
Year 12 Exam Block	6-13 September
Blue Day	7 September

Service Learning Update

In keeping with the Archbishop’s theme for Anglican Schools this year, showing generous hospitality, the St Paul’s Service Learning Team has continued their initiative of sharing a meal with our visiting schools from overseas as either a sign of welcome or one of best wishes and goodbye.

Earlier this month we farewelled visiting schools from both China and Japan with a barbeque lunch. The event was made extra special when the two visiting schools presented musical performances for their hosts. They also provided additional culinary treats to add to the celebrations. The event was a massively positive experience and allows for richer connections to be established between our St Paul’s students and those students visiting from different countries. The program has been a tremendous success and one on which the Service Learning team will continue to build.

While these visiting students were only at St Paul’s for short stays of two weeks, this sort of event and interaction ensures that they are left with positive memories of their experience here, which they can share when they return to their home countries. In this way we are working to meet our School’s declared goal of creating global citizens with a heart for servant leadership. What better way to demonstrate this aim than to prepare a meal, share it and engage in conversations with our visitors which will hopefully result in long term relationships being made. This is one small way to build understanding and acceptance of difference in our community. This is essential in a world where these commodities seem to be even rarer.

Mr Cameron Howes
Head of Experiential Learning Development

International student farewell (3)

International student farewell (1)

International student farewell (2)

Experiential Learning Update | Year 9 Camp

Last week the Year 9 cohort travelled to Emu Gully, just outside of Helidon at the foot of the Toowoomba Range, for their Outdoor Education experience. The camp was a tremendous four days for all the students who took part, with some wonderful learning taking place and plenty of challenging experiences being shared across the year level.

The camp is based upon the traditions of our ANZAC soldiers with each activity being linked to a famous battle or personal story from Australia’s rich military history. This allows the students to establish a context in which they can experience the activity and empathise with the actual historical event and the people who lived it out. This brings the history to life and makes the learning far richer. The activities are both physically and intellectually challenging, demanding the students work together effectively to attain the best outcome.

Students were organized into their House groups, divided along gender lines for their camp groupings. These teams then had to work independently to organize their meals and look after the general maintenance of their camp sites. This proved challenging for some students who were looking for adult direction and intervention to sort out their group’s initial disfunction, however, by the end of the four days all groups had achieved a level of self-sufficiency. Several groups had achieved an extremely high level of coordination and cooperation. The camp allowed those students with natural leadership qualities to shine through and tested those students whose maturity levels were found wanting; however, all students grew across the camp, in terms of their personal organization and accountability.

The camp is a fantastic advertisement for the notion of giving young people responsibility and allowing them to find their own way. Failure is a fantastic teacher, as long as adult intervention then doesn’t take the learning opportunity away.

The final night activity was given over to House performances, and Boek House proved the stand out of the evening. The students also engaged in quiet self-reflection through a personal journal; a feature we are implementing into all our camps. These journals were collected at the end of the camp and students won’t see them again until their Year 10 experience. Some students struggle with the whole notion of reflection and recording their thoughts and understandings of the events they experience, however, this process is massively important to these young people’s self-growth and is a tremendously important part of the learning that goes on during the week.

This year level was outstanding across the four days of camp; the challenge now is to bring this development into their daily functioning. These students need to be given responsibility and demands need to be placed on them in terms of personal accountability, or they will regress back to their usual level of dependence. Camp is a great teacher, but it must be reinforced, or the learning disappears.

Mr Cameron Howes
Head of Experiential Learning Development

Design Led Venture 1.0 Update

Our inaugural Design Led Venture Team is now 12 sessions in! Our seven Year 6-11 students are only 15 days away from presenting their report and pitch to their client, Worlds Biggest Garage Sale, their parents, and special guests.

Last fortnight we mentioned the team had produced 110 ideas during their ideation phase. Last session they tested these ideas against a criterion they developed to understand which ideas were of value to achieve the WGBS growth opportunity. Some were crazy, some were ho-hum, some were great but not for their goal, and others were perfect! Six perfect ones in fact! After voting with money, well fake money, we had a winner……. and the solution will be revealed at the client presentation.

The team is constantly developing their creative dispositions, such as tolerance for uncertainty, open to new experiences, engaging and persisting, being collaborative and empathetic, and mindset for playfulness. They are also growing skills such as communication, team work, leadership, project management, delegation, and critical thinking.

Read more about the Design Led Ventures program here.

Dr Renae Jones
Director of the Centre for Innovators and Entrepreneurs

DLV group photo (4)

Chemistry and innovation in action

Students elected to spend their Friday afternoon (after school) attending a visit to Wildfire Energy. They learned about the invention cycle and understood some of the chemical processes taking place – this highlighted the intersection between content and subject knowledge and entrepreneurial thinking.

Our very own Chemistry teacher, Mr Grant Bollaert, is a co-founder of Wildfire Energy. Wildfire Energy is a cleantech startup, operating within a circular economy model, that challenges preconceived ideas of waste. Mr Bollaert and his two friends have prototyped a process and machinery to turn biowaste to energy!

After months of planning a visit to see their prototype, we finally had the pleasure and privilege of seeing years of hard work, persistence, and innovation at their Murarrie Plant.

20 Year 11-12 Chemistry students elected to spend their Friday afternoon (after school) attending a visit to Wildfire Energy, plus four staff, one parent and one Junior School student also requested to come along.

The students and teachers all showed a high level of curiosity, wonder and support for this local startup that is doing amazing things. We heard about the invention cycle and saw chemistry in action! We were keen on finding out how far away they stood the first time they turned on the reactor…

This was a perfect way to show students the intersection between content and subject knowledge and application to entrepreneurial thinking.

Mr Bollaert is now a superhero amongst the chemistry students, Mr Hylton, Mr McVay and Dr Jones!

Dr Renae Jones
Director of the Centre for Innovators and Entrepreneurs

WIldfire Excursion (3)

WIldfire Excursion (1)

Important Dates

See a list below. Please find a complete calendar of events via Parent Lounge or Student Cafe.

Book Week	19-23 August
Book Week Parade	19 August
Year 6 Energex Safety Presentation	20 August
Year 3 Rocket Incursion	21 August
JSSG Meeting	22 August
Father’s Day Stall	27 & 29 August
Year 5 Camp Noosa North Shore	4-6 September
Year 4-6 ICAS Science	5 September
Grandparent’s Day	20 September

Library News

Next week we will be celebrating BOOK WEEK! Plus, the Premier's Reading Challenge is in full swing.

BOOK WEEK

All P-6 students have been reading the books selected by the CBCA and helping to set the Library up in preparation for our Book Week celebrations.

There will be a number of activities that all Junior School students can participate in, including our annual Dress Up Parade on Monday, 19 August.

All students are encouraged to come to dressed up as their “secret power” or their favourite book character. The parade begins on Monday morning at approximately 9am.

Throughout the week there will be lunchtime activities in the Junior School Library including craft activities, Storytime and robotics activities.

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

The Premier’s Reading Challenge is coming to a close next week too.

85 Students have returned their entry form and have had their photo taken and added to our Super Readers wall. Congratulations to all the students in P-2 who managed to read 20 books and the students in 3-6 who managed to read 15 books.

Keep reading, everyone!

Ms Helen Gardener
Junior School Teacher Librarian

Year 6 Canberra Trip

Students from our school have recently undertaken an educational tour of the nation's capital. Students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational programs with a focus on Australia's history, culture, heritage and democracy.

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding of $60 per student under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion.

We are very grateful for this contribution.

Year 6 Canberra (2)

Museum of Democracy

Snow (5)

Speaker of the House at Old Parliament House

Laying a wreath at today’s Last Post ceremony

Important Dates

Term 3 is another busy one in the Music Department, so please make sure that you are aware of the following important dates.

Brisbane Sings! (All secondary choral students)	Sunday 18 August
Junior School Recital (For solo performers – please encourage your JS musicians to be involved in this!)	Thursday 12 September

Even though it isn’t until Term 4, another important date to note is Friday 25 October when we have our annual Con Brio event for all secondary school ensembles. More information about this will be available closer to the time.

SPS Fest

The 2019 SPS Fest has been the best one yet! We’ve had some great events involving students from all around the school, including djembe drumming in the Junior School, Conduct Us! and karaoke in both the Senior and Junior School. Today we also held our very first Pub Choir in the Walker Centre, during which hundreds of students sang their hearts out along with a live band to such hits as ‘Sweet Caroline’, ‘I Want It That Way’ and ‘Wonderwall’. It’s been wonderful to see so many students getting involved.

Our first SPS Fest Songwriters’ Showcase was a huge success. Nine of our students performed their own outstanding original songs that could have been deserving of a place in the ARIA charts this week. Congratulations to these students for some great performances, and a huge thank you to Francesca De Valance from I Heart Songwriting Club for working with some of the students to help bring their ideas to reality. You can check out how to be involved in regular songwriting – regardless of age or experience level – by visiting the I Heart Songwriting website.

As this newsletter is being distributed, some of our musicians will be battling it out at our SPS Fest Band and Solo/Duo Competition. The members of the winning band for the last couple years, Full Distortion, graduated in 2018 so the top prize is well and truly up for grabs! Photos and announcements about the winners will be posted on Facebook and Instagram after the event.

Karaoke 2

Conduct Us

Karaoke

Karaoke 3

Drums 3

Brisbane Sings!

Our choral students from Years 7-12 have been working hard for the past couple of months in preparation for our first Brisbane Sings this Sunday August 18. This annual event brings together choirs from all over Brisbane to perform together in one enormous group of singers on the QPAC Concert Hall stage, and the sound is huge!

Our Auditioned Choir will also be doing a piece on their own during the concert. Tickets are available on the QPAC website, and we encourage all parents and families of our singers to what is sure to be a brilliant night of music.

Tickets are selling fast so CLICK HERE to book your tickets now!

Junior School Recital

On the afternoon of Thursday 12 September, our Junior School students will have the opportunity to perform solos on their instruments in our Junior School Recital.

This is a great chance for students to focus their home practice and reach some individual practice goals, as well as getting some performance experience. We encourage all Junior School instrumental music students to pick up an application form to perform in this concert from Music Reception and return it by Thursday 5 September.

Essentially Ellington Workshop

The St Paul's Big Band recently attended a workshop hosted by Jazz at the Lincoln Centre. Jazz Captain, Misha Kokoschko penned a recount of the event.

By Misha Kokoschko, Jazz Captain (Year 11)

St Paul’s School’s Big Band, directed by Mrs. Green, has had the opportunity and enormous privilege to attend the Essentially Ellington Workshop Program, hosted by Jazz at the Lincoln Centre, with St Paul’s being one of the schools fortunate enough to have the opportunity to collaborate with an esteemed member of the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra. This opportunity, in which Big Band was required to play three pieces, one being an ambitious university-level piece, with the workshop providing an eye-opening experience and insight into the minds of some of the world’s most influential jazz musicians of today, the leaders in their field, truly an inspiration to us all.

St Paul’s is extremely honoured by this enormous privilege, and it has been an overall invigorating, insightful and inspiring experience for the Big Band. We look forward to seeing what the year has to offer going forward.

Music Website

Unfortunately, we still do not have a fully functioning Music website, though we are in the process of building one. In the meantime, all performance information is available via the main School website, by clicking ‘Quick Links’ on the top right of the homepage, then ‘Music’ and ‘Music Performance Schedule’. This is updated regularly. There is also information on our St Paul’s Music Facebook page and on Instagram. See links below.

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/stpaulsmusic

Instagram – @spsmusic

Counselling

Counselling are welcoming two Prac students this semester, Mel and Tia from QUT. Both students will be work shadowing the Counsellors. Please inform your child’s Counsellor directly if you have any questions or concerns.

Mrs Karen Semple and Ms Amanda Pashen
School Counsellors

HELPFUL CONTACTS

Beyond Blue	1300 224 636
Lifeline	13 11 14
Kids Helpline	1800 551 800
Youth Beyond Blue	http://www.youthbeyondblue.com/

Careers

Term 3 is a busy time for Senior students as they continue thinking about future plans, and begin choosing subjects and tertiary study options for the years ahead. Our counsellors are on hand to answer any queries. There is also plenty of information about university open days and info evenings below.

QTAC/POST YR 12 INTERVIEWS

The Counsellors have set aside time until 26 August for one-on-one appointments to assist students with any queries they may have regarding their QTAC application/preferences or provide advice if they are unsure of their post Year 12 options or choices. Students can make an appointment by contacting Mrs Harding either by email at [email protected] or by coming in to Counselling Reception, ground floor, Wellbeing Centre.

St PAUL’S SCHOOL CAREERS

Career information is available on the St Paul’s School Careers website at https://www.stpaulscareers.com.au/

DATE CLAIMERS

Term 3 is when most Universities have open days where they encourage students and families to visit their campuses and talk to people from different faculties. This is also an excellent opportunity to find out about different courses and speak to the experts! Please find a list of open days outlined below.

University of Southern Queensland	Toowoomba	18 August
	Ipswich	24 August
University of Queensland	Gatton	18 August

USEFUL CAREERS WEBSITES

My Future	myfuture.edu.au
Job Outlook	jobsearch.gov.au/joboutlook

EKKA e-Sports tournament

The e-Sports team will be playing League of Legends against some other schools at the EKKA on Sunday. If you're at the EKKA, visit the team and show your support!

They will be playing against Mountain Creek State High School (4:30pm), Merrimac State High School (3:15pm) and Canterbury College (12:45pm).

The matches are located in the International Convention Center (Chanel Seven Pavilion) upstairs in the center hall if anyone wants to come by and support on the Sunday.

Good luck, team!

Books donated to PNG

Library books from St Paul's School, Bald Hills, were donated through the Rotary International organisation to students in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

The students were very grateful for the resources as their resources prior were very limited, some even without chairs and desks.

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State Library of Queensland for CBCA Book Week

Book Links is offering two FREE sessions for kids! Find out more details below.

Josie Montano and ‘The Secret Science Society’

Welcome to a full hour of spectacular literary fun as award-winning author Josie Montano, will be representing the dynamic duo, (Kathy Hoopmann) to introduce their new novel, ‘The Secret Science Society’s Spectacular Experiment’. Learn how they co-wrote together and meet their zany bunch of diverse characters. Conduct your own writing experiment and… well, we could tell you more, but shhhh, it’s a secret!

Recommended for 8 – 12 years
Saturday 24 August – 1:00pm -2.00pm. | Free event | BOOK HERE https://www.trybooking.com/BEJFD

Venue
Room 1B, State Library of Queensland
Cultural Precinct
Stanley Place
South Brisbane, Qld 4101

Pip Harry and the Little Wave

Meet the author Pip Harry out from Singapore on her May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Fellowship. Find out about her new verse novel The Little Wave and try your hand at writing a verse poem.

Have you ever written to a penfriend? Pip’s characters tell each other about their favourite and least favourite things. You may be asked to tell yours, but shhh, it’s a secret.

Recommended for 8 – 13 years
Date: Sat 24 August 2:15-3:15pm. | Free event | BOOK HERE

Venue
Room 1B, State Library of Queensland
Cultural Precinct
Stanley Place
South Brisbane, Qld 4101

Retail Shop

The Retail Shop is open from 8.00am to 4.00pm, Monday to Friday (during School term time only).

The uniform requirements at St Paul’s School vary depending on what year level students are in.

For a full breakdown of uniform requirements per year click HERE.

Notice of Cancellation

Parents are reminded that if your child is not attending St Paul's next year one term's notice of your intention to leave is required.

Please submit your notice in writing to the Headmaster – [email protected]

Debbie Cameron
Registrar (Domestic)

Term Dates

Term 3: Tuesday 16 July – Friday 20 September

Term 4: Tuesday 8 October – Friday 29 November

For a more detailed look 2019/20 dates, see HERE.

Touch Football Supporters Group

We would like to invite all parents to our Touch Football Supporter’s Group meeting on Wednesday the 21 August at 6.30pm in the Library. If your child is playing touch football in Term 3 this year this is a great opportunity to learn more about the 2019 season and meet other parents.

We would love to see some new faces join our small but enthusiastic supporters’ group as general committee members. Hope to see you all there!

Touch Football Supporters Group (TFSG)

Parent Connections Supporters Group

All parents and care givers are invited to attend the next monthly meeting of the Parent Connections Supporters Group Monday 19 August (6.30pm – 8pm) in the Library.

Come and have your say about what we, and the school, can do to support us as parents.

For more information contact Sarah at [email protected]

Volleyball Supporters Group

If you're interested in joining the Volleyball Supporters Group, please let us know. Meetings are second Monday of the month at 6pm in the School library. Next meeting 9th September.

Monster raffle

Please check with your players to see if they’ve been given raffle tickets to sell. There’s some great prizes, and it will be drawn on Blue Day, 7th September.

On Blue Day we’re planning to run a cake stall to raise funds for men’s cancers. If you’re able to bake or provide something to sell we’d really appreciate it.

Movie afternoon

A reminder of the combined supporters groups movie afternoon on Sunday 25th August.

The movie is A Dog’s Journey and is at Dendy Portside.

Tickets available on Flexischools.

Home games

We have two more home games for the season, 31st August and 7th September. We’ve had amazing help on the BBQ’s so far this term, and we really appreciate everyone’s hard work. If you’re able to give some time for the next two home games, that would be great.

You can follow or contact us via:

Facebook – Pumas Volleyball

Instagram – sps_pumas_volleyball

Cricket Supporters Group

St Paul’s cricketers will again be taking to the field in the Brisbane North Junior Cricket Association (BNJCA) competition commencing Saturday 12 October 2019. This will be St Paul’s 15th straight season playing in the competition.

The BNJCA is one of the most popular junior cricket competitions in Queensland so check it out at www.bnjca.org.au.

The cricket teams are administered by the Cricket Supporters Group (CSG) and rely on parents for coaching, umpiring and scoring. We are grateful to the School and grounds staff for the upkeep of fields & equipment.

Sign on for the 2019/20 season commences on 9^th August and ends 31^st August 2019. Players (both boys and girls) can sign on at www.flexischools.com.au or by completing registration forms which are available from the CSG by email from [email protected]

For Year 3s and up the BNJCA competition runs in Term 4 each Saturday morning till early December. Then players will move to the school JTAS and TAS teams in the first term of 2020.

If there are any questions with sign-on or anything to do with BNJCA cricket in term 4 please do not hesitate to send an e-mail to [email protected] and we will do our best to answer your queries.

Go the Red!

Cricket Supporters Group (CSG)

Rugby Supporters Group

Notice is hereby given that the Rugby Supporters Group of St Paul's will hold its Annual General Meeting on Monday 14 October 2019. Please see official notice and nomination form below.

Rugby Supporters’ Group AGM NOMINATION FORM 2019

e-news

In This Newsletter

From the Headmaster

IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

APPLICATIONS FOR RAY GEISE BURSARY – CURRENT STUDENTS ONLY

CRITERIA:

APPLICATIONS:

Updated e-news

Faith & Community

Developing 'Global Citizens'

Secondary School

Important Dates

Service Learning Update

Experiential Learning Update | Year 9 Camp

Design Led Venture 1.0 Update

Chemistry and innovation in action

Junior School

Important Dates

Library News

BOOK WEEK

PREMIER’S READING CHALLENGE

Year 6 Canberra Trip

Music

Important Dates

SPS Fest

Brisbane Sings!

Junior School Recital

Essentially Ellington Workshop

Music Website

Wellbeing Centre

Counselling

Mrs Karen Semple and Ms Amanda Pashen School Counsellors

HELPFUL CONTACTS

Careers

QTAC/POST YR 12 INTERVIEWS

St PAUL’S SCHOOL CAREERS

DATE CLAIMERS

General News & Notices

EKKA e-Sports tournament

Books donated to PNG

State Library of Queensland for CBCA Book Week

Josie Montano and ‘The Secret Science Society’

Pip Harry and the Little Wave

Retail Shop

Notice of Cancellation

Term Dates

Supporter Groups

Touch Football Supporters Group

Parent Connections Supporters Group

Volleyball Supporters Group

Monster raffle

Movie afternoon

Home games

Cricket Supporters Group

Rugby Supporters Group

Mrs Karen Semple and Ms Amanda Pashen
School Counsellors