Welcome to the St Luke's Website

St Luke’s Catholic Parish School caters for children from Prep through to Year 7. In partnership with our families, our Parish, the Catholic Education Centre and wider community, St Luke’s offers a curriculum which supports the growth and development of the whole child: socially, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually, physically.

Our staff respects the uniqueness and dignity of each child and base teaching/learning programs on sound educational theory and practise. Set amid pockets of natural bushland and native gardens, our modern buildings and facilities offer an attractive and welcoming learning environment for children P-7.

SCHOOL BOARD – LEARNING & TEACHING POLICY
The St Luke’s School Board is currently formulating a ‘Learning & Teaching’ policy which is a natural progression from the ‘Relationships’ policy which was implemented last year. The Board hopes to engage the school community in an information gathering process to help inform the draft of a ‘Learning & Teaching’ policy. Parents are requested to fill in and return the survey by Friday, 26 March. Information gathered will help inform the drafting process. Eventually the School Board hopes to publish four or five Policy Statements and then group school procedures underneath these areas. The end product wll be published on our website so that parents can have ready access to information they might need.

CRAZY HAIR DAY
It was great to see so many coloured heads and crazy hairstyles yesterday! And of course, the bravest person of all was Mrs. Patricia Crilly.  Yesterday she sat in front of the whole school while her hair was being shaved off.   We are used to seeing women with hair; even short it is still longer than most men’s.  So it was a brave thing to do and we congratulate and thank Patricia for raising our awareness of this important cause.  She has raised over $2000 – a great effort!  Although it was a bit of fun the reason behind it is serious.  There are not many of us who have not been touched by cancer through people we know or people in our families.  So it is important that we have an opportunity to fundraise for the Leukaemia Foundation to support research into helping people with cancer.  

SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT MASS
Our first School Involvement Mass for 2010 will be on Saturday, 20 March at the 6pm Parish Mass. There has been a change to the classes leading the Mass because the Year 7 students are on camp until Friday 19 March and won’t have enough time to put in proper preparation (and will probably be asleep all weekend!) This Mass will be lead by Year 5C and 5/6P instead and Year 6C and 7B will lead the Mass on June 19th. All family members of our Year 5C and 5/6P members are warmly invited to attend this Mass and celebrate with the wider community of St. Luke’s.

PREP ENROLMENT 2011!
It’s that time of year again when the school community begins to look ahead to 2011.  For parents withchildren eligible for Prep it’s never too early to begin the process of enrolment.

If 2010 is any indication, numbers for Prep groups in 2011 will again be healthy and I urge families to collect an Application for Enrolment form from the school office as soon as possible to secure a place on our lists.  Parents are also encouraged to spread the word about our excellent Prep program.  The future of our school depends on our outreach to new families who are looking for a suitable educational setting for their children.  Click here for more information or to download an enrolment application form.

P21 PROJECT
A meeting took place yesterday at St Luke’s School that involved a representative from the State Government Department that hopefully will give final approval for our project.  Our Architect Ray Whiting, BCE Project manager Ged Lowing and the school admin team were all present.  Final applications have now been lodged and we wait for a positive response in the near future.  More info to follow.

Year 7 Camp Information Our year 7 class is travelling to Noosa North Shore for their camp later this week, Wednesday to Friday.  We wish Mr Bromilow, Mrs Cosgriff, Mrs Jones and year 7 a safe and happy journey and camp.  Let’s hope the weather is kind to the group while they are away.  Mr Lomas will also join the group on Thursday and Friday.  The camp is a very important part of the outdoor education program at St Luke’s and we thank parents for supporting this event. Please visit the "Useful Forms" page of this website to download more information and the relevant Consent & Medical Information forms.

NEW DESKS DELIVERED!
It’s great to be able to announce that new desks have now been delivered to middle and upper school classrooms, completing the next stage of the project.  Thanks to the P&F and school for combining their efforts to provide these much needed resources for our students.  The old desks will hopefully find a new home at one of our sister Missions schools in the Pacific Asia region.

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to William (6C) who was recently selected in the Redlands District Rugby League team and also to Jaden   (6C) who was recently selected in the North Redlands Districts Basketball Team.  Well done boys.

YR 5-7 SPORTS CARNIVAL
The first of the Redlands District Sports Carnivals takes place next week.  Students from St Luke’s will be involved in netball, soccer and touch football competitions.  I would like to thank staff for organising and preparing these teams as this is an important chance for Yr 5 to 7 students to participate in friendly, local competition with other schools.  More info to follow.

“The Big Screen is coming to St Luke’s” Outdoor movie night Friday 16th April In order to cover costs of the outdoor big screen we are still looking for sponsors. Sponsorship packages cost $100.00 and include the following benefits: ·Your Company name and logo in all our announcements and promotion material. ·Advertisement on the big screen at the event before the movie begins. ·Advertising in our School Newsletter until the event. ·Family passes to attend the event so we can thank you in person for your contribution. · Audience exposure - An estimated audience of over 200 families is a fantastic opportunity to advertise your business. There are 6 sponsorship spots still available. So if you have a business or you know someone else that has a business that could either benefit from our sponsorship package or you would like to support this experience for our children to enjoy, please contact Marie-Louise on 0433 468 802 for more details.

ICY CUPS
This Friday we will be having our second fundraiser for Project Compassion.  We will be selling icy cups at second break from the tuckshop.  There will be a variety of flavours and they will be 50 cents each.  Preps and Year 1 children will have their icy cups delivered to their classrooms.  

DANCEFEVER SHOWCASE
Parents are welcome to come and watch their child’s class at Dancefever next Monday, 22 March.  Class times: 11.30am - 1F & 1BL; 12.30pm - 3OB & 3/4W; 12 noon - 2C & 1/2U; 1.00pm - PE & PK.

P&F NEWS
AGM - The annual general meeting was held last night with a small but dedicated group ready to vote in the new committee. We were unable to fill all of our vacant positions last night so if you feel you have a calling to help us please contact someone on the new committee.  A big thank you goes out to our retiring members. Thank you for those members lining up for another year of service and welcome aboard to our new members.

DATE CLAIMERS
Please put the following two dates on your calendars:
April 16     Movie Night
July 25      Return to Yesteryear Fair

Lastly A huge thank you to the eight families that gave up their Saturday and attended our working bee, to clean the front of our school.

Newsletter via Email
If you would like the newsletter emailed directly to your Inbox each Tuesday then please click here. The newsletter is also available on this website via the Quicklink above.