The St. Paul’s Lutheran Primary School community is tackling the issue of bullying head-on, by equipping parents, staff, and of course the children, with information about bullying and strategies to both prevent it and deal with it.
As in previous years, anti-bullying expert and author of the bestseller “Why We Bully” visited St Paul’s this week, running workshops for both parents and the students and staff as well.
“We ran the program a little differently this year,” said Mr. Gilbert Lohe, St. Paul’s Deputy Principal. “Rather than each class attending the workshops, …

The Prep teachers at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School will have a harder time than usual learning the children’s names this year – what with not one, but two sets of twin boys starting in 2012. Liam and Luke Wittleton, and Bailey and Tait Smith joined the other 71 Preppies starting at St Paul’s this week – but with double the excitement, as they shared the day with their twins.
Mr Nicholas Wittleton was happy to see his twins start school. “They’re numbers 4 and 5 of five (children),” he said. …

The children at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School have been even more excited about being at school over the last two weeks. Each afternoon they’ve been bussed to Burpengary Aquatic and Fitness Centre for swimming lessons. “The staff there are just so friendly and great with the kids,” said Mrs Wendy Mitchell, Teaching Assistant with Year Three. “And it’s just so important that they learn the skills to keep themselves safe in the water. Especially with water being everywhere up here in Queensland – dams and watertanks, as well as …

Dancing up a fundraising storm for the East Africa food crisis
Each year at this time, students at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School usually start collecting shoeboxes, and filling them with gifts for the annual international Christmas Shoebox appeal. This year, however, the school has changed its focus, and instead has planned a number of fundraisers to support the ongoing crisis in East Africa.
Last Friday night saw the St Paul’s African-themed disco raise over $1500. This amount will be added to the $900 raised from the two recent sausage sizzles …

Parents became primary students at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School last week when they attended workshops on the new Australian Mathematics curriculum.
Curriculum Coordinator Libby Sansome and Learning Support teacher Jacquie Delroy designed and ran the Maths workshops, and plan on running these twice yearly. These are in addition to the Literacy workshops that have also been very popular with parents.
“We think it’s important to show the parents the way that we teach Maths now, as it is quite different to how it has been taught in the past,” Mrs Sansome …

On 28 October 1961 the Caboolture High School Community met in Lee Street for the opening of the new high school.
Fifty years on and some 20 000 students later, on 28 October 2011 the Caboolture High Community will meet to commemorate those 50 years and in the process renew many old acquaintances.
When Caboolture High School was established in Lee Street fifty years ago, there was an enrolment of 400 students. Secondary education in Caboolture had commenced in Caboolture in 1955 in George Street as a “high top” to Caboolture Primary …

The hard work and dedication of teachers and principals has been recognised at the 2011 Australian Awards for Outstanding Teaching and School Leadership.
Senator for Queensland Mark Furner today congratulates Mount Mee State School principal Trevor Buchanan who received recognition as a finalist for Australian Primary Principal of the Year.
“Trevor Buchanan has made an outstanding contribution to our community by demonstrating innovation in his teaching practices and providing a positive schooling experience for local students,” Senator Furner said.
Minister for School Education Peter Garrett presented the national winners with their awards at …

“ Caboolture State High School – 50 Years of Making the Difference” is the title of the book published to commemorate 50 years of Caboolture High School at its site in Lee Street and to mark the 50th Anniversary reunion.
Pictured are Teacher of IT, Kylie Brown, Year 11 Student, Jeremy Wooldridge and School Archivist, Rhona Collinson.
Former Deputy Principal, Brian Darben has written the history of the 50 years but the book is more than just a history. School Archivists, Rhona Collinson and Dianna Mellino  have interspersed within the history  biographical …

The St Paul’s Spring Fair is well known in the Caboolture Community for being the ‘Strawberry’ Spring Fair. This year was no different, with mountains of strawberries and cream being enjoyed by the thousands of fair-goers. But some new additions made an impact this year; an attack-dog show, presented by Adam Sessions of K9 Securities, really wowing the crowd.
Ian Bloxham, the St Paul’s Business Manager, had organised the demonstration, thinking that it might be quite interesting. So when a volunteer was needed to play a ‘baddie’ for the guard dog …

Darren Crouch, a past Caboolture High Agriculture Student and Mt Mee Dairy farmer was shown round the Agriculture Department  at Caboolture High School by Head of Department, Kaye Pedwell, and Darren’s cousins, current students Tiarna and Bianca Hewitt-Ruhle.
Much has changed in the Agriculture Department since Darren started there 25 years ago. There is now a registered Braford Stud of which these two fine animals are prime examples.
Those changes will be on show at the Caboolture High Open Day on 29 October as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations. Details about …

You could feel the excitement as students arrived at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School on Wednesday. Many had been up for hours, putting on costumes and makeup in preparation for the annual Book Week parade. Parents proudly took photos, as teachers – many of whom were also in costume – welcomed everyone for a fun-filled day of celebrating books.
The new St Paul’s library was a popular destination, with a huge book fair in the Reading Pit. Smaller items such as stationery and bookmarks were also for sale, with animal shaped …

Last week was the annual Appreciation Week at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School. The week was dedicated to appreciating others, and many activities throughout the week focused on thanking others for what they do for us. An ‘Appreciation Board’ was set up near the school tuckshop. This large noticeboard was gradually covered with notes and cards to teachers, students, and parents, and by the end of the week, each of these notes and cards were handed to the recipients. “We are enormously blessed school and have so much to be …

Jade Iversen has only been ice-skating for just over a year. But the Year 6 student at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School has already won a silver medal, and is aiming for gold at her next competition.
“I’ve never done anything like this before,” Jade said, “so it was such a surprise to get the silver medal in my very first competition!”
Jade was part of a team of eight who competed in Synchronised Ice Skating at the Acacia Ridge Ice Skating Competition on the 25th of June. The others had been …

It’s one thing to be good at sport; it’s another to do so well that you win competitions. But as Madison Thompson and Taylor Stickler found our recently, being recognized by your Federal member of Parliament for these achievements is a whole new ball game! The Year Six students at St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School recently received signed letters from Wyatt Roy himself, inviting them and their families to the Longman Community Awards presentation, held at the Caboolture RSL. These awards recognize community service and achievement, and the girls had …

It might be too early for primary students to vote in elections, but yesterday students from Mt Mee students had the opportunity to grill their Federal Member of Parliament.
Mt Mee Primary School Students yesterday quizzed Wyatt Roy on live radio.  Mr Roy was submitted to gruelling questions from three students from Mt Mee Primary School live on local community radio station 101.5FM.
Students quizzed Mr Roy on a range of topics including the Carbon Tax, the role of a politician and what he has done over the past twelve months.
On a …