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25.01.2022 Our Library Team (a very loving bunch) spend considerable time on planning special events to help ignite and foster a love of reading in our students, and so for Library Lovers Week the 'Blind Date With a Book' idea was born. The team put out beautifully wrapped books on Monday and Tuesday morning with a short description for students to borrow. It was wonderful to see our secondary students take a chance and eager to unwrap their chosen book!

25.01.2022 Having the chance to make music together and perform was certainly something to celebrate at our packed out Sounds of Celebration concert. Music has looked very different this year, but it has also been something that has kept us connected and closer together. Our students have managed to explore new technologies, try new things, think differently, problem solve, become more independent and have achieved great heights. All of which were evident in their final performances of the year together in front of a full house.

25.01.2022 The Music department brought plenty of cheer and joy to our community in the final week with pop-up Christmas Carols around the College. Music students treated ...staff, students, parents and even our neighbours at AVEO to a variety of traditional and new Christmas carols to get us into the spirit. See more

25.01.2022 Lunch-time Open Mic sessions never fail to bring the crowds and have everyone singing along. The 7-Up Band started us off with Nirvana's 'Come as You Are' followed by 'Pumped Up Kicks'. Year 5 student Lily debuted at Open Mic singing 'Lost Boys' and Emma rounded out the session with a stunning rendition of 'Counting Stars'.

25.01.2022 We've been busy while you've been away! There's lots of exciting new works in progress, ready to welcome everyone back in 2021. Our jobs list includes resurfacing the back oval, remodelling the Prep rooms and new change facilities at the Aquatic Centre. Watch this space.

25.01.2022 A Brilliant day of Secondary Athletics - Congratulations to all students! Plenty of great individual performances - lots of new College records! Importantly lots of fun. Our 2020 House Champions are Rafter House with Hocknull in 2nd, Burkett in 3rd and Williamson in 4th. Congratulations Casey P and Seb W on winning the fastest 100m times of the day! Grateful to be able to play Sport!

25.01.2022 Live stream recording from Open Mic

25.01.2022 Today we stop to reflect and remember the sacrifices of those who gave up so much so that we may have the freedoms we do today. #lestweforget2020 #remembranceday

24.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 12 student Poppie, who has received an Excellence Award in the Creative Generation Excellence Awards in Visual Art 2020. Her work 'Isolated in Ambiguity' will be displayed in the central exhibition at GOMA in 2021. Poppie is the fourth St Andrew’s student in the past five years to be represented in this prestigious exhibition. She is joined in the online North Coast Regional Exhibition by Year 12 peers Manti , Tilly and Jessica whose works were also ...nominated. Please see the links below to view their work. https://www.e-award.com.au//cg/gallery/artwork_detail.php https://www.e-award.com.au//cg/gallery/artwork_detail.php https://www.e-award.com.au//cg/gallery/artwork_detail.php https://www.e-award.com.au//cg/gallery/artwork_detail.php

24.01.2022 Our annual Sounds of Swing concert was held on Saturday, with a little twist thanks to Covid-19. Held outside on the Primary Oval, with family members sitting in Covid-Safe circles, the concert featured musicians from our Jazz Ensemble, Stage Band and Jazz Orchestra under an approved Covid-Safe Plan. It was a fantastic afternoon of music, the highlight being a 60-piece super band formed for the finale. ... Many thanks to all our families for being flexible around the staging of the event our student musicians were very appreciative.

24.01.2022 Our Arts and Music Leadership Ceremony recognised the tremendous efforts our Music and Arts leaders have contributed to College life this year, as we welcomed our 2021 representatives. We look forward to seeing the creative ideas and leadership they will bring.

24.01.2022 Happy World Teacher's Day. We're sure our students would agree, we think we have the best teachers! This year, despite the hurdles that kept coming, they have certainly risen to and above the challenge. Their commitment to relationships and connection has always remained at the fore, shown in the smiling faces and achievements of our students every day. From dressing up, to singing at open mic, to facing students on the sporting field, coaching teams, attending events, cooking breakfasts, marking all night, providing care and support, challenging young minds, telling bad jokes, teaching lessons in and beyond the classroom and so much more... we thank you all for everything you do.

24.01.2022 Year 6 students shared their ideas for our region with Ted O'Brien MP - Federal Member for Fairfax in a visit this week, as they continued their learning about the Westminster System and how all levels of government work in our country. Mr O'Brien also stopped by to check in on the progress of our sensory garden that is currently under construction near the Hub. The garden, which includes a flowing water feature, is thanks to one of 11 Local Schools Community Fund grants, delivered earlier this year across the Fairfax electorate.

24.01.2022 Last but certainly not least of our sponsors of the Visual Arts Exhibition this year is Jacinta and the team at Bowerbird of Eumundi. Jacinta is a true advocate for buying and supporting local, with her shop that features exquisite handmade wares of local and Australian Artisans. We are very blessed that she has also chosen to support us! Thank you Bowerbird of Eumundi.

23.01.2022 PROUD ALUMNI MOMENT// 2012 graduate Mia Wray is kicking some serious music goals. Check out her latest single 'Work for Me'... it's incredible. Do yourself a favour. Have a listen. Save to your favourite spotify playlist. Listen again, and listen some more. We're big fans... can you tell?

23.01.2022 The amazing efforts, energy and enthusiasm in our IGNITE program was on display at Friday's celebration showcase. To see the journey and achievements of each of our Year 5 and 6 students in this unique program was truly astounding. The IGNITE program provides opportunities for natural acceleration where talented or creative children who hunger for domain understandings have the opportunity to explore and be immersed within the pursuit of interests.... Our passionate team of educators created environments for our students to explore and be immersed in pursuing their interests and passions, nurturing each child’s creative trajectories. This was through the domains of real life maths, dance, architecture, sport science, building & design, animation, creative writing, gardening, photography, journalism, robotics, business and deep thinkers. This resulted in projects such as the design and creation of a mountain bike track, short stories, landscape and garden designs, our first St Andrew's Primary Newspaper, VR and 3D printing and so much more!

23.01.2022 The smiles and pure joy absolutely says it all. What a great day had by our Prep to Year 2 students at their swimming carnival in our wonderful Aquatic Centre.

22.01.2022 Moving to an online format hasn't deterred our Future Problem Solvers from achieving great heights so far this year. Congratulations to the following students who have been selected for the National Finals in October. Primary: Scenario Writing Junior division Annabelle, Sophia and Oli (Year 6) Secondary: Scenario Writing Middle Division Kai and Daniel (Year 9) Secondary: Community Problem Solving Chloe and Eve ( Year 7 team), Molly (Year 8 individual)

22.01.2022 Bring your pet to school day, an Italian gelatissimo, a sushi train, trampolines, bike tracks, more free dress days, a wave pool and a reading tunnel were some of the promises on offer from our Year 6 candidates who were running for St Andrew's Prime Minister today. Concluding their unit of learning on the Australian electoral and democratic system, the students formed their own parties, ran campaigns and finished with their presentations to a live audience. Citizens of St Andrew's then went to the ballot boxes to cast their votes.

21.01.2022 WOW! WOW! WOW! The Year Eleven Senior Drama students have absolutely outdone themselves in their IA1 assessment tasks, featuring scenes from Daniel Evans’ Absurd Theatre play Opening a Fuzzwallop’s Frame of Mind. Their original adaptations featured a unique selection of Absurd Theatre conventions, highlighting the purposelessness of the genre and existentialism through obscure theatrical choices. Each pair created a social comment as the running theme of their piece, exploring a vast selection of topical issues, communicated with strength of character, projection and professionalism. We are in awe once again of the ability of this cohort. Congratulations!

21.01.2022 What a treat for our Preppies to have the Jazz Ensemble perform for them during lunch time!

21.01.2022 At what other school can you see the Deputy Principal busting out Sweet Caroline, IT staff getting everyone to their feet with Hey Baby and a bunch of amazingly talented students rocking it out? Open Mic took it to the next level today! Encore, encore!!! If you missed the Live Stream, check the video post below.

21.01.2022 Year 11 Drama shared in immense success last week with their original adaptations of Matt Camerons Ruby Moon, in support of their unique Directorial Visions created this term. Students expressed nuanced staging choices, complete with complex symbolism to create dramatic meaning in their creative expressions of live performance. Through the successful manipulation of the genres of Magical Realism and Australian Gothic Theatre, students have presented intense characterisation, powerful focus, strength in skills of acting and in rhythms of performance. Congratulations to all students we cant wait to see your skills in action in your IA1 in Term 4.

20.01.2022 Problem solved. Our maker space students were given a problem from Prep teacher Mrs Linthorne to design a musical instrument coupled with technology, that the Prep students could use to follow instructions (algorithms) as part of their digital technologies lesson. Using makey-makey technology and the design-thinking process, a group of Year 5 students designed a foot piano, using coding and circuitry, that then projects and replicates to a large screen. ... The group have spent many lunchtimes designing and building this and today presented it to PLT, who were very excited to learn all about how it works and start using it.

20.01.2022 TUNE IN LIVE// Catch all the pink action live and loud from tomorrow's Pink Run via the Live Stream on My St Andrew's. Session 1: All Secondary School 8.40am 10.10am Session 2 : All Primary School 11.05am 12pm ... Don't forget to come dressed in pink and bring your pink note donation for the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

20.01.2022 Budding young architects in Years 5 and 6 spent this afternoon learning how a 3D printer works, and how it's use can aid with design. A couch was their first challenge to design, as they move onto creating more complex challenges as part of the IGNITE program. IGNITE, for students in Years 5 and 6, is a learning enrichment program which is constructed around students interests, learning styles and preferred modes of expression.

20.01.2022 As the school year draws to a close, this week we celebrated and recognised the academic rigour, endeavour and achievement of our Primary students in Years 4 to 6. Congratulations to all of our students who have achieved their personal best in 2020.

20.01.2022 The Year 6 cohort have been involved in a series of three Cyber Awareness sessions this term. This has covered topics such as the February cyber-attack we had here at the College, phishing emails, digital footprint, meta data, appropriate online behaviour and plenty more. The final session was held this morning with Mr Moller our Head of Knowledge Services, who showed the students the capabilities of our new device specific monitoring service and why it's so important.

19.01.2022 Last week, Year 12 Marine Science and Biology students collected field data at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef. While the data collected contributes to their QCAA Student Experiments and ATAR, it also highlights the rich diversity of the reef and how it is adversely affected by climate change. The trip's broader aim is to build students’ connection and understanding of the inhabitants of the reef to inspire their stewardship of our ocean planet.

19.01.2022 Kia, Ethan and Byron are grand finalists in the Future Anything your entrepreneurs competition, pitching their awesome business #AquaShield LIVE and online tomorrow. Their prototype and business idea focuses on replacing shark nets with a better and safer alternative to protect marine life. "I love spending time outdoors and designing and engineering. I've had a great passion for helping the environment ever since I watched my first David Attenborough documentary, it made me ...realize how amazing the planet is that we're living in today," Kia said. "I remember sitting at the desk on a Sunday afternoon and thinking about how we take so many things for granted in this world and we are not taking any consideration for the environment, so that’s when I decided that our main focus would be on protecting the environment, and the idea grew from there." Register to watch the boys pitch and support them in the LIVE People's Vote at https://events.humanitix.com/2020-national-grand-final #BendingTheFuture #FutureAnything #startupaus #CreateOpportunities

19.01.2022 Meet our wonderful Major Sponsors of the Visual Art Exhibition for 2020, Karen and Steve from The Gallery Eumundi. Karen and Steve, who are also parents of former students, have been sponsors for the last three years and we are extremely grateful for their ongoing support. The Gallery Eumundi has an established reputation for contemporary Australian Fine Art plus contemporary Indigenous Art with a strong body of ceramic artists and bronze sculptors. They also invest significa...nt time to support young emerging Australian artists through mentorship and introduction to clients and other establishments. https://thegalleryeumundi.com.au/ The Visual Art Exhibition is open from 16-22 October in the Learning Hub. Book tickets for the opening night at https://events.humanitix.com/visual-arts-exhibition-opening or other viewing times throughout the week at https://events.humanitix.com/visual-arts-exhibition-viewing

19.01.2022 What a joy it was to welcome our Primary parents to join us for our final Chapel of the year and to celebrate the Christmas message as we head into the festive season.

19.01.2022 What's not to love about a day spent building and programming robots? Our Year 4 students thoroughly enjoyed their robotics immersions day in The Hub, designed to introduce students to the Lego EV3 robots that they will be using in both Year 5 and 6 as part of their Digital Technologies program. Each class visited the Think Lab for a day where they learn to design, build, program and then battle the robots in a sumo style competition. The days helps students to not only learn... about robotics and programming, but also gives them an opportunity to develop other skills such as problem solving, collaboration, resilience, as well as critical and creative thinking. We are sure you will see from the photos how much fun and excitement that was had.

19.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS -- Our Year 9 Entrepreneurs Kai, Ethan and Byron are WINNERS of the Future Anything 2020 National Grand Final. Judges saw the real-world potential of their prototype #AquaShield and recognised how important this concept was for us now in Australia, and in the world. We couldn't be prouder of our young entrepreneurs who now have $2000 in prize money to kickstart their business.

19.01.2022 Prep TL enjoyed an afternoon session combining art and mindfulness practices with Julie Tucker from Mindful Creative Hearts discovering their Happy, Peaceful Place. They were introduced to the idea of finding joy & peace within themselves via deep breathing and stillness. The desired outcomes being greater relaxation, self-focus, inner peace, and enhanced creativity. They then created chalk drawings based on their happy peaceful places.

18.01.2022 CURRICULUM CORNER // The Year 10 Engineering class are currently completing the prototypes they have designed to consolidate their learning on the topics of Hydraulics and Levers. Hydraulically controlled cranes were designed with a specific task in mind - to either move a marshmallow as far as they can, or lift the heaviest weight they can. Students designed the cranes using Fusion360, followed by laser cutting the parts from acrylic and finally assembling it together.

18.01.2022 Sunshine Coast Lightning star shooter and all-round amazing woman Peace Proscovia was the perfect guest presenter for our Primary and Secondary Sports awards this week. Her message that your background does not define your future and your only limit in life is yourself was inspiring for all our students to hear. Congratulations to all our sports awards winners this year, and to every student who participated in sport in 2020!

18.01.2022 Our Preppies travelled to @Australia Zoo last week, for a day packed full of fun and adventure. Meeting the animals up close and listening to the knowledgeable staff was an engaging way to learn and put theory into practice. This week the students recounted their day in a 'Big Write' exercise.

18.01.2022 Students from Years 7 to 12 enjoyed a Visual Art Masterclass with Jandamarra Cadd. Jandamarra gave a powerful and touching talk, and afterwards the students developed their portrait painting skills. Jandamarra Cadd is a local portrait artist and Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Warung descendent. He has been a finalist in every major Portrait Art Prize in Australia including The Archibald Prize, Doug Moran Portraiture Prize, Percival Portrait Painting Prize, The Kennedy Art Prize and The Sunshine Coast Art Prize.

18.01.2022 Under water, upside down, in cupboards, on sides of mountains, skateboarding... our students love reading! Our 'Caught Reading' competition, challenged students to capture themselves reading in interesting and unusual places. They certainly filled the brief! Congratulations to our winners who were presented at Primary Assembly today.

17.01.2022 Over the past few weeks Secondary co-curricular Visual Art students have been involved in an Activating Spaces project. Student worked through a process of meeting with their client (Mr Tony Innes Risk and Compliance Officer) and responding to a design brief requiring artwork to activate the wall space around a fire extinguisher in the Music Faculty corridor in I Block. A range of creative strategies were utilised such as brainstorming, researching, concept drawing and concept development using photographic and digital media processes. These ideas were then considered as a team before final design was approved by the College Executive. Students then used their artmaking skills to scale up the image on the wall and hand paint the final linework.

17.01.2022 What a glorious day for a boat ride to Queensland’s most historic island. Our Year 5s have arrived safely and are enjoying a tour of St Helena Island, which became Queensland’s first jail in 1867. The Island is rich in Australian history and has a fascinating and colourful past.

16.01.2022 Did you catch us on WIN News Sunshine Coast this week? Check out the amazing work our students are achieving in the digital innovation and creative entrepreneurial spaces.

16.01.2022 Set your alarm clocks and calendar reminders to catch our Jazz Orchestra perform live on ABC Sunshine Coast tomorrow morning. Tune in to 90.3 to hear them play live at 7.45am, Tuesday 20 October.

16.01.2022 PROUD ALUMNI MOMENT // We were delighted to have 2014 graduate Georgia Mergard drop in for a visit last week and catch up on what she's been up to. After completing a Bachelor of Wildlife Science, Georgia is now completing her Masters in Marine and Antarctic Science, and researching how long term changes in environmental conditions impact the Shy Albatross in relation to prey availability. She hopes to go on to do a PhD and go to Antarctica one day. Although our facilities li...ke the Learning Hub and Aquatic Centre weren't built when Georgia graduated, she reminisced with high regard of her time at the College. "The teachers were definitely a key highlight, as well as the amazing environment and support St Andrew’s provides. I don’t think any of us realised how lucky we were to go to school at somewhere like St Andrew's until we left," she said. See more

16.01.2022 Our Year 9 Drama students have shown great originality in their dynamic performances while exploring the genre of realism through teenage choices and decisions this term. Students experienced genre study through theatrical play and scriptwriting, culminating in original performance scripts with alternate endings being written and presented for a range of challenging character moments! Our drama educators Mrs Watson and Mrs Austin shared their pride in how much the students ch...allenged themselves in this task, as well as the high levels of onstage professionalism presented by the cohort. Well done to all involved! We cant wait to see your adventures in onstage collaboration continue, with the study and exploration of World Heritage texts in Term 4.

16.01.2022 Mission complete. Year 5 students have been building and programming robots to complete a range of space challenges this Term. This is linked to the year 5 space unit, but is also the major Digital Technology unit for the semester. The students have really enjoyed this unit as they have been working hard in small groups to develop their problem solving, perseverance and team work skills.

15.01.2022 Today we farewelled the Class of 2020. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Be bold, be courageous and continue to live your lives with integrity. We wish you all the very best as you walk confidently into your futures. #classof2020 #diamondstrong #createoppportunities #buildconnections #encouragelearning

14.01.2022 First day of the Summer break, and a group of committed students and staff are on their way home after a 4 day 56km hike through Conondale Ranges. The students are working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Award, which encourages and rewards personal growth and community spirit, comprising of four sections, including skill, physical, service and journey. Well done to our students for the incredible journey they have achieved this week.

14.01.2022 The strong relationships we have fostered with our Year 9 Connections Program partners continues to shine through this year, with our students being able experience some of the Melbourne program right here with a visit from one of our long term Melbourne Connection Program partners Tony Mackie. The Melbourne component of the Connections program focuses on empowering our students with real-world and real-life experiences to help build independence, confidence and empathy. T...ony shared his story of gambling addiction - the loss, devastation and impacts it caused on his health, family, work and relationships before he found his way out. Tony has since achieved success in business across Australia, through living a life of radical honesty and credits family support and connection to a community support group as key factors in his journey through recovery. An astute and emotive storyteller, Tony engaged our students fully, who then asked some incredibly considered, mature and thoughtful questions of him at the end. See more

14.01.2022 Results are in! A huge congratulations to all of our Year 12s for their outstanding ATAR results. Those who popped into College today to celebrate the news were so proud of their achievements, receiving higher results than they were expecting. #soproud #diamondstrong

14.01.2022 Congratulations to our dedicated and hard-working teacher Letitia on this wonderful achievement, and to Kerrie for her guidance and support through this process.

13.01.2022 The reviews are in, with a well deserved A+ for our Acting Academy's debut production A+ in Murder! Our Acting Academy, a new co-curricular theatre program in the Secondary School, presented their first ever production to a full house of staff and students last week. Students from Years 9 to 12 wrote the script last term and rehearsed over the last few weeks in the lead up to the performance.... Thanks to our Arts Leaders Virgo and Thomas, for their guidance across the first year of Acting Academy and Jackson for his efforts as the main script writer. There is much more in store for Acting Academy in 2021!

13.01.2022 Our Eco Saints have been busy in their quest to make a difference. Last year they collected 10,000 recyclable cans and bottles with the Containers for Change project, saving them from landfill and also raising $1000. A huge cheque was presented to Tony and Sherida from Coolum & North Shore Coast Care last week, who were extremely grateful to our young Eco Saints.... Coolum and North Shore Coastal care will use these funds to purchase turtle harnesses used to collect sick or injured turtles off the beach for transportation to medical assistance.

13.01.2022 Business ideas and new products came to life for our Year 7s at Market Day. Through the Commerce and Entrepreneurship program, students are given real-world business experience, developing an understanding of what business is and how different businesses operate. They are given an introduction to the use of business language, principles, laws and ultimately a development of products for sale at our very own market day where they are responsible for their own business plans, ...product development, business management and financial accountability. As always, the event was very popular and there was a great variety of stalls, ranging from crafts and games to food and drinks.

13.01.2022 We had a lovely celebration and some wonderful results in the Future Problem Solving National Final Award Ceremony, which was held online on Friday. Kai, Year 9 2nd Middle Division in ‘onsite’ Scenario Writing Writers had a window of one week to complete on the National topic ‘Living in Poverty’. Molly, Year 8 2nd Middle Division Individual Community Problem Solving ‘The Togetherness Project’. Chloe & Eve, Year 7 2nd Middle Division Team Community Problem Solving ...‘K.I.N.D Project’ Chloe & Eve’s 2nd place in the team division for Community Problem Solving have earned them an invitation to the Future Problem Solving International Final being held at the University of Massachusetts in 2021. (in our dreams it will all still be virtual!) All our National Finalists have done an incredible job, such super students we have!

13.01.2022 We are so proud to present the resilient, tenacious, courageous and always-smiling Class of 2020 on their Valedictory Evening. Tomorrow we will cheer you on, as you walk out the gates as a St Andrew's student, one final final time.

13.01.2022 What a wild ride it’s been. But today marks the final day of official classes for our Class of 2020. We are so incredibly proud of this group of young men and women who have shown extraordinary resilience, strength and positivity in the face of not only their graduating year, but as the first cohort to complete the new ATAR system in the midst of a global pandemic. We are confident they are prepared and ready to face their final and major exams in the coming weeks as St And...rew’s students. Focus, give it your best and we will see you on the other side to celebrate.

13.01.2022 Year 12 Drama students absolutely knocked our socks off with their Final Curtain Call performance last week, keeping us on the edge of our seats and in constant fits of laughter throughout the entire performance. Producing an original murder mystery, written by Year 12 student Jackson in collaboration with the Year 12 drama students, the cast of Jurassic Park: The Musical had to postpone their dancing dinosaurs to solve a most heinous crime the murder of St Ernest Rose Aca...demy’s Principal, Mr Lively! With huge thanks to Mr Ivey for his brilliant cameo performance, the cast are to be congratulated on their characterisation, onstage professionalism, and fast-paced-action-filled-humourous play! We are so very proud of our talented Drama students.

12.01.2022 Mark Friday 16 October in your calendar and save the date for our Visual Arts night of nights for 2020 - our Annual Visual Arts Exhibition. Stay tuned as we fine tune the details to make this event year's the best we can in this year's COVID environment. Many thanks to our amazing sponsors The Gallery Eumundi, Mortgage Choice, Peregian Beach and Bowerbird of Eumundi for your generous support this year.

12.01.2022 Lots of fun and plenty of tough competition at the Interhouse basketball competition today at lunch. Round two on Friday!

12.01.2022 Our Principal Mr Chris Ivey reminded us last night at the Secondary Presentation Evening, that it's not the challenges we face that define us, it's our capacity and how we respond to them that does. This year has certainly been one to live true to that statement. Congratulations to all our award winners and to all students who rose above the challenges of 2020. We hope you take every hurdle you conquered and every lesson learnt into 2021 and beyond, knowing you do have capacity and you are a better person for how you have responded this year.

12.01.2022 What a game. But the staff have still got it, winning 10-6 in today’s staff vs student basketball match. Until next time young whipper snappers

11.01.2022 When teachers DM your parents, the similarities between grandmas and soap, siblings, crocs, who is your Daddy? and unisex bathrooms were some of the interesting and quirky topics spoken passionately about at the Year 9 speech competition finals on the final day of Term 3. Students had one minute to present an interesting and engaging speech which captivated the audience with their presentation skills, humour and powers of persuasion. Well done to all involved, and our winners, Daniel Ash and Josh.

11.01.2022 A super week of Outdoor Education at the end of Term 3 for our Year 10 cohort with the Fraser Island hike, Scuba diving in the Whitsundays, Mountain Biking in the hinterland and Kayaking at Stradbroke. This video highlights just how special the Fraser Island trip was for a great group of young people!

11.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY // Before we open the doors to the 2020 Visual Arts Exhibition tonight, we thought we might take short trip down memory lane. Starting 2009 in G Block as the 'Cultural Carnivale', this event quickly grew in both size and popularity. With the opening of the RGC in 2010, it moved into this much larger space and incorporated drama, visual art, design tech, music and catering by hospitality students.... After many successful years of celebration, 2016 saw a change in name, format and location, under the direction of Mr Ben Hedstrom. The Thomson Art Prize was also established and named after our longest serving member of our department- the fabulous Mrs T. The Hub is now transformed for one week every year into the Visual Art Exhibition, a celebration focusing on the Visual Arts in a professional gallery style event. Join us tonight for the opening night and awarding of the Thomson Art Prize https://events.humanitix.com/visual-arts-exhibition-opening

11.01.2022 The entire Year 6 cohort were involved in this years Readers Cup competition and with 14 teams it was always going to be a tight contest to see which team could provide the most correct answers. Students were challenged to read six very different novels and were quizzed on their recall of the stories. Congratulations to the winning team, The Page Turners - Lachlan C, Riley M, Kaelan M, Taylor L, Poppy H, Kash A, Alex D, who won by just two points.

11.01.2022 Students recently had the opportunity to attend a Visual Art Masterclass with artist Elysha Rei - Artist. Elysha spoke with the students, sharing her conceptual and technical approaches to her diverse art practice, that spans papercutting, murals and public art projects. Afterwards, students thoroughly enjoyed participating in a contemporary paper cutting workshop, with personalised guidance from Elysha.

11.01.2022 Our students sure know how to tell a good story. Twelve students out of 30 finalists from Years 4 to 9 received awards at recent Telling Stories Writing Competition. (Over 170 entries were received from 40 schools on the Sunshine Coast.) For the third time and for the second year in a row in the competition’s five year history, St Andrew’s received the award for the winning school. It was great to hear from some of the creative writing experts from USC: University of the Suns...hine Coast, Australia and pick up some very worthwhile tips. Our students received the following awards: Year 4 Lachie 1st Year 5 Molly 3rd, Hailey 2nd Year 7 Emily and Coco Achievement, Martin 3rd Year 8 Lida & Fraser Achievement, Ava 2nd Year 9 Ashley & Daniel Achievement, Kai 3rd

10.01.2022 The Hocknull Heroes have done it again, adding another piece of silverware to their collection for 2020 after taking out the Diamond Splash this morning. It was a close finish, with only one point separating them and the 2019 inaugural champions, Burkett House. Well done to all of our 160 swimmers from Year 3 to Year 12 who gave it their all, and everyone in the stands who cheered and supported. Bring on the Diamond Dash on Thursday!!!

10.01.2022 FLASHBACK FRIDAY // Pink Day has always been a special day in our calendar at St Andrew's as a day we all embrace as a whole College for a very worthy cause. This year it has looked a little different, with our first fun run held at the College with a giant inflatable course. Check out a few of these pics from over the years, and stay tuned for the photos from today's action.

10.01.2022 Who's got talent? Well, as it turns out, a lot of our students do! The final four House Factor acts battled it out on stage this morning, in the inaugural House Factor Grand Final. All of our performers today and also those in the heats and auditions in the lead-up to today, showed courage and spirit. But there could only be one winner. Congratulations to our Year 12 band from Burkett House, who brought the house down, performing 'Smoko' by the Chats.... Many weeks of preparation and behind the scenes work has gone into putting this competition together, and we thank everyone who got involved. We can't wait to see it back bigger and better in 2021.

09.01.2022 Polished Performers at Twilight Recital Last Thursdays event in the Studio brought together a wonderful array of musicians. Beautiful music was presented by our Music Excellence Scholars, a number of small ensemble groups, and up and coming stars from the Primary School. A fabulous night of sharing Music together across Strings, Band and Choral, livestreamed home to parents and friends.

09.01.2022 Our Student Voice began their mission to 'represent student vision to improve College life' with their ideas drive this morning. Students from all year levels were asked to submit ideas through fun activities and fill in surveys as 'ideas currency'. We can't wait to see what hot topics they will tackle first. Stay tuned.

09.01.2022 Love our traditions

09.01.2022 Did you catch our Year 9 super stars on 9 News Sunshine Coast this week?

09.01.2022 What a fun way to start Book Week! So many bright and creative costumes on display at our annual Book Week parade this morning. From our smallest at Little Saints all the way to our Secondary students and staff, thanks to everyone who got involved.

09.01.2022 High Distinction and Distinction award winners in the National Geographic Competition were presented at assembly this week. Congratulations to Xavier H who again finished in the top ONE per cent of the 50,000 competitors. Also pleasing were the large number of high distinctions, distinctions and credits achieved by many students.

09.01.2022 Saturday’s Canyoning session was the last Climbing Club session for the year. Matt, Oscar and Fin enjoyed abseiling the waterfalls and rock jumps of Rocky Creek. Thanks to Leon from Waterfall Camp (and St Andrew’s parent) for letting us sneak through his spectacular back yard.

08.01.2022 We held a small but lively Year 9 Readers’ Cup competition recently and it was wonderful to see that some of the students were competing for the fifth year in a row. Our eventual winners were Ffion P, Anya V, Ava D and Jessica G. Our Year 7 Readers’ Cup competition was very competitive this year with even the audience being challenged with questions on their Year 7 prescribed novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The ultimate winners were Sophie T, Zara L, Lucy S and Maddy W. This team will now have the honour of representing our College in the Sunshine Coast Interschool Year 7 Readers’ Cup competition to be held in October. This is the only Interschool Competition to go ahead this year with all the other Year Level competitions cancelled. We congratulate the girls and wish them all the best.

08.01.2022 PINK DAY!! Pink, pink and more pink mixed with a bit of dancing, giant inflatables, music, ice blocks and a beautiful day! What a great day and for a great cause, National Breast Cancer Foundation!

07.01.2022 The musical experiences of instrumental lessons are further enhanced when working in conjunction with peers to learn and make music together. Ensemble group lessons are well underway as part of the Year 4 and 5 Music Immersion program and our students are relishing the new challenges.

07.01.2022 At St Andrew's, our staff are committed to their role as life-long learners. This includes continually engaging in professional development opportunities to ensure our students have the most relevant and up to date educational and developmental learning journey. The relationships between students and staff is what sets us apart at St Andrew's. However it takes a huge investment of time, commitment and passion from our staff to develop the skills necessary to build and maintai...n these relationships. Research shows us that the teacher-student relationship in the classroom is paramount to the learning that occurs, so during the student free day last week, all teaching staff had the rare opportunity to come together for a whole day to explore a relational approach to teaching and learning. Marg Thorsborne helped us understand the basic philosophy & principles of restorative practice as well as the link between pedagogy, social & emotional literacy, neuroscience and relational practices. This seminar, asked us as educators to explore how a relational approach to responding to challenging behaviour might differ (or not) from our current practice and our core beliefs about behaviour & discipline.

07.01.2022 #Bookweek celebrations have continued throughout the week, with plenty of fun activities and author visits for students across the entire College. Thank you to Samantha Wheeler Author, Michael Gerard Bauer Author and Mr Yipadee for visiting the College and sharing your love and passion for reading and literature.

06.01.2022 Don't forget, tomorrow is photo catch up day. This is for any students who missed last photo day and also the entire Year 7 and 12 cohorts. Please refer to the parent bulletin sent on Friday for uniform requirements and more information.

06.01.2022 What a magnificent night of making music together! In a year where performances have been few and far between, our Musical Showcase was a wonderful celebration, highlighting the incredible work achieved by our strings and vocal ensembles this year, despite the challenges.

06.01.2022 CURRICULUM CORNER // There were few flying objects around the science labs this week, as our Year 11 Physics students delve into a unit of work focusing on gravity and electromagnetism. While investigating the fundamental physics behind two dimensional projectile motion, students launched steel balls from a high elevation to a low elevation to see how gravity and launching angle affects range. Fun fact: Did you know Galileo was the first known person to describe projectile motion correctly?

06.01.2022 Installation is well under way for the Opening of the Visual Art Exhibition. The Learning Hub is slowly filling with an amazing array of artwork from Prep to Year 12 students, which we can't wait to share with our community. If you haven't already, book your session for Friday night's official opening here: https://events.humanitix.com/visual-arts-exhibition-opening

06.01.2022 Our students continue to shine and achieve even in the holidays! Well done to our wonderful surfers!

06.01.2022 This term our Year 10 Drama students in both Acting and Directing and Acting and Producing created three amazing performances, highlighting their script writing skills, originality of concepts and inclusion of genre conventions. Through the genres of Soap Opera and Theatre for Young People performances, our visiting audiences greatly enjoyed watching these characters come to life. Elaborate scenes of wealthy mansions and enchanted forests were created in The Studio, with some truly fabulous characters emerging and sharing their tales! Congratulations to all students involved and thank you to our visiting guests from Primary and Secondary.

05.01.2022 A perfect day! Way too much fun on the inflatable X-country course. Running is fun! Well done to all children on a super day!

04.01.2022 This week we took great pride in celebrating NAIDOC week around the College. From the littlest to the eldest learners, we’ve shared some creative and powerful experiences of the world’s oldest living culture to celebrate the theme this year of ‘Always was, always will be’. ‘Always Was, Always Will Be’ recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years and are spiritually and culturally connected to this country.... It has been wonderful to see many of our students be proud to stand up, acknowledge country and help us all be more mindful that this Always Was and Always Will Be. #NAIDOCWeek2020 #AlwayswasAlwayswillbe

04.01.2022 The Year 3 students discovered our Solar System this morning under Starlab's inflatable dome. This Planetarium simulates the night/daylight sky and our solar system, allowing students to learn about space in an engaging and interactive way.

04.01.2022 Crikey! What a cracker of a day for our Year 9 students, who visited Australia Zoo. Save an Individual, save a Species and protect Habitat. These are the three pillars of conservation which students in Year 9 learnt about as part of their Science and Humanities Unit on Endangered Animals. Students observed firsthand the unique adaptations animals have developed around the world to suit their environments. They learnt about the issues causing species decline, how animals become classified as endangered and conservation strategies to increase species numbers.

04.01.2022 As we continue the #bookweek festivities and celebrating all things reading this week, Year 5 students enjoyed competing in the Reader's Cup competition. Congratulations to Team 6 from 5TH who won the grand final on Monday.

04.01.2022 From our family to yours, wishing all the special men in our community a very happy Fathers Day. We hope you spend the day surrounded by those you love, enjoying quality time together.From our family to yours, wishing all the special men in our community a very happy Fathers Day. We hope you spend the day surrounded by those you love, enjoying quality time together.

04.01.2022 He's done it again! Well done to Year 9 student Daniel, who for the second year in a row, has achieved the State Medal for the highest result in UNSW ICAS Digital Technologies test. This is an incredible result. Congratulations Daniel!

04.01.2022 2009 Graduate Emma will today compete as one of 8 finalists in the The University of Queensland 3MT Competition. The competition cultivates students academic, and research communication skills, in a three minute presentation aimed at increasing their capacity to effectively explain their research in a short time frame, in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. Well done on your achievements so far Emma, we're all behind you!... #diamondstrong #createopportunities #buildconnections #encouragelearning See more

03.01.2022 Did you know the inventor of Pet Rocks made a cool $15million in 6 months. From selling rocks. Lots of rocks at $3.95. Then think about shuttershades, tamagotchis, snuggies... and the multiple fads we waste money on each year. Fads. Markers of popular culture that seemed like good ideas at the time. From low-tech doodads of plastic and stone to the latest in digital technology. People buy them, and they make money. Gobs of it. Year 9 students enjoyed financial literacy sessions today, discussing the pitfalls of spending money on fads, but also the flip side on how a crazy idea can make some serious dough.

03.01.2022 In a year where art has been a refuge and an outlet for many, we were blessed to be able to hold our Visual Art Exhibition for 2020. The exhibition this year featured many examples of our students grappling with the largest and most complex issues in the world today the pandemic, isolation, mental health, the environment (bushfires), race relations, just to name a few. Visual Art has enabled them to process their response to these profound issues. Thank you to our communit...y who supported the exhibition by visiting, all of our talented young artists for producing the inspiring artwork that contributes to the enrichment of our culture here at St Andrew’s and our wonderful sponsors The Gallery Eumundi, Mortgage Choice Peregian Beach, Bowerbird of Eumundi and Eckersley’s for their tremendous support. The Thomson Art Prize for 2020 was judged by Steven and Karen Beardsley from The Gallery Eumundi (Major Sponsor) and Mr Bowen and Mr Patterson (Head of Secondary and Head of Primary Awards). Congratulations to all our winners for 2020 Head of Secondary Award Winner Jessica C, Year 10 ‘Be Still’ Highly Commended - Aisha U, Year 8 ‘Introspection’ Head of Primary Award Winner - Chloe M, Bird Painting Highly Commended - Jack H, ‘Australian Animal’ Secondary Winner - Poppie T, Year 12 for ‘Isolated in Abiguity’ Secondary Highly Commended - Thomas C, Year 12 for ‘Run from the Lights’ Secondary Highly Commended - Tilly H, Year 12 for ‘Silent Significance’ Honourable mentions - Manon T,Year 11 ‘Cause and Effect’, Hunter J, Year 9 ‘Chills’, Rosie P,Year 10 ‘Saorsa’ Primary Winner - Will C, ‘Bushfire Regeneration’ Primary Highly Commended- Charlotte G, ‘Acrylic Echinda’ Primary Highly Commended - Evie J, ‘Wallum Frogs’ Honourable mentions - Molly L, ‘Mechanica Watercolour’, James T ‘Tapestry’, Lola H ‘Mechanica Collograph Print’ People’s Choice Award Secondary Poppy L, Year 10 ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ People’s Choice Award Primary Frederique D ‘Pete Cromer Paper Collage’

03.01.2022 Our students are proving they are going to be entrepreneurial game changers after showcasing their innovative ideas at the recent RoboCoast RoboRave. Year 7 students Chloe, Lucy, Hannah and Sammy took out first place in the Middle School Entrepreneurial Challenge with their 'Robotiser'. Their robot is designed to automatically go along and clean handrails, particularly at airports but could be used in other areas where there are handrails frequently used. Jesper, Toby and ...Amelie created 'Locked in Lockers,' a locker using a senor linked to a wristband, that would provide a place for skaters to store their belongings at skate parks. They were awarded second place. Indy and Alex, competed above their age group in the open sumo competition and received first place in the High School division. In a mechanical take on Japan’s national sport, students construct and program robots to create sumobotsstrong robots capable of pushing other robots out of a ring.

02.01.2022 PROUD ALUMNI MOMENT// We love hearing what our graduates have been up to, and were thrilled to recently receive an update on 2019 graduate Will Moore. After deferring University for 2020, Will has now passed as an infantry soldier and he has extended his gap year for another year to continue this journey. Throughout his time at St Andrew's Will was always respectful, honest and good for a laugh. We're thrilled to see him kicking goals doing something he loves and growing i...nto a fantastic young man. Share your alumni stories and update your details here : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9ZJJ256 or email us at [email protected]

02.01.2022 Larissa, Gordon and the team at Mortgage Choice, Peregian Beach are true champions of locals supporting locals and we're so grateful to have them as a supporting sponsor of the Visual Arts Exhibition this year. A family-owned business established in 2016, Mortgage Choice Peregian Beach are local Mortgage Brokers helping local families achieve their dreams. As well as being experts in the field, their team listen, care for and advocate for all their customers.... Our community is the glue in our St Andrew's family, and many of the events we run are successful thanks to the generosity of sponsors. Thank you Mortgage Choice, Peregian Beach !! The Visual Arts Expo opens on Friday 16 October in the Learning Hub.

02.01.2022 Congratulations to Year 7 student Tiran and Year 2 student Ryan whose artworks are currently on display at the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve Discovery Centre in Maleny as part of the Holmes Junior Art Competition. Tiran was chosen as finalist with his beautiful drawing of a Kingfisher. Ryan was selected as a Highly Commended entrant for his collage he created using three paintings during the home learning period. Ryan chose to focus on the Black Cockatoo as he hears them scr...eech as they fly over us in Peregian Springs. The works were chosen from more than 400 entries and will be on display until 11 October.

02.01.2022 That's a wrap for the team at St Andrew's for 2020. Our office is now closed and we will be back on board, ready and refreshed from 4 January. On behalf of all our staff, a big thank you to our College community for another fantastic year, and to all our parents and friends who took part in the Staff Appreciation initiative and treated us to a wonderful Nourish gift and message - thank you, you spoilt us Wishing our Community a happy, safe and restful Christmas break, and we look forward to seeing you in 2021.

01.01.2022 St Andrew’s were represented by two teams at the First Lego League Lego Robotics regional competition on Saturday. Our first team was made up of Year 5 & 6 students who have been working on this as part of the Ignite program. The other team were Year 7 students who participate in robotics as a cocurricular activity. Both teams had a great day and demonstrated huge improvements in the robot challenges throughout the day. The competition is judged in three core areas: Robot Gam...es, Innovation Project and Core Values. There is a huge amount of work and time that goes into the preparation for all these judging areas. Congratulations to our Year 7s who were awarded the Breakthrough award which celebrates a team that made significant progress in their confidence and capability in both the Robot Game and Innovation Project and are a shining example of excellent Core Values. They demonstrate that they understand that what they discover is more important than what they win. We love how this award celebrates the fact that our teams performed well in all judging areas across the day. FIRST Australia #createopportunities #morethanrobots #STEM #robotics

01.01.2022 We were thrilled to award 225 of our Primary Students with their Premier’s Reading Challenge certificates during assembly this week. Becoming an engaged reader brings huge benefits, so seeing these students rise to the challenge and increase the amount of books they read is heartening. Congratulations to all our classes and special mention to the students in 5TH and 6SE who did extremely well.

01.01.2022 Welcome to Term 4! We hope everyone is well rested, full of energy and ready to tackle the final Term the year. Prep students kicked off the Term with the first of our new 'Pop into Prep' sessions. With parents being unable to enter the campus this year, this was an opportunity for students to share their learning and classroom with their parents over a shared lunch. These sessions will continue in small groups throughout the next few weeks. Strap yourselves in, it's going to be a big and exciting Term 4 with lots of events and opportunities planned.

01.01.2022 Year 11 Visual Art students have engaged in a number of rich and diverse 'Authentic Experiences' in preparation for their final year. The activities included an artist talk and workshops with Rosie Lloyd-Giblett, visits to Noosa Botanic Gardens - Friends, Pomona and Noosa Museum. Students were able to collect a vast array of visual stimulus, from landscape drawing to a collaborative site-specific mixed media work. Our day trip to Brisbane included primary source inspiration by looking and responding to artworks and talking with art curators at GoMA, QAG, Milani and Onespace galleries. Thank you to Visual Art teacher Mrs Petalia Humphreys for coordinating the Authentic Experience days.

01.01.2022 Celebrations were in full swing for our Year 10 students, who concluded the end of 2020 with their families, friends and teachers at the semi-formal on Friday night.

01.01.2022 Year 5 students were excited and proud to show off their first attempts at using the scientific method, showcased at an outdoor Science Fair yesterday. Each pair chose from experiments including the fastest balloon rocket, most effective parachutes, which filtered light allows plants to grow best and what is the best insulator. Students loved the experience under the guidance of Mr Spring.