I was very privileged to have attended the Garma Festival in Northeast Arnhem Land a few weeks ago. This festival is a celebration of the Yolngu people and their culture. Garma means ‘two-way learning process’. It was a wonderful reminder for me about the importance of culture and how our First Nations people’s story is part of my story and in turn part of all our stories as Australians. Ultimately, we know that we are part of a bigger story again, and that is God’s story. His story for us is one of love. Sometimes it is hard to imagine that we are loved that much. God’s promise to us is real, no matter what is happening in our lives he is present- present through prayer, creation, and in and through others. That is something worth celebrating.

• This year we will be praying for families in our community and their needs: Chenouda, Christian, Chynoweth, Cifuentes Quintero, Clark, Clarke
• Give thanks for the safe return of our Year 8 students and staff from their camp
• Give thanks for the gift of rain to nourish our land
• Be with members of our community who are unwell- give them strength and healing

The LORDS Way of Thinking: Encouraging Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Curiosity

Our academic scholarship program rewards students who are high-level academic achievers and will be entering Years 7 to 12 the following calendar year.

Criteria: LORDS awards academic scholarships based on the results of our scholarship examinations which are held twice a year in March and again in September. Students only need to sit one exam per year. Exam results, in consultation with a Principal’s interview, previous school reports, and NAPLAN results, may result in a scholarship being offered for the following academic year.

Scholarship Testing Dates

Saturday 7th September, 2024

Closing Date: Friday 30th August 2024

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

APPLY FOR A 2025 BURSARY

Also, please consider applying for our Performing/Creative Arts and Sports Bursaries. We accept applications until 31st October, 2024. You can contact Registrar, Leisa Martin, for details on how to apply.

admissions@lords.qld.edu.au

Day 1 of Year 8 Camp and a little rain did not dampen our fun at Kindilan! The students settled into their rooms then enjoyed a delicious lunch before heading off for an afternoon of abseiling, canoeing, team games, and a sensory walk. Great collaboration was on display as bush shelters were built, and critical thinking skills were put to the test in several team challenges. We finished off Day 1 with a Trivia competition!

Day 2 of Year 8 Camp and the students didn’t let a little rain get in their way!

They took on the Flying Fox, Possum Glider, and Jacob’s Ladder, tried their hand at Abseiling, built a bush shelter (great in the downpour!), and worked as a team to lead each other through a Sensory Walk. The LORDS students showed amazing resilience, tackling challenges despite the wet conditions. 

On Friday 2nd August, the Senior String Ensemble visited St John’s Lutheran School in Kingaroy to do workshops with their students and promote a potential string program. Ms Coles, Mrs Slade, Mrs Kinne and Mr Days loaded the students and instruments early to be on the road before 8am to drive to Kingaroy and arrive at midday.

Upon arrival at St John’s Lutheran School, we were warmly welcomed by the Deputy Principal, Mr Lake, who showed us to the music classroom where we performed for the Junior School students. At 2pm we moved to the hall to run a workshop with a group of students from Year 6 to Year 9, where Ms Coles taught them basic skills to be able to perform 2 songs with our ensemble. At 4pm we held a concert to showcase what the St John’s students learnt with the Senior String Ensemble, followed by performances from the Silver String and Gold String Ensembles. To finish the day, we were treated to a sausage sizzle for all the performers before we loaded the bus and headed home, arriving back at LORDS at 9:30pm.

The students were wonderful ambassadors for LORDS Co-curricular Arts programs and the amazing work tutors continue to do to grow engagement and joy in our Music programs. A big day, but an experience everyone involved will remember, and has given us a new connection with an invitation to return next year.

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Senior School Ensembles

• Senior School Choir - Monday 8.00am - 8.55am
• Senior Vocal Ensemble - Monday 12.45pm - 1.30pm
• Senior String Ensemble - Tuesday 7.45am - 8.45am
• Gold Strings - Wednesday 7.30am - 8.30am
• Silver Strings - Wednesday 8.30am - 9.00am
• Senior Concert Band - Wednesday 8.00am - 8.55am

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Please contact Steven Days, Co-curricular Arts Coordinator - steven.days@lords.qld.edu.au 

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Junior School Ensembles

• Bel Canto - Wednesday 7.45am - 8.30am
• Piccolo Choir - Tuesday 12.45pm - 1.30pm
• Bronze Strings - Tuesday 2.20pm - 2.50pm
• Junior Strings Ensemble - Thursday 7.45am - 8.45am
• Junior Concert Band - Friday 8.00am - 8.45am

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Please contact Steven Days, Co-curricular Arts Coordinator - steven.days@lords.qld.edu.au

PRIVATE INSTRUMENTAL LESSONS

LORDS currently offers private lessons for the following instruments:

• Bass Guitar
• Brass (Euphonium, Trombone, Trumpet)
• Drumkit
• Guitar
• Percussion
• Piano
• Strings (Cello, Violin, Viola)
• Ukelele
• Voice
• Woodwind (Clarinet, Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone)

CLICK HERE FOR THE SIGN UP FORM

The Senior Arts Elective Evening was a wonderful display of Year 11 and 12 assessment pieces from Drama, Music, and Visual Art. It was lovely to see our new performing arts precinct in action as a gallery and performance space. Thank you to all the parents and friends who attended in support of our talented young people.

Amidst the pressures of completing their final internal assessments, the Year 12s took some time out to paint some rocks with the intention to hide them for others to find and help to spread some joy in your community. Looking forward to watching their journey on QLD Rocks.

What an experience! Year 11 Hospitality students were fortunate to experience Asian Street Food as part of their study of the unit Culinary Trends. Mr Wabi certainly delivered, exposing the students to the trends of Asian fusion, laneway dining with modern, eclectic artwork surrounding us. Bao buns proved to be a favourite with the students, but all the food was truly amazing. Every student tried something they hadn't had before (or so they tell me!) and their palates have certainly been expanded. We look forward to Term 4, when students put their learning into action, running their own Asian Street Food stalls.

The Year 10 and 11 Legal Studies students travelled to the Supreme Court in Brisbane to experience the legal system in action. They could see firsthand how the legal processes work and sat in on several court cases being tried. It was a rich and meaningful learning experience.

Farewell to our visiting friends from Kokushikan High School, as they departed for Tokyo on Sunday with many tears and promises to meet again in the future! Their last few days in Australia were filled with new experiences such as trying pavlovas with the Year 8/9 & 10 Japanese class and enjoying last-minute sightseeing around the Gold Coast with their host families. We celebrated their successful homestay and completion of their English course on Friday night, sharing stories, enjoying a meal together, trying out a hilarious game to crown the ‘Best Samurai’, and exchanging special gifts and letters of appreciation. This was a fantastic chance for the Kokushikan students to thank their host families and acknowledge the generous support they have received during their homestay. We wish them a safe journey home to Tokyo and can’t wait to meet up with them again next year when LORDS students spend the day at Kokushikan High School as part of our 2025 Japan Tour!

ABOUT STYMIE

Stymie is an anonymous harm-reporting tool that schools are proactively using to support their students to say something without fear. We work with school communities both nationally and internationally, to connect students with their empathy and conscience so that they can, in an empowered and courageous way, enhance or change the culture of care in their school.

Stymie has been built to support existing student well-being/pastoral care frameworks in schools and was built in consideration of the Australian Student Wellbeing Framework and the recommendations from the Australian Covert Bullying Prevalence Study.

STYMIE REPORTING

Stymie allows your child to send anonymous notifications about someone who they believe is being harmed. They can also ask about help for themselves.

Allowing them as bystanders to remain anonymous, gives them the courage to overcome the fears and social pressures that prevent them from speaking up. It also relieves feelings of helplessness if they want to help a friend but don’t quite know how.

Young people make notifications about all kinds of harm including self-harm, suicide ideation, bullying, illegal activity, sexual assault, and family violence.

Learn more at about.stymie.com.au

STYMIE AT LORDS

On Wednesday 21st August we have scheduled our Stymie Re-Launch day with the Stymie Team and our Secondary School students.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW HOW STUDENTS REPORT ON STYMIE

Year 12 families please purchase your Formal and Valedictory tickets before 23rd August. 

CLICK HERE TO BUY

Yesterday we had a great time enjoying Donut Day in Junior School. This was an idea from our Junior School Student Council. We were so lucky to enjoy donuts provided by Donut King. We aim to raise money to invest in playground projects around the Junior School.

Year 1 has been learning about our local environment and how it has changed over time. Some local farmers and visitors came to share what our area was like before all the shops, schools, and houses were around.

We saw an amazing array of Book Parade costumes yesterday. So many creative students showed off their favourite books. The Junior School staff looked fabulous! A special mention goes out to Mr Steinhardt in his flowing wig which made him almost unrecognisable! The Prep staff created an entire Baby Shark family including a dog! We saw the cutest 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever! Our very own librarian, Mrs Ludcke teamed up with Mrs Singh to become Pirates in Pyjamas! There was Batman, The Hulk, Princesses, Mermaids, Paw Patrol, Butterflies, Fish, Jellyfish, Pigs, Where's Wally, Harry Potter, Mario, Minecraft, Dr Seuss characters.....and so many more!!! Well done Junior School! Another fantastic Book Parade smashed out of the park !

Three students from the Junior School represented LORDS at the Interschool Spelling Bee Competition held at St Stephen's College on Wednesday evening. Their spelling skills were put to the test, and they performed well against the competing schools.
Evie R and Blake R both placed 1st in their respective rounds and Oscar W placed 3rd in the Year 6 round.
We congratulate all 3 students for their outstanding results!

In Year 4, students have been exploring how to reduce food waste as part of their Project Based Learning "FEAST" unit of learning. This week they had fun making and eating muesli bliss balls, a delicious healthy snack that uses up ripe bananas. Students were encouraged to try the recipe at home too and to think about how the recipe could be adapted and improved. There were many great ideas. It was lovely to see the students practicing and demonstrating the LORDS Ways; I can be collaborative as they took on their cooking roles and enjoyed making this recipe.

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Hanna R competed at the QLD Short Course Championships on the weekend.
She placed 2nd in 200m Breaststroke, 2nd in 100m Breaststroke, and 3rd in 50m Breaststroke, achieving all her PB’s.
Congratulations Hanna, we are very proud of you.

Congratulations to all of our Netball teams who played their final round game for the season on Saturday. It was amazing to see the commitment, dedication, and improvement from all of our players this season. Everyone has shown great teamwork, sportsmanship, and enthusiasm each and every week. Good luck to LORDS Lillies who will be taking part in the finals next week. We are very much looking forward to playing again next year.

We also had a great day competing in the Netball Pimpama United Club Carnival last weekend. Well done to all of our enthusiastic players and families who joined us. It was great to see the improvement in our players as the day progressed! Well done to all involved!

Well done to our students who represented LORDS at the All Schools Touch Football Tournament. The competition was tough as we battled the best schools across SE Qld, but our kids worked hard, supported each other and displayed great sportsmanship. Great job.

The South Coast Girls took out the QLD State Championship for 10-12 Girls Football (Soccer). Indie C has come home a state champion!
Congratulations Indie. We are so proud of you.

Exciting Success at the 2024 Pacific Districts Track and Field Championships!

We are thrilled to share the remarkable achievements of our LORDS athletes who recently competed in the Pacific Districts Track and Field Championships at Runaway Bay Athletics Centre. Our team of 78 athletes displayed exceptional talent, determination, and sportsmanship throughout the competition.

We are proud to announce that 11 of our athletes have qualified with a top 4 placing, to advance to the Regional Track and Field Championships also at Runaway Bay Athletics Centre, demonstrating their hard work and commitment. 

Congratulations to:
**Harper B**
**Jack Mc**
**Nathan C**
**Isaiah O**
**Mirabella B**
**Jaedyn V**
**Mario B**
**Max C**
**Lily W**
**Athena WI**
**Kaidance H**

A special mention goes to the athletes who achieved outstanding results by finishing 1st or 2nd in their events at the Pacific Districts:

**Harper B** – 1st Place in the 3000m and 1500m, and 2nd Place in the 800m

**Mirabella B** – 2nd Place in the 3000m

**Max C** – 2nd Place in the 800m, 2nd Place in the 400m, and 1st Place in the 1500m

**Athena WI** – 1st Place in the 1500m

**Mario B** – 2nd Place in the Shot Put

As our athletes prepare for the upcoming Regionals, we wish them the very best of luck. We look forward to hearing about their experiences and successes as they represent Pacific Districts in this next stage of the competition.

Congratulations once again to all our athletes for their incredible achievements at the Pacific Districts! Thank you also to the dedicated team of staff who attended the competition over the two days including Ana Colombo, Alesha Stagg, Anna Sadler, and Kirsten MacKinnon, and to Mr Giannini for his administration. Thank you also to our Year 11 Student Helpers who did a fantastic job across the two days.

Ms Kate Nankivell
7-12 Sport Coordinator

Last One Standing! 2 of our very fit staff members participated in this race which is a 6.706km trail lap with 69 metres of ascent/descent each lap. You must run one lap per hour - be ready to start your next lap on the hour or you're out! Congratulations to Brandon Bull and Scott Steinhardt!
Our photos show their 8th lap/8th hour of the Last One Standing race at Oxley Creek Common in Brisbane.

Friends of LORDS (FOLS) and LORDS Little Wonders Kindergarten will be running a fundraising BBQ at Bunnings on Saturday 7th September from 8:00am to 3:00pm.

We need your help to make this a successful day. If you can volunteer to help run the BBQ stall for one hour on the day please visit this link and add your preferred time and contact details.

YES I CAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE BBQ

We are very excited to announce that our new House Indigenous Shirts are now available for our families to purchase. The information on how to buy has been emailed last week. The link is also on our App.

Shirts can be worn for all House events (swimming carnivals, cross country, athletics carnivals, and other inter-house competitions throughout the year). They can also be worn during Reconciliation Week and NAIDOC Week.

Thanks to FOLS (Friends of LORDS) for organising such a fun mother and daughter’s Paint n Sip event at The Whistlestop. It was great to see creativity, connection and community coming together!

Outside School Hours & Vacation Care

Before and After School Care is available on site at

LORDS Monday to Friday excluding Public Holidays.

Please contact the coordinator Amanda Johnson at

lords.oshc@qlecs.org.au for details. For change of bookings

please text 0437 519 754.

Uniform Purchases at The School Locker

LORDS uniforms are available at The School Locker, 3892 Pacific Highway, Loganholme Phone 3440 9701.

Our uniform policy for 2024 is located here

Second Hand LORDS Uniforms

Sustainable School Shop enables parents to buy and sell

second-hand LORDS uniform items online.

To search for items in the Sustainable School Shop go to:

http://www.sustainableschoolsh...

School Office

Our office hours are between 8.00am – 4.00pm, Monday to Friday with the exception of Public Holidays.

School Policies

You can access our Child Protection Policy and Grievance Policy on our website or a hard copy at Reception in the Administration Building.

Tuckshop

Our Tuckshop on Wheels operates for morning tea and lunch on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Orders are to be placed online via Flexischools prior to 8.30 am each day.

http://www.flexischools.com.au...

Alberton Lutheran Parish

Phone: 0490 456 624

St Peters (Alberton, Alberton Rd): 8.00am

Bethlehem (Stapylton-Jacobs Well Rd, Woongoolba): 9.30am

Bethesda Lutheran Church Divine Service

Phone: (07) 3807 6600

(81 City Rd, Beenleigh)

8:30am HC every Sunday

Pastor David Haak

Bethania Lutheran Church

Phone: (07) 3200 5357

(5-17 Church Rd, Bethania): 9am

Pastor Peter Laihia

Little Athletics is a fun, social, and active program for children aged 3 to 16. The program teaches a wide range of skills in events from running, jumping, and throwing. Registrations are now open online, and we offer a 2 week trial option to any child that has not participated in Little Athletics before. Register here

Location: Upper Coomera State College, 137 Reserve Rd, Upper Coomera.
Open Day: 17th August at 1pm - Children and families can come along for a fun afternoon with HLA and see how the events are run, play some games, buy uniforms, and meet our committee.
Trial Days: Saturday 24th & 31st August at 1pm
Season Starts: Saturday 7th September at 1pm

For all registration enquiries please contact our registrar: hla.registrar@gmail.com
For more information about Helensvale Little Athletics: https://helensvalelittleathletics.org.au/

Our Business Directory is now live on our website.

Please click here to access it.

Disclaimer: Information provided in the online directory or advertising pages on this website is intended to provide a guide to businesses, organizations, and resources that support the faith-based community. LORDS or any of its employees neither endorse, warrant, nor guarantee the products or services advertised in the directory or on any website page.  The information provided in each listing on this website is published as obtained from external sources that provide the information.