CO-CURRICULAR
CREATIVE ART
- The St Peter’s Dance Group is a mixed gender group that compete and excel in numerous competitions.
- A College Musical is performed every second year.
PASTORAL
Through our Youth Ministry, students are encouraged to be actively involved in local, regional, national and international activities. These include:
- Parish based activities such excursions to Sydney in support of Church in Action
- Indigenous Spiritual tour to Central Australia
- Overseas visits to Cambodia and Bali with a social justice focus
MUSIC
Peripatetic. Students learn a variety of instruments and can obtain vocal tuition from external instructors co-ordinated with their timetables.
ACADEMIC
Night of the Notables- Night of the Notables (Year 8) is predominantly about transformation. Through a long and deep study of a famous person (preferably Australian), each student comes to realise both the gifts and the challenges encountered in moving from potential to success. The student’s ‘transformation’ comes through identification with that Notable, their motivations, aspirations and values of that Notable who serve as excellent role models.
Premier’s Reading Challenge- Each year St. Peter’s is involved in the State Premier’s Reading Challenge. The year groups that are involved are Years 7, 8 and 9. Through the students’ English course, wide reading is a compulsory component and the Premier’s Reading Challenge has been utilised to help achieve this component of the course. With over 9000 books on the Premier’s Reading Challenge list students choose fifteen texts and choose five texts not be on the list. What a challenge! Each year St. Peter’s has been successful in achieving higher and higher success rates. Students not only develop a love of reading, they also improve their literacy skills and increase their vocabulary knowledge. Students, teachers and parents can be enriched by the reading experience.