St Laurence's College is excited to launch our new College mobile app.

The app has been developed to provide an instant way for parents to receive College communications and stay up to date with information such as sport fixtures and cancellations; music and co-curricular activities.

Other features include the College calendar, newsletters, My Student Account, Parent Lounge and Online Payments. 

How to download
The app is free to download onto any smartphone or tablet and can be found on Apple and Google Play App stores. Just search for 'St Laurence's College', or follow the hyperlinks above if you are reading this news item on your mobile or tablet. 

Manage subscriptions
The app is designed for parents to receive communications which are relevant to their son/s only. Once the app has been downloaded, parents can customise their subscription settings and select only the year group, House, sports, music and other co-curricular activities which their son/s participate in. Please note, without updating these settings, users will automatically be subscribed to all communications. 

Please click here to view instructions. 

We strongly encourage all parents to download this app and customise the subscription settings ready for the 2019 school year. 

St Laurence's College would like to acknowledge the passing of the following members of our community: 

Estelle Goan - wife of Kevin (1943), mother of Greg (1977), Mark (1978), Michael (1980) and grandmother to Jared (2006), Darian (2008), Ethan (2010), Aidan (2012) and Rory (2010)

Mary McNamara - wife of Brian (1946), mother of Greg (1977) and Sean (1980) and grandmother of Michael (current Year 10 student)

Brian Turnbull - class of 1959 Old Boy, brother of Leigh (1963) and father of Graeme (1989) and Robert (1987)

Cheryl Armstrong - wife of Neil (1969) and mother of Ben (1993) and Paul (2002)

Michael Mason - class of 1968 Old Boy and brother of David (1964) and Allan (1971)

Vicki Mather - wife of former St Laurence's teacher Noel Mather. Noel taught at Lauries from 1976 until 2003.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families at this time.

St Laurence’s College offers a program for students wishing to begin or improve their skills in Speech and Drama.

The lessons give students the necessary skills to become a confident speaker and performer in front of a live audience.  This will help in all walks of life, such as business, where presenting ideas or selling projects are becoming more necessary to a successful career.

Students of all ages are given the opportunity to perform at the Speech and Drama Showcase where they can show off their hard work and progression to fellow peers and families. As this program is run in conjunction with Trinity Guildhall College, London, students can do Speech and Drama exams, which would lead to a higher OP ranking (and equivalent).

The Trinity Guildhall exams range from Grade 4 through to Grade 8. Attaining a pass for grade 7 and 8 exams will give students the equivalent of an OP 8.  These exams include students memorising and performing between two and four monologues, improvisations, questions in character and a re-writing of a monologue. 

Over the course of this program, students will learn Theatre games, the technique of Speech, Improvisation, Public Speaking and Performance skills. It also offers help for students with their written and oral assessment.

To enrol please ask the Drama Department for an enrolment form.

For further information email Mrs Lillian Duggan at lduggan@slc.qld.edu.au

Over the holiday break, the College maintenance team has been hard at work updating facilities including new way-finding signage, additional offices and learning spaces as well as the construction of the shade structure of the main quadrangle.

As the 2018 Annual Appeal Building Fund project for 2018, the shade structure spans an impressive 1,360 square meters and towers 14.8 meters above the quadrangle. Providing vital shade for our students from both the sun and rain, this structure will play an integral part in the day-to-day activities of the College. 

Building projects such as this would not be possible without financial assistance from members of our community. The College would like to thank all those who contributed to the Building Fund during last year’s Annual Appeal and, in particular, recognise Professor Michael and Dr Jacqueline Drew for their lead gift of $10,000. While this project was predominately financed by the College, it is due to the wholehearted support of the community that initiatives such as this can succeed moving forward. 

Further details regarding this year's Annual Appeal project will be shared throughout Term 1.