Senior School Report
November 28, 2019
by Hamish McCrum, Director of Senior School
The Year 12s celebrated their Valedictory Dinner last Friday. It is a great way to finish and good to celebrate when all the work that can be done has been done. The Gym undergoes a massive transformation with a huge contribution from a large number of people. In the end, we had a fine venue with 550 guests seated and a quality meal served thanks to the combined efforts of Peter Ford and Chartwells. There were many fine speeches, but none better than Dom Hanrahan’s. His family were 
a little nervous as he had refused to practise at home, but their lack of faith was unwarranted. Not only was he entertaining and funny, but very inspirational. He talked of his three boys, but most heartening was the growth of Aidan from “the world’s worst computer hacker” in Year 10, to College Captain in Year 12”. I might add, and exemplary student and leader. It is a lesson for teachers, students and parents, to never under estimate the capacity for growth and good in individuals. We have taken care with the structure of the night to allow time for parents and students to enjoy the conversation and company of friends whom they have journeyed with for up to 18 years. It is always a little sad when it finishes as we know while there will be reunions, it is the last time the Class of 2019 will gather with so many members present. The most impressive student moustache belonged to Jordan Muir, with a special mention to Matt Lloyd and Mason Coutts. We wish all our boys well with their diverse endeavours.
On Tuesday of this week, we held our Senior School Awards ceremony. Here we recognized the efforts and talents of our Year 10s and 11s. Congratulations to all award recipients, particularly Jack Sheehan and Nigel Koot, Dux of Year 10 and 11 respectively. Some Senior Sports awards may have been received by Year 12s and some Intermediate awards may have been received by Year 9s, and so will not appear here. Awards presented at special dinners were not re-presented at this time. The awards are shown in the following tables.
| Given | Surname | Award |
| Jack | Sheehan | Year 10 Dux |
| Darcy | Williams | Year 10 Proxime Accessit |
| Nigel | Koot | Year 11 Dux |
| Finn | Lappin | Year 11 Proxime Accessit |
| Thomas | Collins | Ballarat Diocese Year 10 Student Bursary Award 2019 |
| Darcy | Williams | 2019 Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Award |
| Hugh | Ollerenshaw | Australian Defence Force 2019 Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award |
| Ethan | Councillor | Health First St Patrick’s College Community Award 2019 |
| Charlie | Walters | 2019 Wiltronics Pursuit of Excellence Award |
| Given | Surname | Year 10 Subject Duces |
| Samuel | Carter | Year 10 Religious Education |
| Patrick | Cocks | Year 10 Design and Technology (Wood) |
| Darby | Frazer | VET Building and Construction Certificate II Year 1 |
| Connor | Gaffney | Year 10 Architectural Design
Year 10 Food Studies Year 10 Visual Communication and Design |
| Harry | Graham | Year 10 Philisophy |
| Lewis | Grigg | Year 10 English Language |
| Alexander | Guevara | Year 10 Biology
Year 10 Psychology Year 11 Visual Communication and Design |
| Spencer | Jenks | Year 10 Pre-General Mathematics |
| Jack | Lawler | VCE Unit 1 Business Management (joint dux) |
| Jackson | Leech | VCE Unit 1 Business Management (joint dux) |
| Fletcher | Martin | Year 10 Science and Society |
| Jess | Murphy | Year 10 Photography |
| Benjamin | Nash | Year 10 Literature |
| Hugh | Ollerenshaw | VET Applied Languages: Japanese Certificate II Year 2
Year 10 Physics Year 11 English |
| Daunte | Osman | Year 10 Computing
Year 10 Media |
| Tyler | Owins | Year 10 Environmental Science |
| Alexander | Pituch | Year 10 English |
| Jayden | Roberts | Year 10 Pathways in Trade |
| Jack | Sheehan | Year 10 Chemistry
Year 10 Health Year 10 History – Revolutions Year 10 Programming |
| Bradley | Singe | Year 10 Music Performance |
| Jeremy | Spedding | Year 10 Systems Engineering |
| Kiowa | Stranks | Pathways in Hospitality |
| Edward | Tobin | VCE Unit 1 Business Management (joint dux) |
| Henry | von Burg | Year 10 History – 20th Century |
| Ethan | Wastell | Year 10 Studio Arts |
| Tyler | Weickhardt | Year 10 Hardware |
| Darcy | Williams | VCE Unit 1 and 2 Specialists Mathematics
Year 10 Pre-Methods Mathematics Year 10 Physical Education |
| Given | Surname | Year 11 Subject Duces |
| Wil | Armstrong | VCE VET Building and Construction Certificate II Year 2 VCE VET Engineering Certificate II Year 1 |
| Anakin | Bawden | Year 11 Computing |
| Duncan | Brodie | Year 11 Theatre Studies |
| Matthew | Butterworth | Year 11 Biology
Year 11 Psychology |
| Darcy | Cosgriff | Year 11 Media |
| Jonathan | Debono | Year 11 Food Studies
Year 11 Health and Human Development |
| Kento | Dobell | Year 11 Japanese |
| Kye | Edwards | Year 11 Product Design and Technology |
| Joseph | Freeman | Year 11 History – Empires at Work
Year 11 Literature |
| Alexander | Kinsman | Year 11 Outdoor and Environmental Studies |
| Nigel | Koot | Year 11 Chemistry
Year 11 Mathematical Methods Year 11 Text and Tradition |
| Finn | Lappin | Year 11 English Language
Year 11 Physical Education |
| Jake | Leahy | Year 11 Physics |
| Jye | Lockett | Year 11 Religion and Society |
| Darcy | Macklin | Year 11 Legal Studies |
| Max | Olver | Year 11 Accounting
Year 11 Economics |
| Archie | Pollard | Year 11 Studio Arts |
| Patrick | Rea | Year 11 General Mathematics |
| Nicholas | Reynolds | Year 11 Industry and Enterprise |
| Mitchell | Scobie | VCE VET Engineering Certificate II Year 2 |
| Charlie | Walters | Year 11 Systems Engineering |
| Given | Surname | VCAL Awards – Year 10 and 11 |
| Ryan | Aikman | VCAL Employability Award – Intermediate |
| Carl | Roberts | VCAL Employability Award – Intermediate |
| Tyson | Tipuamantamerri | VCAL Employability Award – Foundation |
| Wilson | Quayle | VCAL Portfolio of the Year |
| Lachlan | Van Der Linden | VCAL Project of the Year |
| Liam | Wright | VCAL Project of the Year |
| SPORTING AWARD | RECIPIENT |
| Stephen Moneghetti Award for Outstanding athlete at BAS Carnival | Blake Scott |
| Award for Golf | Kacee Kirwan-Hamilton |
| Award for Croquet | Rorey O’Kelly |
| Br B.J Davis Award for Commitment to SPC Swimming |
Liam Wright |
| Award for A Grade Badminton | Marshall Gladman |
| Award for Squash | Matthew Fillisch |
| Award for Cycling | Alexander Kinsman |
| Award for Shooting | Matthew Simpson |
| Award for 1st IV Tennis | Max Olver |
| Racquetball – Intermediate | Henry von Burg |
| Badminton – Intermediate | Isaac Watts |
Our Year 11s have finished the Head Start programme and have started their holidays. They will all have work to do and it is best to do this now rather than try to resume after Christmas. Students who return with all work done are well on the way to doing well in Year 12.
Year 11 and 12 students who want to access their Unit 3/4 results easily on Thursday December 12 need to register in advance at resultsandatar.vic.edu.au or by using the Results and ATAR app on their smartphone. Do this before December 11. You will need your VCAA student number (available by ringing student reception) and personal details.
Our Year 10s will have exams through until Friday December 6. We wish them well as they go through this process and develop their skills.
I wish all families a happy and safe Christmas and New Year. I look forward to working with you again in 2020.
