Posts by St Patrick's College
Acting Principal’s Message
By Acting Principal, Mr Stephen Hill What we are learning from remote learning While remote learning has forced all of us to adapt to many new challenges, it has also provided the environment for us to explore new and creative solutions to previous practices that we possibly considered fixed or unchangeable. Our current Years 9,…
Read MoreJunior School Report
By Mr Gavin Webb, Director of the Junior School Remote Learning 2.0 The positive feedback from boys, parents and staff in regard to settling back into remote learning certainly has been reassuring. Many lessons were learnt by all from earlier in the year, especially in terms of navigating our way in and around MS Teams.…
Read MoreMiddle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School Online classroom attendance and classwork completion It seems an import time in the Term when I remind boys and their families that their journey into the Senior School is assisted by their subject results and our online classroom attendance, as this information is used to assess…
Read MoreMission Report
by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Education is a mysterious and wonderful thing. Mysterious because it concerns the combination of all the elements creating the future of a unique human person: one’s history and hopes, one’s participation in the gifts of our shared human nature, and the emerging wisdom fulfilling the capacity for freedom…
Read MoreCareers Update
Please read the Weekly Career News each week to ensure you keep up to date with upcoming career events and key dates. Please click on the following link to view the current Weekly Careers News. Weekly Careers News 19 August 2020 Happy reading! Mr Anthony Meehan Careers and Transition Manager
Read MoreNew 2020 senior football jumper revealed
A key part of SPC football history has been the presentation of the 1st XVIII guernsey to those who qualify by playing five games each year.. Like so many things in 2020 this has not been possible as the football season has been curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our graduating Year 12 students have been…
Read MoreSPC Old Boys Quiz
It’s time to test your knowledge of SPC and have a bit of fun at the same time. Let’s see if you know the answers to these 20 questions about SPC and our Old Collegians. Don’t worry we have included the answers (at the bottom), but boy, we will be impressed if you come up…
Read MoreOCA Pastoral Care Program lifts spirits of our Old Boys
The OCA Pastoral Care Program is continuing to lift the spirits of our Old Boys, particularly during the recent coronavirus pandemic. A grocery giftcard was sent to an Old Boy recently after his concerned classmates brought the man’s personal struggles to the attention of the OCA Pastoral Care Program. The Old Boy was surprised but…
Read MoreOld Boys in the News – August 2020
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: Pat Shaw (SPC 1998-2004) has opened up about concussion and how it could prove debilitating for the former professional cyclist in years to come in this insightful podcast here Old Boy Andrew Lewis (SPC 1976-81) has been working hard, recently confirming the sale of the iconic Miners Tavern…
Read MoreBlast from the past for the Class of 2008
Do you recognise any of these young, fresh-faced boys from the Class of 2008. These photos were unearthed at the cohort’s 10-Year Class Reunion a couple of years ago and we thought it was time to share them. Enjoy this blast from the past.
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