Posts by St Patrick's College
Careers Update – September 20, 2018
– Top 5 Emerging Jobs in 2018 Jobs relating to customers and technology dominate 2018’s most in demand emerging roles in Australia, according to LinkedIn’s 2018 Emerging Jobs. LinkedIn has found, by analysing millions of user-input job titles from the last five years, that jobs that might have once sounded obscure are now critical for…
Read MoreMiddle School Report – September 20, 2018
All Year 9 students will attend their Term Four Rite Journey experience at the Norval Camp facility in Halls Gap from Wednesday, November 7 to Friday, November 9. During the camp the boys will participate in a number of challenging physical experiences including hiking, rock climbing, abseiling, high ropes and conservation work, which will be…
Read More2018 BAS Soccer Grand Final
St Patrick Senior’s 3 defeated Ballarat Clarendon College 1 BEST: Jordan Armstrong, Mitch Ralston, Jude Jeandet, Alex Baker, Leighton Lauton, Darby Gaffney, Jayden Ashmore GOALS: Alex Baker, Darby Gaffney, Lachlan Wright ASSIST:– Connor Ascough Words cannot do justice when writing a report on the drama and outcome of this particular game of soccer -“ the…
Read MoreDVDs available through OCA Pastoral Care Program
Through the generosity and extreme kindness of an Old Collegian, we now have a fabulous collection of DVDs available for loan to our Old Collegians. With up to 100 movie titles to choose from, a vast array from classic, comedy to the latest titles as well as live music concerts and documentaries are now readily…
Read MoreOld Boys in the News – September 2018
Our Old Boys have been busy including: Congratulations to Callum Linnane (SPC 2008, PY2013), pictured above, who has just finished playing the lead role of Albrecht in The Australian Ballet’s production of Giselle, one of the world’s most famous ballets. Callum is now concentrating on his next role, rehearsing for the next production, Spartacus, which…
Read MoreThank you to our Boarding Precinct Appeal donors
St Patrick’s- College would like to thank the many generous supporters of our Boarding Precinct Fundraising Appeal. The fundraising appeal raised over $500,000 towards the cost of the College’s impressive new $7m-plus boarding precinct, housing nearly 100 boarders in modern, spacious and most importantly -home away from home- facilities. We will be forever grateful for…
Read MoreWhere are they now – Tom Zeven (SPC 1979-81)
The College recently reconnected with Tom Zeven (SPC 1979-81, PY1982) who recently visited St Patrick’s College for the first time in 35 years. Tom could not believe how quickly time flies and -how large and more accommodating the school has become-. Tom was quite honest in describing that his school years were not the most…
Read More2019 Student Leaders announced
Dear members of the wonderful St Patrick’s College community, Today it is a great honour to be able to announce the student leadership team for St Patrick’s College in 2019. The selection process over the past few weeks involved a detailed online vote involving students and staff, followed by a rigorous interview process whereby the…
Read MoreWin a luxury $8500 cruise
Win a luxury $8500 cruise as part of SPC’s 125 celebrations As part of the College’s 125th anniversary celebrations we are giving everyone in our community the opportunity to win a cruise for two people from Sydney to Noumea aboard the famous Bravo Cruise through a major raffle. Thanks to our friends at Lifestyle Travel…
Read MoreSenior School Report – September 7, 2018
On Wednesday of this week, I had the privilege of sitting on a panel and interviewing the prospective student leaders for 2019.- We were blessed with an abundance of fine candidates.- Unfortunately, some very capable students with the capacity to adequately fill a role on Student Council will not make it onto Student Council.- These…
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