Posts by St Patrick's College
Speech from incoming 2022 College Captain James Clark
Incoming 2022 College Captain James Clark gave his first speech at the recent Transfer of Leadership and Awards Assembly, which was unable to go ahead as a full school assembly due to ongoing restrictions and was instead filmed in the College’s Black Box Theatre. Here is a copy of James’ speech, which we hope you…
Read MoreMain Oval upgrade underway – Your chance to own your own piece of the Oval!
If you have driven down Eyre Street of late you could be forgiven for mistaking the surface of our Main Oval for resembling that of a local quarry. Fear not. Work is now well underway on the planned reconfiguration, reorientation and resurfacing of the Main Oval. In past weeks, thousands of cubic metres of soil have…
Read MoreActing Deputy Principal and Senior School Report
by Acting Deputy Principal and Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Last week we celebrated our Transfer of Leadership and Senior Awards, albeit without being able to gather all Year Levels in an assembly and invite parents, rather we filmed and shared this event. Some students have worked very diligently and contributed in…
Read MoreTeaching and Learning Report
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov Review and reflection of Term 3 Mid-semester reports provide an overview of a student’s classroom work habits, class attendance (online and at school) and academic progress for the term. Some students find studying remotely more challenging than others and this may be seen in their academic…
Read MorePrincipal’s Message
by Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor Term 4 – the joy of Spring! Much earlier in my career I had the honour and joy of teaching for a short time at Stonyhurst College, which is in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire in the north of England. Stonyhurst is the oldest English speaking Jesuit school in the…
Read MoreKRC Update
by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken How lovely to see students once again taking advantage of the many aspects of the KRC. We have welcomed back our WIRED classes and are pleased to see many boys borrowing to extend their reading for enjoyment experiences. To challenge the boys to break old…
Read MoreJunior School
By Mr Gavin Webb, Director of the Junior School And we’re back!!! It was wonderful to welcome back Year 7 and 8 students to onsite, face-to-face learning earlier in the week. Busy classrooms, noisy corridors, excitement on the down ball courts and lots of chatter in the yard was evident and great to see. A…
Read MoreMiddle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School Welcome back to everyone in the Middle School. I hope that you have all had a wonderful holiday. This is also another opportunity to remind all of our parents that Term 4 requires ALL boys to wear school shorts and to also have a College Cap…
Read MoreDirector of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sports Report Term 4 Week 2
Read MoreBoarding Bulletin Board
Welcome back to all our Boarders and their families as we begin what will hopefully be a less interrupted Term 4. While we are eagerly awaiting the date that we can all return to face-to-face learning, our Boarding students are to be commended for the way they have adapted to the staggered return to school.…
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