Posts by St Patrick's College
SPC Soccer match report: SPC 1st XI d SPC 2nd XI – August 18, 2021
St Patrick’s Senior’s 4 defeated St Patrick’s Reserves 0 GOALS: Ben Nash 2, Ajay Thapa, Jack Sheehan BEST Jack Sheehan, Connor Gaffney, Bailey DeLivera, Jaz Singh, Noah Maggi, Will Cairns, Ben Nash BEST RESERVES Luke Ozols, Gabe Thompson-Newbury, Declan Mong After moving Ajay to the back row for the photo shoot, the game kicked off…
Read MoreBoarding Bulletin Board
* Following on from the process of selecting a College Captain and College House Captains, the process of selecting the 2022 Captain of Boarding has begun. Year 11 boarding students have been invited to submit an application letter to the Director of Boarding, indicating why they would like the position and what they may bring…
Read MorePerforming Arts Report
by Ms Monique Allen, Head of Co-Curricular Performance The 80th Annual Purton Oratory Competition Next Thursday, August 26 the annual Purton Oratory Competition will take place in the KRC. Although normally held in the Spring Boardroom this year the wonderful team in the KRC have agreed to host the event which will place us right…
Read MoreMiddle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School If all sense of routine has gone out the door at the moment at home, you’re not alone. There’s no question: coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in huge changes to our daily life. These changes might mean that usual routines such as school and work look dramatically…
Read MoreMission Report
by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie English writer, philosopher, and lay theologian, G.K. Chesterton wrote about the ideal of the universal man. The universal man lives and thinks with an openness to the world, who finds nothing so small that it fails to give him pleasure, who finds nothing so great that he may not think…
Read MoreReturn of BAS Sport – August 16, 2021
St Patrick’s College is excited to be involved in the return of competitive BAS Sport which is resuming this week after the latest COVID lockdown. However, we are mindful that we ask all in our community to comply with the following stricter conditions which have been put in place to enable competition to resume in…
Read MoreAugust 10, 2021 – College update on COVID-19
Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of St Patrick’s College, Thank you for supporting and assisting us in the past few turbulent days as we have, with only a few hours’ notice each time, been thrust into a sudden lockdown, and then been returned to on-site learning. The constant change and uncertainty can become stressful for…
Read MoreAugust 9, 2021 – College update on COVID-19
Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of St Patrick’s College, Following this morning’s announcement regarding the end to the latest COVID lockdown for regional Victoria, we are happy to report that the College will be welcoming all staff and students back on-site for face-to-face learning tomorrow, Tuesday, August 10. We remind all students though that the…
Read MoreBoarding Bulletin Board
The Boarding Olympics While we navigated through Lockdown 5, we were excited that the Olympics had begun and enabled us all to watch, enthralled by the sportsmanship and talent on display. This then led to the commencement of the SPC Boarding Olympics The opening ceremony began with boarding students choosing the countries they were to…
Read MoreSenior School Report
by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum I think by now we all have a strong sense of déjà vu. We are in lockdown and remote learning. The GAT will once again be postponed so August 12 will now have online classes for all year levels. At this point in time many students…
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