News

 News around the Boarding Precinct What a wonderful and, somewhat normal, start to the 2021 Academic Year, here in Boarding at St Patrick’s College. We have been blessed to welcome 57 Boarders and their families to our Community, both returning and new.   Of our 57 students, 25 are new to St Patrick’s College and…

News around the Boarding Precinct  Between the week of the 8th to the 15th of November, we celebrated NAIDOC week within the College and Boarding Community. We are very proud of current yr11 Boarder, Corey Bell, and current yr8 Boarder, Dwayne Hayes, who participated in the production of “You can’t ask that”. In a collaboration…

News around the Boarding Precinct  We extend further congratulations to our remaining Year 12 cohort who began exams this week. As mentioned, this group of young men have shown exceptional resilience and strength throughout a difficult period of time and we are extremely proud of what they have been able to achieve.   Recently we…

News around the Boarding Precinct Congratulations to our year 12 cohort who are finishing their classes this week, preparing for the commencement of their exam period. We could never have predicted this year and the resilience of this cohort, between extended holidays, remote learning and onsite learning, our year 12 Boarding Students have done the…

Welcome back to all our Boarders and their families as we begin what will hopefully be an uninterrupted Term 4. Again, we congratulate Charlie Delaney and Nick Hodgson who were officially recognised as the 2021 Boarding Leaders at the recent ‘Transfer of Leadership Ceremony’, which will be broadcast soon on the College’s media pages. While…

Following a comprehensive process that included a letter of application, informal questions, student and staff votes and an interview, we are delighted to announce the following successful candidates for Boarding Leadership 2021: – 2021 Captain of Boarding – Charlie Delaney – 2021 Vice Captain of Boarding – Nicholas Hodgson We have no doubt that these…

As we begin to navigate our way through the remaining few weeks of this term, our Boarders continue to try their hardest both with their online learning and keeping occupied by participating in different activities in and around the Boarding Precinct. Exciting news in Boarding as we recently began the process of electing our 2021…

As we enter the second full week of remote learning, our Boarders continue to take everything in their stride and adapt to the ever-changing situation within our Communities. We have been fortunate to be able to continue to offer activities in and around the College, keeping our Boarders active, happy, and trying out new things….

As we find ourselves at the beginning of another period of remote learning, I am again reminded of the resilience and adaptability of our Boarders. The uncertainty and unpredictability of each passing week is hard to comprehend yet every day, Boarders living away from their homes, some 50km away, others 3,000km away, take it in…

Although many of our St Patrick’s College students returned to campus last week, a large contingent of Boarders remained in the Boarding Precinct due to the closure of Interstate Boarders. This was certainly a difficult time for our St Patrick’s College Boarders, but one that they should be congratulated upon. A set schedule was in…