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Caring for the SPC community
During these cold, wintery months, volunteers involved in the College’s OCA Pastoral Care Program have been busy making home-cooked meals for some of our Old Boys in need. Year 9 students have also been making meals for our Old Collegians as part of the College’s new Community Service Program. These recent sentiments below show how…
Director of Sport Report – August 23, 2018
Please click on this link– for a Sports Report from the Director of Sport, Mr Gavin Webb. –
KRC Celebrates Book Week in Style
Book Week celebrates Australian authors, illustrators and the best books published for the year. Organised by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA), this year’s theme is –Find your treasure- and we have lots of different activities in the KRC. Check out our Celebration of Book Week 2018 here. We are pleased to announce that…
Nude Food Day this Tuesday August 28
Every piece of packaging or excess food that we can save from landfill makes a difference. As part of the Wipe Out Waste schools Less to Landfill Challenge, St. Patrick’s College is holding a Nude food day (or waste less food day) on Tuesday August 28 to focus on reducing the amount of material that…
Ballarat Community Notices – August 10, 2018
Longerenong Open Day Please click- on- this link– to view a flyer regarding the Longerenong Open Day – Ballarat Children’s Choir Please click on this link– to view a flyer regarding the Ballarat Children’s Choir – Megs Mission – Self Care Spectacular September 1, 2018 Megan Grover from Megs Mission is- holding a Mental Health…
Senior School Report – August 10, 2018
Our Year 10’s are finalising their subject selections and our Year 11’s should already have submitted theirs.- This can be a difficult time as boys navigate their way through selecting subjects that interest them and will allow them to achieve and develop, as well as helping to prepare them for life after St Patricks College.-…
Sydney Music Tour Reaps SPC a Gold & Three Silvers
Silver, Silver, Silver and Gold! The music tour to the 57th NSW School Band Festival was a very successful one for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and the Junior and Senior Stage Bands. Each ensemble performed superbly with three awarded silver medals and our Stage Band awarded the gold. Being on tour gives students…
VCAL Update – August 10, 2018
Applied Learning Program This week, a large number of potential new candidates for Applied Learning for next year have started the information gathering process. In among all the acronyms; VCAL (Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, VET (Vocational Education and Training in Schools) SBAT (School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships) and VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education), just…
2019 PNG Expedition Opportunity
PNG expedition opportunity:- A life changing experience Adventurous members of the SPC community are invited to join the St. Patrick’s College expedition to Papua New Guinea during the 2019 midyear holidays.- The trip involves a service project in a mountain village, a visit to the very pleasant Oro Bay coast where the Japanese army landed…
Nude Food Day – August 28
Student Action Group Environmentally Responsible SAGERS:- Nude food day Our supermarkets are turning away from single use plastic bags.- Coffee drinkers are carrying keep cups, students are reusing plastic bags and plastic drink bottles. What is going on? Every year the average Australian family produces enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom house, producing about 2.25…