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Director of Sport Report – May 24, 2018

Please click on this link– for a Sports Report from the Director of Sport, Mr Gavin Webb. Please click on this link– for a Football Report from Director of Football, Mr Howard Clark. –

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Senior School Report – May 24, 2018

Last Thursday night our Year- 10’s spent the night -sleeping rough- in an attempt to increase their empathy for the homeless.- Talks from Mr Anthony Nunan and Craig Schepsis (Ballarat Soup Bus) gave the boys some insight into the variety of causes of homelessness and the difficulties and vulnerabilities that follow on from this.- When…

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Mission Report – May 24, 2018

-Know that I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.- (Matthew 28:20) This time overflows with the richness of life as a Catholic school. Last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost Sunday. In St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians we heard proclaimed No one can say, -‘Jesus is Lord’ unless he is under the…

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Wellbeing Report – May 24, 2018

Uniform Parents please ensure your son is wearing his suitcoat to and from school. Spray jackets may only be worn over the suit coat and cannot be used as a substitute to the suitcoat. Thank you for your ongoing support. Mrs Ryan School Crossing It is imperative that all students use the designated school crossing…

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Ireland Tour 2019

IRELAND TOUR 2019 The St Patricks’ College’s Football program is again planning to offer an opportunity for students to tour Ireland in the Term 1 holidays in 2019. This tour follows successful trips to Ireland (2007, 2010 2013 and 2016), and Melbourne (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018) and aims to visit a number of…

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2018 War History Tour

During the 2018 Easter school holidays St Patrick’s College, for the first time, toured 40 students and five staff through the battlefields and memorials of the Western Front to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. This historic and emotional pilgrimage then spent its final days in the German cities…

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Enhanced Learning at St Patrick’s College

Enhanced Learning At the beginning of the year Enhanced Learning welcomed Maya Watters to St. Patrick’s College as a Facilitator, and Karla Strambini, Maree Stevenson and Michelle Norton as Teaching Assistants. In total Enhanced Learning have 3 Facilitator’s as well as the Enhanced Learning Coordinator and 13 TAs who ably assist identified students (funded and…

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Information Technology Update – May 10, 2018

Care of Device -“ Avoid Water Damage in School Bag Recently we had a student who suffered the unfortunate event of having a water bottle leak inside his school bag. Sadly, the water leaked onto his iPad causing significant damage to the device. While iPads and Laptops can take certain amount of vibration and knocking…

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Pastoral Care Report – May 10, 2018

Year 7 Mother Son Evening This term, the Year 7 Mother Son evening will take place on 22nd May, in the gym.- A digital letter has been sent to all Year 7 parents, and earlier in the week, all Year 7 students who were present at school on Tuesday, wrote a letter to their mother…

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Mission Report – May 10, 2018

Last Friday we celebrated Edmund Rice Day with our annual Mass, Walkathon and Talent Show. It is a day when we experience the reality of our community. I offer Fr Anthony’s homily from the Mass and warmly encourage everyone to take the time to read his very well-chosen words. EDMUND RICE -“ FEAST DAY -“…

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