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Junior School Report – February 2, 2018
The 2018 school year has started smoothly in the St Patrick’s College Junior School. The new Year 7 students have entered the College with a good degree of enthusiasm and eagerness to get involved in the College and all it has to offer. Our teachers have worked for many hours to ensure that curriculum, class…
Acting Headmaster’s Message – February 2, 2018
The motto on the crest of St Patrick’s College is Facere et Docere – To Do and To Teach and 2018 is shaping as another year with many opportunities to both do and to teach! This year, we will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the College. Quite obviously, much has changed since…
Teaching and Learning Report – February 2, 2018
Teaching and Learning in 2018 Students have returned from the summer holidays ready for classes with a noticeably positive attitude to learning. This year the College will continue to implement and develop a range of teaching and learning initiatives including: Changes made in response to the Middle School Review including blocking Year 9 classes with…
Boarding Report – February 2, 2018
Wednesday, January 31- -“ a date that shall live long in the annuls of the College’s history. At 2.30pm the doors to the Residential component of our new Boarding Precinct opened to greet the 62 boarders who would call this their -‘home’, whilst on their journey through this great College. The excitement was evident and…
Celebrating our 2017 results
2017 Victorian Certificate of Education results The month of December is a significant one for all Year 12 students across the state. Not only does it mark the official end of secondary school for these students, it is also the time when they receive details of their academic performance in the Victorian Certificate of Education….
Headmaster’s End of Year Message
As the 2017 school year draws to a close I write to confirm some important information for your consideration. – Staffing – This year we farewell a number of staff members, many of whom are retiring, who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the College over many years. I particularly wish to acknowledge…
Jack Bannister – swapping Schoolies for Sri Lanka
Class of 2017 Year 12 student Jack Bannister, pictured above, chose to forego Schoolies celebrations to head to Sri Lanka for an incredible trip of a lifetime instead. Here, Jack shares his trip with us and encourages other school leavers to consider a similar amazing overseas experience: – -I first heard about my trip to…
JOBS FILE – December 2017
JOB OPPORTUNITIES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR SPC OLD COLLEGIANS: – TRAINEE COURT REGISTRARS: The Magistrates’ Court of Victoria (MCV) has started recruiting for Trainee Court Registrar positions. Applications are currently open with MCV accepting applications on an ongoing basis, with the assessing process scheduled to start in February 2018. The position is advertised at https://jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobs/VG-TCR2017 and…
Where are they now – Ash Collins (SPC 2000-05)
The College reconnects with Ash Collins (SPC 2000-05) who is working as the game intelligence manager at the Collingwood Football Club. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? After finishing at SPC in 2005 I first started to study Occupational Therapy at Deakin university but after a semester there I realised that it…
Engagements, Marriages and Births – December 2017
Our SPC community has plenty of exciting news to share: – MARRIAGES Congratulations to Miles Hingston (SPC 1994-95, PY 1999) who married Claire Moroney last Friday, December 8 and returned to St Patrick’s for their wedding reception in the OCA Pavilion. Congratulations to Kane Tolliday (SPC 1997-2002) who married Rochelle Goldsmith on December 2. Peter…