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Rowing Report – November 5, 2015
Rowing Season has kicked off incredibly well. Having access to the new training device the swingulator has already seen an improvement on technical rowing for our beginning crews. We have grown this year with 10 junior crews comprising 50 year 8 crewmen and some year 7 coxes. We have 6 senior crews and three and…
Parent information evening for Ireland Tour
An important information evening for parents of boys attending the 2016 St Patrick’s College Football Tour of Ireland and England will be held on Thursday, November 12 in the College Chapel. Tour manager Mr John Richards strongly encouraged all parents involved to attend the meeting which will provide crucial information about the evening. “The meeting…
Administration Report – November 5, 2015
Speech Night This year’s Speech Night will be held once again at the magnificent Her Majesty’s Theatre on Wednesday November 18, commencing at 7.30pm sharp.- Ticketing Arrangements * Award recipients and their families will receive from the College Shop free tickets in the coming weeks. * All Year 12 students are expected to attend and…
KRC update – November 6, 2015
The Power of Reading On Monday October 19, 2015 three KRC team members went to hear one of the world’s authorities on reading, Professor Stephen Krashen a linguist and educational researcher specialising in language acquisition. Throughout his entertaining and engaging presentation, Krashen made the case for one method of language acquisition and literacy development over…
Senior School report – November 6, 2015
2015 Term 4 Crest Article- Thanksgiving Mass On behalf of all who work in the Senior School I would like to thank the parents and families of the Year 12 boys who joined with the staff of St Patricks College to celebrate and give thanks for their son’s presence and contribution during their time at…
Support the rowing ergothon
The St Patrick’s College Rowing Club is urging the College community to support its first major fundraising event for the 2015-16 which centres around an upcoming ergothon. The annual ergothon, where members of our 2015-16 crews gather together to row for as far as possible on the ergo rowing machines has been held each season…
War hero honoured at St Patrick’s College
One of Ballarat’s greatest unsung World War I heroes has finally been honoured in his home town with the installation of a plaque and the planting of an olive tree in his honour at St Patrick’s College. George Devine Treloar was a Military Cross medal winner for his heroic actions on the Somme and at…
2017 Year 7 Information night
2017 Year 7 Information Evening St Patrick’s College warmly invites all families to attend our forthcoming 2017 Year 7 Information Evening. The evening will include information sessions, tours of the College and supper for parents and students. For more details, phone College Registrar- Lorrie Liston on 5322 4449 or email lliston@stpats.vic.edu.au What:– St Patrick’s College…
Careers Update – October 22, 2015
The SPC Careers Blog has all the news on careers, dates, reports and events. Click on this link to find the- latest: http://spccareersblog.edublogs.org/ Recent Posts Weekly Career News T4 W3 Course and career profile -“ Alana Veres, Event Management at Victoria University Course and career profile -“ Jake Curtis, Commerce at the University of Melbourne…
Administration Report – 22 October, 2015
Immunisations On Monday October 26 students in Years 7 who have returned completed immunisation cards will be receiving their final injection for 2016. Students in Years 8 -“ 10 who had previously missed their injections earlier in the year may also receive their injections. For students who are absent or have not returned completed forms…