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2022 Reminders & Expectations, Deputy Principal, Mr Richard Brodrick
25 January 2022 Dear Parents, Families, Students, Staff of St Patrick’s College, Welcome to 2022! I hope you’ve had an enjoyable summer break and were able to find some time to share in the spirit of Christmas with each other and refresh, renew and reset. We now turn our focus to the year ahead with…
Letter to St Patrick’s College Community from Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor
25 January 2022 Dear Parents & Carers, I am pleased to offer all of you a very warm welcome to the 2022 school year! I hope that you enjoyed a lovely Christmas with family and friends and that you feel refreshed after a summer holiday. I extend a special welcome to those…
St Patrick’s College celebrates 2021 VCE results
Three St Patrick’s College students recorded Academic Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) scores of 99 and over in the VCE results released today. Jack Sheehan led the way with an exceptional score of 99.85 whilst Connor Gaffney achieved 99.8 and Hugh Ollerenshaw 99.35. In all, twenty-nine St Patrick’s College students recorded Academic Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR)…
Old Boys in the News – December 2021
Our Old Boys have been busy, including: Congratulations to Old Collegian John Nicholls (SPC 1971-73) who can now say he has a building named after himself! The W. John Nicholls Pavillion, which overlooks Parade’s Preston Campus’ Ambrose Treacy Field was officially opened recently in honour of the long-serving Parade teacher, who will complete 43 years…
Teaching and Learning Report
By Director of Teaching and Learning, Mrs Julia Petrov Once associated with a fun card game, the word “snap” has taken on a whole new significance in the relation to the lockdowns of 2021. While we were better prepared for the disruptions caused by the rapid change from onsite classes to learning from home and…
Acting Deputy Principal and Senior School Report
by Acting Deputy Principal and Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum On Sunday evening we farewelled our Class of 2021 at our inaugural Valedictory Cocktail Party. This opportunity presented itself when we were endeavouring to put on some sort of function or dinner at short notice, having been notified restrictions might be easing. …
New Multi-Purpose Centre one step closer with planning permit awarded
St Patrick’s College’s new Multi-Purpose Centre is one step closer with the Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning in consultation with the City of Ballarat last week awarding a Planning Permit for the project. The new, state of the art facility has moved to the Tender stage with work expected to commence in the…
KRC Update
by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken We have had a busy run up to the end of the year with many students in, finalising tasks, classes in using the open spaces and larger tables, and lots of students in borrowing reading for WIRED and the up-and-coming extended holiday break. The KRC Team…
Principal’s Message
by Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor End of Year Celebrations and Thoughts If it was suggested to me or anyone else for that matter at the beginning of 2021 that we would experience several lockdowns and therefore, periods of remote learning during the year, I would not have believed them! 2021 has been an extraordinary year…
Where are they now – Peter Mackey (SPC 1966-70)
We recently reconnected with Old Collegian Peter Mackey (SPC 1966-1970), who has kindly permitted the College to share his story, which was published in a reunion book produced by the Class of 1970 earlier this year. The cohort was due to celebrate their 50-Year Reunion at the College this year, however their celebrations have now been…