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Middle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School Firstly, a warm welcome back to all the 2022 Middle School families on behalf of the Middle School Team. As always, we are looking forward to working with your sons as they begin their Middle School Journey. In particular, I wish to make all of our…
Junior School
By Mr Gavin Webb, Director of the Junior School Welcome to the 2022 school year at St Patrick’s College, especially to the Year 7’s and new Year 8 students. No doubt the summer break was full of rest and great experiences with your loved ones, be it on a holiday or just spending quality time…
Welcome to the Careers Office in 2022
Welcome to the Careers Office in 2022 Our focus in careers is on helping students manage their own pathways into a future career. SPC manages and supports students with – individual career counselling, structured career education classroom modules, Year 12 VTAC applications, VCE subject selection, Year 10 work experience program, Year 9 Morrisby Profile program,…
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…
