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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum When interviewed for a position at St Patricks College, then Headmaster Peter Casey was a little concerned about whether or not I would stick around. I replied “after eight years at Loreto, three at Damascus, two at St Augustine’s-Kyabram and one at Notre Dame-Shepparton, he could…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Last night we farewelled our Class of 2022 at our Valedictory Cocktail Evening. The atmosphere was very positive as families took the time to catch up with each other after what has often been a six, or even 13 year, shared educational journey. A night like…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum On Wednesday our Year 12s enjoyed a positive and smooth end to their formal classes. It was a long day, starting with breakfast together at 7:30am, some normal classes, a formal assembly where the College had the opportunity to farewell our boys, and a Year 12…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Unit 3/4 Practice Exams, September/October Holidays In Term 4, a huge amount of work is completed and the clock always appears to be racing for our Year 12s. Their time with us is coming to an end, and the finish line that always looked so distant…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Last week I had the privilege of being part of a panel interviewing 35 prospective candidates for our 2023 Student Council. I am always in awe of how articulate, thoughtful and confident our young men can be at the ripe old age of 16 or 17. …
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum We are about to embark on a first at my time at St Pats, a four-day weekend in the middle of August. In our family this “circuit breaker” is arriving about a fortnight too late in terms of giving us a chance to stop the spread…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Welcome back for Semester 2. I hope that all managed to enjoy some rest as well as completing some work in the holidays. It was good to see a number of boys who had been sick take the opportunity to catch up on SACs in the…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum We have reached the end of our first semester in five where we have not been forced to have extended lock downs – thank goodness. Absences have been high due to COVID and flu and in some cases general anxiety. I was looking at absences for…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum Our Year 10s and 11s are currently doing exams and Year 12s will have a significant number of SACs to do over these next few weeks. Assessments can be a stressful time. It is OK and even a bit normal to feel stressed and anxious as…
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by Director of the Senior School, Mr Hamish McCrum The warmer weather has lingered later into autumn this year than usual. I have been enjoying this, but I think winter is not far away. I think the length of the cold winter in Ballarat means most of us enjoy the warmth all the more when…