Teaching and Learning Report – February 15, 2018

This week, at our annual Academic Assembly, we recognised the academic excellence of our high achieving VCE and VET students. We also acknowledged students whose aggregated performance in all Semester Two assessment tasks placed them in the top 15% of their year level with a Chris Nolan Award.

The College Dux is presented to the Year 12 student who attains the highest ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) for his year. With an ATAR score of 98.95, the College proudly recognised Josh DeVoogel as the 2017 College Dux.

In Year 11, Josh achieved a study score of 49 in Further Mathematics. In 2017, he attained scores of: 49 in Religion and Society; 39, scaled to 44.37, in Mathematical Methods; 34, scaled to 45.62, in Specialist Mathematics; 41 in Biology and 39, scaled to 40.27, in Literature.

Late last year Josh was also awarded with a Chris Nolan Distinction Award as he received a Chris Nolan Award at the end of every semester of his six years at St Patrick’s. From the first weeks of Year 7 through to the last days of Year 12 in all areas of the curriculum in all the hundreds of assessment tasks he completed, he maintained an average score of 89%. A remarkable academic achievement.

For 125 years we have been celebrating the academic accomplishments of our brightest boys. At the Academic Assembly we awarded a VCE Achievement of Excellence Award to the following boys who achieved an ATAR of 90 and above:

Timothy Collier

ATAR of 90.60

2017 Offer: Bachelor Degree (Honours) in Science: The University Of Melbourne

Joshua Devoogel

ATAR of 98.95

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science: Monash University

Lachlan Furlong

ATAR of 97.20

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Software Engineering: RMIT University

Thomas Millard

ATAR of 92.55

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce: Monash University

Samuel Rousch

ATAR of 90.35

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Infrastructure) (Honours): RMIT University

Henry Ward- – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

ATAR of 93.85

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Biomedicine: The University Of Melbourne

Corey White

ATAR of 92.15

2017 Offer: Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws: Deakin University

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The VCE Academic Prize, or subject Dux, is presented to the boy with the highest study score of 40 and above for each VCE and VETiS Units 3/4 offered in any year. For 2017, prizes were awarded to following students:

Brandon Pryor

Dux of Australian History – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 43

Joshua DeVoogel

Dux of Biology – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 41

Dux of Religion and Society – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 49

Elliott Lamb

Dux of Business Management – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 40

Lachlan Suttie

Joint Dux of Engineering Studies (VCE VET) – – – Study score of 41

Lou White

Joint Dux of Engineering Studies (VCE VET) – – – Study score of 41

Nicholas Elliott

Dux of English Language – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 42* (scaled)

Nathan Suttie

Dux of Further Mathematics – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 50

Henry Ward

Dux of Health and Human Development Study score of 40

Callum Hofler

Dux of Literature – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 41* (scaled)

Lachlan Furlong

Dux of Mathematical Methods – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 46* (scaled)

Dux of Specialist Mathematics – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 47* (scaled)

Dux of Physics – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 40* (scaled)

Dux of Software Development – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 41

Max Edwards

Dux of Product Design and Technology Study score of 41

Samuel Williams

Dux of Revolutions – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Study score of 44

Mitchell Tuddenham

Dux of Visual Communication and Design- Study score of 42

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The VCE (Baccalaureate) was introduced to support the State Government’s objectives to encourage more students to include languages and higher level mathematics in their senior secondary program of study.

To be eligible for the VCE (Baccalaureate) a student had to achieve a study score of 30 and above in their chosen study of English, satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics and satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in a VCE Language (Japanese here at St Patrick’s).

In 2017, the Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) was awarded to James Duffy, Nicholas Elliott, Thomas Hughes, James Lam and James Wait.

The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL)

This was the first cohort to access the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning at St Patrick’s College, an exciting new addition to the educational pathways that we offer our students. The following boys received their Senior VCAL certificate in 2017:

Dale Cox

Lachlan Gillespie

Jay Homewood

Jesse Pascoe

Doohan Pettitt

Riley Shaw

2017 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards.-

The assembly continued with the presentation of the 2017 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards. The Chris Nolan Awards were established in 2008 to acknowledge the academic excellence of individual students. To receive a Chris Nolan Award, a boy must be in the top 15% of his year level. The 15% is determined by the aggregation of all semester results (including exams and all reported assessment items).

Chris graduated from St Patrick’s College in 1985 as College Captain. He completed his Law Degree at Monash University and went on to practice law in Vietnam. Chris was highly respected by all for his commitment and enthusiasm to all aspects of College life and demonstrated his intelligence and ingenuity shortly after leaving St Patrick’s as one of the co-founders of the highly acclaimed Meredith Music Festival. After several years in Vietnam, Chris tragically acquired severe brain injuries from a viral infection leading to total organ failure. Chris is profoundly disabled physically and in his communication systems. With the strong and unconditional support of his family and friends, Chris has continued to fight against these disabilities and has developed various means of communication and is now the face for those developing awareness of and the fight for young people requiring care in nursing homes.

As a student at the College, Chris regularly achieved strong academic results and in his final year he was awarded:

– – – – – – – – – – – – the Headmaster’s Award for Leadership

– – – – – – – – – – – – the History Prize

– – – – – – – – – – – – the Sir Hugh Devine Prize for Impromptu Speech

– – – – – – – – – – – – a W.T. Doyle Prize for Debating

– – – – – – – – – – – – the 1st XI Cricket Bowling Award

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In his time at St Patrick’s, Chris clearly exemplified the pursuit of excellence across a range of our important educational programmes and activities.

In addition to the Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards, boys who received a Chris Nolan award in both Semester One and Two in 2017 were presented with a Headmaster’s Academic Excellence Certificate to acknowledge their sustained academic excellence throughout the year. These students are marked with an asterisk (*) on the Chris Nolan Academic Awards list. To view the Chris Nolan Academic Award Recipients list for Years 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 please click on- this link

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