Art captures College’s culture

  Earlier this year, when the College sought to reinvent how it would manage the annual Flanagan Art Prize in 2019, it could not have envisaged the incredibly successful outcome which would emerge. After a decade of running the prize as an annual art exhibition, the College decided to instead look at arranging an artist-in-residence…

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Invitation to OCA Christmas Lunch

Come along to our Old Boy Christmas Lunch – December 10 Following a successful Old Boys Winter Warmers Lunch in June (see photos below), St Patrick’s College’s Old Collegians Association is delighted to announce we will be holding an Old Boys Christmas Lunch in Ballarat on Tuesday, December 10. The lunch is aimed mainly at…

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2020 Reunion Dates announced

Check out our Class Reunion dates for 2020 Make sure you pop these dates in your diary if you have a Class Reunion coming up next year! We look forward to seeing as many Old Collegians back for their Class Reunion to renew friendships and reminisce about your school days at St Patrick’s College. We…

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Where are they now – Liam Duggan (SPC 2009-14)

The College recently reconnected with Liam Duggan (SPC 2009-14) with the SPC-OCA celebrating the achievements of the West Coast Eagles premiership player as the Young Achiever of the Year for 2019. Liam shares his fond memories of his time at SPC and the values and lessons learnt as a student of the green, white and…

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Mos grow at SPC

For 11 months of the year students at St Patrick’s College are required to comply with the College’s uniform policy which dictates that boys must be clean-shaven. The only exception is Movember! This month students in the Senior School are permitted to join the Movember fundraising campaign in an effort to raise funds for and…

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SPC marks 2019 Remembrance Day

St Patrick’s College has today paused to remember the brave men who served our nation in World War I which ended 101 years ago. We pay particular respects to the 297 Old Collegians who fought in the Great War , many of whom did not return. Staff and students gathered for a short, solemn service…

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Surprise celebration for an Old Collegian’s landmark birthday

Is this the best birthday cake ever? St Patrick’s College was delighted to play a small part in a very big surprise celebration for Old Collegian Adrian McConnell (SPC 1954-57) on November 9. As part of his 80th birthday celebrations, Adrian’s large extended family arranged a weekend back in Ballarat (driving up from Melbourne in…

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Middle School Report

Last week, following our long weekend, we headed out with all of the Year 9s to complete our final camp experience at The Grampians. Our final camp experience saw the largest undertaking engaged by the College as we successful transported, housed, fed and offered a myriad of outdoor experiences for the entire Year 9 Cohort…

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Boarding Bulletin Board Term 4 Week 6

Boarding Bulletin Board Term 4 Week 6 News around the Boarding Precinct The entire Boarding Community would like to congratulate Mr Silcock on his achievement of recently finishing the New York Marathon. On top of this, Mr Silcock also raised over $10,000 for MND Victoria in the lead up to the event. This is an…

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Teaching and Learning Report

by Deputy Headmaster Teaching and Learning – Mr Stephen Hill St John’s High School, Chandigarh visit  St John’s High School is an is an all-boys, English medium school administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in India. Having visited St John’s late in 2018 as part the College’s commitment to the Edmund Rice Education Beyond…

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