St Pat’s News
Enrolment for 2022 in Year 7 and 2021 July Scholarship Program
Enrolment for 2022 in Year 7 Application for enrolment to St Patrick’s College is now open for Year 7 in 2022. Please refer to this link to complete the online Enrolment application process: https://apply.stpats.vic.edu.au/#/Action/Welcome For further information and to obtain a Prospectus, please contact the Registrar Caitlin Bennett at enrolments@stpats.vic.edu.au Alternatively please click on the following link to view…
Health and Safety at St Patrick’s College – COVID-19 Pandemic
by Director of Risk and Compliance, Ms Jo-anne Dyer COVID-19 Pandemic As we continue our preparations for our students to return safely to School additional health and safety protocols have been implemented including extra handsanitser stations, placement of social distancing markers and the incorporation of required cleaning regimes. We also ask for your help at…
A history of Edmund Rice Day at St Patrick’s College
By College Archivist Halina Sztynda With the sun shining on a clear autumn day, today would have been a brilliant setting for our annual College Walkathon to celebrate Edmund Rice Day in honour of the founder of the Christian Brothers. However, as with so many events in 2020, the COVID-19 virus has forced us to…
May 4 – Update from St Patrick’s College
Acting Principal Mr Stephen Hill has provided the following update for the wider St Patrick’s College community: “Dear Parents, Carers and Guardians of St Patrick’s College, Traditionally, and in any other year, this would have been a week of great celebration at St Patrick’s College, commencing with Edmund Rice Day activities such as the walkathon…
Windows of hope to celebrate Edmund Rice Week
Traditionally, this week would be a time of great celebration at St Patrick’s College. Tomorrow, Tuesday May 5, is Edmund Rice Day, a day in honour of the founder of the Christian Brothers, and a day on which we would traditionally hold the College Walkathon and the St Pat’s Has Talent Quest. While the St…
College mourns loss of colleague, mentor and friend
St Patrick’s College is today mourning the passing of our colleague and friend Gerard Sullivan at 9:30pm Friday evening after a courageous battle with cancer. Gerard’s wife, Suzie, and his children, Ella and Lucinda, were with Gerard as he passed gently. All at St Patrick’s and the wider EREA community pass our condolences to Suzie,…
EREA announces new Principal of St Patrick’s College
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is with much pleasure that I announce that Steven O’Connor has been appointed to the position of Principal of St Patrick’s College in Ballarat, effective from January 2021. Steven is an experienced leader in education including as a past Deputy Headmaster at St Patrick’s College. Currently Steven is Head of…
Funky Hair Day – April 28, 2020
School is about learning, but it is also about having fun and enjoying time with your teachers and classmates. In a new online learning environment, St Patrick’s College believes it is still just as important to have as much fun as possible while still learning at school. Last week our Student Council leaders developed the…
Old Collegians Association 2020 Annual General Meeting
The St Patrick’s College Old Collegians Association (OCA) conducted its 2020 Annual General Meeting last night (Monday, April 27) – the first time it had conducted an online meeting due to social distancing regulations. Connecting via Microsoft Teams, members of the OCA were able to conduct the election of office bearers for the 2020-21 calendar…
Where are they now – Pat Nolan (SPC 2002-07)
The College recently reconnected with Pat Nolan (SPC 2002-07) who is now working as deputy editor of The Courier newspaper. The coronavirus crisis has had massive implications on the media industry, with Pat and his staff working individually at home to produce the regional daily since the beginning of March due to COVID-19. Where…