St Pat’s News
Headmaster’s Message
by St Patrick’s College Headmaster, Mr John Crowley Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, Last week, our thoughts and prayers were with those communities in New South Wales and Queensland who were severely impacted by the devastating bushfires. These fires were ferocious, destroying many homes and taking a number of lives….
Mission Report
by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie VCE exams continue across a broad range of studies. At the end of next week, we shall celebrate our Annual Valedictory Dinner and our young men become old boys of the College. But for the moment, many students continue preparing for and completing exams. The criterion for framing…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…