St Pat’s News
Nude Food Day this Tuesday August 28
Every piece of packaging or excess food that we can save from landfill makes a difference. As part of the Wipe Out Waste schools Less to Landfill Challenge, St. Patrick’s College is holding a Nude food day (or waste less food day) on Tuesday August 28 to focus on reducing the amount of material that…
VSRU Grand Final – SPC v SKC
St Patrick’s College 1st XV vs St Kevin’s College VSRU GRAND FINAL (Xavier) (11/08) Full time:– SKC 22 d SPC 7 (HT 12-0) Try scorer/s: Josh Wilson-Stanton Conversion/s: Pou Siola’a (1/1) – 5 -“ Eddie Sauvao 4 -“ Pou Siola’a 3 -“ Ryan Yeomans 2 -“ Inoke Siola’a 1 -“ Koni Wolfgramm – My final…
Chris Nolan Academic Awards – Tuesday August 7
St Patricks College hosted the 11th Chris Nolan Academic Assembly on Tuesday August 7. This assembly highlights the academic success of over 250 students throughout Semester 1 2018. Students need to apply their effort to assessment tasks that can number as high as forty separate tasks over the duration of the semester. This is a…
Headmaster’s Message – August 10, 2018
Headmaster’s Address to Chris Nolan Academic Assembly- – August 7 Welcome to all of our invited guests, parents, guardians, grandparents, friends, staff and most importantly, our students. In offering this greeting, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of this great land – the Wathaurong People. We pay our respects to elders past and present for their…
Nude Food Day – August 28
Student Action Group Environmentally Responsible SAGERS:- Nude food day Our supermarkets are turning away from single use plastic bags.- Coffee drinkers are carrying keep cups, students are reusing plastic bags and plastic drink bottles. What is going on? Every year the average Australian family produces enough rubbish to fill a three-bedroom house, producing about 2.25…
2019 PNG Expedition Opportunity
PNG expedition opportunity:- A life changing experience Adventurous members of the SPC community are invited to join the St. Patrick’s College expedition to Papua New Guinea during the 2019 midyear holidays.- The trip involves a service project in a mountain village, a visit to the very pleasant Oro Bay coast where the Japanese army landed…
VCAL Update – August 10, 2018
Applied Learning Program This week, a large number of potential new candidates for Applied Learning for next year have started the information gathering process. In among all the acronyms; VCAL (Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, VET (Vocational Education and Training in Schools) SBAT (School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships) and VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education), just…
Sydney Music Tour Reaps SPC a Gold & Three Silvers
Silver, Silver, Silver and Gold! The music tour to the 57th NSW School Band Festival was a very successful one for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band and the Junior and Senior Stage Bands. Each ensemble performed superbly with three awarded silver medals and our Stage Band awarded the gold. Being on tour gives students…
Senior School Report – August 10, 2018
Our Year 10’s are finalising their subject selections and our Year 11’s should already have submitted theirs.- This can be a difficult time as boys navigate their way through selecting subjects that interest them and will allow them to achieve and develop, as well as helping to prepare them for life after St Patricks College.-…
Ballarat Community Notices – August 10, 2018
Longerenong Open Day Please click- on- this link– to view a flyer regarding the Longerenong Open Day – Ballarat Children’s Choir Please click on this link– to view a flyer regarding the Ballarat Children’s Choir – Megs Mission – Self Care Spectacular September 1, 2018 Megan Grover from Megs Mission is- holding a Mental Health…