St Pat’s News
CSIRO Indigenous Stem Awards
On Friday,- April 27- some 17 Indigenous students from St Patrick’s College attended the CSIRO Indigenous Stem Award event held at the Ballarat Tech School in conjunction with the Federation University’s Aboriginal education unit.The awards component of the event was a CSIRO initiative in which the major prize winner Misty Jenkins, a local Indigenous woman,…
Careers Update – May 10, 2018
Law Week 2018 is an annual festival of events which makes learning about the law easy.- Held in May each year, the seven-day program has something for everyone.- This year Law Week will take place from Monday 14 May -“ Sunday 20 May 2018.- Students get to go behind the scenes of the Victorian legal…
Headmaster’s Message – May 10, 2018
Dear Parents, Guardians, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, This week, the College Leadership Team invited College Captain, Sam Williams, and College Vice Captains, Tom Clark and Dean O’Brien, to our weekly gathering to reflect on the response received to our Great Man video, which was launched at the beginning of 2018. What was…
Teaching and Learning Report – May 10, 2018
End Semester One Exams With just four weeks until the end of semester exams begin, on Tuesday June 5 for Years 9, 10 and 11 students, all boys should now be actively preparing for these important assessment tasks. Teachers are currently preparing information specific to each exam -“ the format, length, specific areas to be…
Boarding Bulletin Board – May 10, 2018
Boarding Bulletin Board Term 2 News around the Boarding Precinct It was wonderful to welcome several (day) -friends- to our annual -‘Bring a Friend To Boarding’ event. The celebration was kicked off with an -‘Amazing Race’ around the College Campus and surrounding venues where the participants had to find clues and claim bonus points by…
Mission Report – May 10, 2018
Last Friday we celebrated Edmund Rice Day with our annual Mass, Walkathon and Talent Show. It is a day when we experience the reality of our community. I offer Fr Anthony’s homily from the Mass and warmly encourage everyone to take the time to read his very well-chosen words. EDMUND RICE -“ FEAST DAY -“…
Pastoral Care Report – May 10, 2018
Year 7 Mother Son Evening This term, the Year 7 Mother Son evening will take place on 22nd May, in the gym.- A digital letter has been sent to all Year 7 parents, and earlier in the week, all Year 7 students who were present at school on Tuesday, wrote a letter to their mother…
Information Technology Update – May 10, 2018
Care of Device -“ Avoid Water Damage in School Bag Recently we had a student who suffered the unfortunate event of having a water bottle leak inside his school bag. Sadly, the water leaked onto his iPad causing significant damage to the device. While iPads and Laptops can take certain amount of vibration and knocking…
Enhanced Learning at St Patrick’s College
Enhanced Learning At the beginning of the year Enhanced Learning welcomed Maya Watters to St. Patrick’s College as a Facilitator, and Karla Strambini, Maree Stevenson and Michelle Norton as Teaching Assistants. In total Enhanced Learning have 3 Facilitator’s as well as the Enhanced Learning Coordinator and 13 TAs who ably assist identified students (funded and…
Old Boys in the News – May 2018
Our Old Boys have been in the news, including: Former boarder Nick Donghi (SPC 2014-16),- pictured above, who is playing in the Queensland Premier rugby competition with the Wests. By all reports, Nick is excelling in play and being touted for potential higher duties in the rugby world. Well done and good luck Nick! While…