St Pat’s News
Enrolment & Year 7 Information Evening
– 2019 Year 7 Enrolment at St Patrick’s CollegeApplications close on Friday December 1, 2017If you are considering a Catholic education for your son, St Patrick’s College offers an education delivering academic excellence, a strong focus on social justice, sports, and the arts. Enrolments for 2019 Year 7 are now open and you are invited…
Director of Sport Report – September 15, 2017
Highlights over the last two weeks include; Winter Sports Assembly in the gym BAS Lap of the Lake Rugby Presentation Night John James Medal – Winter Sports Assembly – Below is a wrap of the Winter Sports Assembly held last Tuesday in the gym – Swimming Carnival Records – Sam Tiley Yr 8 50m Breast…
Middle School Report – September 15, 2017
PAT Reading comprehension and PAT Maths testing- will be conducted this week or next dependent on which Maths and English classes your son is in. For the first time at St Patrick’s College both tests will be undertaken on line with results being made available to teachers almost instantaneously. This testing is very important in…
College Shop Report – September 15, 2017
WE ARE OPEN DURING THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. We also have new Hi Bounce Balls available for sale, $5 each, great for downball! Another new addition are our School Scarves $25 each Boys are able to be back in shorts for Term 4, Cost $37 each Year 7’s 2018 -“ now taking uniform orders, please ring…
2018 Student Leaders Announced
Dear Parents and Students of St Patrick’s College, Today it is a great honour to be able to announce the student leadership team for St Patrick’s College in 2018. The selection process over the past few weeks involved a detailed online vote involving students and staff, followed by a rigorous interview process whereby the candidates…
Mission Report – September 1, 2017
Please reflect on the words of St Paul read at our Fathers’ Day Mass: Brothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus to make more and more progress in the kind of life that you are meant to live: the life that God wants, as you learnt from us, and as…
Headmaster’s Message – August 31, 2017
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff, Friends and Students of St Patrick’s College, Education is, without doubt, one of the most consistently changing industries in our society. New programs, initiatives, curriculum and teaching pedagogies are constantly being written, debated, taught and tested. It is one of the reasons why teachers are so adept at change. It certainly…
Middle School Report – August 31, 2017
Classroom and Yard Behaviour It seems an import time in the term when I remind boys that their journey into the Senior School is assisted by their subject results and classroom behaviour, as this information is used to assess their readiness to undertake VCE Units 1/2 in Year 10 and thus accelerate their schooling. Poor…
Mindshop Excellence
Congratulations to- the ten Year 10 students who- recently graduated from Commerce Ballarat’s Mindshop Excellence Program, which pairs high achieving students with local businesses to help solve real business problems. One group of our students spent the week with insurance company Simplex, helping to drive customer engagement and increase sales, while a second group worked…
Director of Sport Report – August 31, 2017
Please click on- this link– for a Sports Report from the Director of Sport, Mr Gavin Webb. –