St Pat’s News
Boarding Report – August 3, 2017
Twelve months ago I wrote our first -‘Boarding’ contribution to the College’s fortnightly newsletter and highlighted the importance of our College holidays -“ as time to take stock, reflect, refresh -“ and spend quality time with family and friends. It was interesting to re-read this contribution to reflect on what has changed in the past…
Wellbeing Report – August 3, 2017
This Monday August 7, all Year 11 students will attend a morning seminar titled -‘Carmen Road Safety’.- The guest present, John Maher, lost his 18-year-old daughter Carmen when she fell asleep at the wheel and hit a tree 17 years ago in central Victoria.- John subsequently resolved to share Carmen’s story with as many school…
Teaching and Learning Report – August 3, 2017
The 2018 subject selection process Current Years 9, 10 and 11 students are now well into all aspects of the 2018 subject selection process. As I have previously noted, subject selection can be an anxious time and the College has developed a variety of procedures to support both students and parents. All 2018 student and…
1st XI Soccer – 2017 Semi Final
St Patrick’s 9 defeated Ballarat College Black 0 – GOALS: Lachlan Wright 4, Mark Ritchie 2, Alex Worthington, Alex Baker, Darby Gaffney – BEST: Mark Ritchie, Lachlan Wright, Josh DeVoogel, Darby Gaffney, Mitch Ralston, James King, Alex Baker, Denis Wanjiku, Talan Flockhart – Teams are not normally disappointed with an easy win, especially when it…
100th anniversary of battle of Passchendeale
Today, 31 July 2017, marks the 100th anniversary of the commencement in WWI of what became known as the Battle of Passchendaele (or the Third Battle of Ypres). The battle took place on the Western Front from 31 July to November 1917, for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of…
1st XI Soccer – SPC d BGS – July 26, 2017
St Patrick’s College 2 defeated Ballarat Grammar 0 GOALS: Josh DeVoogel, Lachlan Wright BEST: James King, Dennis Wanjiku, Josh DeVoogel, Tiernan Somers, Mitch Ralston, Darby Gaffney, Talan Flockhart, Jude Jeandet, Alex Worthington The coach had been concerned about Grammar and especially their senior BDSA players Antonetti and Huggett and this game played out with their…
Old Boys in the News – July 2017
Our Old Boys have been busy boys in all sectors, including: Well done to Liam Hanrahan (SPC 2009-14), pictured above,– who has been awarded an Albert Coates Scholarship at Federation University. Liam is currently in his second year studying Biomedical Science, but hopes to eventually pursue Medicine. The Albert Coates Scholarship is awarded to students…
Recognising our Boarding Precinct Appeal donors
The College would like to thank the generous supporters of our Boarding Precinct Appeal to date. So far, we are well over a third of the way towards raising $1 million in a fundraising appeal, raising nearly $400,000, towards the overall $7m build cost. We invite our school community to consider assisting the College in…
2017 BAS 2nd XVIII Grand Final
SPC Green 9 -“ 8 – 62 Defeated SPC White 7 – -“ 6 -“ 48 Best Players SPC Green: Robbie Emerson-Jones, Rylan Porter, Sam Bowen, Tom O’Keane Goals SPC Green: R. Emerson-Jones 2, M. McGrath, R. Porter, T. O’Keane, J. Learmonth, S. Bowen, M. Judd, D. O’Brien 1 Best Players SPC White: Cooper Craig-Peters,…
Where are they now – Michael Hickey (SPC 2000-02)
The College reconnects with Michael Hickey (SPC 2000-02), who credits his SPC education for helping him to get where he is today as a leading hand electrician on a multi-billion dollar project. Where has life taken you since leaving SPC? Being a boarder, after SPC, I went home to live with mum and…