St Pat’s News
Middle School Report – July 14, 2016
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all Middle School students and staff as we embark upon Term 3 for 2016. The term promises to be yet another one full of opportunities for our boys to continue their journey towards the Senior School in 2017. Whilst the weather has not started that…
Teaching and Learning Report – July 14, 2016
The 2017 subject selection process In the coming weeks all current Years 8, 9, and 10 students will complete the various aspects of the 2017 subject selection process. Subject selection can be an anxious time and the College has a variety of procedures to support both students and parents. Firstly, parents and students should check…
Mission Report – July 14, 2016
There is no escaping the fact that winter is upon us. There is the evidence of snow, rain, sleet, hail, showers and seemingly moisture coming out of the ground. There is also the unmistakable sight of the -‘moon-boot’ around the College; wounds from the sporting ovals of Ballarat, and in such great numbers that one…
College Chaplain Reflection – July 14, 2016
As part of the Melbourne Experience this year I was able to meet up with the Yr 9 cohort at St Patrick’s Cathedral in East Melbourne* to celebrate Mass. I was very happy with the morning and just want to pick up on two observations. The first is the obvious sense of awe and wonder…
Headmaster’s Message – July 14, 2016
Dear Parents, Guardians, Friends, Staff and Student of St Patrick’s College, I hope the holiday break has been a time a rest for all members of the College community, and that you have all returned to school ready to tackle what promises to be a very busy term. – As I write, I am particularly…
KRC Update – July 14, 2016
New Term Opening hours The KRC will be open from 8.00 am -“ 5.00 pm on Monday to Thursday and from 8.00 am -“ 4.00 pm on Fridays. KRC Team excursion On Monday June 20, the KRC Team went to Geelong to look at the newly refurbished Geelong Library. We had an extensive tour of…
Advertise now in the Shamrock
Bookings are closing soon to advertise in the next edition of St Patrick’s College’s Shamrock magazine, which will be published in August/September. Reach out to our thousands of current school families and Old Collegians by promoting your business in the next edition. The Shamrock is a glossy, full colour magazine, produced three times a year…
VCAL to be introduced in 2017
St Patrick’s College will welcome a new era of hands-on learning when it introduces the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) to its curriculum offerings in 2017. The College has employed the 2014 VCAL Teacher of the Year Lyn Maniz to oversee the development and introduction of the program which will complement the school’s already…
Day Three – Nara. Wild deer and a giant Buddha.
Day three saw us depart Kyoto for the countryside. Our first stop was the picturesque Fushimi Inari Shrine. This important Shinto shrine is famous for the thousands of torii gates that trail paths through the sacred mountain. The site is dedicated to the god of rice, whose messenger is the fox whose emblem could be…
Student Diary – Day Three. James Duffy’s account of our day at Nara.
Day 3 (As written and experienced by James Duffy) My third day began again at 7am. Just like yesterday, I went to breakfast and ate toast with jam as well as oranges and orange juice. A slight deviation from my previous breakfast was the addition of two small pork sausages. Small though they were, it…