St Pat’s News
Boarding Report – October 8, 2015
Director of BoardingAs you read this Term (4)’s first edition of our Crest we will have fallen into the last fortnight of our Year 12s time here at the College. Whilst there will be many opportunities to farewell our departing family members before they walk through our gates for the very last time as students…
KRC News – October 8, 2015
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge (VPRC) A record 83 students completed the VPRC this year which is a wonderful result. In order to complete the Challenge students need to have read 15 books, 10 that are on the VPRC Challenge reading lists and five that are the reader’s own choice, all by a set date. Students…
Information Technology Update – October 8, 2015
Parent ICT Information Evening All parents are invited to the next Parent ICT Information Evening to be held in the College- Chapel on Thursday November 5 starting at 7:00pm. We are now over a year into our 1:1 journey and we believe it is an appropriate time to hold another ICT information evening at the…
2015 Music and Performing Arts Awards Night
On Wednesday 16 September, St Patrick’s College held its inaugural Performing Arts Presentation Dinner. Approximately 180 members of our College community gathered to celebrate the achievements of our boys. The winners of the Joshua Hyde Award for Excellence in Music were Ignatius Holland (Junior School), Jesse Keem (Middle School) and Lachlan Fuller (Senior School). The…
War history comes alive online
History has come alive online at St Patrick’s College! For the first time ever, biographies of each and every Old Boy to have fought in World War I have been published in full on the College website. This fantastic historical achievement is the result of two years’ work by College archivist Catriona Banks. Simply click…
2015 Oratory Competition winners
The College’s leading public speakers shone on the big stage on Friday night when they competed in the 75th Annual Oratory Competitions. In a revised format to mark the 75th year of the esteemed competitions, competing students had to progress through the preliminary rounds on Thursday to earn the right to compete in the finals…
Performing Arts Report – September 11, 2015
Over the past month, the boys of St Patrick’s College have had some tremendous success at the Royal South Street Competitions. Firstly, the boys who were involved in the Speech and Drama competitions gave some brilliant and detailed performances. Daniel Hillman and Darcy Cargeeg earned multiple accolades for their monologues and duologues while Patrick Willis…
KRC News – September 10, 2015
KRC holiday opening hours The KRC will be open for study and borrowing during the holidays from 9.00 -“ 4.00 every weekday. eBooks eBooks are available for all students through our eBook platform at http://krc.stpats.vic.edu.au/ebooks.html We have a range of fiction and non-fiction books covering a variety of genres. Just use your current SPC log…
James George Joseph Fraser
FRASER, James George Joseph- – – – SPC 1896-1900 DoB:- 3 March 1888, Ballarat East, VIC Fth:- John Fraser, printer Mth:- Annie, nee Brewster When James Fraser left St Pat’s, he worked as a printer in his father’s business in Albert Street, Ballarat. The College annuals were printed by Fraser’s for many years. James was…
Table Tennis Report – September 10, 2015
Table Tennis SPC entered ten teams across four grades for the 2015 BAS table tennis season. There was strong interest from the Middle and Junior School. The A Grade team, made up of four Year Eight players, were very competitive but unfortunately due to school camp and some illness they were not able to play…