St Pat’s News
Time to hit the greens for 2015 OCA Golf Day
The 14th annual SPC-OCA Golf Day will again be held at the Midlands Golf Club in 2015 following last year’s successful event which helped raise $2000 for the OCA.The OCA invites all members of the College community to participate in what is one of the highlights of the OCA social calendar. We encourage everyone to…
Squash and Racquetball results – August 27
Racquetball SPC -‘A’ Grade G1– L. Cashin (St Pats) 15 v – J. O’Donnell (Clarendon)13- – – – G2– 12 v15- – Points: 27 v 28 G1 C. Kent (St Pats)- – – – – 15 v T. Eason (Clarendon) – – – – – 11- – G2– 8v15 Points: – 23 v 26 G1–…
Phil Nagle meets student leaders
On Tuesday, May 19 Old Collegian Philip Nagle (SPC 1976-80) was the first person called to the witness box in the Ballarat Case Study of the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse. Mr Nagle delivered an incredibly harrowing and heartbreaking description of the abuse he suffered at the hands of Br Stephen…
Students compete in Noorat shooting event
On Thursday August 27, 35 students from the College made the early start to Noorat in Western Victoria to compete in the Regional School Student Clay Target Championship.- The event attracted some 350 students from across the region gathering to contest the annual event. This competition is a Down the Line (DTL) clay target discipline…
Director of Sport Report – August 27, 2015
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Headmaster’s Message – August 27, 2015
2015 NAB Flanagan Art Prize On Friday evening, the official opening of the 2015 NAB Flanagan Art Prize was held in the College Pavilion. It was a terrific night, celebrating the great talents of many fine artists. The night was exceptionally well attended, with all guests enjoying some wonderful catering. I would like to acknowledge…
Wellbeing Report – August 27, 2015
Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast As a boys’ school, Fathers’ Day has special importance, both because of the need of boys for good father figures to help in their development, but also because most of our boys will in turn become fathers themselves -“ the greatest vocation and role they can have. Happy Fathers’ Day…
Teaching and Learning Report – August 27, 2015
2016 Subject Selection Current Year 8 students attended the student information session for 2016 Year 9 this week. While at this session, the boys received a copy of the 2016 Year 9 Information Booklet and the 2016 Year 9 Subject Selection Guide. The information booklet provides an overview of the Middle School program and includes…
Mission Report – August 27, 2015
Our students enjoyed a long weekend recently because of our boarding tradition. Known as the Exeat Weekend it is a chance for boarders to make the long journey home and enjoy time with family. Staff members took this opportunity to engage in professional development regarding the White Ribbon campaign to end violence against women and…
College Chaplain Reflection – August 27, 2015
What reasons can I have for believing in God? I promised in my last article that we would consider some of our reasons for believing in God. Now the obvious difficulty is that we can’t immediately see God in the way we can observe the things around us. This might be a difficulty but it…