St Pat’s News
Middle School Report – May 15, 2015
Boys, Motivation and SuccessSuccessful learners are motivated to learn. They want to meet the challenge of a new task, master it, increase their knowledge, understanding and competence, and satisfy their interest and curiosity. Such students tend to seek more challenging tasks, make greater effort, show greater persistence in the face of difficulty, use more effective…
Senior School – May 15, 2015
“I have done my best!” This week I would like to challenge the claim, “I have done my best” made by many students. In my opinion this claim is a cop out and one which I usually refute. Curiously it is a claim that we as parents often accept from our sons. If your son…
Cybersmart Parent Presentation
St Patrick’s College will host a special presentation by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, providing parents with information about how to keep their children safe online. The Cybersmart Outreach-”Internet Safety Awareness presentation is thorough and nontechnical. It covers a range of issues including: * the ways children use the internet and emerging technologies *…
2015 Walkathon record
Today we have 42,000 reasons to smile. Our students have so far collected more than $42,110 to be donated to charity as part of their Edmund Rice Day walkathon fundraising efforts. This is the most the student body has ever raised through the annual walkathon and each student deserves a pat on the back for…
SPC v Marcellin – May 9, 2015
St Patrick’s College 45 d Marcellin College 34- (HT 19-10) Try Scorer/s: D Tippett (3), J Coward (3), C Saunders (1) Conversion/s: J Coward (4), M Kaponga In a little over twenty four months we have played Marcellin on seven separate occasions, contested two Grand Finals with both sides enjoying success on one occasion. The…
Mothers Day Mass and Breakfast 2015
The College was delighted this morning to play host to more than 550 people for the Annual Mothers Day Mass and Breakfast. Mass, celebrated by Old Collegian Fr Justin Driscoll, commenced at 7am in the College Chapel and featured a wonderful homily and ceremony, focusing on the importance of loving mothers in raising fine sons….
Intermediate soccer report, May 5, 2015
In cold and slippery conditions after days of sporadic rain, the SPC Intermediate soccer squad took on Ballarat High School on the Shed Oval.- BHS arrived with only seven players, and five SPC players volunteered to fill the ranks of their depleted squad over both halves and all contributed well to that cause.- These players…
2015 Edmund Rice Day Homily
Old Collegian Fr Justin Driscoll (SPC 1981-82) delivered the following homily to the College’s full-school Mass on Edmund Rice Day in the Br W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre on Tuesday, May 4, 2015: Over the course of the past ten days it’s amazing the events that have taken place. Only ten days ago we were commemorating…
2015 Edmund Rice Day
Ballarat’s infamous weather – has intervened to force the postponement of today’s Edmund Rice Day Walkathon. With rain, hail and freezing temperatures forecast, teachers made the decision to postpone the walkathon and instead revert to normal classes for much of the day. Deputy Headmaster Jon Franzin said further details would be announced this week about…
SPC notches first Division 1 Rugby win
St Patrick’s College 1st XV 55 d Brighton Grammar School 14 Try Scorer/s: D Tippett (4), J Coward (1), M Kaponga (1), C Pollard (1), K Travers (1), L Maroney (1) May 2, 2015 will live long in the memories of many for it marked St Patrick’s College’s first foray into Division 1 rugby.- This…
