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VCAL Update – August 10, 2018
Applied Learning Program This week, a large number of potential new candidates for Applied Learning for next year have started the information gathering process. In among all the acronyms; VCAL (Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, VET (Vocational Education and Training in Schools) SBAT (School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships) and VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education), just…
Headmaster’s Message – August 10, 2018
Headmaster’s Address to Chris Nolan Academic Assembly- – August 7 Welcome to all of our invited guests, parents, guardians, grandparents, friends, staff and most importantly, our students. In offering this greeting, we acknowledge the traditional custodians of this great land – the Wathaurong People. We pay our respects to elders past and present for their…
Chris Nolan Academic Awards – Tuesday August 7
St Patricks College hosted the 11th Chris Nolan Academic Assembly on Tuesday August 7. This assembly highlights the academic success of over 250 students throughout Semester 1 2018. Students need to apply their effort to assessment tasks that can number as high as forty separate tasks over the duration of the semester. This is a…
Headmaster’s Message – July 27, 2018
Dear Parents, Carers, Staff and Students of St Patrick’s College, It is with great pleasure that I formally welcome all students back to school for Term 3. As always, this is a most significant term for all students, most notably our Year 12 cohort who are now moving closer to their final examinations. I have…
Teaching and Learning Report – July 26, 2018
The 2019 subject selection process Current Years 9, 10 and 11 students are now well into all aspects of the 2019 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. As 2019 student and…
Teaching and Learning Report – June 20, 2018
Use of Parent Access Module (PAM) to access- reports All Years 7-12 end of semester reports will be available from 4:00pm on Friday, June 29 via PAM. Parents will have access to one or more of the following reports: An end of semester Statement of Attainment which will provide information on: Your son’s performance on…
VCAL Update – June 19, 2018
As the Semester ends we are congratulating all the boys on their progress toward employability. I’d particularly like to acknowledge the work of my colleagues, Mr Daniel Willey and Mr Michael Weadon, during what has been an incredibly productive semester. A reminder that boys are also working towards our Applied Learning Celebration Evening, during which…
VCAL Update – June 7, 2018
Applied Learning Program at St Patrick’s College ** Save the Date** October 18 from 6 pm at the OCA Pavilion, Applied Learning Celebration Evening. As the second year of Applied Learning Program at St Pat’s proceeds, it is timely to focus on boys’ achievements. The boys making Bluetooth speakers has been a very successful and…
Year 8 Japanese Program – Taiko, Manga and Kendo
Year 8 Japanese program -“ Taiko drumming, Manga drawing and Kendo As part of our year 8 Japanese program, the year 8 students of Japanese are learning about traditional Japanese arts, hobbies and sports. In April, our students had the chance to learn taiko drumming from Kiyomi Calwell, the owner of the Tyke-Oh company. She…
Enhanced Learning at St Patrick’s College
Enhanced Learning At the beginning of the year Enhanced Learning welcomed Maya Watters to St. Patrick’s College as a Facilitator, and Karla Strambini, Maree Stevenson and Michelle Norton as Teaching Assistants. In total Enhanced Learning have 3 Facilitator’s as well as the Enhanced Learning Coordinator and 13 TAs who ably assist identified students (funded and…