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Celebrating our 2017 results
2017 Victorian Certificate of Education results The month of December is a significant one for all Year 12 students across the state. Not only does it mark the official end of secondary school for these students, it is also the time when they receive details of their academic performance in the Victorian Certificate of Education….
Teaching and Learning Report – December 6, 2017
As we enter the final teaching days for 2017, it is appropriate to reflect on the significant work that has been done in the key area of teaching and learning at St Patrick’s this year. Our current Strategic Plan challenges all at St Patrick’s who have the shared responsibility for curriculum develop to remain focussed…
Teaching and Learning Report – November 23, 2017
2018 Booklists and iPad Resources Lists Our distribution of the 2018 booklists will commence in the coming days when current Year 11 boys, along with selected Year 10 students studying a VCE Units 3/4 subject or a second-year VET certificate in 2018, receive a print copy of the 2018 Year 12 booklist as part of…
Teaching and Learning Report – November 9, 2017
2018 1:1 Device Update The St Patrick’s College vision for eLearning is to provide technology-enriched learning opportunities that enable students to achieve high quality learning outcomes, preparing them for further education, training and to live and work in a digital world. Following is information specific to the College’s 1:1 device program. iPad program for Years…
Teaching and Learning Report – September 15, 2017
Mid Semester Reports and Years 7-9 Parent/Student/Teacher interviews: St Patrick’s College uses the Parent Access Module (PAM) to give parents and guardians online access to a range of information specific to their son(s). The Student Assessment area allows you to view and download your son’s mid semester and end of semester reports for this and…
Teaching and Learning Report – August 31, 2017
2018 Subject Selection Current Year 8 students attended the student information session for 2018 Year 9 this week. While at this session, students received print copies of the 2018 Year 9 Information Booklet and the 2018 Year 9 Subject Selection Guide. – Any Year 8 boy absent from this information session can collect a copy…
Mindshop Excellence
Congratulations to- the ten Year 10 students who- recently graduated from Commerce Ballarat’s Mindshop Excellence Program, which pairs high achieving students with local businesses to help solve real business problems. One group of our students spent the week with insurance company Simplex, helping to drive customer engagement and increase sales, while a second group worked…
Teaching and Learning Report – August 17, 2017
2017 Semester One Chris Nolan and VCE Headmaster’s Excellence Awards assembly The Chris Nolan and VCE Headmaster’s Excellence Awards assembly has become one of the College’s most important academic celebrations. This is the tenth year that boys attaining academic excellence have been recognised with a Chris Nolan Award.- We were fortunate to again…
Year 8 Kendo Experience
On Thursday August 10, the Year 8 students of Japanese were able to experience Kendo, an authentic Japanese martial art, that was used to train samurai warriors. Gary Oliver, who runs a Kendo school in Ballarat, taught the boys about Bushido, the way of the warrior and the origins of modern day martial arts. Starting…
Teaching and Learning Report – August 3, 2017
The 2018 subject selection process Current Years 9, 10 and 11 students are now well into all aspects of the 2018 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. All 2018 student and…