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Open letter from Student leaders – May 29, 2015

To all members of the broader St Patrick’s College and Ballarat communities, and especially to the many victims and survivors of child sexual abuse. As a student body we are well aware of the events currently unfolding in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse being heard in Ballarat. The details revealed…

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Teaching and Learning Report – May 28, 2015

May 19 College Assembly Last week’s College Assembly provided us with the opportunity to acknowledge the efforts and excellence of two groups of Junior School boys. We began by acknowledging the outstanding work of number of Year 8 students, who received a Headmaster’s Excellence Award for their work on the Year 8 Music Instrument Building…

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Headmaster’s Message – May 15, 2015

Dear Friends As you will be aware, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will conduct public hearings in Ballarat over the next three weeks. Over this time a number of victims/survivors will speak about their own individual stories of abuse in the Diocese of Ballarat involving Catholic clergy and religious associated…

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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 *…

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Curriculum Report – May 1, 2015

2015 NAPLAN for Year 7 and Year 9 students The 2015 National Assessment Program -“ Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Years 7 and 9 students will be held on Tuesday May 12, Wednesday May 13 and Thursday May 14. Friday May 15 will be used as a -‘catch-up’ day for boys who were absent for…

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Teaching and Learning report – April 17, 2015

2015 NAPLAN for Year 7 and Year 9 students The 2015 National Assessment Program -“ Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) for Years 7 and 9 students will be held on Tuesday May 12, Wednesday May 13 and Thursday May 14. Friday May 15 will be used as a -‘catch-up’ day for boys who were absent for…

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2015 Academic Assembly – Dux’s Address

The 2015 Academic Assembly was held on Friday, February 20 in sweltering conditions in the Br W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre.- The Assembly is one of the highlights on the SPC calendar and invites back all subject duces from the previous year. Old Collegian and sports journalist with The Australian Courtney Walsh (SPC 1989-94) was invited…

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2015 Academic Assembly

At the 2015 Academic Assembly on Friday, February 20, the College welcomed back each student from the Class of 2014 who had scored an ATAR of above 90 or who had been named as a subject dux. It soon became evident that 2014 College dux Hamish Clydesdale had many academically gifted classmates in 2014 and…

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2014 Chris Nolan Awards

The 2015 Academic Assembly included the presentation of the 2014 Semester Two Chris Nolan Awards.- The Chris Nolan Awards were established in 2008 to acknowledge the academic excellence of individual students.- To receive a Chris Nolan Award, a boy must be in the top 15% of his year level. The 15% is determined by the…

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