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A new school year begins
The 2016 year has started in smooth fashion at St Patrick’s College with more than 1400 boys arriving at school full of hopes and ambitions for a great year ahead. Headmaster John Crowley, at a full school assembly in the Br W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre, welcomed the more than 250 new students who walked through…
Old Collegian awarded national honour
St Patrick’s College is delighted to learn that Old Collegian Gavan Breen (SPC 1948-1952) was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2016 Australia Day honours list, for distinguished service to the Indigenous community through the preservation of languages, to the development of orthographies, and to education. John Gavan Breen was…
2016 Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF)
Every Victorian child should have access to the world of learning opportunities that exist beyond the classroom. The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) will ensure that no student will miss- out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities. School camps provide children with inspiring experiences in the great…
2015 VCE Results – A time to celebrate
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. All members of the St Patrick’s…
2015 College Dux announced
Paddy Collier has been announced as the Dux of St Patrick’s College for 2015 after the release of today’s ATAR scores. Paddy recorded an incredible ATAR score of 99.90, ranking him in the top 70 students from across Victoria and as the best performing male student in the Ballarat region. In a day of extremely…
Ballarat Community Notices
Rookie Me and DraftStar AFL Merge Rookie Me and DraftStar AFL have merged. The DraftStar Academy is now the ‘Rookie Me Academy’. For more information regarding this wonderful initiative please click on- this link. It is worth noting that 49 of our senior boys were tested by Rookie Me and they found the experience extremely…
Headmaster’s Message – December 3, 2015
Headmaster’s Address to Valedictory Dinner November 20, 2015 It is with great joy that I welcome everyone here tonight to our Year 12 Valedictory dinner particularly our official guests including our College Patron Bishop Paul Bird, parents, guardians, friends, staff and most importantly, our wonderful graduating students. In offering this welcome, we acknowledge the traditional…
Teaching and Learning Report – December 3, 2015
2016 Booklists and iPad Resources Lists All 2016 booklists have now been distributed, with current Years 7, 8, 10 and 11 boys also receiving the 2016 iPad Resources List specific to their year level. All incoming 2016 Year 7 families, along with all other families new to St Patrick’s in 2016, have been mailed a…
Wellbeing Report – December 3, 2015
It is time to start putting the pace and demands of the school year behind us, and turn to the most important things that Christmas brings; family and the gift of the Christ child, who in his birth completes the Holy Family, of which all our own families are an echo and a part. Families…
Senior School Report – December 3, 2015
2015 Year 10 Academic Subject Awards James Meagher Year 10 Media Studies Blake Beadsell Year 10 History Emerson Tolliday Year 10 Theatre Studies Joshua Bradshaw Year 10 Modified Mathematics Campbell Spittal Year 10 Vocational Mathematics Ethan Gilbert Year 10 Pre Vocational English Mitchell Tuddenham Year 10 Physics James Duffy Year 10 English Lachlan Furlong Year…