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Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast tickets available
The Annual Father’s Day Mass and Breakfast is one of the many highlights on the annual St Patrick’s College Calendar and will be held in 2015 on Friday, September 4 from 7am. We invite all fathers, grandfathers and guardians of current students to attend this event and participate in a Mass in the College Chapel…
SPC and Loreto students in final rehearsals
Students from St Patrick’s College and Loreto College are entering the final stages of rehearsals for their annual joint production which this year will be Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Just days remain until the curtain is lifted on the opening performance being held in Loreto’s fantastic new Mary’s Mount Centre for the first…
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…
Year 7 Swimming Program – Term Three
During Term Three, Year 7 students will be participating in a swimming program at the Ballarat Aquatic Centre (BAC) as part of their scheduled weekly Physical Education classes. For more information please click on this link
2015 National Sorry Day Assembly
As is its annual custom, St Patrick’s College today marked National Sorry Day with a full school assembly in the Br. W.T. O’Malley Sports Centre. In 2015, the College has 51 indigenous students enrolled, including 11 in Year 12. One of those Year 12 students, Christopher Saunders, presented this speech at the assembly. “Welcome and…
Support for victims and survivors
St Patrick’s College is providing the opportunity for the community to show their support for victims/survivors involved in the Royal Commission being heard this month. The College is encouraging all its community members to tie a blue, green or white ribbon to the College’s front gates and fence as a symbol of support. Headmaster John…
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…
Year 7 Optional Excurison to Observatory
All Year 7 Students are invited to attend an optional excursion to the Ballarat Municipal Observatory as part of their studies into- Astronomy in Science. For more information please click on this link
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 *…
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…