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Student Diary – Day Two. James strikes again, this time with an account of Kyoto’s shrines.
Day 2 (As written and experienced by James Duffy) I awoke at 7am to a strange beeping sound coming from the other side of the room. As I puzzled out my surroundings I realised that I was indeed laying on a futon in a ryokan in the eastern nation of Japan. After that properly set…
Student Diary – Day Three. James Duffy’s account of our day at Nara.
Day 3 (As written and experienced by James Duffy) My third day began again at 7am. Just like yesterday, I went to breakfast and ate toast with jam as well as oranges and orange juice. A slight deviation from my previous breakfast was the addition of two small pork sausages. Small though they were, it…
Day Three – Nara. Wild deer and a giant Buddha.
Day three saw us depart Kyoto for the countryside. Our first stop was the picturesque Fushimi Inari Shrine. This important Shinto shrine is famous for the thousands of torii gates that trail paths through the sacred mountain. The site is dedicated to the god of rice, whose messenger is the fox whose emblem could be…
Day Two – Osaka. Exploring Kyoto
O what a day. Already it seems like we’ve been here for much longer than a day, with the boys making the most of every minute. Today was a day of old Japan, in one of it’s oldest cities – temples, castles, winding streets and narrow stairs. We started with breakfast at the guest house,…
Students take off for Japan
The 2016 St Patrick’s College Tour of Japan is underway. The delegation of 20 students and three staff members flew out of Tullamarine last night at 6.30, bound for Osaka. There was a stopover in Singapore overnight before a second flight which will land at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport today. From there the touring party…
Day One – Osaka – Kyoto
The eagle has landed! After departing Melbourne at 6.30 Monday evening, we touched down in Kansai Prefecture this morning at 9.00am. This was followed with our first experience of Japan’s train network, which had us in Osaka by lunchtime. After checking into our traditional guest house (a short stroll from the main Kyoto station) it…
Start packing your bags!
With three days to go excitement is building! It’s time to make sure you have everything you need as it will probably be too late on Monday. Make your list and check it twice!
SPC Careers Expo – Wednesday July 27
2016 SPC Careers Expo Wednesday July 27 -“ 5.30pm to 7.30pm Old Collegians Pavilion INVITATION TO THE SPC CAREERS EXPO An invitation is extended to Year 9, Year 10, Year 11 and Year 12 students and their parents/carers to the 2016 St Patrick’s College Careers Exposition. The SPC Careers Expo provides students an opportunity to…
Careers Update – May 12, 2016
Work Experience Presently I am experiencing a pleasing surge in returns of work placement forms. Work experience week is only 6 weeks away! In coming weeks Pastoral Teachers will be encouraging our boys to finalise their arrangements during May. Due date for all forms is 1 June. Morrisby Online Reports and Interviews Year 10 students…
Careers Update – April 27, 2016
Careers & Transition Work experience: Work Experience week is fast approaching- with many Year 10 boys submitting- forms since this term began. I will accept paperwork for work experience and structured workplace learning up to June 1. Students have also been asked to provide me with safe@work certificates as part on the mandatory occupational health…