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Senior School
2017 Student Leaders announced
Dear Parents, Students and Staff of St Patrick’s College, Today it is a great honour to be able to announce the student leadership team for St Patrick’s College in 2017. The election process over the past month involved a detailed online vote involving students and staff, followed by a rigorous interview process whereby the candidates…
Senior School Report – August 11, 2016
During the school holidays, year 11 student Charlie Pollard took part in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter’s six-day Adrian Meade Dairy Innovation Program, along with eleven other students selected by interview from around WCB’s milk supply region. The program started at the WCB factory looking at milk processing, the product range, quality assurance, transport and logistics…
VCAL to be introduced in 2017
St Patrick’s College will welcome a new era of hands-on learning when it introduces the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) to its curriculum offerings in 2017. The College has employed the 2014 VCAL Teacher of the Year Lyn Maniz to oversee the development and introduction of the program which will complement the school’s already…
Senior School Report – May 26, 2016
Newman College Forum Dinner Newman College is one of the residential Colleges located on the grounds of the University of Melbourne. Last Friday night Year 12 students Cameron Adams and Glyn Kendal and I joined old boys James McKinnon, Will Briggs and David Adams at the Newman College Annual Forum Dinner. A great night was…
Performing Arts Report – May 13, 2016
Proposed 2017 USA Performing Arts Tour An exciting development is being proposed for the Co-Curricular Performing Arts at St. Patrick’s College. We are currently taking expressions of interest for a Performing Arts Tour to New York City, which would be held in the 2017 Term One school holidays (Thursday March 30 -“ Tuesday April 11)….
Senior School Report – May 12, 2016
Year 10 Parents One Night of Homelessness– It is with great excitement that I announce that the College will again be offering all year 10 students the opportunity to experience One Night of Homelessness.- This challenging and at times confronting experience is to be conducted on Thursday May 27, 2016 and will introduce the students…
Senior School Update – April 28, 2016
-I have done my best!- This week I would like to challenge the claim, -I have done my best- made by many students.- In my opinion this claim is a cop out and one which I usually refute. Curiously it is a claim that we as parents often accept from our sons. If your son…
Senior School Report – April 14, 2016
Welcome back to Term Two, a very important term for all students in the Senior School. Sincere thank you to all parents for their support in ensuring the smooth transition to the winter uniform. As our boys are the public face of St Patrick’s College I continue to call upon your support in ensuring that…
Senior School Report – March 17, 2016
Year 10 Programme Year 10 students will deviate from their usual classroom routine from Monday, March 21 through to Thursday March 24.- The four days will consist of a Retreat, Morrisby Testing, Occupational Health and Safety Training (OHS), and Health and Wellbeing programme.- The Youth Ministry Team (YMT) has been engaged to facilitate the Year…
Senior School Report – March 3, 2016
We have two types of memory: Short term memory Long term memory When a boy first learns something it enters his short term memory. If he can link the new knowledge to something he has already stored in his brain then it will be retained.- If the information proves useful, like their password to their…