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2023 Information Session – Thursday 21 October at 5.30 pm – Live Stream
The 2023 Information Session will be held on Thursday 21 October at 5.30 pm via Live Stream. Please join us to meet the Principal, Steven O’Connor as well as other key staff and students to discover about all the great benefits of a St Patrick’s College education for your son. To book your place, please…
Careers Update
Please read the Weekly Career News each week to ensure you keep up to date with upcoming career events and key dates. Please click on the following link to view the current Weekly Careers News. Weekly Careers News 13 October 2021 Mr Anthony Meehan Careers and Transition Manager
Performing Arts Report
by Ms Monique Allen, Head of Co-Curricular Performance Debating – Debating Association of Victoria (DAV) Swannie Award Winner Congratulations to Patrick Clarke Thomas in Year 12 who was awarded the 2021 Swannie award in the A Grade Ballarat region. The Swannie Awards are named after Alan Swanwick, a long-time member of the DAV and a…
Mission Report
by Director of Mission, Mr Geoff Brodie Next week we shall farewell the Year 12 students of 2021. There will be joy, memories, a focus on the final exams and the life beyond. In recent years this significant moment has been marked by a Thanksgiving Mass in St Patrick’s Cathedral. We will not be following…
Boarding Bulletin Board
Welcome back to all our Boarders and their families as we begin what will hopefully be a less interrupted Term 4. While we are eagerly awaiting the date that we can all return to face-to-face learning, our Boarding students are to be commended for the way they have adapted to the staggered return to school….
Director of Sports Report
Director of Sport, Ms Tina Benoit, provides an update on sporting activities at the College. Please click on the link below to view the Sports Report. Sports Report Term 4 Week 2
Middle School Report
by Mr Michael Busscher, Director of the Middle School Welcome back to everyone in the Middle School. I hope that you have all had a wonderful holiday. This is also another opportunity to remind all of our parents that Term 4 requires ALL boys to wear school shorts and to also have a College Cap…
Junior School
By Mr Gavin Webb, Director of the Junior School And we’re back!!! It was wonderful to welcome back Year 7 and 8 students to onsite, face-to-face learning earlier in the week. Busy classrooms, noisy corridors, excitement on the down ball courts and lots of chatter in the yard was evident and great to see. A…
KRC Update
by Director of Library and Information Services, Ms Leonie Darken How lovely to see students once again taking advantage of the many aspects of the KRC. We have welcomed back our WIRED classes and are pleased to see many boys borrowing to extend their reading for enjoyment experiences. To challenge the boys to break old…
Principal’s Message
by Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor Term 4 – the joy of Spring! Much earlier in my career I had the honour and joy of teaching for a short time at Stonyhurst College, which is in the Ribble Valley in Lancashire in the north of England. Stonyhurst is the oldest English speaking Jesuit school in the…