St Pat’s News

Careers Update – July 30, 2015

The- SPC Careersblog:- http://spccareersblog.edublogs.org/– -‹-‹Check out these- Recent Posts:- -‹Weekly Career News T3,W32016 VTAC Year 12 Publications -“ Out nowExperience Asia ScholarshipLongerenong College Open DaySchool Based Apprenticeship -“ BakeryDeakin Open Days -“ Experience- Warrnambool- Residences!First Class Education Group -“ Open DaysCCUSA Australia -“ Summer Camp JobsPlease click on this link to view a list of…

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Boarding Report – July 30, 2015

What a fortnight it has been for our boarders. A boarding experience is supposed to provide a holistic education -“ one that is based on a boarders’ academic, spiritual, co-curricular and pastoral endeavours. We the SPC Boarding Community Staff are privileged to have our lives enriched by time spent with your sons. The highlights can…

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Information Technology Update – July 30, 2015

Cybersmart Presentation June 2015 One of the interesting issues brought up by presenter Greg Gebhart at the recent Cybersmart presentation held at the College was the role parents can play in the education of our children in being good digital citizens. Research was presented that indicates our children do care what their parents think and…

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Wellbeing Report – July 30, 2015

Edmund Rice Day 2015 Congratulations to the following boys who raised a significant amount of funds for our Annual Edmund Rice Day Walkathon. These boys received a certificate of appreciation as well as a gift card form JB Hi-Fi for their efforts at a recent whole school College Assembly. Year 7 Highest Fundraiser- – –…

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College Chaplain Report – July 30, 2015

The Old Becomes New As chaplain I’m regularly bombarded with enthusiastic questions from the students. Their points of interest and way of seeing things can be really surprising (and it must be said at times somewhat amusing); I’m certainly always kept on my toes. Right at the heart of the joy of youth is the…

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Mission Report – July 30, 2015

This week representatives of Catholic primary and secondary schools from across the diocese gathered at Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in Wendouree to discuss the Catholic identity of schools. The day was led by Prof. Dr. Didier Pollefeyt and Mr. Jan Bouwens from the The Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the…

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1st XI Soccer report – July 29, 2015

ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE- 3 d MT CLEAR COLLEGE 1 GOALS – Ben Hutchins 2, Brayden Baker BEST- – – – – Ben Hutchins, Jake Selby, Marco Farrell, Billy Munter, Brayden Baker Back on our home ground, which is certainly not our best playing surface, we never looked comfortable against a very quick Mt Clear side…

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1st XVIII – Herald Sun Shield semi – SPC d SJC

St Patrick’s College through to Final Score: St Patrick’s College 10.3 (63) d St Joseph’s College 5.10 (40) Goals: Joel Cowan, Leigh Spiteri 2, Hamish Coulton, Jackson Carrick, Jordyn Cotter, Connor Byrne, Jacob Hopper, Tom Williamson 1 Best: Joel Cowan, Ben Lusby, Jacob Hopper, Hasker Dawborn, Joe Dodd, Tom Evans – St Patrick’s College is…

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Esteemed artist to judge NAB Flanagan Art Prize

Esteemed expert to judge NAB Flanagan Art Exhibition Award winning Australian artist Euan Heng has been announced as the judge of the 2015 NAB Flanagan Art Exhibition, being conducted by St Patrick’s College in August. The exhibition, now in its eighth year, is building a reputation as one of the premier art events on the…

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Under 13 rugby report – July 25

U/13 SPC v Ivanhoe Grammar The under 13’s had another strong performance on the weekend downing an undermanned Ivanhoe 20-15. We arranged to match numbers with Ivanhoe by lending two players and benching one. While they were small on numbers they certainly weren’t small on size and had a considerable advantage over us in the…

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