Yearly Archives
Archive criteria : 2019
Year 7 Mother and Son Evening
The College hosted an evening event for Year 7 boys and their mums or mentors run by Time & Space. The evening presented an opportunity for mothers to share some of the joys and challenges faced as a parent and...
Mission Mass – A Time to Reflect
In the Junior School we often talk to our boys about the privileged lives we live, here in Australia and as members of the St Patrick’s College community. We talk about our shared aspiration to exist for the other, not...
Year 9 Camp
Year 9 students and members of staff attended a four-day camp at Somerset Outdoor Learning Centre near the Colo River. Activities included bushwalking, canoeing along the Colo and Hawkesbury Rivers, rock climbing, abseiling, archery and conquering various obstacle courses. The...
Australasian Philosothon
During the first week of the recent holidays, eight students represented St Patrick’s College at the Australasian Philosothon held at Radford College in Canberra. Over the course of three days, the students enjoyed the opportunity to think about and discuss...
Celebrating Fatherhood
On Friday 30 August, the students came together with their fathers to celebrate their masculinity, the Father/Son relationship and how connected we are to God our Father. Our Masses focused on the Season of Creation which began on Fathers’ Day,...
Artist in Residence
Artist Michael Simms joined the Visual Arts Faculty in Week 4 of this term. His time with the College was made possible by the 2019 Learning Grant awarded to the Visual Arts Faculty by the Parents’ and Friends’ Association. Across...
Sandakan Remembrance Service
It was 1945 and three years after their capture in Singapore, that 1781 Australian Prisoners of War found themselves now interned by the Japanese Army in Borneo. They were used as labourers to build a military airstrip at Sandakan. At...
UK Cricket Tour
For a video montage of the tour, please click here: Two Cricket Squads from SPC (Opens and Development) toured England for three weeks over the past holidays. The Tour was a combination of eight cricket fixtures for each team, the...
Year 8 Enhance II
On Monday 29 July, the Visual and Performing Arts Faculties facilitated an ‘arts’ enrichment day for Year 8 students. The day, titled Enhance II, was designed to extend and enrich students’ understanding of the learning areas and professional pathways available...
Year 5 Grandparents’ Day
Last Friday’s celebration of Mass for Year 5s Grandparents’ Day, followed by morning tea and class visits, was yet another beautiful celebration of community and belonging. It is a much-loved tradition here in the Junior School. What a pleasure it...