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...
Winter Sleep Out
Last Friday saw approx. 70 staff and students sleep outside on the cold pavers at the College in order to grow a deeper understanding of homelessness and sleeping rough. The Senior students from the Social Justice Action Group ran an...
PNG Immersion
Each year, a small group of Year 11 students and staff travel to Rabaul, PNG to spend 12 days with the students at the Edmund Rice Life Training Centre. For every group this is an eye-opening and life-changing experience for...
Alice Springs Immersion
For eleven days in June, a small group of Year 11 students and staff lived in Alice Springs and encountered the centre of our nation with a visit to Uluru, Kata Tjuta and Kings Canyon. The main purpose for their...
Market Day
Each year at St Patrick’s College, Year 9 Commerce students study a topic called Running a Business. During this topic, students learn about various decisions which business owners make on a daily basis. These include what to produce, what price...