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Issue 20

16 July 2015

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This Week

From the Principal


Teaching & Learning

Curriculum Matters - Term 3


Identity

Our Grandparent's Mass - You're Invited


Thank You - The Vanuatu Appeal


Friday Morning Mass


Administration

Parent Teacher Interviews


​Individual and Tutor Group Photo Day - Thursday 23 July


Students

From the College Dean


2015 Early School Leavers survey


Sport

Sport Report Week 20


Culture

Culture Report Week 20


Community

​Deagon Community Race Day Update


Sandgate Sunset Run - ENTER NOW!


This Week

From the Principal

Welcome back to the third term. I hope that each young man had the opportunity to get involved in activities away from their normal school routine and have had the opportunity to refresh for the new term. During the holiday break, many of our staff and students were involved in a variety of camps and clinics within the sporting and cultural areas of the College. I would like, once again, to thank the many staff members who gave their time over the holiday break to enable the students to have opportunities to participate in so many activities. I would...

Welcome back to the third term. I hope that each young man had the opportunity to get involved in activities away from their normal school routine and have had the opportunity to refresh for the new term. During the holiday break, many of our staff and students were involved in a variety of camps and clinics within the sporting and cultural areas of the College. I would like, once again, to thank the many staff members who gave their time over the holiday break to enable the students to have opportunities to participate in so many activities. I would make special mention of the Indonesian trip where the students arrived back in Brisbane the morning that flights started to be cancelled from Bali. Furthermore, our First V Basketball team won the second division of the EREA cup last week. It was a great effort and a real "come from behind" victory.

I have been impressed with the start to the term from the student body. Our young men have returned with enthusiasm and energy. It is our job together to channel this energy into their work within the classroom and around the College.

By now you should have received reports and Parent/Teacher interviews are able to be booked. I encourage all parents to discuss reports with their son and review the results and efforts of last term. More importantly take some time to set down goals and targets for this coming term. These might include the idea of study habits, homework skills, results for subjects etc. If possible, it would also be very useful to revisit and discuss these goals and targets with your son every three weeks. This is a way to be involved and interested in your son's schoolwork and also a way to find out how he is going at school. It also assists him to develop the skill of goal setting, review and reflection. These meetings may help you assist him in being realistic about his goals and targets and showing him that they may need to be adjusted and renewed from time to time. It does not matter how old your son is, this is an important skill for him to learn.

I would also strongly encourage parents to have their son attend the Parent/Teacher interviews with them. It is important that they hear what feedback the teacher may have. Time to discuss student progress is often easier and more valuable than writing or interpreting comments in reports. At the end of the first term we had approximately 72% of our families attend the interviews. It would be wonderful if we can continue to have so many families interested and involved within these meetings.

Social media offers many advantages to so many of us. The most obvious of these is the ability to communicate with one another in an easy and swift way. From our College's perspective, we have endeavoured to use social media as best we can to keep in communication with families. It has recently come to my attention that some parents within the College are also using this means to contact others within the College family. Whilst this is an obvious means to do so, I would request that any of these communication channels or sites (facebook etc.) do not use our College name as a part of their site. Furthermore, I would ask that any person who uses these sites please be sensitive to using the name of any other community members or students within their public discussions.

There are some very important events happening next week. On Tuesday, we have the College Academic Assembly. There will be a number of students receiving academic medals and I hope that their proud parents have the opportunity to be at the assembly. On Friday we will have the Spirit Assembly for Basketball and Tennis. We will also have the Grandparent Mass on Friday morning. This Mass is a great chance for our young men to proudly show off their school to their grandparents as well as spending time praying together. I look forward to meeting as many people as I can during Friday morning.

Since the first term, the College Leadership Team has been reviewing our current structures to decided whether they are appropriate for the recent rapid growth of the College and the future direction of education and schools. As a result of these meetings we have made the decision to change the structures beginning from the start of 2016. The new team will consist of a College Principal, Deputy Principal, Dean of Identity, Dean of Teaching and Learning, Dean of Students and Dean of Administration. As Mr Frank Torrisi is the College Deputy Principal, he will move to this new role. This will mean that the Dean of Students position needs to be filled by the beginning of next year. Consequently we will advertise this role commencing this Saturday and an appointment will be made by the end of the week 6 of this term.

It is also with mixed feelings that I advise community members that Mrs Lee Schultz will be finishing at the College on Friday 7 August. Lee has worked at the College for just over 10 years and has been a mother and volunteer for many more as well. Lee will have the chance to spend more time with family. I would like to publicly thank Lee on behalf of the College community and wish her well into the future.

God Bless

Mr Chris Mayes - College Principal

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Teaching & Learning

Curriculum Matters - Term 3

In my experience I have often found Term 3 to be a very challenging term. Students have worked hard during the first Semester, especially in the final month of Term 2, where the heavy assignment and exam load was particularly intense. Sometimes the two week break only serves to make us aware of how tired we are. Returning to school in July when it's cold and bleak, where we have come a long way in our journey but still have a long way to go, can be tough. We often speak of learning how to face life's challenges and this is...

In my experience I have often found Term 3 to be a very challenging term. Students have worked hard during the first Semester, especially in the final month of Term 2, where the heavy assignment and exam load was particularly intense. Sometimes the two week break only serves to make us aware of how tired we are. Returning to school in July when it's cold and bleak, where we have come a long way in our journey but still have a long way to go, can be tough. We often speak of learning how to face life's challenges and this is a good example. Having to restart once we have lost momentum is something we will often be called upon to do. This is true whether we are at school or an adult in the workplace.

With this in mind it makes sense to commence the term with an overview of the many things which need to be done. As well as being a challenging term, its also very busy.

One of the most significant tasks will be for Year 12 students who will complete the QCS test on September 1 and 2. A strong performance in this test is essential if students are serious about maximising their OP score. To this end lunchtime workshops on QCS will be held each week leading up to the exam. Attendance at such workshops was excellent at the beginning of the year but fell away last term. I strongly suggest that we regain momentum in this area.

Also during lunchtime, and this is relevant to all year levels, is lunchtime tutoring especially in subjects such as Mathematics. Students throughout the College are encouraged to attend these sessions.

Doing well in external tests such as QCS or NAPLAN is important but nothing can replace a strong and consistent performance in all of our school-based subjects. In order to assist all students to prepare for assignments and exams the College has for many years produced assessment calendars. It is very important that every student accesses the calendar for his year level which will contain the day, date and lesson that assessment is due. The calendar will be released on Monday 27 July, which is week 3. It can be found on the St. Patrick's College Connect Teaching and Learning page - Link here ».

Year 8 and 10 students also face a busy term. Students in both year levels will be involved in a subject selection process in August. There will be information session for both year levels on Friday 7 August, which is the end of week 4. This will be followed up with parent information evenings on Monday 10 August for Year 10 and Monday 17 August for Year 8. Students will be asked to make decisions about the subjects they wish to study in 2016. To commence this process the local firm Business Intelligence Australia will be back on site next week to meet with all Year 10 students.

Finally a reminder to any students who missed an exam at the end of last term. You must report to the Curriculum Office to complete these tests. Good luck to all in what will be a busy but hopefully a satisfying term.

Mr Chris Campbell - Assistant Principal - Curriculum

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Identity

Our Grandparent's Mass - You're Invited

Each year St. Patrick's College holds a Grandparents' Mass. This is always a wonderful liturgical celebration and a chance for our students to share a special Mass and showcase the College to their Grandparents.

We extend an invitation to all Grandparents of St. Patrick's College students to attend this special Mass on Friday, 24 July at 9.00am followed by a morning tea.

If you wish to attend please contact Mrs Helen Righetti in the Student Office on 3631 9014 or email hrighetti@stpatricks.qld.edu.au by...

Each year St. Patrick's College holds a Grandparents' Mass. This is always a wonderful liturgical celebration and a chance for our students to share a special Mass and showcase the College to their Grandparents.

We extend an invitation to all Grandparents of St. Patrick's College students to attend this special Mass on Friday, 24 July at 9.00am followed by a morning tea.

If you wish to attend please contact Mrs Helen Righetti in the Student Office on 3631 9014 or email hrighetti@stpatricks.qld.edu.au by Friday 17 July for catering and set up purposes.

Mr Paul Corfield - Assistant Principal - Identity

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Thank You - The Vanuatu Appeal

Dear St. Patrick's College Community,

I would like to send my thanks, and pass on the thanks of many of the Ni'Vanuatu, for whom your Vanuatu donations have generously helped. On 13 March this year Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu. It was meteorologically the worst cyclone in world recorded history. Vanuatu consists of 83 islands, many of which are inhabited, and some are still only just getting communications and clean water returned to them. Pango village, which lays between a swamp and the ocean, had most of their homes washed...

Dear St. Patrick's College Community,

I would like to send my thanks, and pass on the thanks of many of the Ni'Vanuatu, for whom your Vanuatu donations have generously helped. On 13 March this year Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu. It was meteorologically the worst cyclone in world recorded history. Vanuatu consists of 83 islands, many of which are inhabited, and some are still only just getting communications and clean water returned to them. Pango village, which lays between a swamp and the ocean, had most of their homes washed away, and with them most belongings and clothes (as a result, a large number of the clothes donated were given to that community). We have also travelled around the island, giving food, clothes and toys to small hidden communities and families who had not received much or any aid from the NGOs. Here it is general practice for larger organisations to give aid to village chiefs who then distribute it, and so most upsetting was a family we encountered who had received no aid due to having a young albino son (something considered taboo in some communities here). The schooling supplies we received are to be given to Onesua College later this month upon the completion of its rebuilding. Our task is not complete yet with about 5 boxes of various contents left, but your efforts have made a huge impact for those who were forgotten or hidden.

I have attached a few photos for your consideration.

Thank you again to everyone who helped in this effort.

Regards,

Steven Wallace (Past Student - 2010)

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Friday Morning Mass

Father Liam Chapel - Waterford Building

8:00am - 8:30am

All students are welcome to attend our Friday Morning Mass in the Chapel. Mass will be presided over by Fr Anthoni Selvaraj OFM. Families are also most welcome to accompany their sons to Mass.

Father Liam Chapel - Waterford Building

8:00am - 8:30am

All students are welcome to attend our Friday Morning Mass in the Chapel. Mass will be presided over by Fr Anthoni Selvaraj OFM. Families are also most welcome to accompany their sons to Mass.

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Staff and Administration

Parent Teacher Interviews

The next round of Parent Teacher interviews will be held in the Callan Centre on Tuesday21 July from 1:30pm – 8:30pm.

All students will be dismissed at 12:45pm and buses will be advised of the earlier departure.

Interview bookings for the day can be made through Parent Lounge PTI commencing Monday 13 July 12:00pm. The program will allocate times on a first in first served basis. Access to bookings may be gained by using your St. Patrick's Connect Parent...

The next round of Parent Teacher interviews will be held in the Callan Centre on Tuesday21 July from 1:30pm – 8:30pm.

All students will be dismissed at 12:45pm and buses will be advised of the earlier departure.

Interview bookings for the day can be made through Parent Lounge PTI commencing Monday 13 July 12:00pm. The program will allocate times on a first in first served basis. Access to bookings may be gained by using your St. Patrick's Connect Parent Portal username and password. If you have forgotten your username and password, please contact the IT Department 3631 9053 or helpdesk@stpatricks.qld.edu.au as soon as possible to be given this information to enable you to gain access.

Parents of students in Years 5 and 6 should be aware that teachers of specialist lessons will not be available for interviews on this day. However, specialist teachers may be contacted by email if there are any concerns with regard to progress in the subject. Also due to time constraints Years 5 and 6 core classroom teachers may only be booked for one session in this round of interviews.

When you have booked your interviews, please print your schedule and bring on the day. Please note that the online booking system will close at 9am on Monday 20 July.

To book interview times:

  1. Logon to the Parent Portal (via the College website) - link here»
  2. Select Parent Lounge from the left hand menu
  3. Select Parent Teacher Interview from the left hand menu in Parent Lounge
  4. Select Book Now to enter the booking system
  5. Follow the prompts to select interview time/s for your son/s
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​Individual and Tutor Group Photo Day - Thursday 23 July

The College individual and Tutor Group photo day will be held on Thursday 23 July. Students are required to wear their full formal uniform. If a sports uniform is required on this day, the College asks students to wear formal uniform and change for sport as needed.

Photo packages can be ordered from the Advancedlife website - www.advancedlife.com.au. The College code is V614FP9T2.

Mr Matthew Hawkins - Assistant Principal - Staff and Administration

The College individual and Tutor Group photo day will be held on Thursday 23 July. Students are required to wear their full formal uniform. If a sports uniform is required on this day, the College asks students to wear formal uniform and change for sport as needed.

Photo packages can be ordered from the Advancedlife website - www.advancedlife.com.au. The College code is V614FP9T2.

Mr Matthew Hawkins - Assistant Principal - Staff and Administration

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Students

From the College Dean

Welcome back to Term 3. I hope everyone had a relaxing break and used the time to spend with family and friends.

Semester 1 Reports

Please discuss your son's Semester One report with him and help him to set clear goals for the second semester. It is important to acknowledge the good work your son is doing, but also to take note of the teacher's comments about areas for improvement. Overall the results across the College were quite good, but each individual student must take steps to continue to improve. Students who are performing well in their...

Welcome back to Term 3. I hope everyone had a relaxing break and used the time to spend with family and friends.

Semester 1 Reports

Please discuss your son's Semester One report with him and help him to set clear goals for the second semester. It is important to acknowledge the good work your son is doing, but also to take note of the teacher's comments about areas for improvement. Overall the results across the College were quite good, but each individual student must take steps to continue to improve. Students who are performing well in their classes generally are also showing positive behaviour. Please also maintain strong communication with the staff, either by writing notes in the Student Diary, emailing or via the phone.

Uniform and Grooming

The appearance of many students was excellent to start the term. I was pleased to see how the young men of St. Patrick's College returned to school adhering to the College's Hair and Grooming Policy. Thank you to all families for their support and cooperation in this matter.

Year 12 Leadership Afternoon

All Year 12 students are required to attend the leadership afternoon on Monday 27 July 3.00pm to 6.30pm. This afternoon program is a valuable experience to refocus and re-evaluate their role as leaders of St. Patrick's College. An afternoon tea and BBQ dinner will be provided. All Year 12 students are expected to attend.

Years 7-10 Social

The Years 7, 8, 9,and 10 social to be held this Saturday night is strictly limited to St. Patrick's College young men and the young ladies from the following invited Colleges:

  • St Rita's
  • St John Fisher
  • Mt Alvernia
  • Mt St Michael's
  • All Hallows
  • Clayfield College
  • St Margaret's
  • Mt St Michaels
  • Mary Mackilliop.

I would like to thank the staff and parents who have indicated that they will assist on the night with the running of the social - on the front door, in the cloakroom, selling drinks and general supervision. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. I remind all students that all the usual College rules and expectations apply and students need to be correctly attired.

  • Saturday 18 July
  • Sandgate PCYC Dempster Street, Deagon
  • 7.00 to 10.00 pm
  • Closed footwear is essential, no singlet's or offensive t-shirts
  • $15 + ID

Mr Frank Torrisi - College Dean - Student Formation

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2015 Early School Leavers survey

The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of students who left school in Years 10, 11 and prior to completing Year 12 during 2014. The Early School Leavers survey is a short, confidential survey that collects information about what young people are doing the year after leaving school. The information from the survey helps all schools to understand the pathways young people follow after leaving school and to plan services to support transitions into study or employment for our students.

Between July and August, our students who left school in Years 10, 11 and prior to completing Year 12 last...

The Queensland Government is conducting its annual statewide survey of students who left school in Years 10, 11 and prior to completing Year 12 during 2014. The Early School Leavers survey is a short, confidential survey that collects information about what young people are doing the year after leaving school. The information from the survey helps all schools to understand the pathways young people follow after leaving school and to plan services to support transitions into study or employment for our students.

Between July and August, our students who left school in Years 10, 11 and prior to completing Year 12 last year can expect to receive an invitation to complete a web-based survey or a telephone call from the Queensland Government Statistician's Office to complete the survey. If you know them, please encourage early school leavers to take part.

For more information, visit www.education.qld.gov.au/nextstep/ or telephone toll free on 1800 068 587.

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Sport

Sport Report Week 20

School holidays have been a busy time for many of our St. Patrick's College athletes, coaches and support staff.

Our Confraternity Rugby League team competed at Ipswich in the Division One pool. They were successful in winning a number of games and were only narrowly defeated against very experienced Rugby League orientated colleges. A huge thank you to Mr John Tucker for his coordination and Mr Brain Polich and other coaching staff for time and effort in preparing and supporting the team. Reports from the students is that they had a wonderful time and will...

School holidays have been a busy time for many of our St. Patrick's College athletes, coaches and support staff.

Our Confraternity Rugby League team competed at Ipswich in the Division One pool. They were successful in winning a number of games and were only narrowly defeated against very experienced Rugby League orientated colleges. A huge thank you to Mr John Tucker for his coordination and Mr Brain Polich and other coaching staff for time and effort in preparing and supporting the team. Reports from the students is that they had a wonderful time and will have lifelong memories from their week away.

Last week our U nder 15 and 1st V Basketball squads competed at the Edmund Rice Education Australia Basketball tournament held at Hibiscus Gardens Sports Centre. Our 1st V were crowned the champions in their division in defeating St Edmund's College Ipswich in overtime. The Under 15 team placed second. Well done to the coaches Mr Tim Merritt and Mr Geoff Whiting, coordinator Mr Steve Copping and our players for an excellent 3 days of competition.

Cross Country, coordinated by Mr Paul Toohey and Head Coach Jackson Alves lead 65 eager student runners plus staff to Adder Rock camping ground on Stradbroke Island on the first weekend of the holidays. The students enjoyed great times, lots of hard training and some rain. Never before has it been so important to erect the tent and secure the fly correctly - a lesson learnt for a number of our young runners! The squad compete at Curlew Park this Friday afternoon as SPC host a Cross Country meet against the other members of AIC. This meet will also act as a selection race for Wednesday 5 August Championships.

Mr Matt Grinlaubs, Volleyball coordinator and other Volleyball coaches conducted trials for students wishing to be considered for the 2015 December Australian Volleyball School's Cup. The squad to compete in Melbourne will be named very soon to allow participants fundraising opportunities.

Br Chris Pritchard and Mr Brad Harbottle (professional Tennis coach) have been working with our Tennis squads throughout the holidays. The students have enjoyed the opportunity to receive specialist coaching and improve their skills in preparation for the upcoming season.

This Saturday our Basketball and Tennis players compete in a trial against St Laurence's College. The trials allow players an opportunity to be selected into appropriate teams, which reflects for their current ability and fitness levels. Parents and players are reminded that player movement within graded teams will occur throughout the season should player performance improve or stagnate. Please support the coach's decision on player selection and encourage your son to enjoy and participate for their team and school to the best of their ability.

During the Basketball season the Sport Support Group would like to have the canteen in operation at the Callan Centre. Sport Support are looking for an individual or group to volunteer their services to assist with the running of this service for Junior (Year 5-8) home games. All stock, ordering of food/drink, money float etc will be provided - we just need helpers. Thank you to David and Sue Foster who have volunteered to coordinate the canteen during the Senior home games. If you would like more information please contact Matt Grinlaubs, Chair of Sport Support Group for further information 0434 957 638.

Spirit Assembly for Basketball and Tennis has been rescheduled and will now be held at 8.30am on Friday 24 July. The Co-Curricular Awards ceremony for Football and Rugby will be held on Tuesday 28 July.

The Shorncliffe Shufflers 7am Sunday run remains ever popular. A number of our 'senior' runners competed at the recent Gold Coast running festival in various distances and a few runners are looking forward to the Redcliffe Jetty to Jetty run this coming weekend. All runners welcome, students and community. Please meet in the plaza area at 7am ready to run/walk.


Contacts for Trimester 3 Sport

Basketball Coordinator - Mr Steve Copping scopping@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

Tennis Coordinator - Br Chris Pritchard cpritchard@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

Cross Country - Mr Paul Toohey ptoohey@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

All information regarding Cross Country, Basketball and Tennis is located on the sport specific Connect pages Connect Sport Pages link here »


Outstanding Student Achievements

Queensland representatives Hamish Chapman, Jai Okamura and a new student to SPC, Daniel Battaglen,e won the National Under 17 Indoor Cricket Championships last week. Hamish was selected in the Australian team to compete in the World Series in September. Daniel was also selected in Australia A team to compete at the same tournament. Well done on the national championship title and good luck to Hamish and Daniel in September.








The Australian Schoolboy Rugby Championships were recently conducted in Sydney. Congratulations goes to three of our students who participated in various teams. Justin Sikimeti played in Queensland 2, Phillip Hunt in the Combined States and Jack Kelly in the Lloyd McDermott Indigenous team.











Congratulations to Craig Gilpin for his selection in the Queensland Under 13 Inline Hockey Team. Craig's team will contest the National Championship in September. Craig has now been selected in Queensland teams for both Ice and Inline hockey.











Callum Sanders was selected in the Queensland Waterpolo team and competed at the recent East Coast Challenge. Callum's team defeated NSW in the final. Congratulations to Callum, especially as this is his first season in the sport.









Marcus Ferguson continues to have success in Volleyball this year. Marcus is presently competing at Huntington Beach, California, USA in Beach Volleyball tournaments. Marcus and his partner have been extremely successfully in winning each tournament. Marcus has also been successful in gaining selection in the Queensland Under 19 Indoor Volleyball team to compete at the National championships in Canberra.








Mr Doug Locke - Head of Sport

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Culture

Culture Report Week 20

This week in Culture there are reminders for Junior Chess Club, Junior Round Robin Debating and QDU Debating, as well as updates for Inter-House Debating and Co-curricular Music.

Junior Chess Club

Junior Chess Club is back in Term 3 with a new format. There will be no coaching just informal games with other students and members of our Senior AIC teams.

Numbers are strictly limited and sign on for each Tuesday is essential. If you would like to attend please see Mrs Butt in the Library.

When: Beginning ...

This week in Culture there are reminders for Junior Chess Club, Junior Round Robin Debating and QDU Debating, as well as updates for Inter-House Debating and Co-curricular Music.

Junior Chess Club

Junior Chess Club is back in Term 3 with a new format. There will be no coaching just informal games with other students and members of our Senior AIC teams.

Numbers are strictly limited and sign on for each Tuesday is essential. If you would like to attend please see Mrs Butt in the Library.

  • When: Beginning Tuesday, 28 July, 2015
  • Tuesday afternoons 3:00 to 4:00 (NOTE NEW FINISH TIME)
  • Where: AV rooms.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Co-Curricular Music News

Co-Curricular Music News - Mr Justin Hockey - Acting Program Leader - Music (jhockey@stpatricks.qld.edu.au)

Bramble Bay Schools Music Festival 2015

A number of students in Years 5 to 7 have been nominated by their Music teachers to attend the Bramble Bay Schools Music Festival 2015 in Week 3. To all those attending, we wish you the best in music making. Further information is available on the Connect page - Link here»

Queensland Catholic Schools Music Festival – QCMF

It's that time of year when schools all across the state are gearing up for the QCMF. Hosted by Villanova College, the Festival sees hundreds of ensembles performing over four days. This year our students are performing on Friday 14 August and Sunday 16 August. The Year 5 String Orchestra with Miss Simmers and Year 5 Junior Band with Mr Will are performing on Friday the 14th August. The Middle School Orchestra directed by Miss Simmers, Middle School Band with Mr Hockey and the Senior Contemporary Band with Mr Will are performing on Sunday the 16th August. More information will be made available on the Co-curricular Music Connect page - Link here»

Film Crew

  • Junior Film Crew (Years 5 to 8) meets in the Library every Monday lunch of Week B.
  • Senior Film Crew (Years 9 to 12) meets in the Library every Monday lunch of Week A.

Debating News

QDU Debating News – Mrs Lorraine O'Sullivan - Debating Coordinator (losullivan@stpatricks.qld.edu.au)

Inter-House Debate

The Inter-House debating competition will be staged during House Assembly in week 4. Each house will provide 2 teams to debate the topic "That sharks should be culled in popular swimming areas". Students from years 6 - 12 may participate. See your House Dean for more information.

A reminder for all Year 7 debaters that the 2015 Junior Round Robin Competition commences 23 July 2015. Full details to come.

The QDU Secondary School Finals commence 29 July 2015. Full details to come.

Mr Geoff Samuels - Head of Culture

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Community

​Deagon Community Race Day Update

We regret to inform our parents, past students and supporters that St. Patrick's College will not be hosting a marquee at the 2015 Deagon Community Race Day.

St. Patrick's College is always eager to support the local community but increased costs this year, including Brisbane Racing costs, have resulted in the day being too expensive for many of our families. For us to offer a marquee as we have done in previous years, we would need to charge significantly more per ticket than previous years. As an inclusive school community, we believe these costs to be prohibitive...

We regret to inform our parents, past students and supporters that St. Patrick's College will not be hosting a marquee at the 2015 Deagon Community Race Day.

St. Patrick's College is always eager to support the local community but increased costs this year, including Brisbane Racing costs, have resulted in the day being too expensive for many of our families. For us to offer a marquee as we have done in previous years, we would need to charge significantly more per ticket than previous years. As an inclusive school community, we believe these costs to be prohibitive to many of our families in these tough financial times. Consequently, after much consideration we believe that we have taken the responsible decision to not participate in this way in 2015.

However, we encourage you to continue your support of the local community and the Race Day by purchasing a general admission ticket when they go on sale.

We hope that if costs are reduced in the future, we can revisit our commitment to this wonderful community event.

Mrs Stacey Bishop - Foundation Development Manager

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Sandgate Sunset Run - ENTER NOW!

On Saturday 10 October 2015, the heart of Sandgate will come alive as teams of runners and walkers do laps of the main roundabout, while spectators enjoy the festivities and cheer on the participants. This year, they have added a Junior Relay and Kids Dash, so the whole family can take part.

The College's very own Shorncliffe Shufflers already have two teams locked in. Proud parent Mr Andy Sides and incredible past parent (and wife of our Board Chair) Mrs Elaine McMahon are coordinating so it is sure to be a slickly run event.

Kids aged 9 years...

On Saturday 10 October 2015, the heart of Sandgate will come alive as teams of runners and walkers do laps of the main roundabout, while spectators enjoy the festivities and cheer on the participants. This year, they have added a Junior Relay and Kids Dash, so the whole family can take part.

The College's very own Shorncliffe Shufflers already have two teams locked in. Proud parent Mr Andy Sides and incredible past parent (and wife of our Board Chair) Mrs Elaine McMahon are coordinating so it is sure to be a slickly run event.

Kids aged 9 years and under will kick off the event in the afternoon, with one lap of the roundabout, before 10 to 15-year-olds relay in a 30-minute race. Then at 6pm, it's the main event, with 400 runners to relay for 2 hours around the roundabout. It's an event of stamina, tactics and fun. Dress-ups and costumes are encouraged for young and old, participants and spectators alike.

2015 will feature children's entertainment, jumping castle, face painting, glow merchandise, live music, markets and food.

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