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Issue 26

24 August 2018

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This Week

From the College Principal


From the Deputy Principal


School Fees


Teaching & Learning

From the Dean of Administration and Business Intelligence


QUT Mooting Competition


Identity

Indigenous Literacy Day Great Book Swap - Donations needed


Paddy's Van Roster


Sport

Inside Scoop in Sport


Culture

Cultural Capers Week 26


Community

Merchandise Store


Mary MacKillop Information Night


2018-2019 Social Justice Statement


Sandgate Aquatic Centre


Local Hero


Father Son Breakfast Help Wants


Mary MacKillop Information Nights


Brighton Bulldogs Five-a-Side


Redcliffe Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Sign On


Helpers for Father Son Breakfast


Tuckshop Roster


Raffle Prizes Request


This Week

From the College Principal

On Thursday morning, I attended the funeral of Br Fergus Gagen. Fergus was the College Principal at St Patrick’s in the era of 1985-1990. After listening to his eulogy, one could not help but feel that Fergus was a very caring and compassionate man who gave his life to his faith and the brotherhood. Fergus entered the Christian Brothers in 1948. He initially worked in Sydney at schools in Balmain, Strathfield, Lewisham and Rozelle. He then moved to work in Papua New Guinea for a period of 19 years. Fergus returned to Australia and taught at St Joseph’s Gregory...

On Thursday morning, I attended the funeral of Br Fergus Gagen. Fergus was the College Principal at St Patrick’s in the era of 1985-1990. After listening to his eulogy, one could not help but feel that Fergus was a very caring and compassionate man who gave his life to his faith and the brotherhood. Fergus entered the Christian Brothers in 1948. He initially worked in Sydney at schools in Balmain, Strathfield, Lewisham and Rozelle. He then moved to work in Papua New Guinea for a period of 19 years. Fergus returned to Australia and taught at St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace, St Edmund’s Ipswich before being appointed as College Principal at St Patrick’s for six years. After leaving Shorncliffe, Fergus was appointed Principal at St Mary’s Toowoomba, the school that he attended as a child. After completing three years in Toowoomba, Fergus returned as teacher and Community Superior of the Brothers at Gregory Terrace before retiring at the end of 2001. In “retirement”, Fergus took the role of archivist and magazine editor at Gregory Terrace until the end of 2010. Fergus’s health started to fade from 2013.

Perhaps the final word about Br Fergus should go to Mrs Jan Thompson from our staff. This excerpt from Jan was mentioned Fergus’s eulogy.

From those years, Mrs Jan Thompson, now Personal Assistant to Shorncliffe College Principal, recalls: “Br Gagen was Principal when the eldest of our three sons started at St Pat’s Shorncliffe. We remember him as a man who had a real understanding of boys and the teaching of boys. Times were tough at St Patrick’s, but Fergus was always jolly and loved a good laugh. When talking to past students and Br Gagen is mentioned, ‘Papa Smurf’ and his little yellow ‘smurf mobile’ car are always remembered very fondly. He was a true gentleman.”

Over the past two weeks, we have been completing our Year 5 (2020) interviews. I always find these interviews to be quite energising as I listen to the future hopes and aspirations of the parents and boys in front of me. It is also quite humbling to know that they believe that St Patrick’s can support and nurture them to reach these hopes and aspirations. During the conversation, we also often speak about working together to form the boys into good young men when they leave St Patrick’s. This means much more than simply educating the young men for the “world of work” or “moving into the big world”. Rather it is about what a holistic education tries to do apart from simply growing the intellectual capacity of a student.

Each week, the staff at our College receive a publication named Vital Staff Newsletter. This publication includes many interesting articles that draw us to reflect on our own personal lives or matters of our own professional practice. In last week’s newsletter, there was a very interesting article citing information from research around Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). The author suggested that this learning is a critical and underestimated element of school life. It suggests that school communities can build SEL by building human connections. They argue that this can be done through five keys to what they describe as “Proactive Well-being”. These keys include the following:

  • Gratitude – the affirmation of goodness where relationships are strengthened by working to build goodness in each other and the community;
  • Empathy – Understanding the needs of people around us and try to treat them as they wish you would treat them. Empathetic people are not judgemental and try to be aware of the needs of those around them as much as their own;
  • Altruism (selflessness) – promoting the welfare of others without expectation of any reward.
  • Compassion – sympathy and a sense of understanding of the misfortunes, sufferings and challenges faced by others;
  • Forgiveness – bringing peace of mind to individuals and communities by letting go of corrosive emotions that lead to vengefulness, bitterness, resentment and unhappiness.

Th author suggests that these are social skills that can be offered to and formed into our young men that will assist them to lead a satisfying and productive life. They are certainly aspirations of our holistic education at St Patrick’s.

Last weekend, we had 13 assembles, choirs and bands performing at the Queensland Catholic Schools Music Festival. The large number of participants is, I believe, because of the large growth that we have seen within the music program over the past few years. I also believe that the standard of performance has grown during this time thanks to the great work of Geoff Samuels, Kane McNally, Kate Albury, Kelly Jensen, Monique Matthews, Claire Devine and Nic Consiglio from our staff. This year, our young men managed to achieve 6 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals and 2 Bronze medals. These results are testimony to the improvement and high standards of performance that they are demonstrating each time that they perform.

During this week, our Year 9 students have been involved in their camp and retreat program. Both these experiences are aligned to the Rite Journey program that they are undertaking this year. It is a very reflective time for them and I appreciate that this is not always easy to do for a young adolescent man. I am sure that they would have found the experience to be beneficial.

We have many students and teams competing over this weekend. Our Basketball and Tennis teams are competing against Marist College Ashgrove, whilst we have senior Mooting Team competing in the State final of the QUT Mooting competition against Sommerville House on Saturday evening. Our Chemical Titration team is also competing in the National finals on Saturday, 1 Setpember at the University of Queensland. This gives a clear indication of the diversity of opportunities that our young men are offered thanks to the time and expertise of our staff members. I hope that it is an enjoyable weekend for everyone.

Live Jesus in our Hearts!

Mr Chris Mayes – College Principal

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From the Deputy Principal

A few weeks ago, I attended the annual EREA Deputy Principal Conference in Brisbane. It is a once a year gathering of all the EREA Colleges, Flexi Schools and the associated EREA Colleges coming together to reaffirm the commitment in providing an Authentic Education to the youth of Australia grounded by the four touchstones of Liberating Education, Inclusive Community, Justice and Solidarity and Gospel Spirituality. The focus of the conference was to showcase the education initiatives occurring in our colleges. St Patrick’s showcased the excellent work that is occurring in the use of data to inform our practices....

A few weeks ago, I attended the annual EREA Deputy Principal Conference in Brisbane. It is a once a year gathering of all the EREA Colleges, Flexi Schools and the associated EREA Colleges coming together to reaffirm the commitment in providing an Authentic Education to the youth of Australia grounded by the four touchstones of Liberating Education, Inclusive Community, Justice and Solidarity and Gospel Spirituality. The focus of the conference was to showcase the education initiatives occurring in our colleges. St Patrick’s showcased the excellent work that is occurring in the use of data to inform our practices. I would like to publicly thank Ms Gaber, Mr McPhee, Mrs Campbell and Mr Crewe who presented workshops to several Deputy Principal’s from across Australia. St Patrick’s College continues to build their reputation as a leader in this area.

CASHLESS TUCKSHOP

During Term 4 last year the College introduced a cashless system at our College Tuckshop. The cashless system has operated for nearly 12 months and has been a huge success. However, there are still a large number of students needing to load cash onto their cards at the College. In addition, there are students who ae arriving at the College with large sums of cash. As of week 8 of this term, the front office will not accept cash from students. The College will also remove the top up machine in the Curriculum Office at the end of Term 3 to reduce the cash that is being brought to the College and held at the College. If you are having problems with using College Coin, please do not hesitate to contact the IT Support Desk.

CHILD PROTECTION

The College takes its child protection responsibilities seriously. Please contact the College’s Student Protection Officers if you are concerned about the behaviour of anyone, which is causing you or your son concern. Our Student Protection Officers are Mr Frank Torrisi (Deputy Principal), Mr Darren Kearney (Dean of Students), Mrs Janet Garside (House Dean Ryan House) and Mr John Zappala and Mrs Amira (College Counsellors). Contacts are below. It is their responsibility to receive reports from students, parents and/or staff of any child protection matters. This includes reports of abuse, or likely abuse, harm or likely harm.

  • Mr Frank Torrisi - Ph 3631 9084 or ftorrisi@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Mr Darren Kearney - Ph 3631 9075 or dkearney@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Mrs Janet Garside - Ph 3631 9056 or jgarside@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Mrr John Zappala - Ph 3631 9000 or jzappala@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Mrs Amira Bosnjak - Ph 3631 9000 or abosnjak@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

SWOOPING MAGPIES

A reminder that it is coming into magpie swooping season. Please take care around Park Parade where magpies are nesting.

Mr Frank Torrisi – Deputy Principal

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School Fees

Term 3 school fee accounts were emailed or posted out during the holidays and were due for payment on 16 July 2018 - unless you have a payment arrangement in place.

Please contact Judy Kelly via email – jkelly@stpatricks.qld.edu.au if you have not received your account or you have any queries regarding your account.

Please note all extra charges on your Term 3 account need to be paid immediately.

Thank you

Term 3 school fee accounts were emailed or posted out during the holidays and were due for payment on 16 July 2018 - unless you have a payment arrangement in place.

Please contact Judy Kelly via email – jkelly@stpatricks.qld.edu.au if you have not received your account or you have any queries regarding your account.

Please note all extra charges on your Term 3 account need to be paid immediately.

Thank you

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Teaching & Learning

From the Dean of Administration and Business Intelligence

Last week, I shared the affective data (satisfaction with results, effort applied and sense of belonging) collected through our Tutor Group and Senior Mentoring programs. This week, I have shared the data collected regarding our boys’ engagement with social media, gaming and the internet during the week and on weekends. More screen time occurs on the weekends which seems understandable. The only concern is if it is impacting on their sleep patterns and therefore impacting on their quality use of the days if they have been up all night or into the early hours of the morning.

Last week, I shared the affective data (satisfaction with results, effort applied and sense of belonging) collected through our Tutor Group and Senior Mentoring programs. This week, I have shared the data collected regarding our boys’ engagement with social media, gaming and the internet during the week and on weekends. More screen time occurs on the weekends which seems understandable. The only concern is if it is impacting on their sleep patterns and therefore impacting on their quality use of the days if they have been up all night or into the early hours of the morning.

Having done many mentoring meetings this year, I now have a greater awareness of just how much phones are distracting our boys from uninterrupted study time. Often, they will say they sit at their desk for a couple of hours a night, and this is an honest answer, but a large proportion of that time is looking at Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube. I would strongly encourage boys to hand their phones over to parents while they are studying and doing their homework.

I am certainly no expert in adolescent use of technology but Dr Richard Freed (psychologist and author of “Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age”) has some excellent resources that you can access via Richard Freed


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Ms Elizabeth Gaber - Dean of Administration and Business Intelligence

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QUT Mooting Competition

What is mooting I hear you ask? The art of mooting is where a legal problem is presented to a number of teams and they are asked to investigate and present on behalf of one of the parties involved to a panel of judges. Unlike the wonderful sport of debating, mooting requires that the young men provide two components for judgment. The first is the written submission which outlines the team’s legal response to the problem and the issues raised in the problem. The second aspect is the oral submission which consists of a Senior and Junior Counsel...

What is mooting I hear you ask? The art of mooting is where a legal problem is presented to a number of teams and they are asked to investigate and present on behalf of one of the parties involved to a panel of judges. Unlike the wonderful sport of debating, mooting requires that the young men provide two components for judgment. The first is the written submission which outlines the team’s legal response to the problem and the issues raised in the problem. The second aspect is the oral submission which consists of a Senior and Junior Counsel addressing the court for 10 minutes each to further elaborate on the written submissions. It is this second stage that sees the team questioned and probed by a panel of three judges to determine if they know their case, know their law and have provided solid legal reasoning for why their side of the case should be upheld.

This year’s case saw the team arguing on behalf of an Appellant in a civil matter addressing the concepts of Private Nuisance and False Imprisonment. Our preparation started in the mid-year holidays when the problem and associated reading material were released. While many students were enjoying the time off, our young men reviewed approximately 500 pages of legal decisions, legislation and case law notes in preparation for constructing their written submissions. This was then followed by countless hours of discussion, debate and drafting of what eventually became a two page written submission to be forwarded to the judges. This is then followed up with practice and more practice of the students’ oral submissions to ensure that they can handle any question thrown at them from the judges hearing the moot.

Finally, the team was at the point where it was competition day, last Saturday 18 August at QUT. To watch these men engage in legal argument and discussion with three experienced mooters and solicitors was excellent. Their first round opposition was a university team of first year students, a team who won the first year mooting competition at QUT this year. Moving ahead on points from this preliminary round saw the men meet the formidable team from Warwick’s Scots PGC. After much deliberation the team was notified of their success and advancement to the grand final. This will be held at the Supreme Court Complex in the Banco Court on Saturday evening.

Our team consists of Nicholas Easey as Senior Counsel, Tom Kelman as Junior Counsel and instructing solicitors Lucas McKerihan and Oscar O’Brien. These young men have made it through to the grand final for the second year running and are looking to improve on their second place finish from last year by taking the title in their senior year. On behalf of the team I would like to thank old boy Harrison Kecek for his wonderful contribution and mentoring of the team to assist them in preparing what are excellent written submissions and also for assisting the preparation of the spoken component.

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Mr Jonathan Brough - Head of Curriculum - Business Studies

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Identity

Indigenous Literacy Day Great Book Swap - Donations needed

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), a national not-for-profit charity is focussed on improving literacy levels in very remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Their programs, which give away tens of thousands of new books annually, run literacy projects and organise major fundraising events, including Indigenous Literacy Day.

Only 34% of Indigenous Year 5 students in very remote areas are at or above national minimum reading standards, compared to 95% for non-Indigenous students in major cities, according to the 2017 NAPLAN. The situation is improving but there is still a long...

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), a national not-for-profit charity is focussed on improving literacy levels in very remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Their programs, which give away tens of thousands of new books annually, run literacy projects and organise major fundraising events, including Indigenous Literacy Day.

Only 34% of Indigenous Year 5 students in very remote areas are at or above national minimum reading standards, compared to 95% for non-Indigenous students in major cities, according to the 2017 NAPLAN. The situation is improving but there is still a long way to go and the challenges are immense.

Apart from the historical, health, social, and educational disadvantage issues, many remote communities don’t have many, if any, books. Most of the remote communities that we work with report there are less than five books in family homes.

To support the foundation, we as a community will be holding a Great Book Swap on Thursday 6 September as a way to celebrate reading locally, and raise much-needed funds for remote communities. The idea is to swap a favourite book in exchange for a gold coin donation.

How it works:

  • Donate your books – Between now and 6 September we are looking for donations of books. Bring them into the library where they will be kept for the Book Swap on 6 September. We are looking for books that students from Years 5 to 12 would read.
  • Purchase a book – On 6 September during both junior and senior lunches, students will be able to purchase a book for a gold coin donation. You may buy as many books as you like!

If you have any questions please contact Mr Luke Royes, Program Leader – Liberating Education.

Mr Luke Royes – Program Leader – Liberating Education

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Paddy's Van Roster

Please find below Paddy's Van Roster

Paddy's Van Roster

Please find below Paddy's Van Roster

Paddy's Van Roster

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Sport

Inside Scoop in Sport

The College Tennis Championships were conducted last Saturday with semi-final and finals games being played in beautiful weather at the Coops Tennis Centre. The students below participated in the finals for each division and were award 2018 Age Champions. Congratulations! Age Champions will be presented with their medal during the last Sports Awards Ceremony held in October. Special thanks to the all the coaches and parents who attended throughout the morning. Special mention to Henry Swan on his victory to be crowned St Patrick’s College 2018 College Tennis Champion!

Year 5 - Stephen Hogan Year 6 -

The College Tennis Championships were conducted last Saturday with semi-final and finals games being played in beautiful weather at the Coops Tennis Centre. The students below participated in the finals for each division and were award 2018 Age Champions. Congratulations! Age Champions will be presented with their medal during the last Sports Awards Ceremony held in October. Special thanks to the all the coaches and parents who attended throughout the morning. Special mention to Henry Swan on his victory to be crowned St Patrick’s College 2018 College Tennis Champion!

  • Year 5 - Stephen Hogan
  • Year 6 - Craig Welch
  • Year 7 - Lachlan Silver-Thomas
  • Year 8 - Trent Cleary
  • Year 9 - Kushank Gulati
  • Year 10 - Bradley Welch
  • Year 11 - Thomas Cox
  • OPEN - Henry Swan

Sign on for the 2019 Term 1 sport program opened this week. Parents and students are requested to action the instructions (Parent Lounge) to assist the College in preparation for next year.Full details regarding all sports can be located on the sport specific Realm pages. Please note that Senior AFL played on Friday nights will involve parents travelling to Yeronga. Students have been briefed on the various activities and how playing multiple sports is possible in some instances.


St Patrick’s Half Season Cricket is a subcommittee of the SPC Sport Support Group (volunteer parent group of St Patrick’s). Kellie Jilani has volunteered to coordinate again in 2018. Students will participate in BNJCA competition up until the Christmas holidays. Kellie would like to hear from any parents who would be prepared to work (coaching, managing, scoring, BBQ set up, trophy presentation etc) in a small committee group to assist in the running of the Half Season competition.Kellie can be contacted on spchalfseasoncricket@gmail.com Sign on information for both the Half Season (October-December) and the AIC Cricket season (January–March) can be located on the Realm Cricket pages. Please note to play in both competitions requires two separate sign-on procedures.


Contacts for Trimester 3 Sport

  • Basketball Coordinator Mr Steve Copping scopping@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Tennis Coordinator Brother Chris Pritchard cpritchard@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
  • Track & Field Jake Jennings & Dan Nethery jjennings@stpatricks.qld.edu.audnethery@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

Outstanding Student Achievements

Congratulations to Andrew Jeffrey on his performance at the National Exchange AFL Competition recently held in Canberra. Queensland placed runners up after a week of games in a very cold week.

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Well done to Stephen Hogan and Jhett Stoodly on their selection in the U12 Bramble Bay Cricket Team.


LeBron Brooks recently travelled to Darwin, as part of the Queensland Basketball Team for the School Sport Australia 12 Years National Basketball Championship. LeBron was the Vice-Captain of the Queensland Team and had an outstanding tournament. The Queensland boys played six other teams from different states and territories across Australia. They finished the qualifying rounds in second place, giving them the opportunity to verse the undefeated Victorian team again in the finals. The final match between Victoria and Queensland was a nail biting match from start to finish, in the end the Queensland boys defeated the Victorian team by 3 points, crowning Queensland as Australian Champions!

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Ryan Laycock continued his success in karting. He had a podium finished 3rd in the NSW Northern Zone Title round in Lismore last week. He was the lone Queenslander in his race. Well done!

Mr Doug Locke – Head of Sport

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Culture

Cultural Capers Week 26

QUT Mooting Competition Grand-finalists 2nd year Running!

What is mooting I hear you ask? The art of mooting is where a legal problem is presented to a number of teams and they are asked to investigate and present on behalf of one of the parties involved to a panel of judges. Unlike the wonderful sport of debating, mooting requires that the young men provide two components for judgment. The first is the written submission which outlines the team’s legal response to the problem and the issues raised in the problem. The second aspect is the oral submission which...

QUT Mooting Competition Grand-finalists 2nd year Running!

What is mooting I hear you ask? The art of mooting is where a legal problem is presented to a number of teams and they are asked to investigate and present on behalf of one of the parties involved to a panel of judges. Unlike the wonderful sport of debating, mooting requires that the young men provide two components for judgment. The first is the written submission which outlines the team’s legal response to the problem and the issues raised in the problem. The second aspect is the oral submission which consists of a Senior and Junior Counsel addressing the court for 10 minutes each to further elaborate on the written submissions. It is this second stage that sees the team questioned and probed by a panel of three judges to determine if they know their case, know their law and have provided solid legal reasoning for why their side of the case should be upheld.

This year’s case saw the team arguing on behalf of an Appellant in a civil matter addressing the concepts of Private Nuisance and False Imprisonment. Our preparation started in the mid-year holidays when the problem and associated reading material were released. While many students were enjoying the time off, our young men reviewed approximately 500 pages of legal decisions, legislation and case law notes in preparation for constructing their written submissions. This was then followed by countless hours of discussion, debate and drafting of what eventually became a two page written submission to be forwarded to the judges. This is then followed up with practice and more practice of the students’ oral submissions to ensure that they can handle any question thrown at them from the judges hearing the moot.

Finally the team was at the point where it was competition day, last Saturday August 18 at QUT. To watch these men engage in legal argument and discussion with three experienced mooters and solicitors was excellent. Their first round opposition was a university team of first year students, a team who won the first year mooting competition at QUT this year. Moving ahead on points from this preliminary round saw the men meet the formidable team from Warwick’s Scots PGC. After much deliberation the team was notified of their success and advancement to the grand final. This will be held at the Supreme Court Complex in the Banco Court on Saturday evening.

Our team consists of Nicholas Easey as Senior Counsel, Tom Kelman as Junior Counsel and instructing solicitors Lucas McKerihan and Oscar O’Brien. These young men have made it through to the grand final for the second year running and are looking to improve on their second place finish from last year by taking the title in their senior year. On behalf of the team I would like to thank old boy Harrison Kecek for his wonderful assistance and mentoring of the team to assist them in preparing what are excellent written submissions and also for assisting the preparation of the spoken component.

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Mr Jonathan Brough - Head of Curriculum - Business Studies


Debating News

The Year 10.1 team’s impressive run in the Queensland Debating Union finals series came to an end at Brisbane Grammar School last Friday night.

The boys lost a narrow contest to Anglican Church Grammar School (Churchie) in the elimination round of 16.

Nash Romabon, Heath Huelin and Jack Wright put in a tough performance including some high quality rebuttal. The team was ably coached by Mr David Crewe.

The Year 7.1 team enjoyed its first win at St Patrick’s College on Thursday night in round 3 of the QDU Junior Secondary Competition.

Joseph Scholz, Joseph Graham and Finn O’Neill clinched a narrow one point victory against sister school St John Fisher College.

The Year 7 outfit will complete the season with a short preparation fixture at St Patrick’s on Thursday, September 6 at 6.45pm. Preparation time starts at 5.30pm.

The College’s annual inter-house debating competition is set to occur next Tuesday morning with students experienced in debating and newcomers from across all year levels taking part.

Mr Dennis Clough - Debating Coordinator


Youth Theatresports Quarter Finals

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Mr Adam McPhee – Theatresports Coordinator


SPC Music

Queensland Catholic Music Festival

As a music department we had a great four days of music making at Villanova College from August 16-19 at the Queensland Catholic Music Festival (QCMF). 15,000 Catholic School students from around Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria performed in all sorts of instrumental and choral ensembles throughout the Festival.

We took 13 SPC ensembles this year and all the boys performed exceptionally well. Below is a brief report of our results. Each ensemble performed three pieces for professional adjudicators as well as an audience of other student participants, parents, family and friends. Each ensemble received valuable feedback and a great performance opportunity in a festival atmosphere.

We acknowledge and thank our friends at Villanova College who showed great hospitality, and administrative capacity to run this event so well every year.

To give you an idea, last year we won 3 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze awards.

Data shows we have improved….. 2018 –6 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze.

Congratulations to our staff, our musicians, singers and their families and of course Mrs Carmel Moir.

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Upcoming events:

College Assembly – Junior Voices August 28

College Assembly – Drum Corps, Pier Pressure, Big Band and Choirs September 11

Mr Kane McNally - Co-Curricular Music Coordinator


Cultural Support Group News - 2018|2019 Entertainment Book

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Help the St Patrick’s College Cultural Support Group raise funds…

The NEW 2018 | 2019 Entertainment Book or Entertainment Digital Membership for your smartphone is a great gift idea this Father’s Day and is packed with hundreds of up to 50% OFF and 2-for-1 offers for the best local restaurants, cafés, attractions, hotel accommodation, travel, and more!

Plus, for a limited time enjoy FREE delivery to any address in Australia.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR COPY(Subject to availability)

Here are a few of the many offers to enjoy with an Entertainment Membership

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St Patrick’s College Cultural Support Group

Carmel Moir - 0736319042 - cmoir@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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Community

Merchandise Store

FATHER'S DAY GIFT IDEAS


HAT EMBROIDERY available through the store. Cost $8.00. Approx 1-2 weeks timeframe.

OPENING HOURS

Tuesday 12:00noon-4:00pm Wednesday 12:00noon-4:00pm Thursday 7:30am-11:30am Mrs Julie Bowden - Merchandise Store Manager

FATHER'S DAY GIFT IDEAS

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HAT EMBROIDERY available through the store. Cost $8.00. Approx 1-2 weeks timeframe.

OPENING HOURS

  • Tuesday 12:00noon-4:00pm
  • Wednesday 12:00noon-4:00pm
  • Thursday 7:30am-11:30am

Mrs Julie Bowden - Merchandise Store Manager

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Mary MacKillop Information Night

Dear Parents and Families

Mary MacKillop College have two fabulous, informative presentations coming up just for parents!

Educational Researcher and Futurist, Tony Ryan, presentsThe Future for Our Children.

This powerful and entertaining session will explain how to best prepare our children for their dramatic and extraordinary future. He will focus on the capabilities they will need up ahead and the endless possibilities for their lives ahead.

11 September 7:00-8:30pm - Mary MacKillop College, Penola Building, 60 Bage St, NUNDAH

Bookings essential via <...

Dear Parents and Families

Mary MacKillop College have two fabulous, informative presentations coming up just for parents!

Educational Researcher and Futurist, Tony Ryan, presentsThe Future for Our Children.

This powerful and entertaining session will explain how to best prepare our children for their dramatic and extraordinary future. He will focus on the capabilities they will need up ahead and the endless possibilities for their lives ahead.

11 September 7:00-8:30pm - Mary MacKillop College, Penola Building, 60 Bage St, NUNDAH

Bookings essential via www.trybooking.com/407893

These are great opportunities to learn more about this amazing, wonderful, crazy, challenging and exciting ride that is raising this generation of young people.

At each event you’ll also get to connect with other parents on a similar journey to yours. Importantly, your attendance also lets your kids know, in a really tangible way, that you are there for them. You are welcome to bring along a friend or two or more. Both of these events are open to parents and friends within and beyond Mary MacKillop College.

There is no cover charge.

Mary MacKillop College – in partnership with parents and families.

Looking forward to seeing you at these great events.

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2018-2019 Social Justice Statement

A Place To Call Home

A Place To Call Home

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Sandgate Aquatic Centre

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Local Hero

Congratulations Ken Gray – you’re our Westfield Local Hero. St Patrick’s College congratulates Ken for recently being announced as one of three Westfield Chermside Local Heroes. In doing so, Ken has won $10 000 for the Paddy’s Van. Special thanks to Westfield and the entire St Patrick’s College community who voted for Ken recognising the incredible work he does for us. We understand that Ken was inundated with votes. It’s a testament to our wonderful community spirit.

Congratulations once again Ken. You’re a hero in our eyes.


Congratulations Ken Gray – you’re our Westfield Local Hero. St Patrick’s College congratulates Ken for recently being announced as one of three Westfield Chermside Local Heroes. In doing so, Ken has won $10 000 for the Paddy’s Van. Special thanks to Westfield and the entire St Patrick’s College community who voted for Ken recognising the incredible work he does for us. We understand that Ken was inundated with votes. It’s a testament to our wonderful community spirit.

Congratulations once again Ken. You’re a hero in our eyes.

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Father Son Breakfast Help Wants

We look forward to welcoming many of our fathers and sons and other significant men in our students lives to the Father Son Breakfast on Friday 31 August.

As you can imagine, the morning will be a huge logistical event to serve 400 guests in a timely manner.

We are keen to hear from any mums or grandmas who might be interested in coming along on the morning to help our caterers plate up the food. No experience necessary. We’re looking for about 20 helpers from 6:30am – 8:00am. I understand mornings are a very hectic time for...

We look forward to welcoming many of our fathers and sons and other significant men in our students lives to the Father Son Breakfast on Friday 31 August.

As you can imagine, the morning will be a huge logistical event to serve 400 guests in a timely manner.

We are keen to hear from any mums or grandmas who might be interested in coming along on the morning to help our caterers plate up the food. No experience necessary. We’re looking for about 20 helpers from 6:30am – 8:00am. I understand mornings are a very hectic time for most households so any time you have to give would be greatly appreciated.

If you would like to assist, please don’t hesitate to call me on 3631 9000 or email sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

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Mary MacKillop Information Nights

Dear Parents and Families

Mary MacKillop College have two fabulous, informative presentations coming up just for parents!

Adolescent Psychologist, Davina Donovan, presentsTips and Advice on Communicating with Your Teenager - 21 August 6:30-8:00pm

Bookings essential via Try Booking

Educational Researcher and Futurist, Tony Ryan, presentsThe Future for Our Children - 11 September 7:00-8:30pm

This powerful and entertaining session will explain how to best prepare our children for their dramatic and extraordinary future....

Dear Parents and Families

Mary MacKillop College have two fabulous, informative presentations coming up just for parents!

Adolescent Psychologist, Davina Donovan, presentsTips and Advice on Communicating with Your Teenager - 21 August 6:30-8:00pm

Bookings essential via Try Booking

Educational Researcher and Futurist, Tony Ryan, presentsThe Future for Our Children - 11 September 7:00-8:30pm

This powerful and entertaining session will explain how to best prepare our children for their dramatic and extraordinary future. He will focus on the capabilities they will need up ahead and the endless possibilities for their lives ahead.

Bookings essential via Try Booking

Mary MacKillop College, Penola Building, 60 Bage St, NUNDAH

These are great opportunities to learn more about this amazing, wonderful, crazy, challenging and exciting ride that is raising this generation of young people.

At each event you’ll also get to connect with other parents on a similar journey to yours. Importantly, your attendance also lets your kids know, in a really tangible way, that you are there for them. You are welcome to bring along a friend or two or more. Both of these events are open to parents and friends within and beyond Mary MacKillop College.

There is no cover charge.

Mary MacKillop College – in partnership with parents and families.

Looking forward to seeing you at these great events.

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Brighton Bulldogs Five-a-Side

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Redcliffe Peninsula Surf Life Saving Club Sign On

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Helpers for Father Son Breakfast

Helpers for Father Son Breakfast

We are keen to hear from any parents who might be free to help with the setup of the Christian Brothers Building on Wednesday, 29 August between 12:00pm - 3:00 pm, and to assist with breakfast serving on Friday, 31 August between 6:45am - 7:45am.

If you have some time to help we’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to email sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au or phone 3631 9052. Any time you have to give would be greatly appreciated.

Helpers for Father Son Breakfast

We are keen to hear from any parents who might be free to help with the setup of the Christian Brothers Building on Wednesday, 29 August between 12:00pm - 3:00 pm, and to assist with breakfast serving on Friday, 31 August between 6:45am - 7:45am.

If you have some time to help we’d love to hear from you. Please feel free to email sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au or phone 3631 9052. Any time you have to give would be greatly appreciated.

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Tuckshop Roster

Please find below Tuckshop Roster for August

Tuckshop Roster August

Please find below Tuckshop Roster for August

Tuckshop Roster August

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Raffle Prizes Request

Our Father Son Breakfast on Friday 31 August is set to be a sell out event! We are currently seeking some raffle prizes for the morning. If you would like to make a contribution please email Stacey Bishop, Development Manager sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au or call 3631 9052.

We appreciate anything you are in a position to offer. All funds raised on the morning will assist our Bursary program.

Our Father Son Breakfast on Friday 31 August is set to be a sell out event! We are currently seeking some raffle prizes for the morning. If you would like to make a contribution please email Stacey Bishop, Development Manager sbishop@stpatricks.qld.edu.au or call 3631 9052.

We appreciate anything you are in a position to offer. All funds raised on the morning will assist our Bursary program.

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