From the Principal

This week signals the end of the fifth week of Lent. As I have mentioned previously, each of the Gospel readings during lent challenge us to reflect upon our relationship with God. In last Sunday’s reading from John’s Gospel, Jesus was speaking to a crowd in a temple. In his address Jesus said …

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour.

Once again, we are being challenged about our commitment to our faith. Following Jesus is...

This week signals the end of the fifth week of Lent. As I have mentioned previously, each of the Gospel readings during lent challenge us to reflect upon our relationship with God. In last Sunday’s reading from John’s Gospel, Jesus was speaking to a crowd in a temple. In his address Jesus said …

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honour.

Once again, we are being challenged about our commitment to our faith. Following Jesus is not meant to be a selective decision: one made whenever it suits our circumstance. To truly follow our faith and Jesus, the commitment is life-long. As mentioned by Jesus “…where I am, there will be my servant also”. We encounter Jesus daily in the many things that we do and say. Our commitment is shown through what actions we take and what words we speak. These are messages that we continually need to remind or young men.

Next Thursday, is our final day of the term and our Shore to Gate walk. Last year, we had to cancel the event due to a large weather event moving into Brisbane. Fingers are crossed for a bright, sunny day next Thursday as this is always a great way to finish the term. We have set each student a target of collecting $40 each from the walk. The money that is collected is used to finance some projects that we have on the College campus and to support our various House Charities. I urge all parents to ensure that their son does all that he can to reach this target before next Thursday.

We are well and truly at the pointy end of this term. All year levels will be starting to undertake their exams. Students in Years 11 & 12 are given time away from school during these days so that they can spend quality time preparing for their exams, as they are more complex than in past years. It is most important that each of them spends this time wisely and is well prepared for the task ahead. During Tuesday’s Assembly, I reminded our young men that we have the biggest control and impact upon our own actions. To often, we can fall into the trap of finding excuses for not meeting expectations. In the context of exams, there are some who look for excuses for why they have not done as well as they should by looking everywhere else but at themselves. Exams are “point in time” assessments that provide feedback to students, families and teachers about what they have retained from their unit of study. The results and feedback from exams is an indication of where the young man is at that point in time. The most important part of this cycle is that the young man acknowledges what the result is telling him and to work out ways, with the assistance of his parents and teacher, to further improve. The unfortunate reality for students who are allowed o constantly find excuses and deflect any personal responsibility is that they will struggle to learn from any mistakes because they rarely think that they make any. Constant use and acceptance of excuses does not assist a young person to develop resilience.

We had the great pleasure of welcoming Lisa Campbell to join us at our whole school Assembly on Tuesday afternoon. Lisa lives locally and was recently named in the Australian Track and Field Commonwealth Games Team. Lisa’s particular discipline is pole vault. During the assembly, Lisa was interviewed by two of our senior students, Daniel Champness and Tyler Isonaga. We heard about her upbringing and journey to getting into the Commonwealth Games team. Interestingly, Lisa was a gymnast originally and did not get into Track and Field until her teenage years. She also spoke of her training regime which usually starts with early mornings. This also had to be balanced with her work schedule as she was not financially supported by the sports body. During her journey, Lisa has also found time to complete her Exercise Science degree at university as well. I hope that the young men heard about how much hard work was required by her to reach her dream. The same message applies to their studies. As they get older and things become more difficult, good results are the outcome of a positive attitude, perseverance, hard work and greater effort. I am sure that I speak on behalf of the entire community when I wish Lisa the very best in her Commonwealth Games experience.

We have finished our interviews with prospective Year 7 students and will spend the next few days reviewing the applications before letters of acceptance are sent to families on the last day of the term.

We finished our Indigenous Cultural Celebration Week last Friday, with a gathering of students from our College and St John Fisher College. Mr Luke Royes facilitated a series of workshops after our St Patrick’s Day Mass and the students finished with a lunch. The concept of an Indigenous Cultural Celebration Week is still in its infancy within our community and we will continue to seek ways to further enhance it each year.

Our First XI Cricket team won the AIC competition for the first time since the competition started in 1998. Their victory over Padua College last Saturday meant that they share the premiership with Marist College Ashgrove. It has been a wonderful effort throughout the season from all the players and their coach, Mr Greg Harris. Well done to one and all!

There are no sporting fixtures this week-end and coaches have been asked to stop any training schedules for next week so that all our students can fully concentrate on their exam preparations.

God Bless!

Mr Chris Mayes - College Principal

From the Deputy Principal

Shore 2 Gate - Thursday, 29 March

Help support the fundraising initiatives of St Patrick's College to improve student facilities and support College Service Programs and Projects.

Shore 2 Gate (S2G) is an annual fundraising event designed to promote a sense of community in a fun-filled activity. The day will begin with an Easter Liturgy followed by the S2G event. All students are expected to attend school on this day, it is considered to be a ‘Special Event Day’ meaning any student who is absent must have a medical certificate. All students are to wear their...

Shore 2 Gate - Thursday, 29 March

Help support the fundraising initiatives of St Patrick's College to improve student facilities and support College Service Programs and Projects.

Shore 2 Gate (S2G) is an annual fundraising event designed to promote a sense of community in a fun-filled activity. The day will begin with an Easter Liturgy followed by the S2G event. All students are expected to attend school on this day, it is considered to be a ‘Special Event Day’ meaning any student who is absent must have a medical certificate. All students are to wear their sports uniform including the College hat (Wide brimmed or white SPC cap are acceptable) .

Important: Students will be dismissed from the College at 12:30pm on the day. Normal buses have been organised to collect students at this time. Please ensure you discuss with your son his transport arrangements once he has been dismissed from school.

The day will involve a 10km walk/run, and House BBQs to finish the term. It is designed for students and staff to relax and enjoy a day together, as well as raising some money for the College. Every student was been given a sponsor card a few weeks ago for Shore 2 Gate. We are asking every student to raise a minimum of $40. We are aiming to raise over $50,000 in 2018. Half of the funds raised will be allocated to the College’s service projects. This includes contributing funding to the following:

Houses specific projects, including Youngcare, the Timor Leste Coffee Project, Phambili in South Africa, the Untouchables in India, a Leper colony in India, education and health in the Philippines, Ubuntu Through Health in Africa, St Mary’s Community College in India for the disadvantaged, Edmund Rice Camps and Guide Dogs Australia.

The event also provides the College with an opportunity to improve the facilities for our young men. This year, we are again aiming to provide additional plaza type facilities with more shade, seating and additional cold water bubblers for students, along with improvements to audio visual displays throughout the College.

Last year the community raised over $50,000 and a similar strong effort by all will benefit the students greatly. We have also modified the way in which parents can deposit the money collected. Parents can direct deposit using the link below or hand the money directly into the Main office. Our preferred method is direct deposit. However, all Students Shore 2 Gate cards must be returned on Thursday, 29 March.

PAY ON LINE - SHORE 2 GATE

Mr Frank Torrisi – Deputy Principal

Cashless Tuckshop - College Coin

Thanks to the introduction of College Coin, St Patrick's students will now have the ability to pay for purchases at the Tuckshop via their Student Card.

College Coin allows parents to add funds electronically to their son’s accounts, no matter where they are, allowing for a truly cash free environment. Both parents and their son/s will be configured with a College Coin account so that in the future our cashless vision can extend to our Merchandise Store, Curlew Park Canteen and selected Student Services.

Parents can manage multiple student accounts. They can transfer...

Thanks to the introduction of College Coin, St Patrick's students will now have the ability to pay for purchases at the Tuckshop via their Student Card.

College Coin allows parents to add funds electronically to their son’s accounts, no matter where they are, allowing for a truly cash free environment. Both parents and their son/s will be configured with a College Coin account so that in the future our cashless vision can extend to our Merchandise Store, Curlew Park Canteen and selected Student Services.

Parents can manage multiple student accounts. They can transfer funds between all accounts and view account statements to see how their money is being used.

An account can be locked, so that it cannot be accessed by the student to purchase goods or in the event the Student Card is lost, the College Coin account can be locked and protected.

Parents can register a credit card for account top-ups. Students can use the cash top-up machine at the College to add cash values to their accounts. Please note that each student is issued with a $10 printing allowance from the College at the start of each year - this printing allowance is not part of College Coin and therefore is not accessible for cashless purchases at the College, it is for printing only.

Please familiarise yourself with the College Coin Terms and Conditions TAP HERE before stepping through the process to create a College Coin account.

Setting up a College Coin Account

To configure your College Coin account, please select the College Coin link from the Parent Dashboard in REALM:

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The first time you access this area you will need to step through the account creation process. Three things to note:

Be sure to select Parent Account in the first drop-down list.

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You will need to enter a password, this can be anything you like
Please use the same email address you have registered with the College

Using College Coin

Once you have logged into your account you will be able to see the accounts for your son/s.

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If you have multiple sons at the College, you can add value to one account and transfer funds to the other accounts, allowing for one transaction. The Transfer option needs to be enabled under the Options, Transfer Funds tab.

If you have any issues setting up your College Coin account, please contact the St Patrick’s College Helpdesk via helpdesk@stpatricks.qld.edu.au.

Term 1 Fee Accounts

Term 1 school fees are due for payment now – unless you have a payment arrangement in place.

To avoid follow up phone calls please make sure your account is paid in full immediately.

If you have any queries please contact Judy Kelly via email - jkelly@stpatricks.qld.edu.au.

Thank you

Mrs Judy Kelly - Assistant to Business Manager

Term 1 school fees are due for payment now – unless you have a payment arrangement in place.

To avoid follow up phone calls please make sure your account is paid in full immediately.

If you have any queries please contact Judy Kelly via email - jkelly@stpatricks.qld.edu.au.

Thank you

Mrs Judy Kelly - Assistant to Business Manager

From the Dean of Administration and Business Intelligence

In a previous newsletter article, I shared some of our findings from the Tutor Group Mentoring and Senior Mentoring programs and stated I would share some more over the course of a few weeks.The following tables and graphs summarise the breakdown of time spent by students doing study and homework during the week and on the weekend.This data provides a platform for a great deal of discussion and analysis, amongst staff and with students.As I stated last year, surveys can always have some ‘error’ within them, particularly if students mis-read questions.This would account for some...

In a previous newsletter article, I shared some of our findings from the Tutor Group Mentoring and Senior Mentoring programs and stated I would share some more over the course of a few weeks.The following tables and graphs summarise the breakdown of time spent by students doing study and homework during the week and on the weekend.This data provides a platform for a great deal of discussion and analysis, amongst staff and with students.As I stated last year, surveys can always have some ‘error’ within them, particularly if students mis-read questions.This would account for some anomalies we see below (e.g. Year 6 students are not likely to be spending up to 6 hours per night doing homework nor would they be doing over 10 hours on the weekend!)

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Some observations:

~35% of our Year 10 to 12 students spend, on average, only 30 minutes to one hour studying and doing homework per night. It is difficult to see how these students could be achieving to their potential with such a limited amount of input outside of the classroom.
In general, it appears that our students consider the weekend as a ‘homework/study/assignment free’ time – 1.6% of our student body do no study or homework on week nights compared to 8.6% on the weekend; this percentage is higher than it was in 2017.
It is also noted that 41% of the student body only do up to one hour of work on the weekend.It is extremely important that our young men enjoyed a balanced school life involving sport, time with family and time with friends on the weekend however I would caution students that achieving targets will only occur with hard work.I am certainly not advising students to spend all weekend hitting the books, but more than one hour out of 48 does not seem out of the realm of possibility.

Ms Elizabeth Gaber – Dean of Administration and Business Intelligence

Parent Teacher Interviews

Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews will be held in the Christian Brothers Building on Tuesday 1 May 2018 from 10:00am–8:30pm.

Feedback from parents after last year’s parent teacher interviews informed our decision to extend each timeslot to 10 minutes.

There will be no classes for students on this day and so they are encouraged to attend the interviews with you. Students are required to wear school uniform to interviews.

Please note that the following staff will not be available for Parent Teacher Interviews due to leave or unavoidable absence:

Ms Tayla FitzsimonMr Kane McNallyMs...

Term 1 Parent Teacher Interviews will be held in the Christian Brothers Building on Tuesday 1 May 2018 from 10:00am–8:30pm.

Feedback from parents after last year’s parent teacher interviews informed our decision to extend each timeslot to 10 minutes.

There will be no classes for students on this day and so they are encouraged to attend the interviews with you. Students are required to wear school uniform to interviews.

Please note that the following staff will not be available for Parent Teacher Interviews due to leave or unavoidable absence:

Ms Tayla Fitzsimon
Mr Kane McNally
Ms Chelsea Parakas
Ms Liz Skinner
Ms Katerina Tilley (from 4.30 pm)

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 regarding your son’s progress in the subject. Year 5 core classroom teachers can be booked for two consecutive session times should you require them. Year 6 Humanities teachers will need to be booked separately to the Year 6 Mathematics and Science teachers.

Parents of students in Year 7 and 8 if you wish to meet with your son’s Performing Arts teacher, it will be with the teacher he currently has, for his current rotation. Should you wish to have contact with the teacher he had for his previous rotation, please email them directly. You should also be aware that teachers of specialty subjects with less than three exposures per fortnight (Year 7 Indonesian, Digital Technology and Manual Arts) will not be available for interviews on this day. However, the teachers may be contacted by email if there are any concerns regarding your son’s progress in the subject.

Interview bookings can be made through Parent Lounge (instructions shown below) commencing Friday 20 April 2018 at 9:00am. The program will allocate times on a first in first served basis. If your son is taught more than one subject by the same teacher, you may wish to consider utilising only one timeslot to meet with that teacher. Access to Parent Lounge is through the Realm Portal. If you are having difficulties logging in please contact our IT Support department at helpdesk@stpatricks.qld.edu.au.

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 3:00pm on Friday 27 April 2018.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO BOOK INTERVIEW

Term 1 Exam Timetables

Term 1 Exam Timetables can be found on Realm under the Teaching & Learning Banner.

What kind of community do you want to live in?

Wednesday, 21 March was Harmony day, a day to celebrate Australian multiculturalism. It is an opportunity for all Australians to embrace cultural diversity and to share what we have in common.

Multiculturalism is the recognition of all the different communities that make up Australia. It is about inclusivity, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by core Australian values.

Australia is the most successful multicultural country on earth and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it.

Wednesday, 21 March was Harmony day, a day to celebrate Australian multiculturalism. It is an opportunity for all Australians to embrace cultural diversity and to share what we have in common.

Multiculturalism is the recognition of all the different communities that make up Australia. It is about inclusivity, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background, united by core Australian values.

Australia is the most successful multicultural country on earth and we should celebrate this and work to maintain it.

Our cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and is at the heart of who we are. An integrated multicultural Australia is an integral part of our nation’s history and character.

Pope Francis said in his letter to the whole world called Laudato Si - “We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. There are no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hide, still less is there room for the globalization of indifference.” He sets us the challenge of breaking down barriers between people and instead, building a community of connection and relationship. We cannot be indifferent to one another.

March 25 marks the celebration of Neighbour Day, Australia’s annual celebration of community, encouraging people to connect with those who live in their neighbourhood. The point of this event is to remind us about the quality of the relationships we have with the people around us, who live in our street, who we walk past every day.

The statistics about mental health for people in Australia point to a growing malaise of loneliness and disconnection, a real sense that my life has no intersection with the people around me. For us as a Christian community, we are called to recognise that connection that exists between us, we are called on to see everyone as our neighbour and especially to look beyond the division to a real inter-dependence.

Ultimately these two events are asking us – “What kind of community do we want to live in?” and ultimately “what are we doing to make this community better for all?”

A Prayer for this Week –

O God, you created all people in your image.
We thank you for the astonishing variety of races and cultures in this world.
Enrich our lives by ever-widening circles of friendship, and show us your presence in those who differ most from us.

Grant that we may always promote the justice and acceptance that ensures lasting peace and racial harmony.
Grant that we may show respect to all people that we come across.
And help us to remember and appreciate that we are one country, with many stories.

We make our prayer through Jesus our brother.

Amen

St Patrick…pray for us

Live Jesus in our hearts…forever.

Some Resources –

Information about Neighbour Day can be found here http://neighbourday.org/ there are some great ideas for how to be a better neighbour under the Get Involved tab.
Information about Harmony Day is available here https://www.harmony.gov.au/

Mr Tim Kenny - Dean of Identity

Students

From the Dean of Students

Please find below Parenting Ideas Insights - 5 Steps to Helping Your Anxious Teen Achieve Their Goals

Helping Your Anxious Teen Achieve Their Goals

Mr Darren Kearney - Dean of Students

Please find below Parenting Ideas Insights - 5 Steps to Helping Your Anxious Teen Achieve Their Goals

Helping Your Anxious Teen Achieve Their Goals

Mr Darren Kearney - Dean of Students

Sport

Inside Scoop in Sport

St Patrick’s made history on Saturday, with our 1st XI Cricket team claiming the College’s first ever AIC 1st XI premiership. Our College has been successful before in the top grade but not since the we joined the AIC Competition 20 years ago. Congratulations to the team pictured below and to their Coach Greg Harris who has worked tirelessly over many seasons to give our students the opportunity to succeed. The team was presented to the College during Tuesday’s assembly and Captain Harry Lawrence presented the Premiership Cup to Principal Chris Mayes. Further congratulations will occur on 3...

St Patrick’s made history on Saturday, with our 1st XI Cricket team claiming the College’s first ever AIC 1st XI premiership. Our College has been successful before in the top grade but not since the we joined the AIC Competition 20 years ago. Congratulations to the team pictured below and to their Coach Greg Harris who has worked tirelessly over many seasons to give our students the opportunity to succeed. The team was presented to the College during Tuesday’s assembly and Captain Harry Lawrence presented the Premiership Cup to Principal Chris Mayes. Further congratulations will occur on 3 May at 1:30pm at the Trimester 1 Sports Award Ceremony.

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In other results the following teams placed in their AIC aggregate competitions. Our Year 5 and 6 Cricket teams enjoyed success but are not part of the premiership aggregate tables. Good fortune was on our side during St Patrick’s Day when our 1^st VI Volleyball team had another nail bitting win in five sets over Padua. The team finished the season with a creditable fourth overall. Well done to:

2^nd XI cricket – 2^nd
3^rd volleyball – 2^nd
7B volleyball – 2^nd
10B cricket – 3^rd
9B volleyball – 3^rd
8A cricket – 3^rd
7A cricket – 3^rd

The Great Morven Race in and around the College grounds was held last Friday as part of the College’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations. For the uninitiated, it’s a fast 1400m course weaving in and out of the student spectators around the grounds. Students are nominated by their House leaders to compete along with any cross-country runners. Our top three places in each race will receive awards at the Sports Awards Ceremony on 3 May. Year 11 student Lachlan Brophy recorded the fastest time of the day. Other winners were:

Junior Race – Year 5& 6

Joseph Short 4:09:80
Angus Twist 4:10:54
Anakin Vaughan 4:21:58

Intermediate Year 7-9

Jayden Morris 3:41:79
Alex Migus 3:55:45
Ethan Poore 3:56:92

Senior Year 10-11

Lachlan Brophy 3:27:82
Matthew Moate 3:28:25
Thonjot Mabor 3:31:68

Year 12

Callum McFarlane 3:31:92
Jack Smith 3:35:99
Daniel Champness 3:40:51

As the term comes to a close, coaches of swimming, cricket and volleyball are currently reviewing the season and making recommendations for 2019.

At this time, I would like to say thank you to all our coordinators and coaches, parents and students for your continued support in making the Trimester 1 Sports Season such a success. It has been a challenging year in regard to results for some teams, however, winning or losing doesn’t always reflect the effort put in by both students and coaches. A number of teams secured top three finishes as listed above. Parents and community members are encouraged to attend the Trimester 1 Sports Awards on 3 May to celebrate the talented sportsman at the College.

Parents are welcome to provide constructive feedback to Dan Nethery our Sports Development and Performance Coordinator dnethery@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

A thank you to our small number of parent and community helpers who volunteered to assist in the canteens. To the 1^st team parents who assisted in catering for after match functions, thank you. I wish to acknowledge the support by the Sport Support Group, namely Mr David Row for his continued coordination of the canteen in the Christian Brothers Building Canteen. Special thanks to Louise and Peter Olley and Peta Dunbar for their efforts at the Curlew Park and Christian Brothers Building canteen.

The first official Football and Rugby trial games of the year against Villanova College will be held on Saturday 21April. It is very important for all football and rugby players to attend training in the first week back after the holidays. Some teams will have trials and games over the holiday break. Coordinators will post information via the ‘My Groups’ on Realm.

In relation to where to find out the latest sport information, please refer below:

Any general information relating to the entire sport is held on the Information page. Realm Sport Home Page

This information usually includes:

Commitment involved in playing the sport
Sport Coordinator contact information
Uniform requirements – game and training
Sport Handbook
Other general information about the sport

Any information specific to your son’s team or year level is held on the Team page. This appears under the “My groups” section of Realm and you will only have access if your son is signed up to the sport. This includes:

Year Level Coordinator contact information
Training schedule – including one-off news items and weekly calendar events
Fixture schedule – will appear as a weekly news item when the draw is released
Team or Year Level News in relation to your son

All Term 2 sports uniform requirements are available at the Merchandise Store. A large range of second-hand boots and uniforms are available for purchase.

Contacts for Trimester 2 Sport

Rugby Coordinator Mr Dan Nethery dnethery@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
Football Coordinator Mr David Ludlow Daludlow@stpatricks.qld.edu.au
Cross Country Mr Dom Crowley dcrowley@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

Outstanding Student Achievements

Various Bramble Bay trials have been conducted over the last few weeks. Congratulations to the following students who have been selected and will now compete at the Metropolitan North Regional Trials/Championships:

U12 Hockey

Dominic Anderson
Angus McKenna
Logan Morse

U11 Rugby League

Angus Twist

U12 Rugby League

Riley Horn

U12 Football

Myles Carter
Hugh Moore
Riley Scott

Mr Doug Locke – Head of Sport

Culture

Cultural Capers Week 9

Debating

St Patrick’s College’s Year 9 and 11 debaters had a hard time at the office in round 2 of the QDU preliminary competition on Thursday night.

The Year 9 team lost by three points to Murrumba State Secondary College at Genesis Christian College.

The 11.1 team went down by two points to Northside Christian College and the 11.2 team had a narrow one point loss against St Columban’s College.

Upcoming debates:

Year 12.1:

Round 2:YOU ARE: Affirmative. VS. St Peter's Lutheran College 12.1 at 6:45pm on 2018-03-28VENUE: Brisbane Grammar...

Debating

St Patrick’s College’s Year 9 and 11 debaters had a hard time at the office in round 2 of the QDU preliminary competition on Thursday night.

The Year 9 team lost by three points to Murrumba State Secondary College at Genesis Christian College.

The 11.1 team went down by two points to Northside Christian College and the 11.2 team had a narrow one point loss against St Columban’s College.

Upcoming debates:

Year 12.1:

Round 2:YOU ARE: Affirmative. VS. St Peter's Lutheran College 12.1 at 6:45pm on 2018-03-28VENUE: Brisbane Grammar School
Topic: That economic sanctions do more harm than good

Year 10.1:

Round 2:YOU ARE: Affirmative. VS. St Paul's School 10.1 at 8:00pm on 2018-03-28VENUE: St Patrick's College
Topic: Short preparation topic

Mr Dennis Clough - Debating Coordinator

Theatresports

Theatresports is back for 2018! 2017 was a successful year for the SPC Improvisers with TWO teams making it into the Finals at LaBoite Theatre. Over the course of this term come along and try out your improv skills.

Term one training details are as follows -

Monday AM: 7.45 am – 8.25 am

Tuesday PM: 3.05 pm – 4.00 pm

Thursday AM: 7.45 am – 8.25 am

Mr Adam McPhee - Theatresports Coordinator

Chess News

The excitement is starting to build as we head into the 2018 AIC season. As the defending champions we are expecting some fierce competition. Our first match is a trial against Villanova on Friday April 20 (Week 1). This is an away game and we will be sending additional teams. More news on this next week.

Tuesday afternoon saw the first part of our Senior College Chess Championships. We were extremely pleased with the number of students who entered and part two will take place on Tuesday April 17 at 3pm.

If your son is attending Chess Club and is able to play AIC on Friday afternoons in Term 2 I need to know. The availability survey is now closed so an email letting me know will suffice.

Junior Chess Club will recommence on Tuesday April 17 (Day 1).

We are hitting the ground running for what is shaping up to be an awesome season.

SPC Chessmen – Play Well, Be Awesome.

Mrs Rosemary Butt - Chess Coordinator

Cultural Support Group News

We are off to a great start with this year's fundraiser through the Book, with many orders already being received. Click on the link below to ecure your copy of the 2018 Entertainment Book.

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CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR COPY

St Patrick’s College Cultural Support Group
Carmel Moir
07 3631 9042cmoir@stpatricks.qld.edu.au

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

The Lion King JNR Musical - Tickets on Sale

On Thursday, 26 April and Saturday, 28 April 2018, the College is proud to bring to you Disney's The Lion King JR. The 60-minute musical is based on the Broadway production directed by Julie Taymor and the 1994 Disney film.

The Lion King JR.tells the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king. Along the way, the young lion encounters a colorful cast of characters including spunky lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and loveable warthog Pumbaa. To...

On Thursday, 26 April and Saturday, 28 April 2018, the College is proud to bring to you Disney's The Lion King JR. The 60-minute musical is based on the Broadway production directed by Julie Taymor and the 1994 Disney film.

The Lion King JR.tells the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king. Along the way, the young lion encounters a colorful cast of characters including spunky lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and loveable warthog Pumbaa. To claim his rightful place on the throne and save his beloved Pridelands, Simba must find his inner strength and confront his wicked Uncle Scar.

The Lion King JR. features classic songs from the 1994 film such as “Hakuna Matata” and the Academy Award^®winning “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” as well as additional songs penned for the Broadway production.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS

DATES: Thursday, 26 April and Saturday, 28 April 2018
TIME: 6:00pm
TICKETS: $10 per person

TAP HERE to purchase tickets on-line. Tickets can either be printed and presented on the night or a copy of the ticket on your phone can be shown at the door.

We look forward to sharing this wonderful event with our College community.

Community

Homework Solutions

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Tuckshop Roster

Please find below Tuckshop Roster for March

Tuckshop Roster March 2018

Please find below Tuckshop Roster for March

Tuckshop Roster March 2018

Merchandise Store

YEAR 10 BLAZERS

To facilitate the Presentation of Blazer Ceremony to Year 10 students next term, all ordered blazers must be paid in full and sizes checked before the end of Term 1. Thank you to those families who have already been in to organise this.

TERM 2 UNIFORM CHANGES

Years 10, 11, 12 - grey trousers, tie, blazer All year levels – tie

TERM TIME TRADING HOURS

TUESDAY12:00noon-4:00pm WEDNESDAY 12:00noon-4:00pm THURSDAY 7:30am-11:30am

YEAR 10 BLAZERS

To facilitate the Presentation of Blazer Ceremony to Year 10 students next term, all ordered blazers must be paid in full and sizes checked before the end of Term 1. Thank you to those families who have already been in to organise this.

TERM 2 UNIFORM CHANGES

Years 10, 11, 12 - grey trousers, tie, blazer
All year levels – tie

TERM TIME TRADING HOURS

TUESDAY12:00noon-4:00pm
WEDNESDAY 12:00noon-4:00pm
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Issue 9

23 March 2018

Mr Tim Kenny - Dean of Identity

Mr Darren Kearney - Dean of Students

Mr Doug Locke – Head of Sport

Debating

Mr Dennis Clough - Debating Coordinator

Theatresports

Mr Adam McPhee - Theatresports Coordinator

Chess News

Mrs Rosemary Butt - Chess Coordinator

Cultural Support Group News

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