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A.B. Paterson College

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 5594 7947

Address: 10 A.B. Paterson Drive, Arundel 4214 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: https://www.abpat.qld.edu.au/

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25.01.2022 Congratulations to talented singers Alastair (Year 11), Charles (Year 10) and Charlotte (Year 9) who auditioned and were selected as part of the choir at the Australian Honours Ensemble Program (AHEP). This is a huge achievement for our students to be selected for this intensive program, and a wonderful opportunity for them to rehearse and perform alongside highly skilled peers from around Australia, while being mentored by a team of eminent internationally-recognised Conduct...ors from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University. You are all outstanding ambassadors for our College. You can read more about the AHEP & State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP) in our newsletter www.abpat.qld.edu.au/newsletters/illalong-16-october-2020

25.01.2022 Year 12 Formal 2020

25.01.2022 Two cheeky, surprise arrivals from the North Pole are causing quite a stir in Year 2 - but never fear, Santa's naughty elves are safely isolated, and have even come equipped with their own hand sanitiser! We are a little worried, however, about those rolls of toilet paper. What mischief could they be planning?! We'll have to wait and see!

24.01.2022 Mystical things have been happening on campus during recent school holiday periods! See if you can recognise some familiar locations in the promotion for Nickelodeon's Bureau of Magical Things Season 2!

24.01.2022 The Mount Barney adventure continues for our Gold and Silver Duke of Edinburgh participants. The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Queensland focuses on building the skills of young people to better equip them for life and work, through physical activity, community service and experiencing adventure. You can find out more about the program at https://dukeofed.com.au/. Great teamwork!

24.01.2022 Well done to our Prep and Year 3 Cross Country runners and Year 7 Aussie Sport Leaders!

23.01.2022 Principal/Head of College, Joanne Sheehy invites A.B. Paterson College families to join in our online 30th Annual Speech Night celebration. The Speech Night link has been emailed to parents and can be accessed from 6.30pm tonight (Tuesday, 17 November 2020). The online celebration includes our Years 4-12 awards, Year in Review video presentation, presentations by Board Chairman, David Tanner, Principal Sheehy, 2020 College Captain Sascha Lawton and Guest Speaker Queensland ...Australian of the Year, Rachel Downie, a choral performance, as well as the announcement of A.B. Paterson College 2020 Major Prize winners, diploma and scholarship winners, College Service and Leadership Honours and the 2021 College Leaders. We look forward to sharing with you the biggest night of the year on the A.B. Paterson College calendar. We hope you will watch the Speech Night presentations as a family wherever you may be to mark the end of this remarkable year.

23.01.2022 Can any budding botanists please help us to identify these unusual fruits popping up in our Community Garden? UPDATE: A very big thank you to Mrs Hall's knitters from The Yarn Mob for the beautiful, woolly festive 'fruits'

22.01.2022 Our extremely fortunate Senior Dancers have enjoyed two wonderful workshops with Billy Elliot - The Musical & Australia's Got Talent star, Aaron Smyth who is guest choreographer for their QCAA Assessment routine. The dancers will sleep well tonight - their punishing workshop also offered an intense warm-up for Senior Musical dance auditions at lunchtime! Thank you Aaron!

22.01.2022 A wonderful day was had by all at the 2020 Prep to Year 3 Mini Olympics! A huge thank you must go to our Junior School, HPE and Theatre Tech staff, as well as our tireless Year 7 Aussie Sports Leaders.

21.01.2022 Our Year 5 students have wholeheartedly thrown themselves into a fun day of team building and leadership activities, run by the PCYC Queensland Bornhoffen Leadership Development Centre. The mental and physical challenges encouraged students to work together to problem solve, hone their communication and coping skills, step up into leadership roles and learn when to step back to be a team player.

21.01.2022 We are so excited to announce our new-look A.B. Paterson College website is now live! www.abpat.qld.edu.au promo music credit: www.purple-planet.com/

21.01.2022 An end-of-term picnic, filled with Japanese sweet treats, was so much more than a celebratory sugar hit for Mrs Walduck's Year 2 Japanese Language students. The taste testing of new flavours also gave students the opportunity to test their language skills with Japanese words for 'I like', 'I don't like', 'I eat', as well as adjectives for 'delicious' and 'sweet'. The students compared their own lunchboxes to Japanese obento lunch boxes, and discovered a variety of snacks you may find in the sweet section of an obento. The savvy sweet-tooths also discussed the clever marketing by sweets manufacturers to tie in with the Tokyo Olympics. The most divisive flavour - green tea Kit Kats!

21.01.2022 2020 Valedictory Day

21.01.2022 A.B. Paterson College Speech Night 2020 was held as an online celebration on Tuesday, 17 November 2020.

21.01.2022 Our fabulous Year 12 cohort shared many laughs and memories when they came together for a delectable celebratory meal in the lead up to final exams. A.B. Paterson College community is thinking of you all over the next three weeks. We wish you all the best!

20.01.2022 A.B. Paterson College Speech Night 2020 was conducted as an online celebration on Tuesday, 17 November 2020.

19.01.2022 Vision Splendid magazine - October 2020 issue - is available to read online at https://issuu.com/abpatersoncolle/docs/vs_news_oct_2020_web We hope you enjoy hearing from CEO, Mr Brian Grimes, looking back on highlights from the past term, reading about the success of programs in our Junior & Senior Schools, and learning about the exciting career adventures of our Old Collegians. promo music credit: www.purple-planet.com/

19.01.2022 Our wonderful Performing Arts faculty, production team, creative crew and performers have been preparing for the musical spectacular, Once Upon a Mattress throughout 2020 and cannot wait to have their moment in the spotlight. They would love to play to full houses at the Dawn Lang Performing Arts Centre, from 6:30pm 4, 5 & 6 February. Once Upon a Mattress is a fabulous family show, and will be a special night out, not to be missed. Believe us - you don't want to disobey Queen Aggravain! Tickets go on sale - 9am, 4 January 2021 www.abpat.qld.edu.au/services/dlpac-event-bookings

18.01.2022 What a way to end the 2020 school year for Assistant Head of HPE, Mr Stopel! Congratulations from the A.B. community!

18.01.2022 We are all feeling very loved and appreciated today as we celebrate World Teachers' Day, or - as we like to call it at A.B. - 'Working in Schools' Day! This is an acknowledgement that, from our Executive & Senior Leadership teams, to our Teaching and Support staff, to I-T, Grounds and Maintenance, Community Relations, Theatre, Administration, Security, ELC, Banjo & Friends, Canteen & Cafe and everyone in between... this is a team effort! Thank you to our thoughtful students, families and community members for showering staff with cards, letters, flowers, tasty treats and gifts... and a big thank to our Staff Wellbeing Committee who organised caps for every staff member with a personalised message attached, many handwritten by Year 11 volunteers! #worldteachersday2020

16.01.2022 Our Year 3 Cross Country runners kept our Year 7 Aussie Sport Leaders on their toes as they raced around the Cross Country track this afternoon! Great effort Year 3 - as well as Miss Clark, and Miss Ross (in heels!). music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/

15.01.2022 Tickets are now on sale for the A.B. Paterson College production of 'Once Upon a Mattress', featuring students in Years 4-7! https://www.abpat.qld.edu.au/services/dlpac-event-bookings Once Upon a Mattress - to be performed in the Dawn Lang Performing Arts Centre from 4-6 February 2021 - is an hilarious retelling of the fairy tale, 'The Princess and the Pea', and is bound to be a magical night of musical theatre.

14.01.2022 We said farewell to the Class of 2020 with a Pool Party and Valedictory Breakfast.

14.01.2022 Please put your hands together for the incredible cast of our 2021 Senior School Musical - Guys & Dolls! Congratulations to our performers who will take on character roles, supported by a wonderful ensemble of crap shooters, Hot Box girls, Mission Band members, and dancers - this is sure to be a huge hit!

13.01.2022 Wishing our A.B. Paterson College Class of 2020 a memorable Valedictory Day, and a magical night on Friday at Formal. Best wishes to each one of you for a bright future!

13.01.2022 Thank you to staff, students, parents and our friends in Winton for helping to create some fantastic memories for our Year 6 students, and thank you to 7NEWS Gold Coast for recognising the enormous effort that went into the Winton On Campus Experience. Winton Connect - Winton Shire Australian Age of Dinosaurs Miners Heritage, Rubyvale Waltzing Matilda Centre Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, Queensland Charleville Cosmos Centre Visit Queensland, Australia https://www.facebook.com/watch/

13.01.2022 Get your weekly A.B. news fix with Illalong Newsletter! https://www.abpat.qld.edu.au//illalong-newsletter-6-novemb This week's edition features news from the BUHMUN Conference 2020, our Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Practice Camp, a focus on our Year 5 Classrooms and more!

12.01.2022 We are looking forward to a fresh term, and a fresh new look for our A.B. Paterson College website. Please enjoy a preview! promo music credit: www.purple-planet.com/

12.01.2022 Our Duke of Edinburgh adventurers have taken on the rugged terrain of Mount Barney, 90 minutes west of the Gold Coast in the Scenic Rim. Despite the challenges of 2020, this year represents the second highest number of A.B. Paterson College students to achieve Bronze or Silver awards in one year - a Gold Award is now in the sights of some. Great work!

11.01.2022 Prep to Year 2 Aquatics Carnival

10.01.2022 Our A.B. wizards and witches from Year 4 were delirious with excitement over the fabulous Harry Potter show by Professor 'Frankie' Falconette - aka Nadia Sunde - Performing Artist - just one of the many magical experiences organised for Book Week 2020 by our outstanding Library team!

10.01.2022 A taste of the action from the Years 1 & 2 Cross Country Carnival, 2020.

10.01.2022 Our Year 6 athletes capped off a fantastic, jam-packed day of Cross Country and Sprint racing! Well done on your results, your effort and comradery.

10.01.2022 A special Christmas message from A.B. Paterson College 2021 Captain, Jodie and Vice Captain, Michael (with Michael temporarily sporting a festive shade of pink in support of a cancer charity).

09.01.2022 Our dynamic Library duo, Mrs Parkinson and Mrs Siberry can't wait for school to return, because in Week 2 of Term 4 we are celebrating Children's Book Council of Australia's Book Week 2020! Boasting competitions, a STEAMy Creature Creation session, fabulous visiting authors and a character parade for Prep to Year 3 students, Book Week 2020 at A.B. Paterson College will be filled with curious creatures, wild minds and colourful book-inspired fun. Happy reading! music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/

08.01.2022 Wild creatures - straight from the pages of our favourite books - have been let loose in Junior School, and have taken control of the Prep to Year 1 Book Week Character Parade! Let the wild rumpus begin! #BookWeek2020

07.01.2022 A big shout out, as we head into Term 4, to our Performing Arts Wardrobe Manager Lisa Wise and her merry band of talented, crafty volunteers including Janet and Elizabeth who are hard at work costuming not one, but two College musicals! The task of finding, fitting, making, cleaning, sewing, mending, hemming and be-dazzling multiple spectacular costumes for each one of the hundreds of cast members involved in the Junior School production of Once Upon a Mattress and next year’s Senior School production of Guys & Dolls is enormous!! The costuming team is just one of the behind-the-scenes groups of magic makers who come together to put on our College productions. You are all fabulous, and we can’t wait to see the colourful results of your hard work. Thank you!

07.01.2022 Your latest Illalong Newsletter is available online - Enjoy! https://www.abpat.qld.edu.au//illalong-newsletter-23-octob

06.01.2022 For 30 years, A.B. Paterson College has been welcoming our grandparents and special friends to campus for Grandparents’ Day celebrations, and without a doubt this day is a highlight of the school year! In 2020, while not on campus, our grandparents are certainly in our hearts and in our thoughts. Thank you to every grandparent who has shared in the wonderful learning journey of our students over the years. We cannot wait to welcome you back to our College as soon as possible.... On Sunday 25 October, 2020 we would like to wish you all a very Happy National Grandparents' Day!!

06.01.2022 Thank you to our friends in Winton for sharing news of our Year 6 Winton on Campus Experience - on the front page of The Winton Herald - and for your help in making this event possible and stimulating for our students. We look forward to future outback adventures and the opening of Barty's Place in the heart of your wonderful town. https://www.winton.qld.gov.au//winton-herald-25th-septembe Winton Connect - Winton Shire Australian Age of Dinosaurs Miners Heritage, Rubyvale Experience Winton Waltzing Matilda Centre Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre Qantas Founders Museum, Longreach, Queensland The Cosmos Centre & Observatory

06.01.2022 What a spectacular finale to our 2020 Book Week! Take a look at the wild and wonderful Years 2 & 3 creatures who graced our 'read' carpet! #bookweek2020

05.01.2022 Catch up on the latest A.B. news at https://www.abpat.qld.edu.au//illalong-newsletter-27-novem

05.01.2022 Hands up if you had a Pen Pal when you were a child. Do you remember watching the letterbox and waiting with excitement for the postie to arrive each day, and then the thrill of finally receiving a letter in the mail addressed to you. In this age of instant messaging and video chats, Lilly Pilly Learning Centre has wound back the clock, by becoming a Post Office, of sorts. ... Our Prep to Year 3 students are discovering the lost art of writing letters by joining the Australia Post Pen Pal Club. https://auspost.com.au//su/literacy-education/pen-pal-club You can read more about their experiences in this week’s Illalong Newsletter, out Friday.

05.01.2022 Be watching 9 News Gold Coast tonight (22nd Dec) for a glimpse of our talented Prep & Year 2 carolers!

04.01.2022 Believe us when we say, Green Thumbs & Busy Bees Gardening Clubs are nothing like 'watching grass grow' - in fact, it's a 'hive' of activity in the Community Garden! Miss Ross and her lunchtime gardening gurus have been very busy this past term, crafting biodegradable pots, harvesting the first strawberries and tomatoes, sniff testing, and making plans for yoga among the plants. We would like to say a very big thank you to Mrs Inthavong for her generous donation of plants, and to Mrs Hudson for kindly donating a native bee house kit - we're simply buzzing with excitement!!

04.01.2022 Our excited Prep runners gave every bit of energy they had to their first Cross Country carnival this afternoon. Even when exhausted in the home stretch, they still managed big smiles and squeals of delight. Well done! A special mention also to Mrs Hall and Mr Nicholls who laced up the joggers to join their students on the course, and thank you to Mr Cashman and our wonderful Year 7 Aussie Sport Leaders for your huge effort! music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/

04.01.2022 Great work Year 4! Well done for giving it your all during the 2020 100m Sprints and Cross Country races!

04.01.2022 Right across our campus, A.B. Paterson College staff and students have paused to remember those members of our armed services who have died in war, fighting to protect the nation. We invite you to watch our 2020 Remembrance Day Service. Lest we forget. https://vimeo.com/475669719

04.01.2022 Colour Run 2020

03.01.2022 Prep to Year 3 Virtual Christmas Concert 2020

03.01.2022 A huge thank you and congratulations to Year 6 Planeteer, Siena for her dedication to the 10c Tuesday recycling project. Last night, Siena was awarded The Michael D Veivers Cup during our 30th Annual Speech Night - for outstanding commitment and leadership in the Junior School - and it is not hard to see why. Siena has been a great help to Year 6 teacher Miss Moore, helping to man the big red bin during Tuesday morning collections at Marble Arch.... After our last collection morning for the year, the Year 6 Planeteers have saved close to 7500 items from ending up in landfill, while also raising funds for the Community Garden. They would like to thank the A.B. Paterson College community for such wonderful support, and encourage everyone to save their 10c recyclables during the festive season ready for a big collection early Term 1, 2021. Well done Miss Moore, Siena and all our Planeteers!

03.01.2022 We have so much news to share! Your bumper November 20 Illalong newsletter is online now! www.abpat.qld.edu.au/n/illalong-newsletter-20-november-2020

03.01.2022 The stunning scenery at Mount Barney, captured by Mr Sole, is a fitting reward for the hard work of our Duke of Edinburgh campers.

03.01.2022 To our Vocal Festival entrants, organisers and judges - we could sing your praises all day! Across August and September, we enjoyed a total of three full days of singing, with hundreds of young artists from Prep right through to Year 12 given the opportunity to perform - that's a lot of ribbons, and a whole lot of chocolate frogs handed out by Assistant Head of Performing Arts, Miss Rachel Newcombe! Well done everyone, and keep singing!

02.01.2022 Year 7 Aussie Sports Leaders - what an amazing job you have done organising, encouraging and supporting our Prep to Year 3 students at today's Mini Olympics! Congratulations! And, well done to our Mini Olympians - great work everyone! music credit: https://www.purple-planet.com/

02.01.2022 We witnessed some friendly rivalries, plenty of determination and spirit during the 2020 Cross Country & 100m Sprints for our Year 5 runners - well done!

02.01.2022 Why not pick up your children from Marble Arch today, AND pick up some of the freshest produce on the planet! Our Busy Bees & Green Thumbs have harvested celery, mint, beetroots, kale, bok choy and lettuce from the Community Garden... just to name a few of the delicious veges and herbs on offer. 'Lettuce' eat greens tonight!

01.01.2022 Prep playground was filled with rainbows, bubbles, music and the laughter of delighted children as the Prep Party brought Term 3 to a colourful close. What a fabulous day!