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St Patrick's College

Locality: Shorncliffe, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3631 9000

Address: 60 Park Parade 4017 Shorncliffe, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au

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25.01.2022 2021 LEADERSHIP COMMISSIONING LITURGY On 16-18 September, the Year 11 students participated in their Leadership Retreat. The retreat concluded with the Commissioning of our new College Leaders and the passing over of the Captain’s tie. This ritual signified the change of student leadership from the current senior cohort to the seniors of 2021. Our Year 11 students will now take on these responsibilities for the remainder of this year and next year, whilst the senior stud...ents spend time preparing for their final exams. We would like to thank our 2020 Leaders and congratulate the 2021 College Captain, Vice-Captain's and House Leaders. Click here to watch the full service: https://youtu.be/ULw4a-UpeyM

25.01.2022 DIRECTORS AWARD St Patrick's College celebrated our young men who have received their Men of Action Directors Award for Year 5 and Year 6. The celebrated with a pizza party and a game of beach cricket. This is a pastoral award given to young men who have displayed sustained or substantial effort in being: Accountable, Courteous, Thoughtful, Inclusive, Organised and Never Giving Up. ... "In our Junior School we expect students to be Men of Action who show these qualities every day in all that they do. Kindness, courage, respect and humility make a big difference. Congratulations to these young men." ~ Mrs Celia King, Director of Junior School Year 5: James Dale, Cooper Sawina, Angus Long, Lachlan Schultz, Adam Hogan, Edward Hennessy and Zac Taylor - 5E Year 6: Harrison Hinwood, Jake Hackett, Ryan Colsen, Will Finch and Thomas Richardson.

24.01.2022 COLLEGE PRINCIPAL'S UPDATE St Patrick's College Principal Mr Chris Mayes' update to the St Patrick's College community, Term 3 Week 7. Please find links for further information on various talking points via REALM: https://bit.ly/2YJ63Oy... Year 11: Commissioning of our new College Leaders and the passing over of the Captain’s tie Year 12: Journey to Graduation and Final QCE Bulletin Important Child Safety Notice Sport Update: The Good Fight Newsletter

24.01.2022 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE MEN OF ACTION This week St Patrick's College is celebrating Men of Action Week. Men of Action take every experience as a learning opportunity to develop faith, humility and learning, with traits and behaviours that carry them through to life beyond school. This video displays a wonderful voice from young men of St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe about the opportunities they have had to get involved with the community, be it through ERA for Cha...nge or the Paddy's Van. #MenOfAction #MenOfLearning #MenOfFaith #MenOfHumility

24.01.2022 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT! St Patrick’s College Teachers are banding together to row 590km in 7 days! Head of Sport Jim Potts will row a marathon a day, covering a whopping 42.2km every day for the week. In support of his endeavor a team of St Patrick’s College teachers and support staff will rotate and row alongside Jim, rowing 42.2km each day between them. Jim Potts says I love challenging myself and it’s even better if my efforts can raise awareness and much needed funds ...towards a worthy cause. The team and I are excited to be supporting Edmund Rice Camps Queensland and we hope our efforts can give children an opportunity they otherwise would not have been able too. St Patrick's College is a school in the Edmund Rice tradition aiming to offer a Liberating Education, based on a Gospel Spirituality, within an Inclusive Community committed to Justice and Solidarity. St Patrick’s College is hosting this initiative to support Edmund Rice Camps, a community based not-for-profit organisation, providing recreational holiday getaways for disadvantaged children aged between 7 and 16 years who would otherwise not be able to enjoy such an experience. St Patrick’s College has set a goal of $10,000 in support of this worthy cause. Donations can be made by visiting: https://www.bpoint.com.au/pay/StPatricksCollegeEvents Jim Potts and the team will be rowing from29 November to 1 December 2020. (Left to right) Luke Stutter, Tom Christie, Alec Gold, Kate Grainger, Doug Locke, Brian Polich, Heath Mackintosh, (front) Jim Potts.

24.01.2022 CHALLENGING THE MIND Last week we saw the crowning of the champions of the 2020 version of the St Patrick's College Spelling Bee and SPC Pi Challenge. Congratulations to our joint winners of the Spelling Bee, Don Alabata and 2019 defending champion Joel Philip. The word used in the sudden death round was aficionado.... The winner of the Pi Challenge was 2019 champion Masaki Williams who has now gone back to back, this year with an impressive recount of 245 decimal places. Well done to all and good luck to our Men of Learning in their final term of the 2020 academic year! #menoflearning

23.01.2022 SUPPORTING A WORTHY CAUSE This week young men of St Patrick's College have been working with the Edmund Rice Foundation Australia in support of the Best Foot Forward campaign. Best Foot Forward works to empower women and girls through education. This campaign will help to educate and change the lives of thousands of women and girls around the world.... Our young men had the opportunity to purchase a pair of pink shoelaces to raise much needed funds and wear them today to show their support! "We believe all women and girls should have equal access to education. Right now they don’t. Gender equality is a fundamental human right. It’s necessary for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world." ~ Best Foot Forward #menofaction #menofhumility #bestfootforward #educatetoliberate #edmundricetradition

22.01.2022 SPC CLASS OF 2020 - GRADUATION We would like to congratulate everyone of our Senior Graduates and we would like to acknowledge our Special Awards recipients: The Instrumental Music Award for Dedication and Excellence - Reuben Hazelman... The Patrick Wright Award for Senior Cultural Excellence - Jared Noble College Sportsman of the Year - Matthew Moate Defence Australia Future Innovators Award - Caleb Coleman The University of Queensland Scholars Award - Connor Stewart We recognise the leadership and service of our 2020 College Vice Captains - River Brunsmann and Jasper Simmons The Jackman Family Award for College Leadership is awarded to our 2020 College Captain - Dominic Graham The Caltex Award for Year 12 All Rounder - Connor Stewart The McGreevy Family Award for outstanding service to the College by a Student - Thomas Darben The Rita Prackert Award for Outstanding Community Service by a student -Heath Huelin, Ethan Noble and Jared Noble The P&F Edmund Rice Education Australia Community Service Award - Jack Wright The Elliott Fletcher Memorial Award - Dominic Graham Now we welcome our SPC Class of 2020 as the newest St Pat's Old Boys to the St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe - Old Boys' Association. Never underestimate a Paddy’s man and Always Fight the Good Fight!

22.01.2022 BRIGHT SPARKS Year 6 are having a blast investigating electricity and energy this term. Batteries, bulbs, buzzers, wires and switches... insulators and conductors are making our circuits investigation lots of fun! Our young Men of Learning now have a deeper understanding of what is going on around them and how our world is powered. ... We're sure these young men will be amped to talk about energy and electricity around the dinner table tonight!

20.01.2022 PADDY'S GARDEN Every Monday and Wednesday at lunchtime, young men from Year 5, 6 and 9 come down to the Paddy's Garden to learn a number of skills, such as; watering, mulching, weeding, harvesting, staking and, most importantly, teamwork. We have a variety of plants growing from kale, beetroot, pineapple, lavender, celery, tomatoes, and lettuce. ... Interesting Fact: In 2018, we grew a large pumpkin in the garden and entered it in the EKKA and to our surprise we came 2nd in the Royal Queensland Show Heaviest pumpkin competition. The sash and certificate take pride of place in the Junior Learning Hub. The purpose of the garden is to provide lunchtime support to students and to build community spirit of students. These young men are growing vegetables to donate to the Paddy's van to help feed the homeless and less fortunate in our community through SANDBAG. The young men gain a great deal of satisfaction knowing that as a community we are helping in a small way. The College Café also supplies food scraps for the recycling bins in the garden. The Year 6 Morrissey Men of Action Leaders are involved in a recycling program that supplies used paper to the garden as well.

19.01.2022 FORMATION Young men in Year 10 had an opportunity to share with one another and to listen to words of wisdom from our EREA Director Dr Wayne Tinsey as he streamed in online. For the Year 10 retreat our young men participated in workshops on the following topics;... the environment, Indigenous justice, advocacy and solidarity. Our young men got a lot out of the experience and our Teaching staff put in a huge effort to support our young men who participated in the retreat.

18.01.2022 THE WINDOW TO YOUR FUTURE - CLASS OF 2020 It is a strange thing when more than one person can look out the same window and see different things. Perhaps this is because of the lens that we choose to look through and/or what we are choosing to look for. One thing that this year, above all others, has taught me is that we all have different views and sometimes we can make the mistake that our view is the better because our different view is better. Whilst your time with us ...Continue reading

17.01.2022 AIC 1ST XV RUGBY At the weekend our Rugby and Football teams played against Padua in Rnd 1 of the long awaited AIC Season. It was a very tough day across for the board for the St Pat’s teams with wins hard to come by...... In the Rugby the 1st XV showed great determination to fight their way back in to the match after trailing 0-5 at the halftime break. In a tense second half the Pat’s boys looked to have done enough when they scored a try in the 67th minute to take the score to 20-15 in their favour. Unfortunately a mistake from the kick-off receipt gifted Padua one final chance to launch an attack and they managed to barrel their way over in the corner with a try to tie the scores at 20-20. The kicker missed the difficult conversion to leave the result at a 20-20 draw.

14.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK This week our young men have engaged with a number of activities to celebrate National NAIDOC Week. Common Ground Australia has created a wonderful series called the First Nations Bedtime Stories Challenge. As part of this they have shared five short films of stories from Central Australian First Nations people.

14.01.2022 CROSS-COUNTRY SPIRIT ASSEMBLY Congratulations to all who took part in the Spirit Assembly for Cross-Country on Friday 7 August 2020. We look forward to a great season ahead!... We would like to wish our young men all the best for the Cross Country Championships, held at Curlew Park, Shorncliffe on Wednesday 12 August. Click this link for the full statement issued by the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC) with regards to the COVIDsafe Plan and spectators: https://bit.ly/33HuOhu

12.01.2022 YEAR 5 EXCURSION Our Year 5 excursion to the Caboolture Historical Museum last Thursday was a fantastic step back in time. Our young men began the day with a parade outside the old school house. They then spent the day fossicking for gemstones, watching the art of blacksmithing, trying out the town stocks, hanging out in the village gaol, and learning about the copper and mangle to wash the family clothes. Bushrangers even made a surprise appearance!... The weather was gorgeous and our young men had an excellent day. Thank you to Mr Johnson for organising such a rich learning experience for our Year 5 Humanities and Social Science unit. #MenOfLearning

11.01.2022 AIC 1ST XI FOOTBALL At the weekend our Football and Rugby teams played against Padua in Round 1 of the long awaited AIC Season. It was a very tough day across for the board for the St Pat’s teams with wins hard to come by...... The 1st XI Football had a great win emerging as 3-1 victors are initially trailing 0-1. Playing with the strong wind in the second half Padua struggled to contain the St Pat’s boys and in the end the 3-1 scoreline was a little flattering to the home side.

10.01.2022 CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE We are are pleased to announce that we will be live streaming the Celebration of Excellence event for award winners extended family, those parents of students performing, supporters and friends of St Patrick's College. Please note that the link will go live at 7:00pm. https://youtu.be/ggTzrmqKoJY It is a lovely opportunity to share the College spirit with your friends and family members. Such events have been streamed from across the globe in ...2020 and we look forward to the wider St Patrick's College community joining us (virtually) for a momentous celebration this year. Comment to let us know where you are steaming in from?

10.01.2022 MEN OF ACTION WEEK This week we are celebrating our Term 3 #MenOfActionWeek at St Patrick's College. During the week our young men will be involved with a number of activities that will help them better understand what it means to be 'Men of Action'. Our young men will be given a number of opportunities to demonstrate this to their fellow students. ... For example, on Tuesday our Year 12's will share morning tea with their little brothers. Our Big Brother - Little Brother program is all about a sense of family and belonging. Our older students step up as leaders and provide guidance and support to our Year 5 and Year 7 young men. This video highlights some of the messages from our parents and staff as to what they believe a man of action is. Help us share the message with our young men. What does being a man of action mean to you? #MenOfAction #MenOfLearning #MenOfFaith #MenOfHumility

08.01.2022 ENLIGHTENED YEAR 5A CLASS The students in 5A have had an enlightening start to their term. They began their studies by creating an interpretation of Van Gogh's 'Starry, Starry Night’. This was the inspiration for them to learn more about natural light sources as they explored this concept in Science, designing and conducting an investigation to demonstrate their understanding of the topic. ... Stars have also been a point of discussion during their analysis of the Infancy narrative in Religion. Students have read sections of the Gospel and had the opportunity to meet with Fr Bryan Roe to discuss their understanding further. They also applied their artistic talents as they compared the Gospel recounts in cartoons. Most recently, as part of the student’s analysis of poetry, they have considered the imagery links between Von Gogh’s paintings and extracts from Don McLean’s song Vincent. All this, and we are only half way through the term. What a bunch of superstars they are! From Mrs Mortimer, 5A Teacher

07.01.2022 MEN OF ACTION, LEADING SPC St Patrick's College would like to congratulate our 2021 Leaders on their appointment. Congratulations to College Captain Angwik Shan and Vice Captains Liam Botting and Jackson Dows.... Click here to view a recording of the College Assembly held 13 August 2020: https://youtu.be/FQFu79HzEmM Please join us in wishing these young men all the best as they prepare to take over the leadership reigns.

07.01.2022 RICH LEARNING EXPERIENCES Following our recent HASS field trip, 5A students have continued to explore what life would have been like for diggers on the gold fields in the late 1800s. From charting the location and discovery of gold on maps and timelines, to using physical characteristics of minerals to identify Fool’s Gold (Pyrite) in hand specimen and even taking on the perspective of a parent writing home to their children from the gold fields, the boys have certainly... been engaged. They also had time to reflect on their field trip and create a visual display for the classroom. This week our your men will apply their learning as they investigate the social, economic and political impact of immigrants on the gold fields and write and perform a presentation taking the perspective of a Chinese or European miner looking to strike it rich!

07.01.2022 CELEBRATION OF EXCELLENCE The Celebration of Excellence is a very special evening in the St Patrick's College calendar where we present the following awards: Academic Achievement Awards ... Edmund Rice Awards Community Service Awards Academic Excellence Awards Special Awards Congratulations to every young man who received an award at the Celebration of Excellence. We would also like to thank you Music and Culture department and congratulate our young men who performed for a wonderful arrangement of entertainment for the evening. COMMIT, SERVE, INSPIRE. TOGETHER AS BROTHERS

07.01.2022 St Patrick's College Principal's Update Please find our latest video update from College Principal Mr Chris Mayes. Parents will find links to all of the following via our REALM notice: https://realm.stpatricks.qld.edu.au/news/9045 CovidSafe Sport Update:... AIC Statement with regards to spectator rules The Good Fight Sport Newsletter YouTube link for Live Stream Sports Spirit Assembly - Chess/Rugby/Football: Live Stream Link Working in Partnership with Parents: Year 6 - Tuesday, 25 August at St Patrick’s College Year 7 - Thursday, 27 August at St Patrick’s College Year 8 - Wednesday, 26 August at St Patrick’s College Year 10 - Wednesday, 26 August via ZOOM Virtual Events Feedback Survey: Parent Teacher Interviews: Parent Survey

06.01.2022 WORLD TEACHER'S DAY This morning our College Leadership Team hosted a special BBQ Breakfast for all staff to celebrate our Teachers. At St Patrick's College we work to foster a love for learning in our students and it is our teachers who deliver on this every single day. It is their leadership and passion for learning that inspires every student in their journey at St Patrick's College. ... We would like to thank all our Teachers for the wonderful work that they do. Every Teacher at the College has a role to play as we share in the responsibility for the outcomes of our students, by collaborating and working together across many key strategic areas. St Patrick's College Teachers helping form #MenOfLearning COMMENT below with a special message for your sons Teacher(s).

06.01.2022 2021 LEADERSHIP COMMISSIONING Watch our 2021 Leadership Commissioning Liturgy as our Year 12 leaders hand over to our Year 11's - 'Class of 2021'. The recording will be made available on Youtube on Monday for those who missed the live streamed event.

05.01.2022 JINGLE BELLS Finishing the year with joy! The Junior men gathered today to celebrate the end of the year, and the coming festive season with a Christmas Doors Competition.... Thank you to all Junior teachers, Learning Hub staff and Mrs Herold for your energy and creativity! Thank you to our Mr Mayes who studied each classroom creation and announced a winner from each year level. Congratulations to: 6A for ‘Take a Selfie’, 5A for ‘Santa’s Workshop’ Fight the Good Fight Mrs Celia King, Director of Junior

05.01.2022 2020 LEADERSHIP A special message from our 2020 College Captain and Vice-Captains. The College would like to thank our 2020 student leadership team. It has not been an easy year and our College Captain, Vice-Captain's, House Leaders and the Year 12 cohort have made the school proud. These young men have shown reslience and determination. We are sure the skills they have learnt will serve them well as they make their way in the next chapter of their lives. ... College Principal Mr Chris Mayes makes his final Term 3 announcements, please visit REALM for further details: https://realm.stpatricks.qld.edu.au/news/9719 Final Update Details: Term 3 Comes to an End Staffing Changes Textbooks and Laptops Celebration of Excellence Evening Graduation / Farewell Assembly AIC Track & Field Sport and Cultural Awards Assembly

04.01.2022 THE PADDY'S GARDEN A number of St Patrick's College junior students are keen gardeners and keepers of the The Paddy's Garden. At the end of Term 3 our young men made the decision to add a Scarecrow as protection to their valuable fruit and vegetables. Our young men designed and made a scarecrow to guard the garden. The name Rocky came about from a competition and Luke Thirgood has the naming rights one of our newest SPC members - Rocky the Scarecrow!

04.01.2022 MEN OF HUMILITY This week young men of St Patrick's College will be working with the Edmund Rice Foundation Australia in support of the Best Foot Forward campaign. Our young men will have the opportunity to purchase a pair of pink shoelaces for $10 from the College Café or Student Office during morning tea and lunch breaks this week. ... We encourage our young men and staff to wear their pink shoelaces to College on Friday 6 November... Our St Patrick's College donation from all funds raised will be made on Friday in time for the Best Foot Forward to quadrable all donations. If you would like to make a financial donation, please visit our fundraising page at: https://www.charidy.com/bestfootforward/spc #menofaction #menofhumility #bestfootforward #educatetoliberate #edmundricetradition

04.01.2022 ST PADDY’S VAN COMMUNITY WORK A beautiful yet windy afternoon serving our community at Sandbag Community Centre this afternoon. Many thanks to our Cafe staff who prepared Chicken Bolognaise and Mexican Enchiladas! ... Great friendships being established between our Year 9 #menofaction #menofhumility and St John Fisher College girls.

03.01.2022 AIC STATEMENT The AIC Cross Country Championships, Chess, Football and Rugby seasons commence this week. The Cross Country Championships will be held at Curlew Park, Shorncliffe on Wednesday 12 August and will be split into two stages to limit risk to participants, spectators, and staff.... The Chess competition will start on Friday, 21 August. Rugby and Football will commence on Saturday 22 August. The AIC have issued a statement that answers the following questions for our community: Will there be COVIDsafe Plans in place? Are parents and other adults allowed to spectate at games? What is different about AIC Rugby and Football compared to community club competitions? Click this link for the full statement issued by the Associated Independent Colleges (AIC): https://bit.ly/33HuOhu "The AIC is grateful that we can offer these sporting events to our students. We will continue to monitor Queensland Health guidelines and rules and will make any changes to the sporting competitions as required. The Management Committee appreciates your patience and understanding about the current circumstances and added compliance requirements that are expected during these times." ~ AIC Management Committee

03.01.2022 PREPARATION FOR BRIGHT FUTURES President Abraham Lincoln said, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. St Patrick’s College men in Year 12 have been gathering on a Tuesday and Thursday morning for a Café Academia, an initiative led by Mr Troy Schultz our Dean of Teaching and Learning.... Our Year 12 students have been using this time to work independently and collaboratively as they prepare for their final exams in November. Troy Shultz said "A team approach is one that will ensure our Men of Learning enjoy success! We would like to encourage our Year 12 students to take part in this time where they can focus and prepare for what lies ahead." Our Year 12's will sit their exams with sharp minds with the effort and preparation they have put in. #MenOfLearning

02.01.2022 SPECTATOR RULES AND REGULATIONS We are looking forward to another weekend of sport at Curlew Park this weekend. We are extremely lucky to be able to put on such events at a time when Queensland is under strict Covid regulations. Our College is responsible to adhere to CovidSafe Plans in order to continue with such events and we ask you to please follow the guidelines so that our students can enjoy their weekend sport. Please note the following important rules to f...ollow. For the full details and check lit for our families, visit: https://realm.stpatricks.qld.edu.au/news/9490 Only 2 parent spectators per student are permitted and MUST sign-in and record their details via the EVA App. (QR codes will be at all entry points). We encourage all members of the community to download the COVID Safe App. Please follow all instructions as per the signage, College and Security staff. High Importance: We ask that if you do not have a child playing in a match you do not attend these matches, this includes St Patrick’s College Alumni and extended family. ... The AIC will be live streaming 1st XI and 1st XV games via this Vimeo link: http://vimeo.com/event/261330

02.01.2022 TEAM SPIRIT Our young men of St Patrick's College have kicked off the Rugby, Football and Chess season with a Spirit Assembly this morning. Join us in wishing our young men well for the season ahead! ... We would like to thank the young men from Music and Culture who put on a fantastic performance to help celebrate. #MenOfAction

02.01.2022 WEEKEND SPORTS We would like to share these great photographs from our weekend Rugby and Football matches, St Patrick's College against Marist College. For the full report on the games please see the Sport update, Fight the Good Fight on REALM: https://realm.stpatricks.qld.edu.au/news/9470... Thank you to Paul Neil Photography for the great photos!

01.01.2022 JAZZ ENSEMBLE Our Jazz Ensemble entertained St Patrick's College at our College Cafe for a Friday music session. It was wonderful to see our Cultural program on show... St Patrick’s College offers students an exciting and diverse range of cultural programs and activities designed to complement and balance the curriculum. These programs encourage participation, teamwork, self-confidence and creativity. Students across all year levels are actively encouraged to extend... and explore their interests, skills and knowledge through participation in a broad range of cultural activities. The cultural program provides students with opportunities for character development, decision-making, collaboration, problem-solving and leadership. These experiences enrich the lives of students and develop valuable global skills which empower them as they move into life beyond the college. "Imagination is the spark that ignites creativity. Creativity is the fire that motivates, innovates and liberates our students to grow as they discover their abilities, passions and purpose." ~ Mr Geoff Samuels - Head of Culture