18 September 2014 No. 29 60 Park Parade Shorncliffe QLD 4017 Tel (07) 3631 9000 Fax (07) 3631 9001 Email office@stpatricks.qld.edu.au www.stpatricks.qld.edu.au

A Catholic Boys' School in the Edmund Rice Tradition Catering for Years 5 to 12

Dear Members of the St Patrick’s College Community It is hard to believe that Term 3 is drawing to a close, it is certainly a good time to reflect on the achievements and involvement of the young men at the College throughout the term. The College has been successful in a range of academic, cultural and sporting activities and we thank all the young men and staff for their contribution. The hard work and maximum effort given by both staff, students and our parents has helped contribute to the incredible sense of community we are blessed with here at St. Patrick’s. My thanks and congratulations to all those who have committed to the various pursuits this term. Last Sunday saw the St. Patrick’s College Foundation hold its annual marquee at the Deagon Community Picnic Race Day. I’d like to thank Foundation Development Manager, Mrs Stacey Bishop for her coordination of what was another wonderful chance to gather as a community. It was a wonderful way to finish the term and we are grateful to the support of Coffee Club Sandgate, Wired and Sandgate Physical Health Clinic. I would like to thank Mrs Julie Haines who is retiring at the end of Term 3. Julie has worked at the College in the Library since 2007. We as a community wish her all the best for her future endeavours. I would also like to thank Mr Nic Consiglio and Mr Tim Sopp who completed their teaching contracts this term. We thank them for their high level of professionalism and dedication to their classes. In Term 4 we will have a number of additional staff changes. Mr Matthew Hawkins will be taking long service leave and will be replaced by Mr Charles Brauer who will assume the role of Acting Assistant Principal Identity. Mr Dominic Crowley will therefore continue in his role as Acting Treacy House Dean. Mrs Susan Harris will also be returning to the College from maternity leave. For 2015 we are pleased to announce the following additional staff appointments - Mr Tim Kenny has been appointed as Head of Curriculum-Religious Education and Mrs Susan Werba has been appointed Head of Curriculum - English. Both new staff members come with a wealth of experience in similar roles at other schools and we look forward to welcoming them next year. Throughout the term the staff and Year 11 students have been involved in selecting leaders for 2015. This process has been completed and it is a privilege to congratulate the following young men on their appointments: College Captain: Jacob Lawrence Vice-Captains: Carter Bell

Taitaifono Reupena Isaak Woods

Finally I would like to thank all members of the College community for your support during my tenure as Acting Principal, it has

certainly been a rewarding time both professionally and personally. I am looking forward to resuming the role as College Dean - Student Formation in Term 4. God Bless

Mr Frank Torrisi Acting College Principal

The College Office will be closed on Tuesday 30th September and Wednesday 1st October

due to maintenance. Please note this is the second week of the school holidays.

Students finish at 1:20pm on Friday 19 September . Buses have been booked and will depart the College at 1:30pm

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Mr Matthew Hawkins AP Identity

This will be my final Calling article of the year, as I am heading off on Long Service Leave in Term 4. I am of course really looking forward to the time away, as I attempt to do some study, and enter the world of school drop-offs, Year 1 rotations and even tuckshop duty. However, I will miss some of my favourite events of the year in Term 4, including Year 12 Graduation, Year 12 Farewell Assembly and Celebration of Excellence. I may pop in to one or more of those to say goodbye to this year’s Seniors, for whom I have a great deal of time and admiration…even my Year 12 Religion and Ethics class! Mr Charles Brauer will more than capably fill my role in Term 4 and will of course be exceptionally supported and guided by Mrs Helen Righetti, Mr Paul Corfield, Miss Selena Fisk and Mr Luke Royes. I would like to take this opportunity to thank those four people, along with Mrs Marthy Watson, in particular for their outstanding efforts and leadership of the Identity area in 2014 so far. The College simply would not be what it is, or be able to do what it does without people like Helen, Paul, Selena, Marthy and Luke. Of course I am biased, but I see the Identity area of the school as the heart and soul of our College – it is what makes us unique and special in so many ways, and this is only possible because of the people in the team. St. Patrick’s is lucky to have them. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank my fellow members of the College Leadership Team. With the departure of Mr David Gardiner at the end of last year, and with Dr Michael Carroll taking professional renewal leave this term, our team has undergone some changes this year. I thank Mr Frank Torrisi for his leadership this term in his role as Acting Principal and Mr Ray Celegato likewise as Acting College Dean. Thank you also to Mr Chris Campbell, Ms Zoe Morgan and Mr Charles Brauer for their guidance and friendship during 2014.

One aspect of Term 4 I am very conscious of missing is the farewell of Dr Michael Carroll, so I wanted to take a moment here to acknowledge his contribution to the College from my perspective. Dr Carroll is the school’s longest serving Principal, and as our entire community knows, his contribution in his eleven years has been immense. I have been fortunate to work with Michael for the past five years, and have learned a great deal from his him. Michael’s leadership has seen St. Patrick’s go from strength to strength, and I have admired Michael’s ability to steer the ship so steadily, while undertaking so many significant reforms during his time as Principal. There are far too many achievements to list here, but in the Identity area, Michael has overseen the instigation and growth of the Paddies Van, the initiation of the Justice and Peace in the Curriculum program and the very unique and progressive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Homestay Program, among many others. I would also like to make special mention of Michael’s leadership during the tragic events of 2010. That was my first year at the College, and my first year on a College Leadership Team, and Elliott’s tragic passing happened on February 15. Michael’s superb leadership at that time not only ensured our community was safe, well-informed and cared for, but also showed me what authentic leadership was all about. I would like to sincerely wish Michael all the very best for his final term at St. Patrick’s, but also for his new challenge as Principal of St Joseph’s Gregory Terrace in 2015 and beyond. Finally, I would like to wish the entire St Patrick’s College community all the very best for the remainder of this year.

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Mr Charles Brauer AP Student Formation

OUR YEAR 12S Term 3 has been significant in many ways. One stand out feature for me is the role that our Year 12s play in our College community. Our Year 12s have reached many milestones and jumped many hurdles throughout this term. Despite the busyness and energy demanding tasks to be completed, they have continued to meet their leadership responsibilities. In particular, their role as Big Brothers for our Year 5s. Our College has a proud and healthy Big and Little Brother program,. Today, our Brothers were able to get to together and share lunch and some time playing games, chatting and laughing. The images below have captured some moments at today’s lunch. Thank you to all the Years 12s, Year 5s, the Year 5 teachers and House Deans for making this possible

MEN OF ACTION AWARDS

Left to Right: Lachlan Rouse, Max Ryan, Matthew Pelling, Dean Buiatti & Kyle Simpson

UPCOMING EVENTS Year 11 Leadership Camp: Term 4 Week 1 Wednesday and Thursday: Overnight at Runaway Bay Friday: Local venues. Students to arrive and depart form school as normal at usual times.

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Mr Chris Campbell AP Curriculum

YEAR 7 ANCIENT ROMAN BANQUET

On Monday 16 September Year 7 held a Roman banquet where students dressed up as their chosen Roman person. Part of the assessment was to write an historical description about what life was like for the chosen Roman, how they fitted into the social hierarchy and how they contributed to society. The banquet began with the Thomas Tornabene, a Calvary soldier, riding up the school entrance be-hind the Roman army, on his Shetland pony. This was followed by Mr Hall who introduced the entire banquet and games in Latin which was then translated by Ms Mulvihill in English. We ate grapes, chicken, olives, ham, porridge and even cakes. Apart from eating there were chariot races where a person from 7A, 7B, 7C and 7D ran around the school on broom-stick horses. Slaves were walking around offering the fine foods to the upper classes and a sacrifice of grapes was made to the Roman God Dionysius, God of Wine and Grapes for the fruitful season ahead. Overall the day was not only interesting but brought together our whole Term 3 unit. James Hastie (Year 7 student)

Treacy House Seniors Paintball Excursion

On Saturday the 6 September, Year 11 and 12 students from

Treacy House along with their House Dean, Mr Crowley,

travelled to Mango Hill for a team building exercise, playing

paintball.

After an early arrival at school, we travelled in the Paddies

Van to the venue, where we were given our equipment

(camouflage overalls, safety goggles, face mask, chest vest,

gloves and box) and a safety briefing, which included

instructions not to shoot at the helicopters that occasionally

flew over the paintball field. Getting hit by a paintball for

the first time and the subsequent sting was a shock to

everyone, and we soon realized that we weren’t the heroes or

“Rambos” that we thought we were.

We quickly learnt that we had to employ teamwork

strategies to overcome our opponents who incidentally were

many of Mr Crowley’s Math students from 2012! Despite

losing our first game, we managed to have two great wins in

the next games to win overall on the day. At the end of the

day, even though many of us were bruised and suffering from

paint-stained clothes and hair, everyone had a lot of fun

whilst learning the importance of team work. Paintball

certainly set up the Treacy Seniors of 2015 as a great force to

be reckoned with.

Mr Dom Crowley Treacy House

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P & F Community

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Mr Matthew Hawkins AP Identity

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Mr Geoff Samuels Director of Culture

We had a wonderful night last night at the Term 3 Music Performance Evening. A big thanks to Mr Samuels, Miss Simmers, Mr Reginato and all the boys involved. Special thanks to our student MCs: Jesse Keasley and Jared Littin and a young man playing piano in his school performance debut (and who blew us all away), Miguel Turla.

Last Sunday, our boys from the Guitar Ensemble took part at the Holy Spirit fete, representing our College and entertaining the crowds. Well done!

Music Tuition: A reminder to students and parents that fees will be scheduled this week, so please let me know as soon as

possible (or feel free to send a reminder should you have already let me know) regarding any withdrawals, changes in lesson type or instrument or for any new enrolments for Term 4.

I would also like to hear from ANY students wishing to get involved in one of our ensembles for the remainder of the year and/or perform as part of one of our upcoming College events.

Email:sfischer@stpatricks.qld.edu.au and check out our page on CONNECT!

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Mr Luke Donatini Director of Sport

As we enter into the September/October holiday break it is an appropriate time to remind all students involved in AIC Basketball, Tennis and Track & Field to stay focused over the holiday break and to try and maintain some level of training and fitness. Round 5 for AIC Basketball and AIC Tennis is Saturday 11 October and it is very important we finish off the season well. There will be some degree of holiday training taking place over the break, so we encourage all students who are available to attend training sessions. A basic outline of some holiday training is outlined below. However, more details can be found on SPC Connect.

Gym – (Year 7 to Year 12 students) Tuesday / Thursday mornings 9.30am to 11.00am at the College.

Track & Field – Monday / Wednesday mornings in Week 1 from 8.00am to 9.30am and Tuesday /Wednesday mornings in Week 2 from 8.00am to 9.30am (all training is at Curlew Park). On Friday 3 October we will attend a Track & Field Competition Meet at UQ Track, St Lucia. The bus will depart SPC at 7.15am and will return to SPC at approximately 2.30pm. Basketball – (Year 8 to Year 12) Tuesday / Thursday afternoons in both weeks 1.00pm to 2.00pm in the Callan Centre. All AIC ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams will also train on Thursday 2 October with their respective team and coaches – please refer to SPC Connect for these individual training sessions on Thursday 2 October. Many thanks to all the students in Year 5, Year 6 and Year 7 who participated in Basketball, Tennis and/or Track & Field this year. We hope that the 2014 season for those students involved was rewarding and enjoyable. We now look towards building on this season for 2015. Thank you to all the parents and coaches who have given up their time to assist with the above mentioned sports. Your contribution has been crucial to the overall success of this year’s SPC sporting program.

Outstanding Performances SPC U16 Club Basketball Team – Played in the grand final verse the Panthers and lost 48-44. We would like to thank all the SPC students, their coaches and the parents who have all been part of the successful 2014 SPC Club Basketball program.

Metropolitan North Regional Sport Information All Schools Triathlon Any student wishing to nominate for Triathlon Queensland All Schools Triathlon are to register on line at: http://www.triathlonqld.com.au/Events/AllSchools.aspx Further information will also be placed on the Metropolitan North Sports website. All interested students/parents are advised to visit the Metropolitan North website and view all the information pertaining to this event. Please visit: http://www.metnorthsport.qld.edu.au/Default.aspx?tabid=86 All students and parents requesting information regarding upcoming Met North Regional trials are asked to go to the Met North Website to find out such information - www.metnorthsport.qld.edu.au For further information regarding these and other trials please contact Ryan Schultz (College Coaching Administrator). SPC Gym Term 3 Gym Timetables are now up on connect. Please click here SPC Basketball For more information about SPC Basketball, please click here SPC Track & Field For more information about SPC Track & Field, please click here SPC Tennis St. Patrick’s College Tennis Holiday Training for all AIC players who are in Brisbane: Both weeks of the program are the same at the College Morven Courts and according to the normal training time slots: U.13s Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10.30am to Midday U.14s Tuesday & Thursday, 8.30am to 10.00am; Wednesday 10.30am to Midday U.15s Tuesday & Thursday, 8.30am to 10.00am; Wednesday 10.30 am to Midday U.16s Mondays, Wednesday, Friday 8.30am to 10.00 am Open Mondays, Wednesday, Friday 8.30am to 10.00 am For more information about SPC Tennis, please click here

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Rosters

UNIFORM SHOP

The Uniform Shop has been relocated to the Waterford car park in preparation for the building of the new Cultural and Sporting Precinct.

TRADING HOURS Tues 12-4pm, Wed 10am -2pm,

Thurs 7.30am -11.30am

*****VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED*****

TUCKSHOP ROSTER - TERM 3

DATE HELPERS

19/09 Maree Denkes, Jenny Evans, Joanne Tebble, Leanne Hume

07/10 Cheryl Jahnke, Michelle Brinkoff

08/10 Debbie Birthisel, Sandra Appleby-Lake, Cathy Weir

09/10 Andrea Massey, Liz Dittberner, Jacqui Baldock, Arianne Graham

10/10 Joanne Casey, Jodie McAlteer, Tanya Smith

06/10 Public Holiday

PADDIES VAN ROSTER

Tuesday Morning BBQ Decker Park, Sandgate

7.25 am - 9.00 am

Tuesday Evening Street Van Emma Miller Place, City

5..00pm - 8.00pm

Thursday Morning BBQ Humpybong School 7. 30 am - 9.00 am

Saturday Night BBQ Sandgate Sandgate Lagoon 5.15 pm - 7.30 pm

Tuesday, 23 September N/A

Tuesday, 23 September Ben Sloane, Jeromy Slater, Finn Neil

Thursday, 25 September N/A

Saturday, 27 September

Camplin Family

Please Note: If you cannot fulfil your commitment to take part in these service programs, please advise Mrs Righetti ASAP.

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Date Claimers