Exciting Opportunities and Celebrations
By Mrs Liz Illingworth, Principal
Opportunities
As Term 2 rapidly rolls on, I continue to feel privileged to have a ‘job’ (or come to school each day) that enables me to share in the lives of young people. Over the last two weeks, these are just some of the things that have occurred at the College that, in addition to the excellent learning and teaching that occurs, add value to our young people to give them the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.
Year 10 Camps
Post School Options Expo
The Ethics Olympiad Competition
Senior Girls and Boys Football
Senior Badminton
Netball
Launceston Competitions
Science and Engineering Competitions
From Gumnuts to Buttons
Book Week Parade
Tasmanian All Schools Mountain Bike Championships
Two reasons I list some of the activities that I know have occurred. Firstly, to thank our staff who I feel go above and beyond their daily work requirements to support our students and provide opportunities, and secondly to encourage you as parents to have conversations with your own young people to reach out and take the many opportunities that are offered to them outside of simply turning up to school each day.
Validation
During Week 3 our College underwent two days of Validation. Validation is a point-in-time check of what celebrations have occurred in a school over the period of a Strategic Plan, and a chance to review and look forward to the next period of time. This process involved looking at the data that had been collected for staff, student and parent surveys and many different groups from the community meeting with the panel. As a College, we look forward to receiving our feedback report in the coming weeks to support us in working on our Strategic Plan 2024-2028. Thank you to all involved in this valuable process – staff, students and parents/guardians.
STEM Heart Project
As we are well into Term 2 of 2023, I wish to give you an update on where we are with the STEM Heart Project. Demolition is now complete, and the majority of digging for footings has been completed. We currently have a slight delay as Tas Networks work to move the substation at the front of the College to allow power for the site to be secured and the removal of a mini substation on the building site. During this period of delay, we are hoping to complete some work on an internal courtyard which will allow us to install some ‘play equipment’ for our Middle School students.
Senior College Ball
We look forward with excitement to our Senior College Ball, which is being held tomorrow evening. Students have been practising their dancing, and I believe are really looking forward to the evening. Parents/guardians, please ensure that you have read the letter regarding the night that was shared earlier in the term, and please share this with your child.
Saturday should be an excellent celebration of community, friendship and connection we all have to the College.
Uniform Expectations
Part of accepting a position at St Patrick’s College is a commitment to our policies and protocols. There are many students who are meeting the College's expectations in regard to wearing the correct uniform and I thank them for this. There are also some students who are consistently not wearing our uniform correctly. Please ensure that you have a conversation with your child/ren about what meeting our College expectations means.
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