News
Uniform Update
We are excited to share the new uniform designs for our girls commencing in 2022! Since the 2020 announcement of our co-educational journey, the St Paul’s uniform working party has undertaken extensive community consultation and research. The design and consultation process has taken almost 12 months and has seen us working in partnership with our new uniform supplier, Midford.
COVID-19 School Closure
Wishing all members of our Community the very best among obvious challenges associated with South Australia’s lock-down and associated school closures, our College has prepared staff and students for remote learning. Please see the following information about remote learning at St Paul’s College during this lock-down.
Andy Thomas Foundation Grant Winners
St Paul’s College is one of three metropolitan schools to be awarded a $5,000 grant in the Andy Thomas Foundation Challenge.
The Challenge encourages Years 7, 8 or 9 students in South Australian schools to create a project highlighting the importance and potential use of space technology in addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Schools are encouraged to identify a challenge or real-world problem and to propose a solution that would be useful in addressing or solving it.
St Paul's was awarded $5,000 to implement their proposed idea of exploring how space technology of vertical farming could help the people of Mangaran, a remote Indonesian village.
Year 8 Girls' Leadership Academy
The Girls' Leadership Academy is an opportunity for all Year 8 girls in 2022 to develop effective leadership qualities through ongoing and targeted leadership development opportunities throughout their five years at St Paul’s College.
The program will be delivered in an inclusive, friendly, and nurturing environment which promotes mindfulness, fostering a positive mindset and understanding one’s self-identity. Coaching and positive education will inform the academy, which will develop throughout the girls’ five years as the ultimate female leaders in our community.
$6.7m Sports & Learning Centre Under Construction
Stage 1 of the Master Plan includes construction of a $6.7m double-storey building on the site of the existing changeroom facilities, to be completed for the commencement of co-education.
St Paul’s College receives $390K grant
The College is pleased to announce that we have been successful in obtaining a grant for $390K from the Department of Recreation, Sport and Racing to assist in the construction of unisex changerooms including amenities, storage, umpire’s and first aid room. The guidelines require the College to contribute an equal amount towards this project.
These facilities form part of the new and exciting $6.7m Sports and Learning Centre that will commence very shortly.
Watershed Creative Arts Prize Winners
Congratulations to our Year 8 students who won the Salisbury Council Watershed Creative Arts Prize, Emerging Technologies category on Friday night, for their Dry Creek Augmented Reality Experiences. These experiences were created for the CESA XR Challenge in 2020.
Students explored the theme of sustainability and how they could reduce the human impact and increase the use of Dry Creek. Working with Lumination, students engaged in virtual and augmented reality (AR) experiences to fully immerse in their learning.
Through the XR Challenge students enjoyed learning how to create and code virtual environments. At the same time, adopting a section of the Dry Creek Trail and studying water quality, pollution, man-made objects, plants and animals. Each group created an AR experience for their section of the creek. Working with Salisbury Council and The Friends of Dry Creek Trail, the AR worlds are linked to a QR code that can be accessed by the public as they walk the trail!
Eddie Rice Day donation to India
Below is a message of thanks to the St Paul's Community from Steve Rocha at PRATYeK.
It's humbling to see that our efforts from Eddie Rice Day are directly impacting those suffering in India. Our community raised over $3,000.
2021 Student Robotics International Champions
Sunday marked the end of a virtual robotics programming competition that spanned five months. The global Student Robotics competition headquartered in London, saw teams from around the world compete in a virtual league, with four matches of increasing complexity, building up to the knockout rounds and grand final that was held last night. The Paladins of St Paul’s were extremely proud to represent Australia, while competing alongside teams from the UK, France, Germany, Malaysia and Indonesia. The competition sees us given a (virtual) robot to compete in the 2021 game, Radars of the Lost Ark, where teams have to claim (and steal!) towers from each other, all by writing and submitting code - which will then be simulated against other team’s robot code, along with exciting commentary from the brilliant team at Student Robotics!
St Paul's College Master Plan
The St Paul's College Master Plan is a long-term conceptual planning document outlining future development building works. Some key concepts include: 'opening up' the College to allow for better movement, lines of sight and easy access. We will create a long and central 'spine' through a beautiful new entrance on Blacks Road through to a new enclosed entrance to the gymnasium. This entrance will have an exciting glass frontage into our creative STEM space and a wall of memorabilia to display the proud history and traditions of the College. Another spine will run along between the science labs and current Callan Hall through to the Trade Training Centre and Lurline Avenue.
