News & Events

Dear Families and Friends of St Paul’s,

Last week I had the absolute pleasure of attending our Year 11  Retreat at Victor Harbor.  It was an experience that all the staff that attend and all our students thoroughly enjoy.  As a Catholic College in the Edmund Rice Tradition, it is imperative that we continually help students discover their true spiritual selves.  We are a very multicultural and very multi-faith community but we all share the common need for a spiritual life!

When we all think about it, our spirit is what drives us to become the best version of ourselves that we can be.  It is like team spirit in a sporting or community sense.  The spirit we believe so deeply in, is the Holy Spirit, the influence in our lives that connects us to God and gives us the real purpose of living.  This purpose is to live, in love, with each other and with our God.  We sincerely hope that our students do experience this sense of spirit and this sense of purpose. We thank our APRIM, Mr Joe Hicks and all the staff that made this experience so special.

Staff Potential Development

Our ongoing commitment to being the best we can be as a Catholic College, requires us to provide opportunities for our staff to gather together to undertake activities aimed at helping us provide the best environment for our students.  On Friday of this week we had the focus, in the Middle and Senior Years, a Student Wellbeing and in the Primary Years on all things Literacy.  We appreciate the support of our families in allowing these activities to take place.

Building Developments

You would all be aware of the recent developments happening at the College in terms of the main courtyard as well as the Senior Learning Centre building.  Whilst these are not completely finalised we are continuing to plan for the next major project which will be a new Primary Years Precinct.

A letter outlining these intentions will be forwarded to families.  In becoming a co-educational school we have been inundated with interest and enrolment enquiries.  The number now exceeds 2,500 since the original amount.

These exciting times mean that we will be able to further develop the College’s facilities, including an infrastructure that enables the delivery of a wide-ranging curriculum offering.

It is really very exciting times for St Paul’s and as our 2002 theme suggests 'Together We Grow'.

God Bless,

Mr Paul Belton
Principal