stpauls.sa.edu.au/ St Paul's College Articles en 11/11/2016 5:00:00 PM https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/year-9-cricket.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/year-9-cricket.html In their first game of the season Cabra College defeated St Paul's College by five wickets. Put into bat, SPC made 8/71 with unbeaten double figure contributions from Braedyn Hasiuk, Luke Silvestri and Mann Barot. Cabra were in trouble at 3/15, but dropped catches and too many extras saw SPC's score easily overtaken. A much better all-r... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:46:43 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/badminton-junior-vs-st-john-s-grammar-school.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/badminton-junior-vs-st-john-s-grammar-school.html After the annual exodus of the more senior members of the squad, the St Paul's Junior Badminton squad rose from the ashes like a phoenix to be reborn amidst victory. After travelling to the far-flung reaches of the hills our boys faced off against an undersized team at St John's Grammar. Although Daniel and Matthew went down to their num... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:43:44 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-uniform-shop-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-uniform-shop-3mar.html St Paul's College is introducing a new co-curricular sports jacket to be used for co-curricular sports and tours.  The jacket is OPTIONAL, and can only be worn as an extra garment over the rugby top.  No other sports' jackets to be worn. These jackets can also be worn over the rugby top for Physical Education lessons... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:40:58 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/resource-centre-news-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/resource-centre-news-3mar.html We have had a very hectic start to the year in the Library. Ms Calton and I have been without another staff member for several weeks as Mrs Sue Grooby retired at the end of last year. We have been busy adding new students to the network and library management system, issuing textbooks for Years 8, 9 and 10 students, processing new Maths t... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:30:51 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/ran-training.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/ran-training.html As part of our extended community, all volunteers are now required by law to undertake a Department of Communities and Social Inclusion Clearance, as well as the 'Responding to Abuse and Neglect' 'RAN' training module. If you are willing to begin as a volunteer, or continue to volunteer, and have not previously completed t... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:24:24 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-primary-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-primary-3mar.html Pupil Free Day for the Primary School By now you should have received a note in relation to the upcoming Pupil Free Day for primary students on Friday 10 March 2017. There is a tear-off slip that we are asking you to return so we know that all families are aware of this event and to also ascertain if we have enough families to be able to offer ... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:17:58 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-student-development-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-student-development-3mar.html Year 8 Camp The weather has been very kind and many excited boys were gathered in the Callan Hall on Monday morning ready to depart.  At St Paul's we have been developing a camp program that challenges the students as well as giving them the opportunity to build positive relationships. Taking boys out of their 'comfort zone' an... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:16:22 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/parent-teacher-interviews--years-11---12-.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/parent-teacher-interviews--years-11---12-.html Our first Year 11 & 12 Parent-Teacher interviews will be held in the Callan Hall on Wednesday 8 March between 3.45pm and 7.30pm. Interview bookings are to be made via an online Edval PTN system. All Year 11 & 12 students from St Paul's and Kildare College have been given instructions and a unique login code that will enabl... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:13:03 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-aprim-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-aprim-3mar.html This week we celebrated the beginning of Lent. Our Ash Wednesday liturgies were respectful and we welcomed Fr Mathew Raj OMI for his first St Paul's College experience. At our Mass we launched our Project Compassion Appeal which has a focus on 'Love your Neighbour' and so the challenge is on to maintain this for the whole Lenten S... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:09:50 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-deputy-principal-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-deputy-principal-3mar.html What an incredibly eventful fortnight we have had at St Paul's College! Our Primary students have participated in swimming lessons, enjoyed their Retreats, as well as the engaging learning taking place in their vibrant classrooms. The Secondary students have also been involved in some broader activities such as the co-curricular progr... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:56:17 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-3mar.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-3mar.html The Year of Living Justly St Paul's College is a Catholic school for boys in the Edmund Rice Tradition. This statement may seem very obvious to all members of our community, but in fact, it's three components clearly define who we are and what we must be. We are first, and foremost, a Catholic school. We were started by the Chris... Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:44:59 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-t1w5.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-t1w5.html The Year of Living Justly St Paul's College is a Catholic school for boys in the Edmund Rice Tradition. This statement may seem very obvious to all members of our community, but in fact, it's three components clearly define who we are and what we must be. We are first, and foremost, a Catholic school. We were started by the Christia... Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:50:53 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-t1wk3.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal-t1wk3.html Welcome to new staff.  At the beginning of this academic school year, we are very pleased to welcome a number of new staff to St Paul's College.  Mrs Giannina Hoffman has joined us as Leader of Learning and will be looking after the learning areas of Maths, Science, Integrated Learning, Research Project and PLP. Giannina is... Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:46:55 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/year-12-results.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/year-12-results.html Our Year 12 students' results last year were outstanding and a great credit to them, their families and our staff across the whole school. There is a beautiful African proverb that says, "It takes a whole village to raise a child". This is very true in all aspects of life and certainly very true in the area of education. Willia... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:33:54 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-principal.html Dear Parents, Caregivers, Students and Friends of St Paul's, on behalf of the extended St Paul's community I'd like to warmly welcome all of our new students and their families as well as all those returning for 2017. Each New Year we choose a theme that will act as a constant reminder to us all, that we are committed to our m... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:30:47 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-primary.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-primary.html Welcome back to all students and families to the new school year. I loved seeing the primary boys coming back with big smiles and seeing their friends again and catching up on holiday news. As is tradition, we started the year with some warm weather but this did not stop us from our learning and fun. The Learning Pit I would like to sha... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:24:23 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-deputy-principal.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-deputy-principal.html I would like to take this opportunity to welcome back all our students and their families and I would like to extend a special welcome to all new students and their families to the St Paul's community.  The start of a new school year is always so exciting. I enjoy listening to the stories of adventure and family fun that our students... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:19:07 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-aprim.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-aprim.html Welcome back to our returning students and a warm welcome to all our new students. This year is the year of living justly so hopefully we will join together and make a positive difference in our local and global communities. In the Hebrew Scriptures in the words of the Prophet Micah we are called to 'act justly, love mercy and walk humbly... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:12:35 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-student-development.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/from-the-head-of-student-development.html Welcome to the 2017 school year. A special welcome to those families joining our St Paul's community for the first time. We hope that your journey through this year is one of positive growth and learning. Our return to school was staged over two days with the goal of assisting those students new to our community. We hope that this has... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:08:06 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/vet-careers.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/vet-careers.html Places are still available for the following courses for 2017:  Certificate III in Business Queensford College and Certificate III in Micro Business Operations Queensford College Both courses are evening classes starting Wednesday February 22, 4pm 7.30pm. The cost of the Business course is $1400. The cost of Micro Business is ... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:03:09 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/car-parking-and-traffic-flow.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/car-parking-and-traffic-flow.html In the second half of 2016, the College contracted the services of a traffic management consultant to review our car parking and traffic flow. The review highlighted a number of issues (most of which are common to the majority of schools) but also gave us some staged solutions to enable us to improve traffic movements for parents. A numb... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:57:34 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/welcome-to-seqta.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/welcome-to-seqta.html Welcome to the new year. Hopefully by now those parents who have been using SEQTA to access their sons academic progress, as well as other information about the school, have already been able to see their son's timetable and some course work already prepared by staff for 2017 subjects. SEQTA is an advanced online learning system which... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:28:17 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/new-cricket-tennis-tops.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/new-cricket-tennis-tops.html A new top was introduced last term and will be compulsory in 2017. We have some stock available now and more on the way, so to ensure that we have your size please come in and place an order ASAP. Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:18:22 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/welcome-back-.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/welcome-back-.html Hi everyone. Welcome to the new school year. We hope you enjoyed the holiday break and are ready for the fantastic year ahead. To help your child to transition into the new year here are a few tips: Give him as much advance notice as you can that he will be coming to care. Speak to the Coordinator if the child is nervous. Let us kn... Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:11:00 +1000 https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/calling-all-old-scholars.html https://www.stpauls.sa.edu.au/articles/calling-all-old-scholars.html In the lead up to our 60th birthday celebrations in 2018, we would like to re-connect with as many Old Scholars as we can. If you are a former student of St Paul's College, please contact us by phoning the Front Office on 8266 0622 or completing the form on our website.  Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:30:00 +1000