{"id":12,"date":"2016-10-17T06:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T06:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/about\/headmasters-welcome\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T02:58:38","slug":"principals-welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/about\/principals-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal’s Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is with great pride that we celebrate being part of the\u00a0<\/span>St Patrick\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>College\u00a0<\/span>Strathfield\u00a0<\/span>community.\u00a0<\/span>St Patrick\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0College is a Catholic School educating in the\u00a0<\/span>Edmund Rice<\/span>\u00a0tradition. The College exists to provide\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>n excellent\u00a0<\/span>learning centre for\u00a0<\/span>Year 5<\/span>\u00a0to Year 12\u00a0<\/span>boys<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Our prime focus is to promote the safety and wellbeing of young men under our care. We take our responsibilities for child safeguarding extremely seriously and therefore we commit to ensuring that our College has appropriate policies and practices to make it a place that is both safe and inclusive. Central to this, is student voice and agency. Our College’s child safeguarding programs are regularly updated and checked for compliance with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

We are not just a College with boys in it; we are a College that specifically caters for the learning, spiritual,\u00a0<\/span>physical\u00a0<\/span>and wellbeing needs of boys.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We strive to animate our delivery of learning, teaching and wellbeing, as one which is innovative and creative, underpinned by contemporary and relevant pedagogy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Our College motto, <\/span>Luceat<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0Lux\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>Vestra <\/span><\/i><\/b>which means\u00a0<\/span>Let Your Light Shine,<\/b><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>perfectly<\/span>\u00a0describes\u00a0<\/span>what we want each one of our students to do in his time here.\u00a0<\/span>We want the young men of St Patrick\u2019<\/span>s to use<\/span>\u00a0their gifts and<\/span>\u00a0to have their unique<\/span>\u00a0talents shine<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With\u00a0<\/span>Blessed Edmund Rice\u00a0<\/span>as our model in faith, we encourage students to grow into the fullness of their humanity in an educational environment where they feel welcomed,\u00a0<\/span>accepted,<\/span>\u00a0and valued.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>We aspire that each member of our community is faithful to the four touchstones:\u00a0<\/span>Li<\/span><\/b>berating\u00a0<\/span><\/b>E<\/span><\/b>ducation<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>Gospel Spirituality<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span>Inclusive Community<\/span><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Justice and Solidarity<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0As a\u00a0<\/span>Catholic\u00a0<\/span>school in the Edmund Rice\u00a0<\/span>Tradition<\/span>, known as the Edmund Rice\u00a0<\/span>Education Australia\u00a0<\/span>(EREA)\u00a0<\/span>network of schools, St Patrick\u2019s College is one of<\/span>\u00a054 schools<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>1 Early Childhood Centre and 34 Associated schools<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>across Australia<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

EREA schools are part of an international network of schools in over 20 countries called Edmund Rice Education Beyond Borders.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are proud that we<\/span>\u00a0are part of a global community that provides support and opportunity to our students and teachers.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>We welcome you to\u00a0<\/span>St Patrick\u2019s College Strathfield\u00a0<\/span>and encourage all students,\u00a0<\/span>teachers,<\/span>\u00a0and visitors to embrace our\u00a0<\/span>v<\/span>ision<\/span>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/span>preparing faithful and inclusive men for a dynamic world<\/span>! Through this website, you get to know more about why we have a proud reputation for being\u00a0A Beacon for Boys’ Education.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr Vittoria Lavorato
\nPrincipal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is with great pride that we celebrate being part of the\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s\u00a0College\u00a0Strathfield\u00a0community.\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s\u00a0College is a Catholic School educating in the\u00a0Edmund Rice\u00a0tradition. The College exists to provide\u00a0an excellent\u00a0learning centre for\u00a0Year 5\u00a0to Year 12\u00a0boys.\u00a0\u00a0 Our prime focus is to promote the … read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14931,"parent":4,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18568,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/18568"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spc.nsw.edu.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}