Information regarding Year 8 Curriculum and Pastoral Care program at St Patrick's College Townsville

1. Curriculum Structure
Year 8
2013

2. Prayer
Thank you, Lord for the breath of life; thank
you for the graces that we receive every day
as a College community.
Help us to remember the greatness of the
work which we have been asked to do with
the most precious of material: the hearts
and minds of young people.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen

3. Key Introductions
Ms Marcia Chock man - Principal
Mr Frank Greenleaf – Deputy Principal
Miss Ellen Seaniger – Yr 8 Coordinator

4. Tonight’s Information Session
1) Year 8 Subject offerings
2) Year 8 Pastoral Support Structures

5. St. Patrick’s College offers
 Dedicated professional staff that give students their best and their time
 Small, caring environment
 Strong Pastoral Care Support Structures
 Multicultural School where Respect and Harmony are witnessed. Every person is Valued and
Known
 Vertical House Structure to Home classes, Sport Houses achieves strong School Spirit
 Academic Focus catering for Highest Achievement
 5th OP Ranking (OP 1-5) in Townsville District for 2010 Year.
 Innovative Curriculum Structure catering to Tertiary bound and Certificate Pathway students
providing small focused classes
 Our students take leading roles in combined Catholic school Musical and Mulkadee Arts
Festival, as well as the Vibe Alive Festival.
 2012 - 2 senior students and teacher are representing Australia at World Water Environment
Conference in South Korea
 2011 - Year 12 student Melanie Ramana has won scholarship into Aeronautical Engineering
University, Florida, US
 2 - 2011 Year 12 students applicants for places in JCU Bachelor of Medicine program
 All OP eligible students offered tertiary places in 2010

6.  Complete refurbishment of the Boarding School completed in 2011
 Complete refurbishment of the library, 4 Science labs and Art Room for commencement
of 2011
 St. Patrick’ s College competes in the A division of schools for Athletics and Swimming
Carnivals
 Our students are selected for regional and state Athletics Representative Teams
 We are a participant in A Tier of schools for Townsville Athletics and Swimming
carnivals, currently placed fourth in Townsville District
 We provide education and leadership skills to girls from across the remote Aboriginal
communities across the North, Far North and Cape York Peninsula. Our students will
become the Indigenous leadership of remote communities moving forward
 We provide education to students from all regions of the Torres Strait islands.
 Commencing 2012, the school has 114 laptops housed in 6 mobile trolleys available for
classroom teachers. Our campus will have full Wireless coverage in 2012
 All Room 10 desktops have been replaced. 113 Desktops are available to students in the
Art Computer Room Annex, Learning Support Room 16, Library Silent and Open
Areas, Mathematics Room 23, the AV Computer Room as well as Computer Labs 10,11 &
12. (227 Computers for 300 students)
 3 – 4 day Religious Education Retreat for each year level.
 St Patrick’s College is a school with a rich History, Heritage and a Culture of Success that
gives all great confidence. For a school of 300 we punch well above our weight.

7. St Patrick's College Ranked Fifth
Well done to St Patrick’s College, Townsville, on being ranked fifth among local secondary
schools, according to statistics supplied in the 2010 Year 12 Outcomes Report released by the
Queensland Studies Authority on 31 May 2011. A significant 12% of the College’s OP-eligible
student population received OP scores in the range 1 – 5, as shown in the comparison table below.
Rank School No. of No. of OP- % of Students
Students eligible with OP 1 - 5
with OP 1 - 5 Students
1 Townsville Grammar School 46 134 34.3%
2 Cathedral School 18 63 28.6%
3 Pimlico State High School 36 186 19.4%
4 Ryan Catholic Community College 20 134 14.9%
5= St Patrick’s College 3 25 12.0%
5= St Anthony’s Catholic College 3 25 12.0%
7 Ignatius Park College 10 84 11.9%
8 Heatley Secondary College 3 26 11.5%
9 Kirwan State High School 17 150 11.3%
10 Thuringowa State High School 3 27 11.1%
11 Christian Calvary College 3 29 10.3%
12 William Ross State High School 9 92 9.8%
13 Northern Beaches State High 2 26 7.7%
School
14 Annandale Christian College 1 14 7.1%
15 = Townsville State High School 3 43 6.9%
15 = St Margaret Mary’s College 6 86 6.9%
Source: Queensland Studies Authority, 2010, Year 12 Outcomes Report, North & North-West Schools

8. (St Patrick’s College
offers 18 OP
Senior OP Eligible Subjects Subjects)
 English  Social Sciences
 Legal Studies
 Economics
 Mathematics  Ancient History
 Mathematics A  Modern History
 Mathematics B  Geography
 Mathematics C  Study of Religion
 Accounting
 ARTS
 Sciences  Visual Art
 Physics  Drama
 Chemistry
 Biology
 Language
 Physical Education
 Japanese

9. SAS Subjects
 Religion and Ethics  (St Patrick’s College
 Pre Vocational Mathematics
 English Communication
offers 11 SAS Subjects)
 Information Communication &
technology
 Recreation
 Business (TAFE - Accredited)
 Creative Arts – Visual Arts
 Creative Arts – Dance
 Science in Practice
 Early Childhood
 Hospitality
 Pathways to TAFE, Higher Certificates
Direct Employment, Tertiary Education

10. TAFE PROGRAMS
Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE offers
programs throughout the school year
 1 day a week OR
 1 afternoon a week

11. What courses are available?
 Aged Care  Engineering
 Art  Food and Beverage
 A&TSI Studies  Furnishing
 Automotive  Hairdressing
 Beauty  Horticulture
 Business  Information Technology
 Child Care  Justice
 Community Recreation  Retail Operations
 Computer Aided Drafting  Spraypainting
 Kitchen Operations  Tourism
(Cookery)  Health Assistance
 Education Support (Teacher
Aide)

12. Townsville Creative Technologies
College (TCTC)
 Heatley Secondary College, through the Townsville
Technologies College are offering nationally
accredited, Vocational Education and Training (VET)
Certificate qualifications in 2012 and beyond.

13. Courses on offer TCTC 2012:
 Certificate 1 in Creative Industries
 Certificate 11 in Creative Industries (Media) - Screen
 Certificate 11 in Creative Industries (Media) – Animation
 Certificate 11 in Music
 Certificate 11 in Information Technology ( Game
Programming)
 Certificate 11 in Printing and Graphic Design ( Desktop
Publishing)

14. Year 8 Curriculum
 3 types of subjects will be offered to students in 2012:
 CORE subjects – 5 lessons/week
 Health & Physical Education- 3 lessons/week
 Rotating Term subjects – 2 lessons/week
 Elective Language subjects – 3 lessons/week

15. CORE SUBJECTS
 ALL students study 5 Core Subjects throughout the year
 Religious Education/Personal Development,
 English, Mathematics,
 Science and
 History-Geography
 Health and Physical Education for 3 periods per week throughout the year.
 Students will study one minor subject (2 lessons per week) in The Arts
area and one minor subject (2 lessons per week) from the Technology area
each term.
 ALL students MUST choose FRENCH, JAPANESE or LANGUAGE AND
LITERACY (ALL are Full-Year subjects – 3 lessons per week). LAL
(Language and Literacy) is available to students who require further
assistance in literacy.

16. Year 8 – 2013
Rotating Term Subjects.
2 lessons/week
ART Dance Drama Music Visual Arts
Subjects:
Technology Information Business Hospitality Design &
Subjects: Communication Technology
Technology
Education

17. Year 8 – 2013
Language Elective Line
3 lessons/week
LANGUAGE Japanese French Language &
SUBJECTS: Literacy

19. The Pastoral Coordinator is responsible for:
o v e r s e e i n g t h e
p a s t o r a l we l f a r e o f
s t u d e n t s
ma n a g i n g s t u d e n t
d i s c i p l i n e i s s u e s
c o mmu n i c a t i n g w i t h
p a r e n t s a n d

20. Role of Pastoral Coordinator
 Gu i d e s t u d e n t s i n t h e t r a n s i t i o n
f r o m P r i ma r y s c h o o l t o H i g h
Sc h o o l
 Me e t wi t h n e w s t u d e n t s
 En s u r e n e w s t u d e n t s h a v e a ‘b u d d y ’
a n d r e c e i v e i n d u c t i o n t o t h e
s c h o o l
 Re f e r p a t t e r n s o f b e h a v i o u r t o
Co l l e g e L e a d e r s h i p T e a m
 Co l l e c t c o n f i d e n t i a l
i n f o r ma t i o n a b o u t s t u d e n t f r o m
p a r e n t s /c a r e r s a n d ma k e
r e f e r r a l s t o s u p p o r t t e a m wh e r e

21. Role of Pastoral Coordinator
 Mo n i t o r i n f r i n g e me n t o f
u n i f o r m a n d e l e c t r o n i c
d e v i c e s p o l i c i e s
 Ov e r s e e P e r s o n a l De v e l o p me n t
Pr o g r a m i n c l u d i n g He a l t h y
Re l a t i o n s h i p s , Cy b e r s a f e t y , Dr
u g s a n d Al c o h o l a n d Ca r e e r s
 Ma n a g e p a r e n t r e q u e s t s
t h r o u g h a r e f e r r a l p r o c e s s
 Ma k e r e f e r r a l s t o Sc h o o l
Co u n s e l l o r t o r e s o l v e
f r i e n d s h i p i s s u e s

22. Activities
First Day
 Letter sent to student before school commences
 “Getting to Know You” Activities with Year 12 Students
 Timetable
 School Procedure Information
 Meet Home Room Teacher

23. Activities
Retreat
3 day Retreat on Magnetic Island which focuses on
Friendship.

24. Activities
Combined Pastoral Evening
Social Evening with Ignatius Park and St Margaret
Mary’s Colleges
 Bush Dance

25. Activities
Pastoral Day
Social activity organised to celebrate the end of the
school year
 Skating
 Ten Pin Bowling
 Movies

26. Activities
Year 7 Visit
 Monday 29th October, 2012.
 School Bus collects students from their primary school
 Students attend classes
 Meet other students attending College next year.

27. The role of the Pastoral Coordinator is to support the
individual student ensuring their holistic
development is being nurtured and shaped by the
values of the Mercy Tradition, to achieve her full
potential and to develop a passion for life and for
learning.