FROM THE DIRECTOR OF STUDENTS
Welcome to the 2025 school year, and a very special welcome to our new families joining us at St Patrick’s College Townsville. I hope all students have had a great start to the school year.
The year so far has been filled with exciting events, activities and celebrations and it is only Week 6. The Year 7 cohort are off to an excellent start, led by the Head of Year 7, Ms Henderson. They have been supported by their Year 12 Big Sisters to set up their laptops, learn how to use the Learning Hub, find their lockers and navigate the school campus. The Year 7 and Year 11 students completed Success Integrated seminars on February 18. The Year 7’s discussed building resilience so they can cope with the changes involved with transitioning from primary to secondary school, while the Year 11’s learned valuable study skills.
The Year 12 students, under the guidance of Acting Head of Year 12 Mr Turner, have had a very busy start to the term. Last week, we celebrated the Beginning of Year Mass and Senior Investiture with all Year 12 students receiving their senior badge. The 2025 Prefects attended the GRIP Leadership Conference as well as the Leadership Retreat, building their leadership skills and planning events for the year.
It was fantastic to see the House spirit at the Interhouse Swimming Carnival. There were amazing themed outfits and banners, and some very hoarse voices after all the war cries. Congratulations to the Heads of House and House Captains for organising your teams and having lots of student participation.
At St Patrick’s College Townsville, the Pastoral Care team consists of four Heads of House and two Heads of Year. The Heads of House provide and lead pastoral care for students that are in Years 8 to 11, while the Head of Year 7 and Head of Year 12 provide and lead pastoral care their respective years.
The 2025 Pastoral Team and their emails are below:
HEAD OF HOUSE – DOMINATIONS
Ms Carla Weijers cweijers@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
ACTING HEAD OF HOUSE – POWERS
Ms Lara Hansen lhansen@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
ACTING HEAD OF HOUSE – THRONES
Ms Jodie Roberts jroberts@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
HEAD OF HOUSE – PRINCIPALITIES
Ms Aimee Strickland astrickland@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
HEAD OF YEAR 7
Ms Meg Henderson mhenderson@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
ACTING HEAD OF YEAR 12
Mr McKye Turner mturner@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
ACTING DEAN OF STUDENT WELLBEING
Ms Tenille Hambly thambly@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au
MOBILE PHONE REMINDERS
I thank parents/guardians for supporting their daughters in meeting the school mobile phone expectations. Year 7 students should have their phones in their locked lockers from 8.10am until 3.15pm, unless for educational purposes in class under the direction of a teacher. Students using phones during the day will have their phone confiscated by a staff member and taken to the Mercy Rose Room. For the first offence, the phone will be confiscated until the end of the day. Further confiscations can lead to more serious consequences including handing in their phone every morning for a week (or more), parent/guardian notification, and internal suspension.
Students are not to wear headphones, earphones or AirPods unless under direct teacher instruction. Students are not allowed to take photos or videos of students during the school day or post photos of themselves or others in school uniform to any form of social media.
Kristen Armitage
DIRECTOR OF STUDENTS
