{"id":4485,"date":"2024-04-24T14:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/?post_type=article&#038;p=4485"},"modified":"2024-04-24T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T04:54:17","slug":"from-the-director-of-boarding-strategic-projects","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/article\/from-the-director-of-boarding-strategic-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE DIRECTOR OF BOARDING &amp; STRATEGIC PROJECTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girls are happily settled again at their St Pat\u2019s home and are ready for an invigorating term ahead. A big thank you to the Wulgurukaba Walkabouts who led us in a Welcome Back to Country Smoking Ceremony for the start of Term Two. It was also wonderful to see so many families able to physically attend the Academic Conferences and build connections with the girls\u2019 teachers.\u00a0 Another opportunity to meet with teaching staff will take place during NAIDOC week in Term Three.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4493 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-Smoking-Ceremony-2-320x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-Smoking-Ceremony-2-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-Smoking-Ceremony-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4494 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-smoking-Ceremony-320x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-smoking-Ceremony-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Term-Two-smoking-Ceremony-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enrolment interviews for Yr 7 of 2025 are planned for Mid May of this year. If you have any family or friends that are interested in attending St Patrick\u2019s in 2025, can you please make contact with Ms Joanne Pacey <a href=\"mailto:jpacey@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au\">jpacey@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au<\/a> or contact the College to express your interest and start the application process. We don\u2019t want any siblings missing out!<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, please enjoy the photos below of recent weekend activities with our bright and vibrant boarding family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4495\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Aboriginal-group-pic-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Aboriginal-group-pic-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Aboriginal-group-pic-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4496\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Academic-Interview-Jacinta-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4502\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Yr-10-girls-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Yr-10-girls-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Yr-10-girls-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4503\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Womens-Day-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Womens-Day-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/04\/Womens-Day-2-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/> 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A big thank you to the Wulgurukaba Walkabouts who led us in a Welcome Back to Country Smoking Ceremony for the start of Term Two. It was also wonderful to see so many families able to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4485","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4485"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}