Families have now received details of their 2025 postings. If you are getting posted at the end of the College year (and leaving Townsville), please email Ms Joanna Pacey at jpacey@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au<\/a> and the Defence School Mentor so a farewell morning tea can be held.<\/p>\n Ensure you read \u201cMoving with Children\u201d on the Defence Member and Family Support (DMFS) website<\/a> in preparation for the journey ahead.<\/a> As a result of mid-year postings, we welcomed new families to our College at the end of Term 2.\u00a0 Moving is a major life change, and children may face challenges as they leave behind friends and familiar places and activities.\u00a0 To make the process more manageable for children and to help them become more positive and self-reliant, communicating truthfully and openly is important to help them understand and cope with the change.\u00a0 This will allow the children to feel empowered, valued and make them feel a part of the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n Amazing Race \u2013 Friday 8 November 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n Townsville ADF members, singles, couples and families are invited to be a part of this year\u2019s (almost) amazing race. You can register a team – friends, family, school teams, or as an individual and DMFS will place you in a team. If you will be absent for a period of time during the term due to deployment\/exercises or would like further information about the services provided, please feel free to contact the Defence School Mentor, Ms Gayle Walkom via gwalkom@stpatscollege.qld.edu.au<\/a> or phone 07 4753 0300.\u00a0<\/p>\n DEFENCE SCHOOL MENTOR<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Term 4 brings another busy schedule for our Defence students preparing for our Remembrance Day Liturgy, completing external exams and farewelling students being posted\/leaving Year 12. 2025 Postings Families have now received details of their 2025 postings. If you are getting posted at the end of the College year (and leaving Townsville), please email Ms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4929","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/4929","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=4929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=4929"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/spc-townsville\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=4929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNavigate your way around Norman Park beside Jezzine Barracks on The Strand, deduce clues, solve riddles and complete challenges to be crowned the 2024 winners.
\nWe invite you to join us for an exciting day of activities! please register promptly, as spaces are limited and are expected to sell out quickly. We look forward to having a great time together and can\u2019t wait to see you there!
\nWhen:\u00a0<\/strong>Friday 8th November 2024
\nTime:<\/strong> 4.30pm-6.00pm
\nWhere:\u00a0<\/strong>Norman Park, 11-13 Isley St North Ward
\nTickets:\u00a0<\/strong>The Amazing Race – Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2024\/07\/Walkom-Gayle-2-320x320.jpg\")
<\/p>\nGayle Walkom<\/h2>\n