Volume 32 Issue 02 - 21 February 2020

History Club Preparing for the College's 180th Anniversary

The History Club's major project this year is commemorating the history of St Patrick's College. Our war nurse display has come down outside H11 and is slowly being filled with historic photographs and objects related to the College.

Photos by Bronwyn Z

The Club has made an '1840-2020' and a '180' sign out of a collage of historic photographs from the school. They have also busily created shamrocks, each one depicting a historic event related to the College. Our laminating team have eagerly laminated the photographs and shamrocks. The team is working on displaying 180 shamrocks to represent each year of the College's existence. Many of these items will also form part of the ceremony at the College on St Patrick's Day.

The display includes some precious artefacts which were purchased with the proceeds of the 2019 Fisher's Ghost Parade winnings and the prize money received from the Anzac Day Schools Award. This includes a vintage writing slate that was similar to those used by students at St Pat's in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We also purchased an authentic Victorian-era school bell, ink wells and sewing materials that would have been used in schools. Mrs Lucette Zapirain is in the process of creating minature replicas of the College uniform and nun habits.

We will have several displays for Open Day, including our war nurses from 2019.

The College will also take part in the Campbelltown Anzac Day March occurring during the school holidays. If any student would like to join us in the march please email me.

Fran Musico Rullo - HSIE Teacher