Religious Groups and Education

A Tough Day at McEvedy
- 2 Mar 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 2 March 2010: It was a hard day for Stream at the McEvedy Shield today. With strong teams from all four schools it was always going to be tough. A few early highlights were: Fletcher Greaves winning the Under-14 100m and Aviata Silago throwing 44 metres to win the Open Discus.
- Tagged as:
- athletics
- secondary
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Old Boy, Father Tony O'Connor, visits from Venezuela
- 25 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 25 February 2010: Stream Head Boy in 1967, Father Tony O'Connor, talked today to students about his life and work in Peru and, most recently, Venezuela over the last 30 years. With photos of the school he runs outside of Caracas, he spoke of the daily life of students in a shanty town.
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Inter-House Swimming - The Senior Part
- 20 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 19 February 2010: In glorious sunshine, the senior students competed in the second leg of the Inter-House Swimming Challenge. The results from today's competitions will be combined with the Junior results from Thursday to determine the overall House Champion.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Academic Mass 2010
- 19 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 19 February 2010: The first Mass of 2010 celebrated the newly-appointed School Leaders and Eucahristic Ministers in front of their families and the school community.
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Inter-House Swimming - The Junior Part
- 18 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 18 February 2010: Stream's pool was awash today as Year 9 and 10 students competed in Part One of the Inter-House Swimming Challenge; Part Two, the Senior Competition, runs on Friday.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Ash Wednesday services mark start of Lent
- 17 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 17 February 2010: To mark the start of the Lentern season, Ash Wednesday services were held separately for junior and senior students. Led by senior students, the services included reflections and readings around the meaning of Lent. Each student came forward to receive an ash cross on their forehead as a reminder of this time in Christ's life.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Strong showing in Old Boys' Cup not enough
- 15 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 16 February 2010: With fantastic support from the whole school, the Old Boys' team performed strongly but it was not enough to wrest the cup from Town, who ran out eventual winners 369-279.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Twilight Athletics Finals
- 10 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday evening 10 February 2010: The first House competition of the year was decided this evening at the Athletics Finals.
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Stream retains Old Boys' Cup in Cricket
- 4 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 3 February 2010: Stream's First XI Cricket team has retained the Old Boys' Cup with a comprehensive win over their brother school, St Pats Town.
- Tagged as:
- cricket
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Senior Leaders Presented
- 4 Feb 2010
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 4 February 2010: At the first assembly of 2010, The Rector, Mr Philip Mahoney, presented the senior leaders to the school.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Junior Prizegiving 2009
- 10 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 11 December 2009: The last hurrah for the school year was the Junior Prizegiving, recognising the achievements of our students in Years 9 and 10.
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Junior Prizegiving 2009
- 10 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 11 December 2009: The last hurrah for the school year was the Junior Prizegiving, recognising the achievements of our students in Years 9 and 10.
- Accepted from feed: St Pats Silverstream news

Uniform Shop Holiday Hours
- 9 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- The Uniform Shop will be open at these times: December 15 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm December 16 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm December 17 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm January 26 10.00 am to 2.00 pm January 27 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm January 28 4.00 pm to 8.00 pm January 29 10.00 am to 2.00 pm
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Des Boyle - 40 years service
- 7 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 4 December: Staff, Old Boys and Friends celebrated Des Boyle's 40 years of service to Stream on Friday evening.
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Big Boys' Breakfast 09
- 4 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 4 December 2009: Stream's ranks were swelled today by 130 extra "students" as dads, uncles, grandads, and other significant males joined their sons for the Big Boys' Breakfast.
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Year 9 in Retreat
- 2 Dec 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 2 December 2009: "Belonging" was the theme for the 2009 Year 9 Retreat. Through a range of activities, students reflected on the history of the college and what it really means to "belong". Unfortunately, the much-anticipated swim in the College pool was abandoned due to inclement weather. The day finished with a Mass led by Father John Greally.
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Junior House Sports
- 27 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 27 November 2009: Competitive fun was the order of the day as Year 9 and 10 students competed in their Houses in a variety of activities. After athletics finals in the morning, Benediction was held in the chapel, with teams then competing for titles in Touch Rugby and 10/10 Cricket. Meanwhile, the competition for Stream's Strongest Man was taking place. A fantastic day.

House Athletics Afternoon
- 26 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 25 November 2009: After three days of intense concentration during the Junior Examinations, the House Athletics Afternoon was a chance to get out, do some physical exercise, and have fun.

Valley Touch Tournament
- 24 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 11 November 2009: Stream's Junior Touch Rugby team had an excellent day at the Hutt Valley Tournament. The team lost only one game all day, to the eventual winners, Taita College. During round-robin, they scored 32 points with only 10 against. Playing off for third-fourth, Stream won 4-3 in a nail-biting final against Aotea College.
- Tagged as:
- rugby

Valley Touch Tournament
- 24 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 11 November 2009: Stream's Junior Touch Rugby team had an excellent day at the Hutt Valley Tournament. The team lost only one game all day, to the eventual winners, Taita College. During round-robin, they scored 32 points with only 10 against. Playing off for third-fourth, Stream won 4-3 in a nail-biting final against Aotea College.

Orientation Day for Next Year's Students
- 15 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 16 November 2009: Year 8 students from the various contributing schools had their first day at Stream as part of their orientation for next year. Part of the day was used for academic assessment and the rest to start making them feel part of Stream.

Orientation Day for Next Year's Students
- 15 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 16 November 2009: Year 8 students from the various contributing schools had their first day at Stream as part of their orientation for next year. Part of the day was used for academic assessment and the rest to start making them feel part of Stream.

Orientation Day for Next Year's Students
- 15 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 16 November 2009: Year 8 students from the various contributing schools had their first day at Stream as part of their orientation for next year. Part of the day was used for academic assessment and the rest to start making them feel part of Stream.

Celia Lashlie Talks About Boys
- 13 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 12 November 2009: This evening, Celia Lashlie introduced herself, not as an expert, but as a storyteller.

Year 11 and 12 Prizegiving 2009
- 13 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 13 November 2009: The academic strength of the senior school was highlighted today with fierce competition for the coveted Scholar Awards.

Year 11 and 12 Prizegiving 2009
- 13 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 13 November 2009: The academic strength of the senior school was highlighted today with fierce competition for the coveted Scholar Awards.

Celia Lashlie Talks About Boys
- 13 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 12 November 2009: This evening, Celia Lashlie introduced herself, not as an expert, but as a storyteller.

Class of 2009 - Year 13 Graduation
- 11 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 11 November 2009: On a night to remember, Year 13 students attended their last Mass as part of their Graduation night. Citations were presented to all students in the school Chapel with parents and family looking on. A delightful dinner in the auditorium with parents and staff followed, before academic awards were presented. True to tradition, the night finished with the school haka.

Sports Prizegiving 2009
- 8 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 6 November 2009: Radio Network presenter Ron Snowden was a special guest at today's Sports Prizegiving Assembly celebrating the sporting successes of Stream in the past year.

Year 9 Speech Finals
- 8 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 9 November 2009: In a closely fought contest this morning, the judges had a difficult task separating the contestants. In the end, the winner was Chris Alosio with his speech on "Being a Streamer" with Caleb Ford ("Nothing") second and Daniel Mahoney ("2012") third.

Prince showers Streamers with Gold
- 5 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 4 November 2009: Four Streamers were presented their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards today by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, at St Patrick's College Town today.

Streamers earn Gold from Prince
- 5 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 4 November 2009: Four Streamers were presented their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards today by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, at Sacred Heart College Lower Hutt.

Samoan Mass Held
- 5 Nov 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 4 November 2009: A special mass was held today in Samoan to commemorate the destruction and lives lost in the recent earthquake and tsunami. The mass was officiated by Patele Maleko T. Api and included readings by Elekana and Aniseko, two students on scholarships from St Joseph's College in Samoa.

Mufti Day for Samoa Relief
- 28 Oct 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 28 October 2009: Streamers used mufti day to raise funds for relief in Samoa.

Campers motor on in
- 25 Oct 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- 23-26 October 2009: Stream was over-run during Labour Weekend as two hundred motor homes from the lower North Island attended a rally. Organised by the local branch of the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (www.nzmca.org.nz) the campers spread out across the Number 2 Rugby field, enjoying the facilties that Stream, and the local community, has to offer.

Ope Donates NZ Secondary School's Jersey
- 25 Oct 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- 20 October 2009: At Tuesday's assembly, Ope Peleseuma presented his NZ School Boys' Rugby Team jersey to the school. After playing for the team this season in Australia against various sides, including a very tough game against the Australian School Boys' side, Ope presented the jersey to be framed and hung in the Sports Pavilion.

Raising Funds for Samoa
- 20 Oct 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 20 October 2009: In a very moving talk this morning at Assembly, Aniseko Sio, one of our Samoan students, spoke from the heart about the loss caused by the tsunami in Samoa.

Year 10 Retreat 2009
- 16 Oct 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 15 October 2009: Through a range of activities, the school's chaplain, Chanel Wright, together with staff from the Religious Studies faculty, focussed this year's Year 10 Retreat on the themes of Acceptance and Forgiveness.

Sensational Niu Sila
- 23 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 23 September 2009: Stream's production of Niu Sila was absolutely fantastic.

Hockey Team Just Misses Out (Again!)
- 22 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 18 September 2009: For the second time in a month, a penalty-stroke shoot-out has decided the fate of the First XI Hockey Team.
- Tagged as:
- hockey

Year 12 Reconciliation
- 20 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 18 September 2009: Facilitated by Fr Mark Walls SM, Year 12 students looked to develop the means whereby they could stand up for what is right. As a result of this the students are able to distinguish what is acceptable, and what is unacceptable behaviour, in the Marist Tradition. We look forward to this cohort making a significant contribution to the college as Year 13 Leaders.

Senior A Basketball Wins Division
- 16 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 28 August 2009: Stream's Senior A Basketball Team are Wellington Division 3 Champions, earning promotion into Division 2 to compete for the Club 55 Cup.
- Tagged as:
- basketball

Senior A Basketball Scores Wins Division
- 16 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 28 August 2009: Stream's Senior A Basketball Team are Wellington Division 3 Champions and have earned promotion into Division 2, where they will compete for the Club 55 Cup.
- Tagged as:
- basketball

sisomo Groove 2009
- 15 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 12 September 2009: Stream's annual performance festival was again a great success. A sell-out crowd enjoyed fine music while nibbles and drinks were provided. Styles ranged across funk, jazz, grunge and barber shop, ably compered by Year 10 students, Josh Blaikie and Aaron Conlon. Outside the auditorium, student art work was on display, shone against the school's buildings.

In-Zone for Careers
- 15 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 9 September 2009: About 150 students hopped on the in-Zone bus today as part of their career planning. rolled in today full of careers information.

Senior House Rugby Kicks Off
- 15 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 14 September 2009: The Senior House Rugby Competition kicked offtoday with matches between Marist and Chanel, and Patrick and Trinity. Open running games produced entertaining rugby with Chanel and Patrick winners in the first round. The competition continues all week. A sausage sizzle was held by Young Vinnies as a fundraiser for their 2010 Mission to Samoa.
- Tagged as:
- rugby

Stream's e-Waste is Recycled
- 9 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- 8 September 2009: As part of e-Day 2009, Stream has collected its electronic waste and sent it to be recycled. All material will be sent to South Korea where it will be recycled in an environmentally-safe manner. There is a public
- Tagged as:
- computers

Ope Selected for NZ Schools Rugby Team
- 8 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Year 13 student Opetera Peleseuma has been selected for the NZ secondary Schools Rugby Team that travels to Australia in October to play two games against Australia A and Australia Secondary Schools.
- Tagged as:
- rugby

Ope Selected for NZ Schools Rugby Team
- 7 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Tuesday 8 September 2009: Year 13 student Opetera Peleseuma has been selected for the NZ secondary Schools Rugby Team that travels to Australia in October to play two games against Australia A and Australia Secondary Schools.

First XI Hockey Falls at Last Stroke
- 4 Sep 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 4 September 2009: Last week the 1st XI played in the "Olympic Stick" Boys Secondary School Hockey Tournament in Carterton, finishing in third place after scoring 28 goals for and 5 goals against.
- Tagged as:
- hockey

Under 65B Team win Grade Final
- 30 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 29 August 2009: The true Stream spirit and pride were on show as the Under-65B Rugby team won 8-7 against the HIBS Under-65A Team in the Under-65 Grade Final. That special Stream character was needed as the team held out HIBs for 15 minutes while down to 12 players and then held a 1-point lead for the last 30 minutes of the game.
- Tagged as:
- rugby

First XI Takes 2009 Title
- 23 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 22 August 2009: The First XV capped a fine season by taking the Wellington Division 1 title, beating Scots College 3-1 in the Final. Hamish Watson scored all three goals - his second hat-trick of the season. The team also won five of the six Traditionals this year including a first ever win over Palmerston North Boys' High School.
- Tagged as:
- rugby
- secondary

Orators Speak Out
- 21 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 21 August 2009: Up for grabs were Stream's oldest competitive trophies, the Meo Cup and the Gallagher Cup (first awarded in 1928).

Blood Flows at Stream
- 20 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Thursday 20 August 2009: More than 70 Streamers donated blood this morning when the NZ Blood Donor Service visited. Being in the age group (17-30) that most uses the blood collected, it was great to see so many boys donating. In fact, there were too many volunteers to be catered for in the time allowed.

A Fictional Donation
- 19 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 19 August 2009: Old Boy and local fiction author Pat Whitaker dropped into the school library today to donate copies of his six self-published books.

Road Race Champs
- 18 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Road Race Team put in another strong peformance in the Wellington Secondary Schools' Road Race Championships held at the CIT Campus in Upper Hutt and run over 3 km (Year 9), 4 km (under-16) and 6 km (senior).

First XV Battles but Loses Final
- 17 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Monday 17 August 2009: Last night saw a disappointing end to a roller coaster season for the First XV as they fought hard in the Premier 1 Final, eventually losing 43-7 to Wellington College.

Stream Shine at Pacifically Wellington
- 14 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 12 August 2009: Stream's Samoan Group performed with passion and pride in front of thousands at the TSB Arena in Wellington as part of Pacifically Wellington. With ten other schools performing during the evening it was a stunning extrazaganza. Watch them on Youtube More pictures below or by clicking Read more ...

Mass of the Assumption at Our Lady of Grace
- 14 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Friday 14 August 2009: Seven hundred boys proudly walked behind their House banners over the kilometre from school to our parish church, Our Lady of Grace Heretaunga, for this year's Mass of the Assumption. The Mass was officiated by Father Greally and three Marist priests who had taught at Stream in past years: Fathers Delaney, Quinn and Milne. Members of the Parish also attended.

First XV Finals Bound
- 9 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Saturday 8 August 2009: For the first time in five years, the First XV Rugby team are headed for the Premier 1 Finals to be held 6.

Mass in Te Reo Maori
- 6 Aug 2009
- St Patricks College, Silverstream
- Wednesday 5 August 2009: Our first Maori Mass of the year was held today, with the theme "Love one another".

English tutors needed
- 9 May 2007
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Frustrated at being unable to read or write a handful of Downtown Community Ministry clients have asked for help to learn these basic skills. Do you have a spare hour or two in your week to teach someone wanting to learn the skills that so many of us take for granted?
- Tagged as:
- education

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