Community
23 May, 2025
Community collaboration and innovation
ST Patrick’s Primary School in Port Fairy is committed to working collaboratively with organisations and agencies to benefit the local community.
Deep collaboration is one of the priorities within the Diocese Of Ballarat Catholic Education Limited’s (DOBCEL) strategic plan for all Catholic Schools from 2025-2035.
Catholic Education Week will be celebrated across the diocese from May 26-30.
In partnership with Moyne Shire and led by Crazy Ideas College, St Patrick’s is once again participating in the Moyne Social Innovators program for the third year.
Social Innovators (SI) has enabled student in Year 6 from St Patrick’s Parish Primary to participate in the program in 2025, with a strong focus on innovative ideas being brought to life in the local community.
The SI program equips young people with the skills and confidence to invent services, programs and products that enrich the lives of their fellow citizens.
The Year 6 students came together on May 14-15 at Southcombe Lodge in Port Fairy to complete the program.
Across the two days, the young people worked with the Crazy Ideas team to produce new insights around issues they care about, generate crazy good ideas, prototype how these ideas can work in the community, and present compelling pitches that inspire action to a panel of community partners.
The students will work in teams on their projects for the remainder of term two and will present them to a panel of local community and business partners.
“We can’t wait to see the creative projects produced by our students and witness how they aim to tackle big challenges in new and radical ways,” school principal Olga Lyons said.
