St. Patricks
Ideas for Patrick’s House web-site
by Jasmin Wilson
November 2009
Who is Saint Patrick?
What is a saint? A saint is a person who is said to be a very special Christian, because s/he lived in a good and holy way. The names of saints are sometimes used to name places and buildings.
What is a patron saint? A patron saint is a Christian saint who is believed to give special help to a place, activity, person or something.
The United Kingdom’s Flags and Patron Saints
The UK has the Union Jack flag and four patron saints.
Mostly, the UK is Christian and there is one patron saint for each country. The UK is made up of four countries. Each has a flag and a patron saint:
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England
 Parton saint:
St. George
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Scotland
 Parton saint:
St. Andrew
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Wales
 Parton saint:
St. David
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(Northern) Ireland
 Parton saint:
St. Patrick
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St Patrick's Day
St Patrick's Day is on the 17th of March every year. People celebrate this day with special parties and often dress in green, some even wear green hair!
St Patrick has a symbol, the shamrock plant. He used that in his teaching about Christianity.
More information about St. Patrick
- Taken to Ireland as a slave at age 16
- Escaped after 6 years
- Became a Christian priest, and later a bishop
- Helped to bring Christianity to the Irish people
Who’s in Patrick’s house?
House Captains
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Jasmin Wilson
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Ricky Yu
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Vice-house Captains
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Chloe ???
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Stanley ???/
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Everyone else:
(list of names)
Patrick’s Special Interest Groups:
I (Jasmin) am thinking about starting a Patricks ice-skating group. Let’s go skating together and have some fun!
We can go to Festival Walk at 6PM every Monday. See you there!
If you wish to start a group, please contact Jasmin Wilson or Ricky Yu.
Patrick’s Team Points
(Current figure)
Patrick’s Chants
Go green! Go Patricks!
Patricks! Patricks! Go – go – go!!
