Facilities
The St Columba’s learning and teaching environment encourages creativity and collaboration, with contemporary open spaces complementing an innovative curriculum.
The facilities in areas such as Physical Education, Visual and Performing Arts and our contemporary Library, inspire students to actively engage in learning and to seize opportunities.
The Sophia Library
The Sophia Library is a vibrant communal space at St Columba’s College. Filled with academic resources and a variety of learning areas, it provides students with the opportunity to study quietly, collaborate on group work, or simply relax with a book. The Library is open before and after school, offering students a welcoming environment outside the classroom. It also hosts tutoring sessions throughout the week, which students are encouraged to attend if they require support with their learning or study.
Multipurpose Centre (MPC)
The Multipurpose Centre (MPC) caters to the diverse needs of the College community. The MPC is primarily used as a gymnasium and gives our students a modern space for Physical Education lessons and sports training. The MPC is fully equipped with shower facilities and a vast array of sports and games equipment. The MPC houses a stationery bike room for spin classes; and a circuit room with weights and exercise machines for specialised classes and training sessions.
The MPC is also used as a gathering space for assemblies, liturgies, performances and special events. Its clever design allows for a drastic transformation from sporting venue to assembly location that can seat the entire College cohort.
Theatrette
The St Columba’s College theaterette allows for large gatherings of students or staff, in a theatre like setting. With theatre seatings, audio visual equipment and screens, the Theatrette is the perfect space for lecture style classes, video viewings and meetings.
Nicholson Hall
The Nicholson Hall is a purpose-built space, with performing arts at the forefront. With walls of mirrors, staging, lighting and dressing rooms, the Nicholson Hall is the perfect performance space. Our students use this space not only for private dance classes, but as a rehearsal space and for final performances.
Chapel
The chapel was blessed and opened on 2 May 1937, after being built as an addition to the southern side of the original St Columba’s College mansion. It is used for school masses, as a gathering place and a space for reflection and prayer. The refurbished chapel was opened on 26 June 2008 by Most Rev. Tim Costelloe, Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne.
