Pastoral Care News
By Mrs Julie Collins, Assistant Principal Pastoral and Wellbeing
Parenting and Partnerships with Schools
Last newsletter, I wrote briefly about resilience. When parents and caregivers are working hard to build resilience at home, it creates a support network with the school and increased chances of success for your children.
Parenting is hard and constant and when you are tired it is easy to want to have a break. Unfortunately, this is not an option! It is not a job from which you can take leave if you want to raise children who can successfully function in our society.
A great site you might find helpful from the Australian Parenting Website is raisingchildren.net.au. The site offers expansive information, videos, support, and links.
Check out the link below so you can be armed with information when your next issue arrives as it inevitably will!
Wellbeing
There have been many wellbeing activities students have been involved in so far this year.
Here is a reminder of a few that you may like to discuss with your children. They can be great openers for deeper conversations.
• Brett Lee internet safety Whole school
• Unleashing Personal Potential Years 7 and 8 retreat sessions
• Peer Power Year 9 retreat
• Road Attitudes and Action Planning (RAAP) Year 11
• RACQ Docudrama program (ongoing) Year 12
Later in the year, we can look forward to sessions from the following providers:
• Blurred Minds – drug, alcohol and vaping
• Butterfly Foundation – eating disorders
• Adair Donaldson – consent and the law
Quiet Achievers
Year 7 Libby Fraser – being responsible for her own learning and inspiring
her peers.
Year 8 Will Waugh – participating fully in group activities during class time.
Year 9 Lily Sanders – for her efforts in improving her class work.
Year 10 Harry Fraser – for doing the extra cleaning up after Mother’s Day
breakfast.
Year 11 Riley Wainwright – supporting PC activities.
Year 12 Dean Hamilton – helping Mr Baker run the PC challenges.