Pastoral Program Term 2
Guided by Catholic principles, the College has a proven pastoral care program that is focused on the wellbeing of all students from Years 7 through to 12. Adolescence is a time of growth, challenge and transition – the right support helps ensure students stay on track to meet their educational, spiritual and personal goals. By focusing on the growth of the whole person – as opposed to focusing just on academics – the College aims to help students develop key life skills for coping with challenges at school and beyond.
Throughout the term, WOW (Wellbeing on Wednesday’s) occur during selected Extended Homeroom sessions, where students will have an opportunity to learn about and develop their relationship and inter-personal skills.
At the start of every term students go through key pastoral sessions that address relevant issues and concerns that may effect student wellbeing. These sessions for Term 2 was held in Week 1 and our students participated in in the below:
Year 7:
Internet Awareness with Paul Litherland
www.surfonlinesafe.com.au
Study Skills run by Mr Woolley (Head of Year 7)
How to establish key learning routines to raise academic performance at High School. Students were given tasks to self-evaluate their Learning Style and then apply this to establishing a routine of Study that could see them better achieve their potential.
Term 1 Academic Report Analysis and Goal Setting
Analysed the Term 1 report with their Homeroom Teachers specifically tuning into the Attitude to Learning, an area of the report scored by their Teachers. Students were able to quickly identify areas of improvement from the report that could be turned into meaningful Goals to target for Term 2.
Year 8:
Jordan Foster: YSafe
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Senior Sergeant Kylie Thomas
Kylie unpacked some of the real world consequences that could be enacted for a multitude of behaviours and choices made by adolescents in today’s society.
Team work skills and challenges
Team work is one of the ‘soft skills’ that employers consistently call upon when looking for prospective employees. This session exposed our students to different team work challenges, so the students could practise and develop their team work skills.
Year 9:
Internet Awareness with Paul Litherland
www.surfonlinesafe.com.au
Internet Awareness Session
Session used clips from an SBS drama (The Hunting), to further expand the students' knowledge on sharing pictures on the internet or by phone and the fall out from it.
Year 10:
Chandler Comerford
‘One Decision Can Change Your Life’ . Chandler's talk focused on the power of choice through the lens of a SEAL mission that went wrong in Afghanistan. This talk was aimed at providing participants with insight into people can make effective choices when faced with tough decisions.
Jordan Foster: YSafe
YSafe are trusted eSafety Providers who specialise in quality online safety education and are endorsed by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
Goal Setting Workshop
Students worked within their Homerooms to set goals and establish routines for study leading into the examination period of Term 2. The students were presented with information on study skills and learnt how to set positive and achievable goals through the SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and within a set timeframe) Goal format.
Year 11:
Chandler Comerford
‘One Decision Can Change Your Life’ . Chandler's talk focused on the power of choice through the lens of a SEAL mission that went wrong in Afghanistan. This talk was aimed at providing participants with insight into people can make effective choices when faced with tough decisions.
Goal Setting Workshop
Students worked within their Homerooms to set goals and establish routines for study leading into the examination period of Term 2. The students were presented with information on study skills and learnt how to set positive and achievable goals through the SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and within a set timeframe) Goal format.
Internet Awareness with Paul Litherland
www.surfonlinesafe.com.au
Year 12:
Chandler Comerford
‘One Decision Can Change Your Life’ . ‘One Decision Can Change Your Life’ . Chandler's talk focused on the power of choice through the lens of a SEAL mission that went wrong in Afghanistan. This talk was aimed at providing participants with insight into people can make effective choices when faced with tough decisions.
Goal Setting Workshop
Students worked within their Homerooms to set goals and establish routines for study leading into the examination period of Term 2. The students were presented with information on study skills and learnt how to set positive and achievable goals through the SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and within a set timeframe) Goal format.
Jordan Foster: YSafe
YSafe are trusted eSafety Providers who specialise in quality online safety education and are endorsed by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner.
