Pastoral Care

Looking Forward to Leadership in 2024!

Over the next few weeks, our Year 11s will be standing for election as our 2024 Leaders!

Extensive applications have already been received, with the students providing detailed statements as to how they live out the Brigidine Charism and involve themselves in school life, what they believe is an effective leader and detailing initiatives they would like to spearhead if successful with their nomination. 

Our 2024 Leadership Team will consist of:

• College Captain
• College Vice Captain
• Faith & Charism Captain
• Social Justice Captain
• Arts & Culture Captain
• Sports Captain
• Sustainability Captain
• SRC Captain
• House Captains

Those students who are shortlisted from these applications, they will be interviewed by members of the school’s Executive team, allowing our Year 11s to further demonstrate why they would be inspiring and successful leaders. A final shortlisting will result in 4 to 6 final nominees creating a campaign video for their peers in Years 10 and 11, who will then cast preferential votes for our 2024 Leadership Team.

We wish all of our students who have been nominated for positions the very best, and look forward to the exciting campaigns in the weeks ahead!

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Cyberbullying: Police Want to Know! 

From the NSW Police Crime Prevention Unit

What is cyberbullying?

People make comments on social media that they may not say to someone face to face. These comments on social media can be just as damaging as any other form of bullying. Cyberbullying can be hurtful and in some circumstances, it can also be a criminal act. Cyber-bullying can take many forms:

• Abusive texts, online posts and emails
• Imitating others online using fake profiles and other methods
• Spreading rumours and telling lies online
• Making hurtful comments
• Making threats or comments designed to intimidate online
• Repeated unwanted messages being sent to you
• People using your account to send fake posts
• People sending photos or videos of you to others to embarrass or humiliate you
• Excluding others online

What can the police do?

If someone is threatening, bullying or harassing you online, police want to know about it. You don’t have to put up with it and the police can take action. Online bullies think they can be anonymous but police can track them down. That’s why it is important to inform the police about what’s happening. While there is no specific legislation in Australia that is specifically for cyberbullying, there are existing laws, police can use to arrest and charge perpetrators. 

What laws can help police punish cyberbullies?

There is no specific offence for cyberbullying in NSW, however, the person may commit offences under the Commonwealth Criminal Code, 1955. Division 474, subdivision C. Telecommunications Offences.

Where to go for help?

Kylie Bordignon-Hock

Director of Pastoral Care