Mission & Catholic Identity News
Go Further Together
Last week, staff and students celebrated Ash Wednesday, with services that invited us to remember what we are called to do with our lives. Matthew’s Gospel instructs us to: `Be careful not to do good things for others just to be noticed so that others praise you... instead, be quiet about it. You know what you have done and God knows what you have done.’
My children at their Catholic primary school, were invited to give up ‘things’ for Lent – chocolate, lollies or X-Box. As young and older adults, we are invited to realise that Lent is really about being open to what God wants to do in us and how God wants to be in us: how can we be ‘Good News’ for each other in our daily lives?
The ashes are a stark symbol, a symbol that reminds us that we are all on a journey. To put on ashes is to say publicly and to yourself that you are reflective; that Lent is not ‘ordinary time’ for you.
In Lent we acknowledge that we are not perfect, that impatience and selfishness do show themselves, at times, in our lives. During this season, however, we make a special effort to reach out to the other; to serve others before ourselves.
As a College, throughout Lent, our students take part in Project Compassion. This year Project Compassion has the theme ‘Go Further Together’.
A number of our students and staff attended the Sale Diocese launch for Project Compassion on February 25th. For more information click here.
WSAPBS @ SPC
Towards the end of 2019, a Whole School Approach to Positive Behaviour Support (WSAPBS) team was created from staff across both the Cranbourne and Clyde North campuses. That team consists of:
Matthew Williams (chair, cross-campus)
Cathy Michael (Cranbourne)
Mady Bolch (Cranbourne)
Calen Robinson (Cranbourne)
Mary Armstrong (Cranbourne)
Peter Brannan (Clyde North)
Jean-Paul Antoine (Clyde North)
Paige Mitchell (Clyde North)
Aidan Stewart (Clyde North)
What is the aim of WSAPBS?
The Director of Catholic Education in Sale has called for a ‘vision for our students that sees them as engaged and successful learners who achieve their personal best and who progressively come to know, value and draw on the life-giving traditions and spirituality of the Catholic Faith’.
Therefore, a positive behaviour approach supports learning and teaching environments so that the academic outcomes of all students are maximised, as there is a well-established link between student engagement, student behaviour and academic achievement.
The team has surveyed staff and students to identify a ‘universal’ strategy for all students and staff, across both campuses. Our universal strategy is based on school wide expectations and has been developed with an eye on our Petrine charism, with the ‘rock’ a symbol used frequently and purposefully when used in conjunction with St Peter.
It encourages a ‘doing’ and also links in with our school motto, ‘be not afraid’.
‘ROCKS’
Be Respectful…
Be Organised…
Be Collaborative…
Be Kind…
Be Safe…
Our initiative will be launched to students through their pastoral program in late March. A whole College competition will then follow to form how the ROCKS will be presented, with the winning entry announced at campus assemblies on Tuesday, 5 May 2020.
Upcoming Events:
- Solomon Island Immersion interviews - March 2020
- Mass at Cranbourne - Thursday, 5 March 2020 at 9:10 am in the Chapel
- Mass at Clyde North - Thursday, 12 March 2020 at 9:10 am in the Prayer Room
- Harmony Day - Tuesday, 10 March 2020
- Romero House Mass (CRA & CLN) - Thursday, 19 March 2020
- Stations of the Cross - Wednesday, 25 March 2020
- Breakfast Club – weekdays at both CRA & CLN (8:15 am - 8:40 am)
Matthew Williams
Deputy Principal - Mission & Catholic Identity