Pastoral Care
International Women's Day activism
Hair Policy
Year 7 Camp
Year 10 Vaccination clinic
Parent Webinar - healthy masculinity
International Women's Day activism
On Thursday, 6 March, St Pius X took their International Women’s Day celebrations beyond the confines of the college, with four Year 11 students and Mr Gillogly (Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care) marching through the streets of Chatswood alongside the mayor and members from the Willoughby Council. The students then continued their activism by joining the group at the Dougherty Community Centre, where they listened to talks from activists, police officers, and council workers on the importance of gender equality and the ongoing efforts to achieve it. Overall, the experience deepened the students' understanding of International Women’s Day and its importance in promoting gender equality. It inspired them to share these messages with the college community and continue advocating for equality for all genders.
Sean O'Donnell, Year 11 Student
Hair Policy
Students must have their hair cut according to St Pius X College requirements as follows:
Hair should be neatly cut and maintained at all times.
Hair must be tapered at the back, sides and above the ears blending with the hairstyle. It must be cut and groomed so that the bulk of hair on the top of the head decreases gradually, blending with the tapered back and sides.
It must be worn short enough that no hair touches the collar or extends below the top of the eyebrows. A short all-over hair cut may be acceptable to a minimum No 2 cut.
Extreme hairstyles, including mohawks, step-cuts, under-cuts, radical cuts, dramatic layering, tracks, mullets, dreadlocks, strands of hair or lines are not permitted under any circumstances.
Colouring or dyeing, tinting, bleaching or overuse of product are not permitted.
If the haircut is too short, the student may be asked to wear a hat until the length is appropriate.
When a student’s haircut does not meet school expectations, parents of those students will be contacted, and the students may be asked to leave school to rectify it. Students may return once they adhere to school policy. A Friday detention may also apply.
The Deputy Principal, Assistant Principal Pastoral Care or the Head of Junior School, at their discretion, may make an exemption for a student from complying with the haircut policy. Such grounds for exception may be due to the student’s health, religious beliefs or cultural grounds.
Parents/caregivers of the student seeking an exemption are required to make an application in writing to the College Principal, Deputy Principal or Head of Junior School.
Year 7 Camp
Mr Tassone and our Year 7 Pastoral Care team are completing preparations for the Year 7 Camp at Tea Gardens departing on Wednesday 26 March at normal school time.
Parents should have completed the online consent form which includes dietary and medical information on your son.
The camp aims to instil a sense of journey, inclusion and community within the year and students will engage in growth mindset activities such as Kayaking, Raft Building, Ropes Courses and Flying Fox and Rock & Water Resilience Training. We look forward to the teachers vs students commando spotlight challenge.
Please communicate any questions or concerns to Mr Tassone as we prepare final details and arrangements. Students will assemble at school from 8:30 am on 26 March and return at approximately 3:00 pm on 28 March, with final ETA communicated enroute after 1:00 pm via the College App.
Year 10 Vaccination Clinic
NSW Health will offer vaccinations to all Year 10 students on Friday 28 March.
Year 10 - Meningococcal ACWY
Also
Year 11 - Meningococcal ACWY (if not already vaccinated in Year 10) and
Year 8 - HPV and dTpa for those who missed the vaccination in Year 7.
Vaccination will only be provided at school if consent has been received. Please complete this consent at least 2 days prior to the school clinic.
How to provide consent:
To complete online consent for your child’s school vaccinations, visit: https://engage.health.nsw.gov.au/engage and log in using your ServiceNSW details.
Follow the steps to log in to your existing ServiceNSW account. This is the same account you may already use to renew your driver’s licence. If you don’t have a ServiceNSW account, refer to ServiceNSW to create one.
Update or confirm your personal details in ServiceNSW as required.
Complete the School Vaccination Consent Form for your child/ren. You will need to:
Enter your child’s personal details
Provide the Medicare card details for you and your child
Read the linked Parent Information Sheet and privacy statement. Translations available in 28 languages
Provide consent. (For detailed steps on how to provide consent please refer to guide on how to provide consent online on the NSW Health webpage.) If you require information in your language please visit Arabic, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese
No Medicare?
If you or your child do not have a Medicare card or you don’t have I.T. access, consent can still be provided by requesting a paper-based consent form directly from your child’s school.
The benefits of providing consent online:
• easily update your child’s details
• receive SMS and/or email notifications when vaccinations are given
• faster upload of vaccination records to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).
(Year 7 students will be offered free vaccines for diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV) at school later this year.)
Follow this link for a 2 minute video of a young man who had Meningococcal disease; Seb’s Story
For more information on routine school vaccinations, visit
www.health.nsw.gov.au/schoolvaccination .
If you require information in your language, visit
www.health.nsw.gov.au/immunisation/Pages/school_vaccination_language.aspx
If you have difficulty completing the online vaccination consent form, please email
nslhd-phuschoolvaccinationprogram@health.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 9485 6971 for assistance.
Please see attached for further information on the school vaccination program.
Parent Webinar - Healthy Masculinity
Mr Martin Gillogly - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care