Student Wellbeing

Celebrating Harmony Day!

Harmony Day – Monday 23rd March

On Monday 23rd March, St Roch’s will celebrate Harmony Day, a day that recognises and celebrates Australia’s rich cultural diversity. Harmony Day reminds us that everyone belongs and encourages us to show respect, kindness and inclusion towards others.

Students are invited to wear a touch of orange with their school uniform on the day. Orange is the official colour of Harmony Day and represents social communication, meaningful conversations and mutual respect.

We look forward to celebrating the many cultures, backgrounds and experiences that make our St Roch’s community so special.

Child Safe Standards #2

At St Roch's, we are committed to Child Safety. As a MACS school we will be developing our staffs professional understanding of the "11 standards in 11 months." This will ensure that all staff are well informed of the Child Safety Standards. 

This month, we focused on Child Safe Standard #2. The focus of Child Safe Standard 2 is  ensuring child safety and wellbeing are embedded in organisational leadership, governance and our culture. During professional learning, we reflected on ways that we already uphold this standard in our school, as well as brainstorming ways we can do more to embed this in our practice.

Please read the parent information sheet for further information about Standard #2. 

Positive Behaviour Learning - We are all RRRoch Stars!

In Week 6 on  'Tune in Tuesday' our PBL leaders, Grace Colliver, Olivia Nolan, Matilda Stubbs and Conner Zervas selected the newest RRRoch Stars. The three students selected have displayed one of our expected behaviours and were acknowledged for their efforts to build a positive school for all.  They will enjoy a special 'PBL lunch with the Principal' at the end of the term!

We would like to congratulate George Bristow from Year 6 for showing the expected behaviour of Respect.  

We would like to congratulate Isabella  Turnbull from Prep for showing the expected behaviour of Responsibility.  

We would like to congratulate Zoey Koelldorfer from Year 2 for showing the expected behaviour of Resilience.

Each week our school follows a PBL Weekly Focus. 

The weekly PBL focus aims to keep our PBL framework on the agenda across the school to ensure consistent practices from Prep - Year 6 are in place.  It also keeps the excitement of Gotcha Tickets, Class Rewards and Whole School Rewards alive! 

We encourage discussions with our students around the expected behaviour for the week and endeavour to 'catch' the students who are following the expected behaviours by giving them the Gotcha Tickets when an expected behaviour is displayed. 

Every Child, Everybody, Everyday. 

Our Child Safety Officer

As part of our ongoing commitment to Child Safety and fostering a supportive environment, our students are regularly reminded about the importance of identifying and accessing their five trusted adults within the school community.

We are taking a specific step to reinforce this critical message. Your children will be formally introduced to our dedicated Child Safety Officer, Nadine Bolton, who is already a very familiar and trusted face to them.

Nadine serves as a vital safe person for your child. We encourage students to speak to Nadine should they need any support, have a concern, or require someone safe to talk to while at school.

We believe that by clearly designating roles and providing readily available support, we empower our students to feel safe and confident every day.

Nadine Bolton & Alex Keisler

Student Wellbeing Leaders