Pastoral Care 

  • 2024 Mental Health Month
  • Year 9 camp preparation
  • Year 7 Vaccination Program
  • Mental Health Month Webinars

2024 Mental Health Month Theme ‘Let’s Talk About It’

In NSW, Mental Health Month is observed annually throughout October.

This year’s theme, 'Let’s Talk About It,' prompts us all to reflect on our mental health and overall wellbeing, irrespective of whether we’ve personally encountered mental illness. It emphasises the significance of maintaining good mental health in our daily lives and encourages a proactive approach to seeking help when necessary.

At the start of next term the Black Dog Institute will be talking to our students about the importance of positive mental health. Year 10 will also address this topic in the Term 5 program at the end of the year.

Year 9 camp preparation for Workul Koo Rites of Passage Camps

We return to Term 4 with Year 9 Pastoral Care camps starting in Week 2. Please ensure you have complied with Mr Steinman’s information and consent requirements for:

  1. The Year 9 Camp overall
  2. The Paddle Board and Surf lesson specifically

Year 9 Barron: Monday 21– Wednesday 23 October

Year 9 Purton: Wednesday 23 – Friday 25 October

Year 9 Rice: Monday 28 – Wednesday 30 October 

Year 9 Treacy: Wednesday 30 – Friday 1 November

 

Students are required at school with their manageable sports bag and day pack of prescribed equipment by 8:00 am to pack the trailer and bus for each camp and should return by 2:00 pm from each camp.

Year 7 Vaccination Program

Thank you to those parents who have completed the online vaccination consent form.

Please note that vaccinations will only be provided at school if the consent has been given.

Please see the following for further information on the vaccinations and giving consent. 

 

NSW Health will be offering the following vaccinations at school:

  • Year 7 Diptheria/tetanus/pertussis (dTpa) on Wednesday 16 October
  • Year 7 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) on Tuesday 29 October

and also 

  • Year 8 dTpa and HPV (if not already vaccinated in Year 7), and 
  • Year 10 & 11 Meningococcal ACWY (if not already vaccinated)

If your child is in Year 7, you can now provide online consent, via your Service NSW account, for their routine vaccinations.

Vaccination will ONLY be provided at school if consent has been give.

 

Please see the attached letter with further information on the vaccination program.

Mental Health Month

Free Webinars

Mr Martin Gillogly - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care