Wellbeing
Positive Behaviours for Learning
As part of our ongoing development as a PBL school we continue to explicitly teach & model expectations from our matrix.
The foci for the next couple of weeks are:
Respect:
We think before we act
Responsibility
We take ownership of our choices
Resilience:
We seek solutions to solve problems
These expectations will be explicitly taught during Wellbeing Hour & revisited throughout the days.
It would be great if you could also reinforce these expectations at home and ask your child/children how they are following these at school.
Child Safe Standards
This newsletter we revisit the child safe standards 7-9 and highlight what actions we are taking at OLSC to ensure the standards are being followed.
Standard 7: Complaints processes
Schools must ensure that processes for complaints and concerns are child focused.
Actions to Meet this standard at OLSC include:
- Reportable Conduct Policy
- Complaints Handling Policy and Procedures
- Four Critical Actions for Responding to Incidents, Disclosures and Suspicions of Child Abuse
- PROTECT Policies and Procedures
- Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships Program
- Train staff to recognise the different ways students express concerns or distress, such as changing their behaviours or demeanour.
- Empower all staff to act on concerns about behaviour and report their concerns, complaints or breaches of the Child Safety Code of Conduct to school leaders
Standard 8: Safety knowledge, skills, awareness
Schools must ensure that staff and volunteers are equipped with the knowledge, skills and awareness to keep children and young people safe through ongoing education and training.
Actions to Meet this standard at OLSC include:
- Induct new staff to child safety requirements
- Child Safety Code of Conduct
- Student Code of Conduct
- Parent Code of Conduct
- Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- OH&S Committee
- OH&S Audits
- Require all staff with mandatory reporting obligations to refresh their Protecting Children - Mandatory Reporting and Other Legal Obligations training at least once a year.
Standard 9: Physical and online environments
Schools must ensure that physical and online environments promote safety and wellbeing while minimising the opportunity for children, young people and students to be harmed.
Actions to Meet this standard at OLSC include:
- Student Behaviour Policy
- Bullying Prevention Policy
- ICT Acceptable Usage Policy
- ICT Acceptable Usage Agreement for Staff and Students
- Inform students and their families about appropriate use of the school’s technology, safety tools, and how to seek help and report concerns, including cyberbullying and online grooming
- Keep up to date with current online safety issues and expert information from specialist government and non-government bodies, including the Office of the eSafety Commissioner and eSmart Schools
- Inform students about online safety risks
- Cyber Safety workshops for students and families
- Duty of Care Policy
- Participation in National day of Action Against Bullying yearly
- Supervision of students in all settings
- Meet the minimum ratios of staff and volunteers to students for different types of activities
Student Leaders News
Nude Food Day
Thank you to all families who supported the Nude Food Day. It was great to see that many students had raw and unpackaged foods. We have several learning groups that achieved a 100% Nude Food. Congratulations to:
1/2 G - Imogen's class
3/4 W - Emma's class
3/4 O - Adam's class
These learning groups will have a hot chip lunch on Thursday, week 9.
We will run another sustainability initiative in Term 3. Details will be shared early next term.
Casual Clothes Day
Feel free to email me at: shenderson@olscwyn.catholic.edu.au or call the school office if you have any concerns or need help at any time.
Cheers
Sandy