Assistant Principal's 

Report

Mobile Phones and Air Pods

Due to the spike in students having their mobile phones on them during the day at school, we are reminding students of our mobile phone policy and are now banning wireless earbuds / headphones.

Mobile Phones – if your mobile phone is confiscated while at school it will be placed at the front office where your parents /or carers can collect it.  We will not be handing them back to the student at the end of the day. Our mobile phone policy does allow students to bring their phone to school but they must leave them in their locker.

Bluetooth headphones / Wireless earbuds / AirPods – are now officially banned from our school. Students are allowed wired headphones which they can connect to their laptop only.  The use of wired headphones is at the teacher’s discretion.

This is already in effect but will be followed up more closely at the start of Term 4.

Wellbeing Day - 15 November for all Secondary Students

SEED Workshops - Girls

Our experienced educators deliver a range of fun, inspiring and interactive well-being workshops to help foster and enhance self-esteem, positive body-image and respectful relationships. SEED Workshops delivers in-schools (Year 5 - Year 12), community facilities and workplaces.  We plant the seeds and provide the tools for students to become critical consumers of advertising and media messaging, to foster healthy relationships with friends and peers, and to take the reins in their own lives. Our SEED Workshops' holistic approach blends innovative teaching techniques to create an engaging environment helping students THRIVE. 

"I expected this was going to be boring, but it was the opposite! I learnt to be assertive, how to respectfully resolve conflicts, about gender equality, to respect my body, to respect my friends and not talk behind their backs, and that media representations are unrealistic. I feel like I have learnt a lot from these workshops in a way I haven't with any other organisation. It was excellent." Year 9 student 

Man Cave- Student Workshops - Boys

The whole day workshops experience encourages participants to explore the concept of ‘masculinity’ and the impacts of outdated societal expectations placed on men , and to build healthier relationships with themselves and those around them.

Based on the Rites of Passage framework the workshop creates safe places for participants to have real conversations with each other. They include group building activities, interactive games and healthy discussions on mental health, relationships and consent.

The Man Cave programs have been designed in consultation with young men , Psychologists and mental health experts to safely and reliably   create an attitudinal and behavioural shift in the boys that participate. 

Feedback from workshops show:

95% of participants would recommend the program to other young men 

98% think our facilitators are awesome

94% of boys rate the workshops 4 or 5 out of 5 

Uniform - Term 4 

A reminder that Term 4 is hat season. Students must either wear a broad brim or bucket hat with a school logo.  Available from the uniform shop or the front office.