Wellbeing - Middle School

Connecting Founder’s Day to us

This week we have an opportunity to celebrate the reason we are all at this College - where it all began, with our Founder Edmund Rice. 

Edmund Rice devoted his life and fortune to educating the poor and the marginalised (founded the congregation of Christian Brothers in 1802 for the Christian education of poor boys), ensuring that those he helped developed the necessary life skills of confidence and compassion, with an understanding of how to effect changes in their own lives and those of others. Edmund Rice’s legacy and impact lives strongly today at our College. So many past students and families feel a strong connection to the school and as such, are involved in the community in so many ways. 

Everything we do is centred around creating a positive relationship with the College community. In all my addresses to students and in conversations I have daily, it all centres back around to positive wellbeing, connectedness, and safety - ALL contributing to school success and learning. The formula can be quite simple yet challenging at the same time.

A positive relationship with the school community, such as ours, can shape a student’s emotional, behavioural, and cognitive engagement with schooling and influence academic outcomes. Benefits for learning and engagement at school include:

• lower absenteeism
• higher levels of effort, interest, and motivation
• positive class work and home engagement
• trust, respect, and collaboration with teachers
• more inclined to be challenged through attainable learning activities
• care for others.

At the heart of our school is a community of committed, caring people. Our sense of community defines us. And Friday is a community day. It is one of those days students typically don’t want to miss. One that they remember each year. So, I wish all our students a great Founder’s Day and a restful long weekend for you all with your families.

Luceat Lux Vestra.

Alexandros Sinadinos

Director of Middle School