Pastoral Care and Wellbeing
Term 4 Reminders
- Familiarise yourself with our SWPBS Matrix to continue our positive behaviours to enhance everyone’s experience and ensure we get the most out of all opportunities.
- Please remember your hats and ensure you have it with you at all times during Term 4 so it is available when you are open spaces.
- Bring your water bottle.
- Please remember your masks.
Mobile Phones and Communication
As mobile phone use is not permitted during class times, could you please ensure that contact between students and parents is through the Front Office, to ensure we can support this and assist the best way we can. It can be challenging when we do not have the information, or are unable to follow our processes and guidelines. This will enable the Office to follow up appropriately and ensure we are supporting our students as required.
Happiness and Gratitude
“Happiness is not the result of bouncing from one joy to the next; achieving happiness typically involves times of considerable discomfort. It’s more than simply a positive mood, it’s a state of wellbeing that encompasses living a good life.”
Gratitude is so incredibly important to us at St. Joseph’s that it is a major component of our behaviour framework: ‘Respect, Commit, Be Grateful’. Practising gratitude regularly enables us to reflect on positive experiences, improve our health and wellbeing, deal with adversity and build strong relationships. The benefits of gratitude are well documented, and there are some amazing resources and further information to be found on our SchoolTV. Give it a try! What are you most grateful for?!
Please check them out using any of our SchoolTV links, or using the link below:
https://sje.vic.schooltv.me/newsletter/happiness-gratitude
Cybersafety and Cyberbullying (information from eSafety Commissioner - esafety.gov.au)
Talk about cyberbullying before it happens and discuss strategies that you are both comfortable with, so they know what to expect if they do report concerns to you.
Encourage them to use privacy settings on social networking sites and restrict online information to viewing by friends only, and to be careful about who they accept as friends.
Recommend that they avoid responding to negative messages and actively block and report abusive people to social media services or website administrators. Encourage them to tell you, or another trusted adult, about such incidents and to take screenshots of negative messages for reporting. Hold the saved messages for them so they don’t have to view them again.
Make sure they are aware of the advice about cyberbullying particularly targeted at young people.
There are, as always, some fantastic resources on our SchoolTV - please check them out using the link below.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact the Pastoral Support Team at St. Joseph’s College on wellbeing@sje.vic.edu.au or access supports listed below:
If your student or you have any questions or concerns, or need additional support, please contact their Learning Mentor, House Leader or a member of the Wellbeing Team.