Head of Students News

Year 12 Exam Block Sign-in/Sign-out Procedures

During exam block this week Year 12 are to sign in and out when on the College grounds and leave using the QR code posters available at CLE, main reception and student admin. 

This is an important process to the name and number of students who are on-site in the case of emergency procedures occurring.

Year 9 Camp

An email has been sent to all Year 9 parents/guardians today regarding camp in Term 3.  Please log into the Parent Lounge to accept permissions for camp by Tuesday 9 August. 

Catholic Schools Parent Association Parent Survey on Student Wellbeing

The Australian government has asked Catholic Schools Parent Association (CSPA) to inform them of existing and emerging issues that are of concern to Catholic school families, especially those issues that impact their children’s health, wellbeing and/or learning. 

The Queensland Catholic Education Commission has asked all Catholic schools to encourage parent bodies to complete the survey.

The CSPA 2022 Parent Survey on Student Wellbeing and Learning is now live through until Wednesday 31 August 2022. Further information together with the link to the survey be accessed via the CSPA Engage website.

Marist Ashgrove School TV

The latest special report on our subscribed School TV reports on the topic of sextortion. Below sets out an introduction for parents on this social media topic with an attached link to delve deeper.

Sextortion - what you need to know

You may not be familiar with the term, but ‘sextortion' is a form of blackmail where someone threatens to share intimate images of you unless you give in to their demands. It has been an issue for more than a decade, with many adults falling victim to this type of online crime. More recently though, it has been reported that there has been a higher rate of adolescent males falling victim, but that is not to say that young females are not also targeted.

Across the globe, organised criminal gangs are using social media, chat apps, instant messaging platforms and online games to target and connect with their victims. Recently, there has been a 400% increase in this type of crime being reported to police in Australia alone with these figures being replicated in most western countries. Any child that uses an online account to connect on social media, chat apps, instant messaging platforms or online games needs to understand the dangers associated with engaging with random people that they don’t know personally. Therefore, it is vitally important for adult carers to be aware of this serious issue and to start having an age-appropriate conversation with their young person as early as possible to help protect them from online offenders making demands.

Even though your young person’s online account may be set to private, random people can still message your child. Managing devices can be difficult, especially with older teens, but it is important to weigh up the risks and dangers. Sadly, even good kids who never make a poor decision elsewhere in their life, can and do make poor choices online.

This Special Report explains how your young person can fall victim to such a crime and what action to take to support them. We hope you take a moment to reflect on the information offered, and as always, we welcome your feedback. If this raises any concerns for you, a loved one or the wellbeing of your child, please seek medical or professional help.

Here is the link to the special report on sextortion:

https://marash.qld.schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/special-report-sextortion