Year 7 Pastoral Guardian

On Tuesday evening the Year 7 students attended the Awards Night to acknowledge and reflect on their personal success and achievements this year, and those of their peers.  It was an inspirational evening that I hope will encourage your daughter to set herself meaningful goals for academic, social, sporting, and cultural success during her future years at Mount Alvernia College and beyond.

Over the last couple of weeks, the Year 7 classrooms have been busy with many of our students welcoming a ‘buddy for a day’. Their buddies were students who have enrolled to commence their secondary schooling at Mount A in 2019. It was a wonderful opportunity for our Year 7 students to develop their leadership skills by communicating their pride in their college, providing care and consideration for the needs of their buddies, and giving encouragement and reassurance where needed. Judging by the smiles on the faces of the buddies at the end of the day, the Year 7 cohort should be very proud of how they handled their responsibilities.

Some of the feedback from the Year 7 students about their experiences over the last few weeks:

“On 30 October, the 2018 College awards were held in San Damiano. One of the speeches that I found very inspiring was by Tahlia De Felicis, the College Captain. The message that I got from the story was that you can be like everyone else and always try to fit in, or you can try and be unique and have others see those unique qualities and really excel at Mount Alvernia College. Another speech that I found super inspiring was the speech read by Chloe Peoples, the Vice Captain. I found that I could really relate to her even though I'm only in Year 7. Chloe described the things that her mum had done for her during her time at the school and I realised that my mum has done exactly the same things for me. She really made it clear that your mum doesn't just clean the house or pick up after you 24-7, she is there to love and help you when needed.”  By Emma Green

“Last night at the awards night I was listening to some inspiring and positive speeches. The speech that really inspired me was from Dr Tuite. She sounded really grateful to be a leader at this college and how she loves watching all of us trying our best in whatever we do. She also loves seeing us being involved with the life of the college. Last night Dr Tuite spoke about how a young girl came in and had an enrolment interview with her, and the girl had said the school felt safe.  That is how I feel too. Last night was a great night to congratulate all who got awards and listening to the inspiring speeches.” By Emily Faulks

When the first group of Year 6s were coming for their Experience High School day, I was assigned to have a buddy. She was super sweet, and really smart. From this experience I learnt what it is like to be responsible for explaining things about the college and showing her about. I quite enjoyed this experience as I could confidently walk her to places and tell her where certain parts of the college are, and what they are called. I liked being a leader for my buddy, and I hope that she enjoyed this experience as much as I did.” By Sofia Coco

“Having a Year 6 buddy to take around the school was a great experience. I remember my day at Mount Alvernia and it was crazy to think that I was doing this last year. I felt a sense of responsibility and leadership showing my buddy around. I realised that I am now comfortable and I have settled into Mount Alvernia well because I could show someone where everything is as well as confidently do my work in class. I really enjoyed the day and I hope my buddy did too.” By Alice Kelly

Alison Ward