Pastoral Care and Wellbeing

A REMINDER REGARDING OUR LEARNING MENTOR PROGRAM

Each student is a member of a Learning Mentor Group within their House. Your Learning Mentor is your first port of call for updating information or any questions or concerns you may have. They can support, direct and refer you as needed.

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT (SWPBS)

St. Joseph’s College has been focussing on implementing a framework to support and educate our school community based on positive values and expectations. Thank you for providing feedback regarding values that you believe are main priorities for us as a school community. The SWPBS Implementation and Action Group compiled and considered all of the feedback and information from students, families and staff, and have confirmed our SWPBS focus for St. Joseph’s College Echuca is:

Respect,

Commit,

Be Grateful

Students have been introduced to these expectations and are aware of why they are important and how they fit into our College context. We look forward to the continued implementation of this.

CYBERSAFETY

A reminder of the importance of being responsible cyber/digital citizens. To assist this, remember to THINK -

Is it TRUE,

is it HELPFUL,

is it INSPIRING,

is it NECESSARY,

is it KIND?

Our digital footprint and reputation are valuable and we need to be mindful of this with what we post, follow and share.

UNIFORM

Please ensure your student is in full uniform each day. Students are only permitted to wear Sports Uniform on the days they have this subject. Students should be aware of their timetables so they have all the necessary requirements for their classes for each day. Students who are consistently out of uniform will be followed up, phone contact home will be made and consequences in place until this is rectified. If you need assistance with uniform items, please contact Rach Chapman.

Second hand uniform items - if you have items of uniform that you no longer require, they would be gratefully accepted at school and provided to others if you wish to donate them.

MOBILE PHONE POLICY

Mobile phone use should be limited at school. Phones are not to be visible or used in class, unless otherwise specified. Teachers may collect phones at the beginning of the lesson, or ask students to ensure they are in bags.

If you need to contact your student, please call the Front Office to do so.