Pastoral Care

• Year 11 Student Leadership Teams
• 2020 Year 8 House Vice Captains
• Educational Well being Webinars

 Well-being Anecdotes from the Student Diary Planner

"When the going gets tough, the tough get going."

Joseph Kennedy

"Learning isn't a way of reaching your potential.  It's a way of building it."

Anders Ericsson

Year 11 Student Leadership Teams

As we begin the transition of Leadership Tenure from Year 12 2020 to our Year 11 cohort, all Year 11 students have been asked to nominate to Mr Ticli which Touchstone Portfolio they most align with:

Learning; Cultural; Mission and Identity; or Well being.

All of these teams will be presented in our Student Leadership Team Investiture in Term 4.

2020 Year 8 House Vice Captains

Congratulations to the following students who will this week be appointed as the Year 8 House Vice Captains responsible for supporting our Year 12 Student Leadership Team in leading the House Cup Competition and representing the College at functions and duties throughout Semester 2.

They join our Year 7 and 10 House Vice Captains elected and appointed last week and we look forward to their contributions to the awarding of the House Cup at the closure of our Year 12 Student leaders' tenure in August.

Educational Well being Webinars

The Michael Carr-Greg / Ryde and Lane Cove Council Webinar promoted in this section of Woodchatta last week promptly sold out. 

Below are some alternative options: 

The first promoted by New South Wales Education Authority (NESA) 

Tips for Keeping Healthy during the HSC

ReachOut Australia’s Schools Manager Claire Goodall, with tips for study breaks and keeping active.

On Twitter @NewsAtNESA you will know that a range of tips and resources are already available to keep HSC students healthy and connected this year.

ReachOut’s Study Hub has a range of information about taking a proactive approach to mental health as well as where to go for more support.

And from University of NSW

UNSW Science on behalf of Prof. Emma Johnston AO Subject: Sci-Fi Webinar Series: Pandemic Parenting: Building resilience in uncertain times

https://events.unsw.edu.au/event/livestream-pandemic-parenting-building-resilience-uncertain-times

There is certainly a diverse array of information forthcoming to support our well being as we emerge hopefully from the shadow of the pandemic. More than ever before we need our students and community members to be able to advocate for their own, and each others’ well being, in practical ways. This will be supported in the Pastoral Care component of our upcoming Year 7 – 10 Reports. In the absence of the usual array of extra-curricular representation, we have asked students to consider their personal strengths, values in action, and goal setting processes as modelled in the Positive Education Student Diary Planners.

Fide et Labore

Mr Sean Brannan - Assistant Principal, Pastoral Care and Well being