Years 7 & 10 News

New students and parents

We warmly welcome all new students from Years 7 to 12 to the College. Well done to students for settling in well and making new friends, especially as the start of the year has been very busy. If students have any questions or need some help, there’s always someone they can turn to, including their peer support buddies, Homeroom teacher, Heads of House and classroom teachers.

It was wonderful to see the parents of our new students at the recent Parent Seminar. This was a good opportunity to meet your child’s Homeroom teacher and an enjoyable night meeting other parents. If parents did not attend the evening, please collect your information envelope from Miss Abel. We look forward to the on-going support of parents throughout the year.

Use of mobile phones

A reminder that students should place their mobile phones and bags into their lockers upon arrival at school.  Mobile phones should not be used during the school day. Any urgent calls to parents need to be made using the phone in Student Services. This policy is in place to ensure that students are not distracted by their phones and also to ensure that we create a safe environment for all members of our community. 

Sunsmart 

Parents are asked to ensure that your son or daughter is equipped with a College hat so they can participate in Physical Education classes, outdoor activities, excursions and play at break times on the oval. Students will be asked to move under cover if they do not have their College cap or hat for their outdoor activities and lessons. 

Open Day: 3 March

Our annual Open Day is coming up soon - on Friday, 3 March. Tours will be conducted by our students at 9am and 1pm from the Xanten Performing Arts Foyer (corner or Treasure Road and Centre Street). Please spread the word about our wonderful College. Enrolments are encouraged prior to Year 5 to secure a place so this is a great opportunity to visit our College with your children. Register for a tour via the link on the College Website homepage.

CHILD SAFE FRAMEWORK

Catholic Education WA schools are Christ-centred and child-focused learning communities that support each child to develop to their full God-given potential. Key to this is ensuring the learning environment is engaging, supportive and safe. All members of our school share the responsibility for creating and maintaining this healthy culture. By working together, we can ensure all children flourish in a safe and healthy environment.

Recognising that each child has the right to be heard is an important element in the CEWA Child Safe framework. At S Norbert College, we teach students that they have the right to be safe and we empower them with the language, skills and strategies to assist in their safety by talking to people that they trust. It is a requirement that all students receive a protective behaviours and sexual abuse prevention education (10.6 Registration Standards for Non-Government Schools).

At St Norbert College we are implementing the Keeping Safe: Child Protection Curriculum (KS:CPC) which is an evidence-based child safety curriculum that teaches children to recognise abuse, tell a trusted adult, understand what is appropriate and inappropriate touching and ways of keeping themselves safe. The KS:CPC fits primarily within the Health and Physical Education learning area of the Australian Curriculum but is also taught across multiple learning areas.

The curriculum is based on two main themes:

• We all have the right to be safe
• We can help ourselves to be safe by talking to people we trust.

The themes are presented through four Focus Areas:

1. The right to be safe

2. Relationships

3. Recognising and reporting abuse

4. Protective strategies

More information will be provided during the year on the Child Safe Framework.

To view the CEWA Commitment Statement click the link:

https://childsafe.cewa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CEWA-Commitment-Statement.pdf

To download the Brochure, click the link:

https://childsafe.cewa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Child-safe-Catholic-schools-A5-Brochure.pdf

Student Conduct Charter 

This year, we present and implement the 2023 Student Code of Conduct Charter, which aligns with the Child Safe Framework to ensure students have a learning environment that is engaging, supportive and safe. The Charter was created from survey responses given by our 2022 Year 7 to Year 11 students.  The Student Leaders, under the guidance of the Heads of Houses, reviewed the responses and identified common themes.  The Charter represents the students’ voices in how they want to feel at school and the commitment they will make to achieve these feelings for themselves and others. We ask that parents go through the 2023 Student Code of Conduct Charter with their child, which is below:

Ms C Abel

(Deputy Principal, Years 7 & 10)