Supporting Your Child’s Mental Health 

Thank you to the families who were able to complete the survey we sent out about returning to school and how children were feeling. From this survey it became evident to us that wellbeing, friendships and resilience were the main areas that parents/carers were concerned about for their children. We have provided a link to a brief trailer for you to view with a resource developed by the Catholic Education Office Diocese of Wollongong. The purpose of this resource is to provide some general information regarding a young person’s mental health and wellbeing and how parents and carers can recognise and support the mental wellbeing of their young people. Even though the title of this resource suggests it is for parents or carers with a teenager it is actually suitable for anyone with children to watch as it is valuable information for everyone.

We will send the whole resource via compass in the coming weeks, however we would like to offer a zoom session where parents can watch the resource together and have opportunities to engage in a discussion. This zoom would be facilitated by Kaylene, Kate and Doreen Waddington our Catholic Care Councillor and would be held on Thursday 11 November at 2pm.

The zoom code will be sent via compass the week leading up to the session.

School and Parent Partnerships

Often children come home with concerns or issues about playground or classroom incidents. Please be reassured that if staff are aware of any incidents where children are hurt or upset they will be managed during the school day before the children go home. However, at times staff are not notified and students may go home and share with their parents their concerns.

If this happens we ask that you do not contact any other parents whose children may be involved as this can cause unnecessary anguish amongst our families. We do ask however that you please follow our school procedure which is to contact the school office either via email or phone. As a school we can then draw upon our Positive Behaviours for Learning Framework (PB4L) and our Diocesan Respectful Relationships, Child Safety and Human Sexuality Framework which consists of strategies to enhance respectful relationships, human dignity and restorative justice principles. 

Please be reassured that our staff take concerns very seriously and if it comes to the need for you to contact us that your voice will be heard. We will then be in contact with you and any other parents we may need to contact as well.

Mrs Kate Jennett
Assistant Principal