Year 8
Mrs Sarah Davis
Leader of Wellbeing – Year 8
As Leader of Wellbeing for Year 8, it gives me great pleasure to continue to work closely with a wonderful, caring, generous and dedicated community.
Year 8……. the excitement and anticipation was etched on students’ faces on the first day of 2024. The excitement of no longer being the youngest year group in the College and confidence starting a new year knowing what to expect was on show for all to see.
Students embraced the Year 8 themes of community and giving back to the College. Students took their roles and responsibilities as Couriers, Flagraisers and Recyclers very seriously and always displayed in Term 1 a ‘Brothers to Others’ and ‘Tolerance, Acceptance, Caring and Kindness’ (TACK) attitude with members of the College community.
In Term 1, old school practices had their place in Year 8 . The curriculum was not all exercise books, Education Perfect, Mathsonline and laptops. Students took the opportunities presented to them in our Opening College Mass, Ash Wednesday and Year 8 Liturgies to get to know God and trust one another.
The Sydney Zoo excursion took Science out of the textbooks and provided a first hand experience of seeing over 4000 animals including endangered species. Students discovered DRSABCD were not letters of the alphabet but learnt how first aid and resuscitation techniques save lives and students acted as waiters at the P & F Open Day café, ensuring all parent helpers, staff and future members of our community were fed.
The junior members of the College were introduced to The Resilience Project. The Resilience Project teaches students to identify and combine their strengths to build resilience, enabling them to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and build competence to face adversity and deal with times of rapid change. During the term, Year 8 were introduced to Hugh (founder of the Project), developed Emotional Literacy and Empathy and throughout the year will be provided with opportunity to learn and practise positive mental health strategies to inspire happiness.
After another busy term, I wish to take this opportunity to wish all students and their families a well deserved, restful, relaxing and safe Term 1 holiday.