{"id":6272,"date":"2023-04-06T14:02:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T04:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6272"},"modified":"2023-04-06T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T04:02:39","slug":"news-from-the-college-counsellors-9","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/news-from-the-college-counsellors-9\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the College Counsellors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Community Time last week, Year 8 heard Police Constables\/Youth Officers Sophie Gould and Matt Aldridge from Ryde Police Area Command speak about cyberbullying, the law and other issues affecting young people in schools in our district.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The message was clear &#8211; if someone is threatening, bullying or harassing you online, police want to know about it and can help. Police will investigate any reports of bullying, intimidation and harassment of a young person and can take action. While this process may seem daunting, the officers emphasised that, to begin with, young people should always inform a trusted adult and look at next steps together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6272 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.19-pm.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.19-pm-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.30-pm.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.30-pm-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.38-pm.png\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-04-at-2.46.38-pm-640x640.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<h5><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know the age you are legally responsible for what you do online?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You may be surprised to find out that in Australia, you can be charged for breaking the law at the age of 10. It is illegal to use a carriage service to menace, harass or offend. Students learnt that a carriage service is anything from Instagram, TikTok, Dodo, Optus, Vodafone, Telstra, to gaming platforms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week, students were shown a short video on the age of legal responsibility and online behaviours and had the opportunity to discuss it in their homeroom. You may like to ask your daughter about what they learnt and watch the link together &#8211; you will find this posted on their COMPASS Dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bullyingnoway.gov.au\/support-and-advice\/for-young-people\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bullying. No way!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has information to help young people and families understand what bullying is, what to do if someone is being bullied and who students can turn to for help.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esafety.gov.au\/young-people\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eSafety Commissioner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a range of topics for young people to explore for guidance around staying safe online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Reporting cyberbullying<\/h4>\n<h5>Keep a record<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young people are encouraged to keep a record, take screenshots or photos of any cyberbullying content and note the webpage addresses or social media services where the content has been shared.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Report and block<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report the cyberbullying to the platform where it took place. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esafety.gov.au\/key-issues\/esafety-guide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eSafety Guide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has reporting links for social media services, apps, games and websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Make a complaint<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are under 18 and the social media service does not respond to your complaint within 48 hours, you can report seriously threatening, intimidating, harassing or humiliating online behaviour to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esafety.gov.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">eSafety Commissioner<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you would like to discuss any of the above or have wellbeing concerns related to your daughter, please contact the Leader of Wellbeing, House Coordinators or College Counsellors on (02) 9816 2041. You may also email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:carly.boaler@syd.catholic.edu.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">carly.boaler@syd.catholic.edu.au<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:louise.scuderi@syd.catholic.edu.au\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">louise.scuderi@syd.catholic.edu.au<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Miss Carly Boaler and Ms Louise Scuderi, College Counsellors<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article on College life meets The Archbishop\u2019s Charter for Catholic Schools \u2013 Charter #2, #6 &amp; #8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police visits Year 8 Students during Community Time and Reporting Cyberbullying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6272","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/6272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=6272"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=6272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}