The role of the Mentor is to know, care and be an advocate for each student in the Mentor Group. The Mentor is the central point of contact at school for parents. The Mentor will liaise with other staff, as needed, including the school Psychologist and Heads of House.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The role of the Mentor is to know, care and be an advocate for each student in the Mentor Group. The Mentor is the central point of contact at school for parents. The Mentor will liaise with other staff, as needed, including the school Psychologist and Heads of House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Head of House has overall pastoral responsibility for each student in their House and will deal with the more complex or serious matters. They work closely with the Deputy Head Pastoral \u2013 Senior School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Senior School Houses are named after famous Australian pioneers in their field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dobell <\/strong>\u2013 Culture (Green)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sir William Dobell (1899 \u2013 1970) was an artist whose works were representative of new styles and directions in Australian art. Dobell is known mainly as a portrait painter although he did paint landscapes. Dobell\u2019s unique style embodies the pioneering attributes of originality and a sense of adventure \u2013 of exploring new techniques and pushing innovative and creative boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Durack<\/strong> \u2013 Sport (Purple)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah Durack (1889 \u2013 1956) had to fight for her right to represent Australia in swimming at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games where she became the first woman to win a gold medal at an Olympics. Later she broke twelve world records and at one time held every record in women\u2019s swimming from 50 yards to one mile. A person of great determination, Sarah Durack pursued her goals but never lost sight of fairness and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Florey <\/strong>\u2013 Research (Yellow) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Baron Howard Florey (1898 \u2013 1968) was a scientist and a co-discoverer of penicillin. Born in Adelaide, Florey became a Professor of pathology at Oxford University where he made his discoveries. Florey shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. Florey was never interested in fame. He simply sought to help people and share the knowledge to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mawson <\/strong>\u2013 Exploration (Blue) Monash <\/strong>– Public Service (Red) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sir John Monash (1865 \u2013 1931) engineer and soldier, was probably Australia\u2019s greatest military leader, serving successfully in Gallipoli and on the Western Front during the First World War. Monash was knighted on the field of battle, a distinction which had not been given to a British soldier for nearly 200 years. Loved by his troops, Monash always put the good of others ahead of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oodgeroo<\/strong> \u2013 Literature (Ochre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920 \u2013 1993), formerly known as Kath Walker, was an Aboriginal poet and civil rights leader. Born a member of the Noonuccal tribe on North Stradbroke Island (Moreton Bay), she educated herself and later began to write poetry, and lecture on Aboriginal issues at Australian universities and at international conferences. Oodgeroo Noonuccal was a campaigner against all forms of injustice and a believer in reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Each of the six Houses in the Senior School are divided vertically into six Mentor Groups, each with approximately fifteen students from Years 7 to 12. The purpose of the Mentor Groups is to establish a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment for all students and to foster connection across the year groups. Mentor Groups meet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[13],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1658","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/1658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2024\/11\/Oxley-College-Senior-Swim-Carnival-26.jpg\")
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Sir Douglas Mawson (1898 \u2013 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer, geologist and academic. First involved with Shackleton and Scott, Mawson later led three expeditions to Antarctica gathering valuable scientific data and mapping 1,500kms of coastline. He was an explorer of courage, fortitude, endurance and resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n