Pastoral Care

Welcome back to all students and their families, and a special welcome to the new Shore boys and families who are joining us for the first time this year. It was terrific to be at the front gate last week to welcome and meet many of you. As the Acting Deputy Head of Pastoral Care, I am excited and grateful for the opportunity to work with the excellent staff at Shore who are committed to keeping our boys safe and enabling them to learn and thrive as young people.

Shore is very fortunate to have a fantastic Pastoral Care team that works tirelessly every day to build positive and respectful relationships and ensure that all our boys are known and supported so they can fully participate in the life of the School. As part of our approach to student wellbeing, Shore collaborates with many excellent external experts, such as Yasmin London and her team at ‘ySafe’ who the School hosted on Thursday 9 February. All our boys in the Senior School will hear from ‘ySafe’ during either Term 1 or 2 and then discuss and debrief on the key themes and content presented to them during tutor and House time.

Our next parent seminar is an online seminar for our Year 9 parents on Tuesday 21 February. David Kobler from ‘Your Choicez’ will speak to parents about teaching boys respectful relationships and the importance of consent. David will then speak to the boys the following day about this topic. This is a key focus area for us, and we will be engaging our boys in further age and stage relevant discussions as the year goes on. Further information and a link to the webinar will be forwarded to all Year 9 parents closer to the date.

For additional support, parents can also access SchoolTV, which provides detailed information on a range of wellbeing topics for parents. The archive includes information on topics such as school transitions, managing Year 12, school refusal, managing screen time, moving to a new school, starting Year 7, and more.

I hope the start of the new school year has been positive for all students and families thus far. I look forward to working with parents and carers throughout the year to support students at Shore.

Mr D Champion
Acting Deputy Head Pastoral Care