Assistant Head of Gioia House

The Gioia House students have settled in well this term and look refreshed and ready for Semester 2. Thank you to all the students who participated in the Santa Fest fundraisers, donating treats for our Bake sale, buying a Dom’s Pizza and taking part in the variety of activities held throughout the week. We encourage the students to get involved in all College activities.

Gioia House Action Girl Pastoral Program

During Pastoral lessons the students have reviewed their goals, identified the goals they have achieved and added in new goals for this term. We will continue to find opportunities for the students to reflect on how they can work towards achieving their goals through perseverance and determination.

The students were involved in the Action Girl Rock and Water pastoral session which focused on identifying ways to resolve conflict. The students discussed different scenarios when we would use a water approach to resolve conflict. The water attitude allows you to stay calm and be full of self-confidence. When we use the water approach we can remain calm and listen to the other person. Water is not seen as weak, but instead is strong in its calmness and self-control. The rock attitude is more assertive and you close off from the opinion and feeling for others. You are not peer pressured into doing what you feel is not right. The students were able to identify different scenarios when it would be appropriate to use a water approach and a rock approach. 

During our Gioia House Be Active session our Gioia House Leaders organised a series of ‘Olympic events’ to get into the spirit of the Paris Olympics. The students took part in a variety of obstacle courses and competed in some friendly competition. Well done to the leaders for their commitment to their leadership position and organising wonderful activities for the students to participate in. 

What a great start to Term 3! We look forward to more exciting events in Gioia House throughout the term.

Marisa Maks
Assistant Head of Gioia House