Assistant Head of Gioia House

Gioia House Action Girls

Congratulations to our Gioia House students who were awarded an Action Girl Award. The following students have demonstrated a commitment to their learning and showing respect through their words and actions. 

Congratulations to our Action Girls:

Year 5:
Theresa Bassil
Catherine Daoud
Elena Magri
Grace Welsh

Year 6:
Deanna Deligiannis 
Madeline Dus
Mariam Fajloun 
Michelle Ho

Gioia House Outreach

The senior students and Ms Sulis called for us to give generously as part of the Santa Sabina Sleepout. Ms Sulis shared with the Gioia House students the St Vincent De Paul Night Patrol van gives around 3000 snack packs each week. We thank the Gioia House students and staff who generously donated grocery items to go towards making snack packs for people less fortunate than ourselves. The senior students were able to make 600 snack packs which was greatly appreciated by the people in need. We continue to encourage the Gioia House students to find ways they can contribute to people in need

Bullying No Way

During our Gioia House Pastoral lessons, the students took part in the Bullying No Way: ‘Everyone Belongs’ National Week of Action (12 – 16 August). The students looked at the definition of bullying, which is ‘The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group’. We discussed the importance of feeling like we belong at school, home and other communities and groups. The students identified what groups they belong to, and we also discussed there are some people who struggle to feel like they belong. We spoke about the importance of embracing who we are, respecting everyone’s differences and standing up together against unkindness. Students were also given a few different scenarios where they were asked to identify what the right thing to do would be and the strategies we can use if someone is targeting ourselves or how to be an upstander.

Marisa Maks
Assistant Head of Gioia House