Assistant Principal - Mission and Wellbeing

World Mission Month

October is designated as World Mission Month and it is Catholic Mission’s opportunity to engage with Catholic communities; to reach out and help others flourish.  Catholic Mission supports communities in Australia and overseas.  This year we would like our College community to know that they are not alone; we are here to help them in any way we can. 

HSC Prayers

We have had the opportunity to place photos in our Parish church of our Year 12 students who are sitting their HSC in November.  Please keep all of our students in your prayers over the coming weeks.  If you would like to pray for a specific student, please contact the Parish office to offer your support. Thank you so much for your support of our students in such a challenging year. 

Catch the Wave

Catch the Wave is our College spiritual emersion for Year 8 students to experience. This experience will allow them to discern what being a part of a ministry class in 2022 (CSYMA) will be like. Unfortunately in our current context, we are unable to run Catch the Wave in the usual format but our students will not miss out! Our Youth Ministry officers, in conjunction with Ms Fiona Stuart, will be spending time in each of the Year 8 classes to gather expressions of interest for CSYMA classes into 2022. I would encourage all parents/carers to have a conversation with their children in regards to this program.

Mental Health Month

October is also Mental Health month, where PC teachers encourage students in Pastoral Care time to participate in challenges to enhance their mental health. These activities will foster students sense of belonging and connectedness as they share experiences and challenges in a new and fun way.  If you and your family would like to participate, here is the link to the challenge:

New Pastoral Care Structure for 2022

At the College, we are spending a significant amount of time looking at processes to ensure alignment and clarity in all we do.  We look at our data to determine if it is worthwhile considering doing things differently and what the benefit may be for all students under our care. 

This new model will see Year 7 and Year 12 placed in a year group Pastoral Care class where there will be a focus on peer support and mentoring.  The remaining year groups will be vertically integrated (Year 8 -11) according to house groups: 

Year 7 – Leader of Year 7 Academic Care 

Year 8 -11 - Leader House (Farrelly, McAuley, MacKillop, Edmund) 

Year 12 – Leader of Year 12 Academic Care 

Families will have all children in the one House and, therefore, one House leader to liaise with.  House leaders will now have the opportunity to journey with your child for the middle years of secondary school.  Our focus for the Pastoral Care time will be on mentoring, coaching, and peer support, as well as knowing your child as a learner. 

If you have enquiries regarding this new Pastoral Care structure, please email bronwyn.shipton@lism.catholic.edu.au 

Christmas Hampers

At St Paul's, it has become a tradition for each Pastoral Care group to collect a hamper of groceries to be presented to St Vincent de Paul Society at the offertory procession during the final School Mass of the year – the Giving Mass. 

We will be asking your child/family to consider contributing one item of groceries to the hamper.  More information will be given to your child during Pastoral Care.

Mrs Bronwyn Shipton - Assistant Principal - Mission and Wellbeing