Building a child’s resilience may be one of the best ways to help them thrive at school and beyond.
School brings so many opportunities for growth and learning. Each day is a source of wonder and new discoveries, personal and academic growth, fun and frie …
A creative approach to wellbeing has placed 39 choir and dance students and one violinist from St Brendan’s Catholic Primary School Central Bankstown centre stage at the 2023 Positive Schools Wellbeing in Action Conference.
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One Sydney Catholic Schools student’s work takes the 2023 Mental Health Month theme, We all have a role to play, to heart.
When it comes to promoting positive mental health, Archie Kingham is ahead of the curve.
The health benefits of sport for young people are so often expressed it’s easy to forget just how profound their impact.
Here are five reasons why sport is a first-rate way to encourage healthy bodies, minds, and skills for …
A ‘Healthy Kids Pitch’ has kick-started a renewed wellbeing and fitness focus at St Peter Chanel Catholic Primary School – and their passion for health has not gone unnoticed.
Feeling anxious about the return to school after COVID lockdown? You’re not alone.
Sydney Catholic Schools’ Wellbeing Team have reinforced teachers’ readiness to guide students back to classroom routines, with resources on topics including anxiety, gaming addiction and resour …
Is your child excessively self-critical, afraid of doing a task ‘wrong’ or prone to taking a while to bounce back from disappointment? They could be struggling with perfectionism.
Jan Robinson speaks regularly to students and teachers about the difference …
Sydney Catholic Schools’ Director of Mission and Identity, Anthony Cleary, discusses the unique wellbeing ‘lift’ that spirituality can bring in times of challenge, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farming may not be the first thing that comes to your …
Concord’s vibrant new ‘spoonville’ village is bringing the community together – one spoon at a time – under the creative power of St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.
Students, teachers and …
In National Child Protection Week, psychologist Sandra Reynolds discusses the changing face of ‘neighbourhood’ during COVID-19 and how to support your child’s wellbeing at this time.
This year’s National Child Protection Week (5-11 September) theme is: Every child, in every c …
Child friendly neighbourhoods portrayed through art were the focus of Sydney Catholic Schools’ 2021 National Child Protection Week art competition.
The art competition was organised by Sydney Catholic Schools’ Supervisor: Child Safety, Sandra Reynolds, to coincide with the …
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From Lego projects to recipe sharing, Sydney Catholic Schools’ Family Educators are leading the charge to help families stay connected to their school, parish and neighbourhood communities this lockdown.
“Now, more than ever, while we are physically separated, we need to feel …
Need a ‘brain break’ or just some inspo to get moving in lockdown?
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Randwick PDHPE teacher and wellbeing coordinator, Ry Kato, has you …
St Patrick’s College Sutherland student leaders have found the answer to staying focused and up beat at the end of a school week: Feel Good Fridays!
On Feel Good Fridays, students from all grades have joined dance, skipping, …
Students and staff say they are calmer and more settled since a suite of wellbeing and mindfulness activities have been rolled out at St John Bosco Catholic Primary School Engadine.
“The student …
More than 40 Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) have jumped on board a new craze designed to get active while having fun.
The brains behind the fun ‘40-Second Challenge’ is Peta Haynes, the sports coordinator at St Christopher’s Catholic Primary School Panania.
She said she and her colleague …
Where do we find God in COVID-19?
Priests are not immune to the fears and anxieties many are feeling right now.
“At first I said I was ‘frightened’, but then I changed the word to ‘overwhelmed’. I was ‘overwhelmed’ that something like this could happen,” Sydney Catholic Sc …
Support for those experiencing domestic violence. Disclosures of domestic violence. Allegations of domestic violence against employees
Pope Francis – “We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished and protected.”
“This policy is recognition of the fact that Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the custodians of the lands upon which our schools stand. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and future.
Type: Policy
Classification: Operational
Policy Number: SCS2023001
Released: 27 January 2023
Review Date: 27 January 2026
Rescinds/Replaces: TL201604-1.1
Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS …
Type: Policy
Classification: Operational
Policy Number: HR201804-1.0
Version: 1.0
Updated: < ...
Type: Policy
Classification: Operational
Policy Number: SCS2023011
Released: 8 May 2023
Review Date: 8 May 2025
Rescinds/Replaces: TL201607-1.0
The purpose of this policy is to provid …
Type: Policy
Classification: Operational
Policy Number: SCS2021006
Released: 23 August 2021
Review Date: 23 August 2024
Rescinds/Replaces: TL201803-1.0
The wellbeing of all students i …
Type: Policy
Classification: Operational
Policy Number: SCS2022011
Released: 4 April 2022
Review Date: 4 April 2025
Rescinds/Replaces: TL201701-1.0
Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) recog …
