The Pastoral Approach
Our value system at St Patrick’s Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½
Our value system at St Patrick’s Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½
The importance of pastoral care: a caring, sharing way to educate.
— Helena Pozniak
The goal of School Wide at St Patrick’s Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ is to create and maintain a positive and safe learning environment that enhances our school culture where we maximise individual academic and social growth.
In daily Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ life,
The four Houses are:
Pastoral Care at Croagh Patrick (Year 9)
Home Group is an integral part of the Croagh Patrick focus of building and valuing relationships. Students meet in their Home Group each morning where they work with their Home Group teacher to ensure
The 10 Home Groups at Croagh Patrick are:
Motivated by a strong sense of social justice, each of the spiritual founders of the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ committed themselves to serving others. St Patrick’s Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ students have a duty and responsibility to serve both the local and international communities by working to assist others. There are many opportunities within the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ to experience leadership with all Year 12 students forming the senior leadership group of the school. St Patrick’s Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½
Student Wellbeing Support Services
- an online resource designed to empower parents with credible and sound information with realistic, practical ongoing support strategies.
- The site of the Australian Office of the eSafety Commissioner provides expert advice on managing social media issues including mechanisms to report inappropriate online behaviour.
- Website created by Susan MacLean, one of the world's leading experts on cybersafety. Also follow Susan MacLean on Facebook for regular cybersafety updates and advice.
- Website providing information to parents across all stages of child development.
- The Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ´«Ã½ delivers The Resilience Project to students, an emotionally engaging program providing practical, evidence-based mental health strategies to build resilience and happiness. This site offers simple ideas to help parents/guardians practise gratitude, empathy, mindfulness and emotional literacy daily.