Pastoral Care and Student Wellbeing
At Clifton State High School, Pastoral Care focuses on supporting students as they transition through life, with a strong focus on developing a Growth Mindset.
Effective Pastoral Care is achieved through promoting positive school environments that support the development of every student in the following areas:
- Physical
- Intellectual
- Social
- Emotional
Concepts to be addressed
- Organizational skills at school
- Time management and effective use of a School Diary
- School expectations
- Who's who in the school - who can I go to when....
- Active citizenship
- Identity, self-awareness & self esteem
- Goal setting
- Positive attitudes
- Resilience
- Effective study habits
- Growth mindset
- Respectful relationships
- Positive behaviour
- Communication - body language, verbal etc
- Understanding personality types
- Building confidence
- Recognising personal differences
- Appropriate interaction with others
- Acceptance and tolerance to others
- Assertiveness vs aggression
- Leadership and team building
- Feelings - it's ok to share
- Ethical bystanding - looking out for friends
- Appropriate use of technology - social networking and cyber safety
- Decision making
- Budgeting
- Job readiness
- Drugs, alcohol, driving and parties
- Personal health and hygiene
- Healthy eating and exercise
- Puberty - My body and how it is changing
- Basic first aid