School Counsellor News

This fortnight, classes across the school have continued to explore lessons related to kindness. Humans are born to be kind. In order for humans to have survived as a species, we needed kindness! Not only does kindness help us connect with others, research shows that it has positive effects on our wellbeing too. When we help and give to others, we feel happier, more energetic, stronger and calmer, as well as less anxious, depressed and stressed. We are wired to feel good when doing things for others – when we carry out acts of kindness, the pleasure centres of our brain light up. Kindness is its own reward! 

We can foster our children’s kindness through modelling kindness ourselves, giving them responsibilities and opportunities to be caring and helpful, and exposing them to kind, inspiring people. This communicates the importance that society places on kindness and helps children recognise how connected we all are. 

Try this at home: With your children, create a list of five ways you can each show kindness to others as a way to spread joy and build your positive connections. You could even make a plan to carry out all five random acts of kindness today! 

Parent Information Session: Fostering Calmer Drop Offs  

Have school drop offs become a challenge, and you’re not sure what to do? We are here to help! You’re invited to a parent workshop aimed at helping school drop offs become hassle free. See details & register your interest via this link.  

Student Protection  

It is a legislative requirement that all non-state schools have at least two nominated staff members to whom a student can report the behaviour of another staff member that the student considers inappropriate.  We call these specially trained staff members School Student Protection Contacts, or SSPCs.  Each SSPC has been nominated by the principal in recognition of their integrity, approachability and knowledge in the area of student protection.  Whilst students are encouraged to speak up to any trusted adult in the school community, it is important that they know they can access these specific staff members at any time should they have worries, queries or concerns. You will have noticed posters throughout the school depicting our current SSPCs.  The SSPCs are also published on our school website along with information about our student protection processes.  In everything we do at St Saviour’s Primary School, student safety is our highest priority, therefore the SSPCs at our school are key personnel in our overall safeguarding processes.  Please see the poster below depicting our current SSPC team. 

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