Our Catholic Augustinian Identity
1A. Strengthen a shared, contemporary, community model of the Catholic Augustinian traditions with an explicit focus on developing a Christ-centred personal faith and spirituality.
- To encourage, demonstrate and model Augustinian values in student voice.
- Stakeholder engaged:
- Students
Community
4C. Strengthen student voice within the College.
- To promote and advocate the implementation of the NSW Child Safe Standards, with particular reference to CSS3 in a way that is child friendly.
- Stakeholder engaged:
- Students
Student Voice Week 2023, as told by Max King-Gibbons, Prefect and Heavey House Captain:
This week was Student Voice Week. The Student Leadership Team and I implemented a number of activities and events to increase and emphasise student voice and everyone’s involvement in the shaping and development of the College.
Activities/Schedule:
Monday
- Survey: An online- survey was sent out to the school that asked about the biggest issues facing youth today. This coincides with a local campaign, ‘Have Your Say Day’ where, with other schools, the Student Leadership Team will present these issues to local members, organisation leaders, and government officials (all focusing on how to improve and develop your lives).
Tuesday
- Notes (Lunchtime): Stands were set up in Goold Quad where the boys were encouraged to write down any changes and developments they would like to see at the College. We had a lot of great feedback which we will go over and then discuss with Mr Byrne and Mrs Earle.
Wednesday
- Town Hall (Lunchtime) We hosted a Town Hall-style meeting at the Brimson where we reflected on the notes and boys were encouraged to ask questions and present suggestions directly to the team.
Thursday
- Karaoke (Lunchtime): This definitely focused on Voice. The Student Leadership Team along with Year 12 students, hosted a hilarious karaoke in the Goold Quad.
Friday
- College Assembly, Period 1: This wasn’t the traditional assembly. It focused entirely on student voice, with only students speaking. The Student Leadership Team hosted the assembly and the 2023 SRC team were inaugurated.
- Student Leadership Dodgeball Competition (Lunchtime): If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball. All students had the opportunity to get to know the Student Leadership Team better. It was great to see the boys ‘get amongst it.’
Input from the boys will assist majorly in building a College lifestyle and culture which is predominantly influenced by the students’ voices and opinions!
The Tuesday lunchtime notes stand attracted a lot of boys and produced plenty of feedback:
The Town Hall-style meeting gave the boys an opportunity to ask direct questions:
College Karaoke
