HOUSE LIFE AND PASTORAL CARE

House Life and Pastoral Care

Your House Life

At Senior School, the four Houses of Burrows, Flynn, Penman and Taylor play an integral role in the life of all students. The House System provides a framework for your care and wellbeing within the school and fosters a deep sense of connection to one another and the life of the campus.

Your Head of House and House Mentor play a key role in providing opportunities for this connection, they are a consistent daily presence to support you and guide you with a multitude of matters ranging from academic organisation, wellbeing, faith development, leadership aspirations through to upholding uniform and community expectations.

Students begin the day in House Group with their House Mentor. This daily meeting provides a consistent space for the day to commence in a supported environment, including devotional time, opportunities to enhance well-being and fun ways to build strong relationships between students and staff throughout the three-year Senior Campus journey.

Unlike Middle School, students don’t stay with their House Group for any other classes, as classes and therefore your timetable is created based on your unique subject selections. Opportunities for you to connect to your House are many and varied. At Senior School, the program includes, but extends well beyond, the traditional House Sports that may spring to mind. You will be encouraged to get involved in a host of activities from Philanthropy to Wearable Art, from Drama to Synchronised Swimming and a whole bunch more!

The Houses offer an array of opportunities for you to contribute, serve, and lead, thus creating a strong sense of belonging and security for each student. We know this to be one of the best protective factors for a student’s mental health and that it also creates an environment for academic success.

Pastoral Care

We understand there is a lot more to settling in than merely preparing for academic study. To help you with the many new experiences and routines at Senior School, we can reassure you that there are many ways to access a variety of supports throughout your time with us, whether that support is required with personal, academic or careers needs or aspirations.

There is always help available with your study; if you receive Learning Support at Middle School then that continues at Senior School; if you’re used to emailing teachers for help, then you can do that at Senior School too. If you are having a bad day and just need a break, then we care for you in those times too - you have House Mentors, Chaplains and teachers who all want the best for you. We have a canteen three days a week and Cathy in the office who will always be able to find you a sandwich, hair tie, band aid or a bus pass.

And of course, the Careers Development Practitioners, who you have, or will meet, during the Year 9 Transformation program are at Senior School to continue to guide you.

The Senior School Hub

The Christian College Senior School Hub provides students with access to a range of useful resources including: assessment dates, study habit tips, subject information, careers and pathways, and chaplaincy.

This resource can also be used to see policies on phone use and uniform, and VCE acceleration to name a few. As well as being located on SEQTA using this icon, it is also mobile phone friendly, and we strongly encourage all students to download a version to their device. This is your ‘go to’ location to find out all you need to know about how the Senior Campus operates.

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