Student Services Team 2009Year 8 Coordinator Ms Paton
Year 9 Coordinator Ms McGuinness
Year 10 Coordinator Ms Illingworth
Year 11 Coordinator Mr Holyoake
Year 12 Coordinator Mrs Corrick
School Psychologist Mrs Belke
School Nurse Ms McEvoy
School Chaplains Mr Candy and Mrs Graham
Senior School Coordinator Mr Rennie
Absentee Officers Mrs Watson, Ms Richardson, Ms Petterson
The major roles of the Student Services Team are to provide support for students and the promotion of a caring environment within the school in order to assist students achieve their full potential. The focus of the Year Coordinators' role is to provide pastoral support and course counselling for students.
The Year Coordinators are appointed to
- provide a link between the parents and the school staff
- integrate new students into the school community
- assist in the monitoring of the behaviour of students and performance of students
- support students’ personal and social development.
Students are encouraged to discuss with their Year Coordinator or other members of the Student Services Team any concerns they have which affect their learning in the classroom.
Parents are encouraged to make contact with the appropriate member of the team should they have any concerns about their child’s learning.
Parents, please make a member of the team immediately aware of the following:
- changing circumstances in the home that has significantly affected your child
- changes in your child’s medical condition that teachers should be aware of so that they may provide a suitable learning environment
- changes in the rate of progress or behaviors that differ noticeably from past performance and/or that of peers
- long absences due to illness or other reasons
- concerns about performance in the classroom or any other area of the school.
Parents are invited to make the school aware of any significant achievement of their child so that they may be recognised in the appropriate manner.