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Student Wellbeing Happy students at St Margaret Mary's Catholic Primary Merrylands

Student Wellbeing

Our students are treated with dignity and respect. Their happiness and safety are our top priorities.

A place to belong

As part of a system of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Parramatta, our students are treated with dignity and respect. Their safety and wellbeing are our top priorities. The wellbeing and safety of all students is central to the purpose of Catholic education and we acknowledge that healthy relationships and exceptional pastoral care are core to each child’s positive experience at school.

Schools in the Diocese of Parramatta have a strong focus on pastoral care, and in addition the support of our school counsellor, additional resourcing is provided for wellbeing initiatives overseen by the Wellbeing Coordinator. The Wellbeing Coordinator is supported by staff on the Wellbeing and Behaviour Team, Leading Counsellors as well as K-12 System Counsellors in the implementation of these wellbeing initiatives.

We equip students with the knowledge and skills to cultivate their wellbeing through Religious Education, health, and wellbeing classes. We believe this sense of wellbeing and connectedness promotes healthy personal development in students and contributes to their academic success.

St Margaret Mary's is committed to providing a learning environment where students can thrive, feel safe and supported, and are nurtured to grow, belong and be confident.

We support the social and emotional welfare of students and their families through effective strategies, recommendations, policies and procedures, guidelines and tools. Our strong focus on pastoral care includes school counsellors and wellbeing initiatives to support students.

Our Four Pillars

Our Four Pillars initiative promote student respect and responsibility:

  1. Faith Community encourages students to live out our Catholic faith
  2. Teaching and Learning motivates students to work to the best of their ability
  3. Personal Growth empowers students to define and achieve individual goals
  4. Partnership inspires good communication and connection with others.

Each term, students are eligible to receive a principal’s award and take part in a special morning tea.

At St Margaret Mary's, our teaching approach promotes a strengths-based growth mindset. We empower students to make positive changes by asking 'What’s strong with you?' rather than “What’s wrong with you?'

We define character strengths as positive traits that are:

  • personally fulfilling
  • do not diminish others
  • valued across cultures
  • aligned with numerous positive outcomes for oneself and others.

Our character strengths education is delivered in our Personal Development and Health (PDH) program. Our families are encouraged to get involved with home activities.

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Other wellbeing initiatives

Transition to Kindergarten program
R U Okay? Day, Harmony Day and Wellbeing Week
Access to a school counsellor
Individualised attention for students with additional needs
Infants and Primary buddy sessions
Support for EAL/D students

Pastoral care programs at each year level are designed to help build resilience, independence and courage within each student.

Building child safe communities

We are committed to providing children and young people with school environments where they are safe, informed and able to participate, and where the adult community works together with them towards making this happen.

How CSPD schools protect child safety

We care about every student!

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Our vision

Transforming the learning of each student every day.

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