We are committed to ensuring a safe and happy environment for your child.
We support your child’s health and safety through a range of strategies including:
- the behaviour code for students, which outlines the standards of behaviour expected in all NSW public schools
- anti-racism education
- anti-bullying programs
- conflict resolution and mediation training
- peer support
- road safety education
- the Healthy School Canteen Strategy.
For more information, visit the student wellbeing section of the department’s website.
Like all NSW public schools, we promote the healthy development of students through:
- school programs and practices that protect and promote health and safety
- supporting individual students who need help with health issues
- providing first aid and temporary care of students who become unwell or who have an accident at school.
Student wellbeing
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The department is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships and fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allows them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
At our school, we use Positive Behaviour for Learning – a whole-school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate where students can learn and develop. Our whole school community works together to establish expected behaviours and teach them to all students.
Our school has incorporated the Positive Behaviour Engaging Learners (PBEL) program into our Student Welfare policy. This program ensures a consistent approach with clear expectations of behaviour, clear sanction procedures and clear guidelines for the recognition of achievement. Classroom and non-classroom settings are managed with the three Bilgola b's:
- be respectful
- be responsible
- be successful
Discipline is effective if a whole school approach is used involving consistent responses and the modelling of appropriate behaviours. All students, school staff, parents and community members have rights and responsibilities which need to be clearly understood – a team approach.
Our school can make a significant impact on the behaviour of students by systematically promoting moral values and social sensitivity, both in the content of what is taught and the manner in which learning is encouraged.
Most students can behave in an acceptable manner, it is a matter of choice, they make their own decisions. When students choose inappropriate behaviour there are logical consequences. It is the inappropriate behaviour, not the student which is unacceptable. For additional information, download and view sanctions procedures (PDF 102.6KB).
It is important for all members of the school community to feel that they are accepted and respected and their efforts are appreciated.