Issue 10 SJC News 2020

Shifting Compliance to Culture – It’s Everyone’s Business.

Our staff appreciated working through a range of on line presentations and training packages on the pupil free day, 13 July. Our day was themed Shifting Compliance to Culture – It’s Everyone Business. Two key sessions were from our own SJC Child Safety Officers and Kristie Elliot from Restorative Pathways. Both these sessions highlighted the importance of the ways in which we keep each other and our students safe and the appropriate relationship and restorative conversations we can have to get the best out of our students.

Uniform Standards

We are pleased with the start to the term and feel the boys have been in a good frame of mind, grateful for being able to attend classes face to face in these uncertain times. We have been very clear about our uniform and grooming expectations as we are keen for the boys to take more pride in the way they wear their uniform to and from and whilst at school. The following are the basic expectations we expect and we would appreciate support from families with ensuring the following is adhered to:

- Shirts to be tucked in at all times, even at recess and lunch times. They can wear a black belt to assist with this.

- Shirt top button should be done up with the tie all the way up. Boys should purchase shirts that allow for this.

- Blazers must be worn as the outer garment to and from school.

- Shoes are to be black leather lace up and able to be polished.

- Boys are to be clean shaven. They can be sent to the office for a shave if they are not responding to warnings.

- Hair standards mean that hair on the collar needs to be tied back.

- PE uniform should only to be worn on the one day per week they participate in PE prac. No Year 12 should wear PE uniform.

- VET uniform is only SJC VET uniform with no beanies and no caps. HR teachers are aware of who wears the VET uniform.

Subject Selections

Many students are meeting with key staff in the coming weeks about their subject choices for 2021 and it is pleasing to see many boys looking to challenge themselves by accelerating into a VCE subject. We encourage all of you to pay a real interest in your son’s subject selection and whilst we cannot involve parents in our meetings this year face to face, your interest and input goes a long way in ensuring your son chooses the right pathway at this stage of his education.

Posisocks

Last Thursday our Year 11 boys received a gift and a message from the Posisocks CEO Trent Cotchin. Posisocks produce socks that have a positive messages written on them that you read as you put them on. SJC is proud to be Trent’s first client and we have encouraged the Year 11s to wear them each Thursday which is the day they are meeting at lunch times in the cricket pavilion to talk. SJC plan to work with Posisocks and explore personalising colours etc. so other year levels can also experience the same positive experience in the near future. The feedback from the boys has been really positive.