Known, Valued, Cared For

Students in Year 7 were welcomed to the College family with a new initiative, the Transition Toolkit, intended to support student wellbeing and set them up for success! Each item was selected for its symbolic value, with the theme of our St Michael’s College values – Known, Valued, Cared For.

A Key to organisation; to help you navigate the school and organise your materials to support your learning and success.

A pen to  remind you that you are the writer of your own story. Make it a story you can look back on with pride in the future.

A planner reminds you to use your time to advantage and to look for the good things in life, all the time.

A highlighter to remind you to focus on what is important.

A bookmark to remind you to read as much as you can for your own growth, and to play to your strengths, always, being the best you possible.

A medallion of St Michael and a prayer to remind you that St Michael is always with you. He is the saint of protection and invincibility.

A stress ball, that you can squeeze if you’re having a bad day, reminds you that you can bounce back if things are a challenge.

A Tiny Habits card to  point out the areas in your life that can support your wellbeing, and some easy tips to follow.

A letter from a staff member to remind you that you are wrapped in the good wishes of staff around you.

A tiny plant to remind you that you are also on a journey of growth. The care we show for each other and for our environment will help us all to grow and flourish.

This has been a collaborative process with staff and parent volunteers involved with packing the kits, and students from our EcoSquad nurturing the succulents at the end of 2022 in readiness for Term 1.  Junior School and Year 12 students also helped with final preparations, and our College Leaders were involved in distributing items to the Year 7 classrooms.

Our Year 12 students from Ms Pearce and Ms Kearins’ classes were also part of the project, getting into the spirit of the strength of the week, ‘Love’, by helping to add labels to the tiny plants created by the EcoSquad.