Path to Life Fullness of Life

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4. Acknowledges the roles of schools in the development of the: • intellectual • physical • social • emotional • moral • spiritual • aesthetic aspects of young people’s wellbeing

5. Supported by state and territory governments • Designed to provide young people with adaptive set of skills to: • meet changing expectations of community • contribute to productive, sustainable and just society

6. National Safe Schools Framework 2011

14. Path to Life

16. Characteristics of the 10 Pathways 2 PATHWAY A Supportive and Connected School Culture Key characteristics of this pathway include: 2.1 Student connectedness to the school, parish and community 2.2 Staff promotion, modelling and teaching of Gospel values and expectations for behaviour in accordance with these values 2.3 Clear demonstration of respect and support for student individuality, uniqueness and diversity in the school’s inclusive actions and structures 2.4 Positive, caring and respectful student-peer relationships, student-teacher relationships, teacher-teacher relationships and parent/ carer-teacher relationships 2.5 Parent and carer connectedness to the school 2.6 Acknowledgement of the importance of staff wellbeing and safety 2.7 Working with the school community to encourage a positive stand against child maltreatment, harassment, aggression, violence and bullying 2.8 Appropriate monitoring of and response to child protection issues 2.9 Recognition of the distinctive needs of specific groups in the school community e.g. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, refugee and migrant families, people with disabilities, low socio-economic status families, families in crisis 2.10 Support for Catholic social teaching by providing opportunities for the school community to engage in faith-in-action initiatives.

18. To make the Path to Life a living and breathing document that guides our schools’ practices