Student Wellbeing - Chaplain and YSC
We are in the middle of the term and there has been a lot that has happened but we still have plenty of events still to come.
Pastoral Care
As school chaplains, our role is to provide emotional, spiritual and social support to the students and wider school community. One of the ways that we provide support is with one-on-one pastoral care conversations. If you would like us to provide support for your child, please email us chaplaincy@ripleyvalleyssc.eq.edu.au
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club is well underway for the term and is operating currently Tuesdays-Fridays from 8:15-8:45 am. If you want to help out, don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you Ps Igor Scholz from Cityhope Church for helping us on a Friday Morning.
Programs
The Chaplaincy Programs are well underway such as RAP, Strength & Bella Girls. Thank you to those who are participating and there will be more support programs to come in 2025, please keep a look out for these.
SU Camps
Scripture Union Australia, the organisation that employs the chaplains here in Ripley Valley and in hundreds of schools across the country is also a camping organisation. If you are looking for something for your child to do over the holidays, please follow the following link. https://su.org.au/events/?category=Camp
Chappy Pantry
We have recently been able to create a Chappy pantry at Ripley Valley State Secondary College. It was designed to provide essential food assistance to students who may come to school without lunch, have insufficient lunch, or experience hunger during the school day.
The Chappy pantry has already made an incredible impact and we are excited to continue to grow this initiative.
Christmas Hamper Drive
Christmas can be a difficult time for families, so, our new Ripley Youth Club have helped plan in collaboration with Renew Baptist Church, a Christmas Hamper Drive this year. This will support the hamper drive as their community service opportunity for the term. We are hoping to collect an assortment of basic supplies, festive items and food to gift to families in our school community that would benefit.
Chappies Taylah and Kristian will be collecting the items in SSS and with the help of the students, put them into hampers to distribute before the 22/11/2024. If you would like to purchase anything to donate, please see some suggestions below. Feel free to use the suggestions or get creative!
Non-perishable items
- Basic necessities, such as soaps, handwash/ bodywash, tooth brushes and toothpaste
- Tinned soup
- Tinned spaghetti/ baked beans
- Long life milk
- Tea and coffee
- Cereal
- Muesli bars
Festive items
- Christmas biscuits
- Christmas cake/ pudding
- Fun items and activities: card game, chalk, puzzle, craft kit and Christmas decoration.
Chappy Kristian & Taylah
Kristian Atkins Taylah Adsett
Chaplain Chaplain
Alicia Pickerill Jacob Millerick
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Student Wellbeing - Chaplain and YSC