Guidance Officer
Dear Parents and Guardians,
A warm welcome to the new school year to everyone. I hope you all had a relaxing and healthy holiday and feel refreshed to begin your next learning chapters. My name is Lisa Henderson and I am the Guidance Officer at RVSSC, working from Monday-Thursday.
As A Guidance Officer I work with students, parents and school staff to promote the academic, personal, and social development of all students. Topics may include personal situations that students may need support with, leading enrichment programs, diagnostic testing as well as career planning and other transitions after school.
Students can make an appointment with me through our Student Sharepoint page, Daymap, or by emailing me directly. Students can also be referred by a teacher or their parents by contacting the school office on 07 38195333.
I am here to help students achieve their goals, as well as provide support for the parents and teachers.
Who’s chatting to your kids?
At the beginning of a new year it may be timely to revisit information about our students and their use of online sites to communicate with friends and family. Many of the sites that students access to communicate with their friends contain areas where they can post personal information about themselves including their name, age, location, photographs, and contact details. Please take some time to discuss the on-line safety tips, provided by Queensland Police with your children:
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/programs/cscp/personalsafety/children/childprotection/
Parents key to helping their kids with bullying
Starting high school can be a tricky time for students and their parents. It can be a time of upheaval for friendships, where young people making the transition to high school may lose touch with close friends and navigate new friendships. Sometimes the line between regular friendship issues and bullying becomes blurred. Parents can play a critical role in helping their children address bullying and ReachOut is an organisation that has provided valuable information and support to parents and individuals around bullying. For instances of bullying, we strongly recommend the use of Stymie, an online notification tool where students or parents can make anonymous reports that are sent directly to our Principal, Deputies, House Coordinators and Guidance Officer.
Below are links to ReachOut and our online reporting tool STYMIE for both parents and students.
http://au.reachout.com/tough-times/bullying-abuse-and-violence/bullying
https://parents.au.reachout.com/
Lisa Henderson
Guidance Officer