At Christ the Priest Catholic Primary School, we seek to provide an environment which nurtures the social, emotional, physical and spiritual development of every child, and encourages the fulfilment of personal potential in all achievements.
A positive sense of Wellbeing refers to a state of being well physically, mentally, and spiritually. At Christ the Priest, our lens of wellbeing is further illuminated by our faith, as we listen to the words of Jesus who said; ‘I have come that you may have life and have it to the full’ (John 10:10). At Christ the Priest we provide students with a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment, enabling and empowering students to flourish and realise their unique potential.
We do this by:
- Ensure our learning environments and school practices are consistent and predictable
- Provide a strong Positive Behaviour for Learning environment for all students
- Promote expected behaviour through various individual, group, class and whole school rewards systems
- Ensure appropriate plans are in place and followed such as Behaviour Support Plans, Personalised Learning Plans and Safety Plans
- Encouraging positive relationships between all members of the community by involving the community in the life of the school.
- Engaging with an interpreter on staff
- Engaging and working closely with trauma informed organisations for refugee families such as Foundation House
- Collaboratively implementing a whole school approach to positive behaviour management
- Weekly explicit teaching of social and emotional skills and our Matrix expected behaviours
- Encouraging student voice and agency
- Providing student leadership opportunities from Prep-6 and senior level leadership
- Providing opportunities for Grade 5 and Grade 6 students to attend camp
- Providing various activities at break times to engage students and harness their strengths
- Working in House Teams across the school and collaboratively working towards being a STAR (Safe, Team Workers, Achievers, Respectful)
- Facilitating an engaging two-year buddy program for our Prep and Year 5 students
- Engaging a school counsellor on staff
- Raise awareness on wellbeing topics that promote inclusion, respect and living in harmony with one another.
At Christ the Priest, We aim to be STARS!
Safe
Team Workers
Achievers
Respectful
Year 6 2026 Student Leadership Team fulfilling the following roles:
- Liturgy Leaders
- Arts Leaders
- ICT Leaders
- Inclusion Leaders
- Siena (Yellow) House Leaders
- Lisieux (Red) House Leaders
- MacKillop (Blue) House Leaders
- Aquinas (Green) House Leaders
We encourage children to contribute in positive and responsible ways to their school and community.
At CtP we value teaching our students how to:
- make choices that are safe and that reflect a postive profile of themselves
- understand their role in a team and how to collaborate with others
- view themselves as life long learners who seek to achieve by being motivated to be their best
- be respectful in all interactions, make responsible decisions and be accountable
In our Positive Behaviour for Learning community, we view every choice as an opportunity to teach and to learn. We use a clear behaviour flow chart to guide how we respond to unexpected behaviour, keeping our focus on teaching students the positive skills they need to succeed.
