2024 Yearbook

PEER SUPPORT

Starting high school can be a whirlwind of emotions – exciting and fun, but also daunting and overwhelming. The peer support program in 2024 helped to ease the Year 7’s transition into the new chapter of their lives, with the help of Year 10 group leaders. This program is designed to offer new students with a warm welcome and steady guide through their start of high school. The groups meet for an hour once a week for the first term, participating in a variety of fun games and activities, creative projects and thoughtful discussions about our focus areas: resilience, positive relationships & anti-bullying. Activities included designing anti-bullying posters to put around the school, participating in a newspaper dress-up competition, and

embarking on a scavenger hunt to learn their way around the school and its staff. These activities helped students to build teamwork and create fun & lasting memories. We also helped foster connections between students who might not usually interact, and develop deep friendships early on. It also helped to build a steady support system for young students within the school, so they always know they can go to their peer support leaders for advice or when they need assistance.