Assistant Principal - Pastoral Care
“Student voice means recognizing that young people have a perspective on the world that adults can’t share and that their perspective should be welcomed alongside the wisdom that adult perspectives bring.” (Gretchen Brion-Meisels)
Gretchen Brion-Meisels is a lecturer in education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research concerns improving school climate and examines school reform partnerships between students and adults.
Enabling student voice allows our students to share their beliefs and provides them with the opportunity to express their views. Empowering student voice helps our students develop confidence and understand that their voices are valued, even at a young age.
With this in mind our College Captains, Chayton Chang and Makayla Beatty addressed our College assembly to give their perspective on this term’s Pastoral theme of Belonging and its link to the Emmaus Project at SJPC. Their thoughts are shared in the following link.
So far, throughout 2025, there has been a great focus on inclusive language and behaviour among students and staff at the College. One aspect of this has been the production of some posters. These posters have been developed by the College Student Leadership Team and in particular Kayla Hallawell (Year 11). We hope by immersing ourselves in these messages it will allow for the development of a safe learning environment for all students and staff.
