Margaret Thorsborne, a Restorative Practices consultant worked with our Pastoral Care Team last Friday. The meeting was a follow up to the work Margaret did with the whole College teaching team earlier in the year. At Pacific, one of our core values...
On the 13th of October a group of parents, students and staff met during the Strategic Planning Day to discuss where to in the next four years for wellbeing and formation. Firstly, I would like to thank all the participants for their time, deep...
During the last week of term the Year 6 students planted over 300 trees in Kawana Forest. For several years now the Year 6 cohort have been linking up with The Sunshine Coast Council to complete this important environmental project. Well done to the...
As a Christian school, compassion is at the centre of who we are. Compassion can be defined as that feeling of distress at the suffering of others that is combined with the desire to alleviate it. Watching the World News on any evening shows us a...
A recent article on Purpose written by Rhiannon McGee the head of Positive Education at Geelong Grammar School had me thinking about Purpose here at Pacific. According to Bronk [2014] most definitions of purpose feature three elements: commitment,...
The Year 8 students have just returned from a very positive camp experience. They found it a good opportunity to strengthen friendships and to make new friends. This is what Samantha, Eliza, Holly and Denali reported on the experience to the recent...
In a term when we are focusing on positive relationships it is important to reflect on our time spent with our sister school Seishin Gakuen from Kashima in Japan. Our first visit to Seishin occurred back in September 2005 when a group of Pacific...
This term our PERMA focus will be relationships. At Pacific from day one we have had People… the focus as part of our College mission. In a practical way we have aimed to build a foundation of positive relationships. The goal is for staff, students...
As we come to the end of another semester of pastoral care at Pacific it is worth reflecting on what care means in modern education. Ian Morris - Head of Well-being at Wellington College in the UK, defines care as a non-judgemental attitude which...
Next Thursday, 28 th June, the Year 2 and Year 12 students are invited to bring along their lunch and a teddy bear for a gathering to connect before the holidays. We look forward to making ongoing connections with these buddies.