Calrossy Anglican School

The school’s wellbeing program, that Mrs Coe works on with the Leader of Wellbeing for boarders, combines the child’s individuality with the prospect of what the child can offer to the wider community. The program looks at the needs of each age group and gender, and provides them with a specific value for them to focus on each term. This includes values like resilience or service, and aids in bolstering the students’ ethics and ideals. Some examples include kids knocking on doors for Red Cross, raising the money to sponsor children in Uganda, and more locally, being involved in fundraising for a local helicopter organisation, a service that has irrefutably been a great asset to the community in the wake of natural disasters and bushfires. Within the smaller ecosystem of the school’s community, the boarders are part of mentoring programs to younger students, they also partake in a buddy system and even give some face time through serving breakfast to the youngsters. Being part of a rural community, the school even has its own cattle club and equestrian program involving the grooming and training of animals. Many of its students do after all have a highly rural background and potentially, a rural future. This way, the school can ensure they train them with the experience they need. “Honestly though, this is enjoyable for most of our kids. Our future lawyers and doctors love these programs just as much, and from this they learn the art of caring and patience,” says Mr Smith. Families Alongside the relationships with the pupils and the community, the school strives to keep families involved as much as possible. “We know there’s nothing like real family and so we try to keep these links strong,” Mr Smith maintains. Each term, the school has a leave weekend where the kids