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Pastoral Care at Lindisfarne is about helping students to excel in life.At Lindisfarne we recognise the school’s role in assisting each child to develop to their full potential – not simply as scholars but as human beings. Our function as a school is more than to impart academic knowledge – it is to provide the life skills and encourage the qualities that will assist each student to make the transition from dependence to independence, from child to young adult.In a broad sense, Pastoral Care is about creating a community to which each student feels a sense of belonging, secure in the knowledge that as a valued member of that community they will receive encouragement, guidance and support. Pastoral Care permeates every aspect of school life - it is integrated into the curriculum and structural organisation of the school so as to nurture each student’s personal, social and academic wellbeing. It’s about building trust, mutual respect and empathy with the students. It’s about taking the time to talk with children, and to listen to them. It’s about treating students as individuals and understanding the issues that affect them inside and outside of school. It’s about giving each student a sense of safety, security and self-worth. It’s about feeling safe in the classroom - to have a go, to make a mistake, to accept a challenge, to voice an opinion. It’s about providing opportunities for students to experience genuine success and celebrating that success with them. At Lindisfarne, Pastoral Care is implicit in all that we do. It is also underpinned by explicit Pastoral Care based programs and Co-Curricular activities, including:
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