Don Bosco Catholic Primary School takes student voice seriously in many elements of school life.
Principal Treasa Barwick has a relentless focus on child safety and the power of student voice within this.
Through online surveys and student focus sessions, the staff group are encouraged to reimagine how feedback will improve professional learning relationships amongst students and with their teachers across the school.
This empowers the students to speak up for what they believe is important in their education and school community.
This coupled with a redesign of student leadership, has given Don Bosco students a purposeful opportunity to become actively involved in the life of the school.
Students engage with the school community by coordinating special days, organising fortnightly care groups (focusing on peer connectedness and social skills), planning and leading all school assemblies and giving their feedback on things that impact their schooling (such as school improvement initiatives, child safety and their specialist learning and teaching program).
In addition to this, Don Bosco is working with its parent community to find ways in which to include their voices on similar topics through online surveys and within the school advisory and parents and friends’ committees.
These groups prove to be great opportunities for Don Bosco parents to also be active contributors to their child’s education.
