Chaplaincy

The Chaplaincy Program at Big Hill Primary School

The Chaplaincy program at our school is funded through the Australian Governments National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program.

Chaplaincy is a unique service that is of great value to our students, staff and parents, offering care, building the social skills of students, and encouraging responsible behaviour amongst our young people.

Our Chaplain works as an integral part of our Wellbeing Team along with our Student Welfare Coordinator. Together they offer individual support, they plan and implement wellbeing programs across the curriculum and they participate in a broad range of school coordinated activities such as school excursions, camps, sporting events and assemblies. Student engagement in this Program is of a voluntary nature.

Each year our school council seeks feedback from our school community in order to enable us to review and confirm support for the Program.  We also maintain a risk management plan which is reviewed annually.

School procedures are followed for parents and students to seek referral, manage complaints and to opt in / out of the Program.