Year 8s Explore Online Respect and Responsibility

As part of our ongoing focus on e-safety, Year 8 students will be engaging in an important class activity this week and next, aimed at raising awareness about harmful online behaviours and what we can do about them.

In their Pastoral Care classes, students will work in groups to explore key issues from the eSafety Commissioner’s website, including:

• Online hate
  
  
• Bullying online
  
  
• Pressures from social media
  
  
• Trolling
  
  
• Being called out online
  

Each group will then present their findings to the class, encouraging thoughtful discussion and peer learning. Topics will include how negative online behaviour affects confidence and wellbeing and what young people can do to protect themselves and others.

Our eSafety message to students this week has been....

The eSafety website offers practical advice on how to respond, including:

• Blocking or reporting harmful behaviour
  
• Reaching out to a trusted adult or teacher
  
• Using wellbeing resources and taking breaks from toxic spaces

Let’s continue to support each other and build a culture both online and offline, where respect, empathy, and safety come first.

Hearing the Word of Laudato Si’ from Pope Francis

and welcoming Pope Leo XIV

At CRC St Albans, our Year 8 Religious Education classes have been exploring creation stories and reflecting on the idea that we are created to have dominion, not as domination but as care and stewardship,over the earth, the seas, and all living creatures.

In response to Pope Francis’ call in Laudato Si’ to care for our common home, we are making real and lived connections in our everyday lives. Over the past two terms, students have been placing used plastic bottles and drink cartons into a large collection container at school.

This week, our dedicated Year 8 Attard class sorted the contents into bags, preparing them for recycling at Cash a Can in Brimbank. The Catholic Earthcare Garden Group will now take on the task of delivering these bags, earning 10 cents per container which will be donated to Fishes and Loaves food bank at Holy Eucharist.

Stay tuned to find out how much we raise! More importantly, we celebrate the impact of our small actions: recognising God’s hand in creation, respecting the environment, and living out our Christian values in practical, thoughtful ways.