Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care
The Middle School teachers and staff are committed to developing a safe and positive environment whereby every student is valued, nurtured and supported. The pastoral care of each student is a partnership between the School and home.
Each student has a Homeroom Teacher who has a significant pastoral care responsibility for your son. Supporting your son in the area of pastoral care are our subject teachers, Year Level Co-ordinators, Deputy Head of Middle School, and our Middle School Educational Psychologist.
House System
Students are placed into one of six Houses when they begin at the Middle School. Students compete in Inter-House competitions, such as Spelling Bee, debating, swimming, cross country, athletics and Highland Games. On a Friday Week A students wear their House shirts to school.
House | Colour |
Andrew | Green |
Bruce | Orange |
David | Black |
Gordon | Yellow |
James | Blue |
Robert | Red |
On leaving Middle School, Year 8 students are allocated into one of the 10 Senior School Houses below:
Alexander | Keys |
Anderson | Ross |
Brisbane | Shearer |
Cameron | St Andrews |
Ferguson | Stuart |
Students who are related to Old Scotch Collegians are automatically placed in their family’s Senior School House.
Student Leadership
House Senior Duties
All Year 8 students are given senior responsibility duties during the year. House Seniors are rostered throughout the four terms and generally have a week of campus-based duties. House Seniors, as a part of their Leadership and Service Programme, co-deliver the fortnightly Middle School Assembly.
Middle School Student Leaders
In addition to the House Senior responsibilities, in the last term of Year 7, students are able to nominate for Year 8 Student Leadership positions.
There are two tiers of student leadership in the Middle School:
- School Leaders
Six students, one from each House for a year long position working with all Middle School students.
Both student leadership positions work under the guidance of the Head of Middle School Student Leadership. - House Leaders
12 positions for Semester 1 & 12 positions for Semester 2, primarily working with House groups.