Pastoral Care at St Peter’s College

Key Points:

• The goal of St Peter’s College as a Catholic school is to meet all personal, academic, physical, spiritual and emotional needs of every student.
• Pastoral care involves creating the right culture and environment so that the above goal can be met.
• Pastoral care is part of the unique special character of St Peter’s College;
• All staff contribute to pastoral care;

WORKING WITH BOYS IN THE CLASSROOM

“The most critical aspect of working with boys in the classroom is to make a connection with them ... . Truly successful teachers of boys achieve this by finding out a little about each student’s background, family, work, sporting heroes, achievements etc. and feeding back that knowledge to the boy concerned to ‘make a connection’ with him that goes beyond the classroom and the subject being taught.” (Ian Lillico, 2001)