We are committed to ensuring a safe and happy environment for your child.
We support your child’s health and safety through a range of strategies including:
- the behaviour code for students, which outlines the standards of behaviour expected in all NSW public schools
- anti-racism education
- anti-bullying programs
- conflict resolution and mediation training
- peer support
- road safety education
- the Healthy School Canteen Strategy.
For more information, visit the student wellbeing section of the department’s website.
Like all NSW public schools, we promote the healthy development of students through:
- school programs and practices that protect and promote health and safety
- supporting individual students who need help with health issues
- providing first aid and temporary care of students who become unwell or who have an accident at school.
Student wellbeing
Like all NSW public schools, we provide safe learning and teaching environments to encourage healthy, happy, successful and productive students.
The department is committed to creating quality learning opportunities for children and young people. These opportunities support wellbeing through positive and respectful relationships and fostering a sense of belonging to the school and community.
The Wellbeing Framework for Schools helps schools support the cognitive, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development of students and allows them to connect, succeed and thrive throughout their education.
Bullying behaviour has three key features. It involves the intentional misuse of power in a relationship. It is ongoing and repeated, and involves behaviours that can cause harm. It can be verbal, physical, social, or psychological behaviour that is harmful to an individual or group of people. The NSW Department of Education requires all NSW public schools to have an Anti-bullying Plan which details the strategies implemented to reduce student bullying behaviours. Conflicts or fights between equals or single incidents are not defined as bullying.
The Sydney Secondary College Balmain Campus Anti-Bullying Policy outlines the ways in which the school manages any incidents of bullying at school.
For additinal information explore Mental Health and Wellbeing Support Services for Young People.
College Wellbeing Resources
The College Team has collated a range of resources and links to services that may be helpful in supporting student wellbeing. Click to visit the College Wellbeing Way website.