Care and Support | ACG Strathallan

Care and Wellbeing for All Students at ACG Strathallan

ACG Strathallan provides a caring and supportive education where every child from Preschool to College can discover their potential and thrive within a vibrant school community.

Our core values of pride, respect, integrity and compassion are central to maintaining the standards of behaviour expected of our students and staff. These values underpin interactions at all levels and help to create a warm, welcoming environment where everyone feels safe and nurtured.

Our Vertical Tutor System

All students belong to a house and a house-based tutor group. Tutor groups are structured vertically into Year 7-8 groups and then into Year 9-13 groups to enable connections between students of different year levels and provide opportunities for mentorship and leadership as older students support younger ones. Each group is led by a tutor teacher whose role is to support, mentor and guide students across their years at ACG Strathallan.

Our dedicated staff members regularly set goals with students and support them to determine whether additional help is needed.

Services such as external counselling, support for literacy, and learning challenges are all available at our school.

Exceptional Pastoral Care and Learning Support

We aim for your child to excel and achieve, and we offer a variety of support channels to enrich their learning experience. Our school leaders regularly monitor students’ academic progress and pastoral care. Students are involved at all levels of school life and thoroughly enjoy the community and its resources for learning.

Learning Support at Preschool

We provide access to special education and speech-language therapists, early intervention staff, psychologists and occupational therapists to help children overcome any learning challenges. We also work closely with the B4 School team and the Ministry of Health Vision and Hearing Team.

Learning Support at Primary School

Before the beginning of the new school year, families set goals for each term with their children.

Our caring and nurturing environment helps your child to feel safe, which is an important precursor for learning. In addition to the Primary School Principal, Primary students are supported by two deans.

Staff are available before and after school to meet with families whenever needed. In Years 4 to 6, a student diary of each child’s activities and progress helps parents exchange ideas with their child’s teachers.

Learning Support at College

Learning Support is offered to those students who have diagnosed special learning needs and require additional learning assistance and the provision of special assessment conditions. Examples of support include assigning students a teacher assistant for a set number of hours per week and providing students with individual reader/writer support for examinations.

The Role of Deans

Deans play a significant role in our pastoral care framework. Each year level has a specific dean with overall responsibility for student welfare, academic progress and personal development. International students also have a dedicated dean who can assist with funding and visa applications.

Literacy Support Programme

The Literacy Support Programme is run through the English faculty and is available from Year 7 through to the senior level. If your child could benefit from extra support with grammar, spelling and other literacy issues, the teacher will recognise it early in the year and inform you of this. Children in this programme will receive additional help from the literacy support teacher once a week.

Intensive English Programme

If your child’s first language is not English, we have an Intensive English Programme to support their learning run by specialist English language teachers who track progress through regular assessments. Some children may need to improve their elementary and intermediate English skills before being able to join mainstream classes.

Careers Advisor

The careers advisor is available for interviews with you and/or your child to advise on career pathways. Lunchtime sessions give students the opportunity to talk to representatives from a range of tertiary institutes and Study Link.

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Learn more about the personalised care and support your child receives at ACG Strathallan to achieve their full potential.

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