Engagement Program
CPS has a dedicated Student Engagement Officer, Rocky, who works with students on school-based or community projects to support them both inside and outside the classroom. Rocky also supports students’ transition to high school.
Chaplain
The School Chaplain and is employed by YouthCARE and placed in the school to work as part of the Student Services Team. Our Chaplain is an approachable and proactive role model in the school community. Chaplains provide proactive pastoral care for students, staff, and parents/carers, helping to create a positive and safe school environment and looking out for those in need.
Chaplains support students and the school community through bereavement, difficult family and peer relationships, and other life difficulties that confront children and young people.
This may look like:
· Providing pastoral care for students, families, and staff
· Assisting and supporting students and staff at school events and in classrooms
· Facilitating pastoral support programs and resources
· Linking schools with the local community, support agencies, and organisations
Breakfast Club
The school runs a Breakfast Club every morning during school term from 8.25am – 8.45am. Breakfast Club is open to all students and teaches them life skills as well as ensuring they have a nourishing breakfast. Students serve themselves, eat together, wash, and put away their own dishes.
Therapy Dogs
Charthouse Primary School is committed to our successful Therapy Dogs in Schools program. This provides regulation and emotional support for students across the school. We have at least one dog in attendance at all times and students can be released to visit the dogs with a Special Needs EA at point of need.
Our current certified ‘therapy dogs’ are:
- Oggy and Ben: Block 4
- Arlo and Wilson: Block 3
- Charthouse also has a Story Dog, Brutus, who visits selected students every week for reading support.
Chill Zone
The Chill Zone operates every morning in the Community Room.
Students can attend from 8:45am and are sent back to class when ready, or at 9:10am.
Each Block has its own mini-Chill Zone to help students regulate during the day.
If students need additional support to chill, they bring an ‘I need to chill ‘ card to the office and Administration staff will assist them to de-escalate.
Chickens and Sustainability
The school has a chicken coop located behind the Early Learning playground. The chickens are fed by food scraps collected from Crunch-n-Sip and the canteen. The eggs collected can be used for classroom cooking. Otherwise, they are utilised through the Breakfast Club.