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Social-emotional

Extra-curricular opportunities

We are dedicated to nurturing the social-emotional potential of our students through a variety of supportive extracurricular activities. Our programs aim to strengthen self-awareness, emotional resilience, empathy, and positive relationships beyond the classroom. These opportunities encourage students to build confidence, develop interpersonal skills, and cultivate a strong sense of well-being and connectedness that supports lifelong emotional growth.

Social-emotional domain
Our programs foster social-emotional growth by developing organisational, communication, and leadership skills. Students build emotional stability, empathy, resilience, and self-awareness while learning to make thoughtful decisions and understand their impacts. They gain peer respect, engage in social justice, and strengthen their ability to analyse tasks. These opportunities support confident, connected, and socially responsible individuals.
Learning characteristics
  • advanced organisational and management skills
  • advanced social and communication skills
  • emotional stability
  • empathy
  • demonstrated leadership and decision-making skills
  • resilient and self-aware
  • foresees consequences and implications of decisions
  • respected by peers
  • self-confident
  • task analysis and backwards mapping abilities
  • social justice advocacy
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Highlights

We offer a variety of clubs and competitions designed to nurture social-emotional growth by providing students with opportunities to build meaningful connections, develop teamwork and leadership and entrepreneurial skills, and gain confidence. These activities encourage collaboration, empathy, and resilience as students engage with peers and challenge themselves in local, state, and national competitions.

A student of Ryde Secondary College
"Being a leader as part of the Student Representative Council gives me the privilege of meeting students from all across the school and using their ideas to make a difference. I really enjoy being able to work with the team to raise awareness of causes I am passionate about."
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Our staff provide mentoring and tailored support to nurture each student’s social-emotional potential, addressing their individual needs and challenges. Through guided workshops, peer support programs, and mindfulness activities, we foster emotional resilience, empathy, and positive relationships. View some of our social-emotional extra-curricular highlights below.

Students fundraising with teacher
Prefect Team
Students kayaking
Duke of Edinburgh
Students with mentors
RAISE Youth Mentoring
Students at camp
Camp
Students making coffee
Cafe Malvina
Students and teachers walking
Student Representative Council
Student receiving award
Debating and public speaking
Students sitting with teacher outisde
Peer mediation
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Life Ready
Students making a podcast
Podcasting and recording
Students laughing with teacher
Future Teachers Club
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SRC Social Justice Council
Students fundraising
Charity Team
Students holding animal with wild life expert
SRC Environment Council
Support unit students
Support Unit Lively Lunches

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