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.
The Forest High School Mobile Device Procedures
New mobile phone rules for The Forest High School will commence in 2020.
The Forest High School Mobile Device Procedures
Please discuss these changes with your child. Additional resources, initiatives and departmental policies are available here
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.
Positive Behaviour for Learning
At our school, we use Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) – a whole-school approach for creating a positive, safe and supportive school climate where students can learn and develop. Our whole school community works together to establish expected behaviours and teach them to all students.
Student leadership
Student leadership helps young people find their voices, participate in decision-making, and understand their rights and responsibilities as active citizens. It helps students have a real impact on their learning and school environment and prepares them to participate meaningfully in their community.
Students can be leaders in the classroom, through their actions in the playground, through their support for others, or their involvement in academic, sporting, cultural or local community events or projects.
For more information about opportunities in NSW public schools, visit Student voice and leadership.
Below is a list of the 2020 Peer Support Leaders
Josh Abbott, Ryan Astronomia, Beth Battista, Leonie Beaugeard, Lily Beharrell, Tahlia Bowers, Jackson Brown, Em Callaghan, Melangell Chandler, Tenisha Cosentino, Emily Costa, Katherine Date, Jono Davies, Harshdeep Dayal, Jack Dennehy, Jemma Dixon, Poppy Dove, Katelynn Doyle, Jade Elliotte, Oliver Fairchild, Lachlan Grigg, Matisse Guzzo, Jess Groom
Jessie Heriot, Zach Herrmann, Emily Hyett, Anastasija Ljubicic, Dale Mapstone, Skye McPhee, Chelsea Nash, Joshua Nesci, Mitchell Norton, Anneliese Pamp, Pablo Pellicer, Liam Pooley, Kathlyn Richards, Jami Seale, Rhyse Sharma, Halle Smit, Kye Sparks, Zara Stewart, Hamish Stoddart, Harvey Sturley, Lucas Szmajda, Dylan Thurbon, Callum Van Schie, Ashton Yates
We congratulate these students on their appointment to these important roles in The Forest High School community