Post Easter Breakfast Update - Phase A Continues
"Working In Progress"...
In our previous blogger post of Towards a Scotch 82 Survivor Comprehensive Pastoral Care Response , we referred to our Scotch 82 End of Year Wrap for 2024, and in that blog post it was suggested we "Co-design" a Scotch 82 Survivor Pastoral Care Plan/Program.
In response to the needs of our Scotch 82 Classmates Survivors and their Supporters, it was also suggested we can break down our Work in Progress Plan into three Phases: A, B, and C, over three years.
Suggested Phase A of the "Work In Progress" Scotch 82 Pastoral Care Plan included meeting our Scotch College Chaplains at the 2025 Scotch Family Breakfast, having given them Advanced Notice.
Prior to our Scotch Family Easter Breakfast...
Scotch 82 lads have embraced "Make Your Own OSCA" with a passion, and there are many great ways that our Classmate Survivors and their Supporters have found to utilize Social Media.
Showing initiative, by reaching out with our Scotch 82 Year Group Friendship Care and Support, and by sharing with our Classmates the pros and cons of our Survivors' experiences, we can be a great encouragement to our Scotch Family.
The Importance of Having a Home...
Yes, even Scotch Students and their families can find themselves without a home, and it's important that our Classmates Survivors feel supported, when facing the possibility of homelessness.
The Salvo's Australian "How can you help to prevent and end homelessness" resource, has a number of helpful pastoral care pointers, including:
'... Reach out for help early... If you — or someone you know — is worried about losing your home, we encourage you to reach out early as there is a lot we can do to support you before you become homeless...'
Our OSCA Chaplain, Graham Bradbeer, as the Minister of Blackburn Presbyterian church, is happy to refer Old Boys to pastoral care programs available through the Whitehorse Churches Care network.
'... Reach out for help early... If you — or someone you know — is worried about losing your home, we encourage you to reach out early as there is a lot we can do to support you before you become homeless...'
Our OSCA Chaplain, Graham Bradbeer, as the Minister of Blackburn Presbyterian church, is happy to refer Old Boys to pastoral care programs available through the Whitehorse Churches Care network.
Schools Learning and Growing Together...
With the help of our Scotch 82 Social Media profiles, prior to our Scotch Family 2025 Easter Breakfast, we began looking at a number of great Survivor oriented initiatives other schools have undertaken that involves the whole of their School Family/Community.
APS (Associated Public Schools of Victoria) are included amongst the many sharing on Social Media, and the Australian Government "Student Hub" recommended Teacher Magazine article called: "Pastoral care: A 10-step plan", is helpful when considering our Scotch 82 suggested Co-design approach.
March 2, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
March 2, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
March 6, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
March 11, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
March 16, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
March 23, 2025, Scotch 82 facebook Post
At and After The Easter Breakfast...
Hot cross buns and chocolate Easter eggs taste great any time of the year to some of us, however for our Survivors and their Supporters, Pastoral Care is most certainly not always about what is for breakfast, but often more to do with what our Scotch Family Christian traditions, values, and education around the topic looks like, in action.
At the Breakfast, Scotch Family Chaplains, Graham Bradbeer, David Assender, and Douglas Campbell happily chat with School Council Members, the Principal, Students, Staff, Parents, Old Boys, Wives, and all the other Scotch Family members wearing name tags, who had the opportunity to mingle, before sitting down.
School Council Members
Dr Scott Marsh
Principal
Our Scotch College Chaplains, Douglas Campbell and David Assender (Doug and Dave), have been very attentive, over the phone and in person, to addressing the needs of our Scotch 82 Survivors, so much so that Periods 1 and 2, commencing shortly after breakfast, had been set aside to ensure Pastoral Care took place.
Given the generous amount of Pastoral Care time set aside after the breakfast, Mick Arnott, Andrew Wilson, and Doug Campbell, sat in the Boykett Room to talk over some of the thoughts and principles that we could include in a Scotch 82 and/or Scotch Family Co-designed Comprehensive Survivor Pastoral Care Response.
Scotch 82 Social Media Survivor Friendship Care and Support Discussed...
The most vulnerable of our Classmates to Suicide are our Scotch 82 Survivors, therefore, Action Requests and Discussion Points raised by our Survivors and their Supporter are key to our year's Co-design Pastoral Care suggestions.
Previously, our Scotch 82 Social Media Friendship Care and Support initiatives have been discussed with our Scotch 82 Support Influencers, OSCA Past President Andrew Wilson, OSCA Executive Director Scott Montgomery, and OSCA Chaplain Graham Bradbeer, for over ten years.
Scotch 82 Social Media profiles, groups, chats, messaging, as well as Year Group BBQ and Campfire Events have lead to Scotch 82 Peer Group Friendship Care and Support of our Survivors too.
Peer Group skill levels for referring our Survivors to Pastoral Care professionals, like our Scotch Family Chaplains, is therefore an important Co-design consideration, and this was a discussion point during the Post Easter Breakfast Survivor conversation.
Several other discussion points have been recorded in email form, and sent to our Scotch College Chaplains, with our OSCA Chaplain Graham Bradbeer, and Scotch Council member Andrew Wilson, as carbon copy (cc) recipients.
Scotch 82 lads have displayed an ongoing willingness to Speak Up, as well as a desire to help each other develop the skills necessary to do what ever we can to reduce to zero suicides within our year, as recorded in our our Scotch 82 facebook page Support Album.
Having Andrew Wilson provide a School Council member insights as well as Past Boarding Student perspective, was a most valuable part of the Pastoral Care time we were blessed to have together, which we concluded with prayer.
Prayer for God's Will to be Done...
Jesus knew what being abused feels like!
Praying, post, a Scotch Family Easter Breakfast meant we brought some thoughts of what was happening at the first Easter, or Jesus going to die the most horrible and humiliating death sentence imposable by the Romans - death of a cross - into our prayer.
Peter denied Jesus three times before the cock crowed. Hanging on the cross, Jesus attentively cared for His mother and disciples, despite the agony and slow affixation taking place...
Experiencing healing and restoration, as apposed to feeling forgotten and discarded by our Scotch Family, is possible for our Scotch 82 Survivors, and we prayed that God's will be done in this regard.
Suggested Next...
Scotch 82 Survivor Support Brunch/Lunch....
At the present time, what comes next in the Suggested Phase A part of our Work In Progress Scotch 82 Survivor Pastoral Care Plan is an opportunity for our Survivors and their Supporters to meet up at a Scotch 82 Support Lunch/Brunch, in approximately 3 months time.
Prior to a Support Brunch/Lunch Considerations...
2. Contacting our Survivors who are still traumatized by their experiences during our at Scotch, or who become upset thinking about the current Pastoral Care being offered to them, can be very disconcerting for all involved.
3. If our Scotch College Council take (further) action to put in place a Scotch Family Survivor Comprehensive Pastoral Care Response that our Classmate Survivors and their Supporters recognize as best practice, then our Scotch 82 Survivor Pastoral Care Plan/Program becomes easier to envisage, and we are able to become more confident that a Suggested Phase B Implementation next year, in 2026, is practical.
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