The Mazenod Journey

"Make them good humans, make them Christians, make them saints"

St Eugene De Mazenod

Mazenod College is a welcoming, learning community, following Jesus Christ in the footsteps of St Eugene De Mazenod. Working with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate we seek to inspire both ourselves and others to ‘Learn who we are in the eyes of God’. Along the path of that discovery, we seek to create a community where all feel valued, respected and loved by God.

All members of our community have the right to be safe in our community.

We partner with families and students to amplify individual wellbeing and nurture a sense of belonging so that students may contribute to healthy relationships in our community, and flourish individually.

The Mazenod Journey serves as guiding outcomes, emphasizing our intentional focus as we journey with students within our community. This journey is framed by activities and learning we believe are important to becoming active participants in society, each according to their ability

At Mazenod College, we view a student's educational and personal growth as a journey shared with families. This journey encompasses a range of experiences, encompassing both successes and failures, social and academic, all of which aid our community members in ‘learning who they are in the eyes of God’. We aim to support our young men in becoming their authentic selves and Mazenodians—men of integrity and respect who embody the charism of St Eugene De Mazenod through loving service.

Our graduates will be strength-orientated and hope-filled, willing to take safe risks as daring learners in the pursuit of personal excellence. They will know the value of healthy, respectful relationships and how to maintain them. We strive to foster missionary zeal so students experience closeness to people, either in service or in interpersonal relationships.

We want our students to be daring in their spirituality with the will and courage to walk in the footsteps of the Apostles. Each step of their journey will build on their last as they journey from Year 7 to Year 12. Each part of their journey is mapped with the whole person in mind and the man they will become as our goal for all Mazenodians in our loving community.

Year 7

'YOU ROCK & LEAP'
"Live the life of the family of which you are a part of."
St Eugene De Mazenod
We ask our students leap into Year 7 at Mazenod. As they take their first steps of their journey with us, we know they may hold a range of feelings at this transition. The orientation of our new students Year 7 students at the College is a key focus for the College. We say to all students ‘you ROCK at Mazenod’. This is an acronym used for being respectful, organised, courageous and kind. These values drive our focus of transition and pastoral development.
We offer bespoke LEAP lessons to complement the pastoral care time they have each week. This bespoke program provides a safe space to question and learn as students they begin their Mazenod Journey. The program provides guiding pastoral care and practical information on many aspects of the high school experience, including academic habit forming.
Our peer support program introduces students to our loving community through intentional mentoring sessions that develop Mazenodian closeness, safety and trust.
We begin our formation focus of missionary spirituality through the introduction of our Christian Service Learning Program with Form, House and Portfolio leadership opportunities alongside service groups such as Young Vinnies and the Sustainability Group.
Through this year students will transition into high school and develop effective academic and social habits. They will understand their interdependence with others in our community and explore the need for appropriate independence.
Some key initiatives for our students:
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12

Year 7
'YOU ROCK & LEAP'
"Live the life of the family of which you are a part of."
Eugene De Mazenod
We ask our students leap into Year 7 at Mazenod. As they take their first steps of their journey with us, we know they may hold a range of feelings at this transition. The orientation of our new students Year 7 students at the College is a key focus for the College. We say to all students ‘you ROCK at Mazenod’. This is an acronym used for being respectful, organised, courageous and kind. These values drive our focus of transition and pastoral development.
We offer bespoke LEAP lessons to complement the pastoral care time they have each week. This bespoke program provides a safe space to question and learn as students they begin their Mazenod Journey. The program provides guiding pastoral care and practical information on many aspects of the high school experience, including academic habit forming.
Our peer support program introduces students to our loving community through intentional mentoring sessions that develop Mazenodian closeness, safety and trust.
We begin our formation focus of missionary spirituality through the introduction of our Christian Service Learning Program with Form, House and Portfolio leadership opportunities alongside service groups such as Young Vinnies and the Sustainability Group.
Through this year students will transition into high school and develop effective academic and social habits. They will understand their interdependence with others in our community and explore the need for appropriate independence.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- Oblate Heritage Day
- Fathers & Friends Breakfast
- Mothers & Mentors Afternoon Tea
- Senior School Pastoral Mentoring Programs
- Cooking at St Brigid’s College
- Ancient World Day & Water Expo Day
Year 8
'STEP UP'
"Going forward in the ways of the Lord."
St Eugene De Mazenod
In Year 8, our students Step Up and into this new year. Building upon the foundations laid in Year 7, students delve deeper into what it means to be part of the Mazenod College community, striving to live out the values of our community. They are empowered to increase their independence, share their talents, and embrace opportunities for personal growth. The boys, soon young men, are supported in their growth through the pastoral program by taking risks, challenging themselves, and overcoming obstacles to achieve their own personal excellence.
During the journey through Year 8, we offer the Step Up pastoral program. Building on the learnings for LEAP, the program is dedicated to expanding those skills with a bespoke Social and Emotional Learning program. We ask students to be zealous in their respect of dignity and provide intentional tools to manage this within the program.
This encourages good decision-making, relationships and the ability to be authentically connected to the College community. The language and social skills become the underpinnings for the next steps in Year 9 as they engage with the Rite Journey program.
Stepping up also means stepping towards leadership opportunities.
Students will have found their place in our community and understand that with this safety comes growing responsibility for their learning and the relationships they influence around them.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- Student-led Socials
- Bickley Recreation Day Camps
- Leadership Programs
- House and Form Competitions
- Galilee Reflection Day
- Step Up SEL Curriculum
Year 9
'THE RITE JOURNEY'
"The will and courage to walk in the footsteps of the apostles."
St Eugene De Mazenod
At Mazenod, we consider Year 9 as a key transition point on a young person’s journey with a shift from more adolescence to adult behaviours. The Rite Journey pastoral program is specifically designed so that our staff can walk with our Year 9 students on their journey with a growing understanding of their place and responsibilities in the world. The Rite Journey provides a framework to support young men in their journey to become productive members of society and includes sessions with specialist-trained mentors, usually Form Teachers or the Head of Year. They facilitate topics that are introspective, extrospective and full of appropriate physical and mental skills challenges. This prepares our Year 9s as they journey into Year 10, a time of important decisions, emerging responsibility, risk-taking, and more adult relationships.
Throughout the year, students are asked to engage in daring learning. Students enter into a more rigorous academic phase of their journey with their Year 9 Exams. We encourage emotional awareness and distress tolerance in meeting the challenges.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- Rite Journey ceremonies and the Abyss Camp
- Cohort Badges
- R U OK Day Celebrations
- Student-led Afternoon Social with St Brigid’s College
Year 10
'MYPATH'
"Accomplish the great work that God has entrusted to us."
St Eugene De Mazenod
In Year 10, the focus is on personal growth and respectful relationships founded on being a Mazenodian with our core College values of Respect and Dignity, Compassion and Charity. Students need to be courageous and daring learners and foster a love of learning. Students focus on their relationships and pathways in Year 10. It is a time of important decisions with choices that are maximised with effective study and academic rigour.
As they journey these decisions start to form a flexible map on which they chart their course from Senior School to their post-school pathways. They contemplate and begin to map their future pathways, making informed, passionate choices as they consider the academic pathways.
The intensive MyPath program spans the entire year and includes Careers Week and our Careers Expo, followed by one-on-one family course counselling sessions.
We also understand the importance of taking opportunities to develop personal integrity in relationships they are forming, as Mazenodians with each other and staff but also in personal relationships with others. We encourage accountability for what they present to the world. We do this through high standards and a focus on understanding healthy relationships with females.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- Presenters: Jade Lewis, David Kobler and Daniel Principe
- Dance Lessons and Dinner Dance
- Respectful Relationships Mentoring
- The Keys4Life Program
- Peer Support Program Nominations
- Careers and Course Counselling
Year 11
'LEADING THE WAY AS LEARNERS, LEADERS AND MENTORS'
"Our duty is to rush to where there is the most urgent need."
St Eugene De Mazenod
The final two years of schooling are crucial. In this step of the journey, students must bring a mindset focused on personal excellence and well-managed behaviour designed to grow academic performance. We focus on moving students in Year 11 from dependence to interdependence and independence. This will be accomplished by assisting the students to grow in their self-management and resilience.
As Mazenodians, we propose that with maturity comes responsibility. Course selections have been made and for most students, the academic pathways have been mapped and the senior school curriculum is underway. We offer flexible pathways, with key, but reducing, points to reassess those choices, to ensure all students have the opportunity to learn who they are in the eyes of God.
The community trusts our young men as they engage in service with zeal. We ask students to conduct our peer support program. It sees our Year 11s engage in orientation activities with our new Year 7s. Participants build Mazenodian bonds of belonging and a compassionate community across the years. Further development of leadership is also a key part of the Year 11 journey. Students also have the opportunity to apply to attend our leadership development camp, from which we select the Year 12 Perfect Council and House Captains.
In Year 11, we see young men of integrity before us and we ask them to be seen in our community as young leaders and mentors, badged or not.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- The Peer Support Program
- Leadership Camp and Selection
- RAC Street Safety Day
- Senior School Socials
- Oblate Immersions
- Careers and Course Counselling
- Elevate Study Skills Sessions
Year 12
'JOURNEYING ONWARDS'
"There is nothing higher than your service."
St Eugene De Mazenod
The final year of senior schooling prepares students for their transition to future pathways, emphasizing service, faith, and personal excellence. Year 12 students assume leadership roles within the community, guiding and inspiring their peers while reflecting on their Mazenod Journey. We see before us journeying, young men who are asked to give courageous witness to their faith and service this year as seniors.
We celebrate their Mazenod Journey with the Ball, and Valedictory Dinner as well as recognition and thanks from the Mazenod Community at the Farewell Assembly.
In Year 12, all students are now senior leaders. They are the models for our younger students. The Prefect Council and House Captains lead portfolios of action under the categories of Faith & Charism, Sustainability, Wellbeing, and Community.
Some key initiatives for our students:
- Final Year Celebrations: Valedictory Mass & Dinner and Year 12 Ball
- Safe Socialising Presentations
- Onsite Student Driving
- Senior Student Leadership
- OMI Network Student Leadership Conference
- Mazenod Old Boys
- Kairos
- Year 12 Reflection Day

A student holding a light at Mazenod College Perth WA

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Our Wellbeing Vision

"I have come that they might have life to the full" John 10:10

We wish for all our community members to live life fully, experiencing the abundance of God’s love and participating in all parts of human society.

With Christ as our foundation, we place the spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing of each person as a priority. Our approach is founded on being Christ-centred and child focused. Each community member is supported to come to holistic understanding of themselves founded on the dignity of the human person.

It is an approach that is values-based, drawing on the Charism of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate for strength and guidance.

Below you will find our Wellbeing Framework. It is a framework shared with our community of Catholic Schools and guides growing wellbeing across our school.

Our focus on wellbeing improvement happens at three levels:

Capabilities

Capabilities reside within students, educators, school leaders, parents and families. Capabilities such as attitudes, skills, knowledge and behaviour (that all relate to wellbeing) can be improved by learning and applied practice.

Connections

Connections occur between people through healthy respectful relationships. Connections can be improved through high levels of physical and psychological safety, a strong sense of belonging and a spiritual connection with God.

Conditions

Conditions relate to the elements of a group, classroom or school environment that interact to build a context that supports wellbeing. These conditions can be improved through school leadership; teacher practice; and the design and function of learning spaces.

Our Wellbeing Framework