Stars - helping students to make a safe transition into high school.

What is Stars?

Stars is a Foundation for Youth Development programme that supports Year 9 (3rd Form) students during their first year of high school through five planned and fully integrated phases - Adventure Camp, Community Project, Community Adventure, Careers Expo and Peer Mentoring.  

The programme aims to make the transition into high school a positive experience for Year 9 students and helps strengthen the sense of community within the school, by bringing younger and older students together through Peer Mentoring.  Senior students are guided and supported through the Peer Mentoring process by teachers.

Stars is based on four underpinning philosophies:

• Personal support so students can achieve and develop 
• A range of tailored experiences over an extended period of time that will induce and cement behavioural changes
• The development of personal skills and abilities
• Continuous assessment to ensure the programmes effectiveness