Our staff

Please contact the office

• if you wish to check on attendance or notify of an absence   
• for fees and excursion payments.
• to be connected to a staff member

For Bus/Train Push Pass inquiries: Please email the school with your query.

You can contact the school office:

• by calling (02) 9144 1689 (8:30 am- 3:30pm Mon-Fri) or 
• by emailing stives-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au (for general queries) 
• or stives-h.admin@det.nsw.edu.au (for attendance and absences).

In order to streamline phone calls to the school and to save your time and frustration in not being able to speak to the correct person, here is a brief summary of who you should ring to help answer your questions. This flowchart will also assist you in your request - Who to contact?

For any queries, please ask for the following staff member:

• For a class problem within a specific subject or you have a general problem within a specific subject, ask for Head Teacher of that Subject.
• Welfare related concerns, ask for the 

1. Year Adviser, then 
2. Head Teacher Wellbeing, then 
3. Deputy Principals

• For discipline concerns, contact one of the Deputy Principals.
• For progress-related concerns, ask for the Year Adviser.
• For career advice call Mr. Holmes or Mr. De Palo on 9144 1689

Who are our school counsellors?

School counselling staff are members of the school learning and support team.

Our school counsellors are registered psychologists who have extensive experience working with children, adolescents and their families.

What do our school counsellors do?

The school counselling service can:

·      Work with school staff and parents to improve the learning and well-being of students,

·      Provide individual counselling for students, including appropriate short-term interventions,

·      Liaise with and refer to appropriate external providers, as necessary,

·      Contribute to planning for students with additional needs, including assisting in completing funding applications,

·      Assess students (cognitive, social, emotional or behavioural) referred by the learning support team,

·      Actively support Year Advisers and Learning Support staff,

·      Contribute to whole –school welfare programming, including assisting with targeted programs.

Contacting the School Counsellor

Students and parents/guardians can connect with the service by making an appointment directly with the school counsellor, leaving a note with the Office or completing the School Counsellor Referral Form here

If the matter is urgent or an emergency, please contact your GP, local hospital or call:   

1. Immediate safety concerns, contact ‘000’
2. Children between 0-17 years with complex mental health concerns who live in the Hornsby or Ku-ring-gai Local Government Areas,– Hornsby Child & Youth Mental Health Service: (02) 9485 6155 between 9.00am and 5.00pm, Mon.– Fri.
3. Mental Health Crisis Line for referral services – 1800 011 511
4. Youth Beyond Blue - 1300 22 4636  Open 24/7 from 3pm to midnight