Clear Values and Statement of Purpose

Statement of Purpose

We strive to provide, in partnership with the whole community, a quality learning environment where students can maximise their potential to create positive futures.

Our Motto

Our motto, Creating our Futures, encapsulates the following beliefs:

Creating
  • Learning is an active, not passive, pursuit
  • Learning does not happen to a student, it is something that he or she actively decides to do
  • Teachers and parents and the school can help to provide the right environment in which to learn…
  • Ultimately, however, the student chooses to learn
    Our
  • In a school we learn together as a community: students, teachers and parents
  • We need to help each other to learn, never taking away the right of others to learn
    Futures
  • School prepares us for, not one, but a variety of futures: employment, further study, relationships, parenthood, civic roles, recreation, cultural enjoyment and so on
  • Students can widen and vary the futures that they have depending on how well they decide to create futures

    Key values

  • Showing Respect, Demonstrating Responsibility, Seeking Excellence

  • These values apply to all members of the school community: students, staff and parents. Some examples of how to live out these values include:
  • Respect for others by avoiding put downs, harassment or racism
  • Respect for the school and others' property
  • Respect for other learners in the classroom
  • Respect for the uniform and the school's good name
  • Respect for yourself
  • Being responsible enough to report damage instead of walking past
  • Being responsible enough to set goals and work towards them
  • Being responsible enough to be on time without the need for bells
  • Seeking excellent results (excellence = my best)
  • Seeking excellence on the sporting field