School Values
At Kew Primary School we have adopted the following school values, Co-operation, Acceptance, Respect, Excellence.
To enhance student understanding and practice of our school values students partipate in our CARE program. The CARE program is based on the premise that all students will benefit from:
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Student collaboration and wellbeing in a mixed-aged setting
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Increased understanding and awareness of the school values and student code of conduct
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Using a platform of consistent language and approach to student welfare that they can practice both in the classroom, at play times and at home
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Discussions and activites that build resilience and develop student leadership
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An increased sense of community in their environment
Every student at our school are apart of a CARE group which has about 17-18 other members from prep to year 6. A mentor teacher (not necessarily their own class teacher) meets with the group on a Monday morning once a fortnight. The students remain with the assigned mentor teacher and their group members during their stay at our school. All teacher staff including class teachers, specialist teachers, the Assistant Principal and the Principal are all mentor teachers.
During the CARE sessions we discuss the definition of each value, talk about the meaning of other words to develop a common language. We follow circle time with a participative activity, where students have an opportunity to model that particular value. At the end of the session we reflect on our discussion points and talk about how we can model these values in the classroom, outside and at home.
Parents are a vital link with the CARE program and are expected to talk about the values at home. A parent tip sheet, outlining some helpful conversation starters are available after each of the sessions. Please click on the following PDF files to see them.
parent information coperation session 1
Parent info cooperation session 2
Parent information Acceptance session 3
Parent Information acceptance session 4
Parent Information Respect session 5
Parent Information Respect Session 6
