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Carlton School is a dynamic learning community where students respect themselves and others within an educational environment that develops successful, creative and happy learners.
Students are empowered to develop the competencies that enable them to live, learn, work and contribute successfully, becoming responsible, caring members of their community.
Learners are actively engaged in:
- Reflecting and thinking
- Managing themselves
- Relating to others
- Participating and contributing to family, group and community
- Using and appreciating language, and communicating effectively
Vision
Carlton School celebrates Honesty, Loyalty and Courage in the pursuit of excellence.
Honesty -
in actively contributing to the well-being of our learning community.
We tell the truth. We treat others as we like to be treated.
Loyalty -
to ourselves, our beliefs and our community.
We don’t let others down.
Courage -
and confidence to face challenges in the pursuit of excellence.
We are prepared to take risks and try new things.
Values and Beliefs
We value:
- Success and personal best
- The diversity of individuals within the learning environment
- The three-way partnership between students, families and the school
We believe:
- that learning is a collaborative process based on student voice and participation.
- in social responsibility and community involvement.
All students are supported in their learning to:
- be problem solvers who can question, be creative, display intellectual curiosity, seek challenges, reflect and adapt to constant change in the 21st century.
- develop respect, pride, personal identity and empathy for others.
- value the diversity of our different cultures, languages and heritages.
- take responsibility for their learning, by being positive, self motivated and accountable for outcomes.
- establish good relationships that require communication, compromise and negotiation.
- be actively involved in building and sustaining a healthy environment physically, ecologically and socially within the school and wider community.
- face challenges and adapt confidently.
We deliver a curriculum that:
- is student centred.
- has Literacy and Numeracy as its foundation.
- uses Inquiry-based learning (which includes Social Sciences, Science and Technology).
- develops the key competencies.
- acknowledges the special character of Carlton School through The Arts and the promotion of physical and emotional well-being.
- increases knowledge and understanding of the learner via a variety of evidence-based assessment practices.
- enables students to actively seek, use and create knowledge.
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