Strategic Intent

Purpose

Our school aims to provide a caring, dynamic and supportive learning environment that encourages all children to achieve and develop the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours to become valued and productive members of the community.

Our focus at Hamilton North Primary School is to support and understand every child for who they are and to help them achieve success both academically and socially.This means:

Our students

  • Aim to be the best they can be
  • Understand that effort equals success
  • Have individual starting points for their learning
  • Develop the attitude and skills to take responsibility for their own learning and behaviour

Our staff

  • Put children’s learning at the forefront of planning and activities
  • Support individual student learning by providing accurate and timely feedback on their work
  • Develop the child to achieve social, academic, emotional and physical wellbeing
  • Actively contribute to Professional Learning Teams to promote student learning outcomes

Our Parents

  • Are part of a team approach  – parents, teachers and students
  • Understand their child is valued as an individual
  • Understand  the school will conference student discipline issues using Restorative Practice to reach a resolution
  • Are offered opportunities to share in learning

The Community

  • Has a shared understanding of expectation with the school