Welcome to Halidon Primary School
Gratitude
Our School
Our school motto “Growing with Wisdom” embraces our belief that we provide opportunities for all students to develop wisdom in cognitive abilities and skills to achieve their full potential and to develop their social, physical and creative skills and abilities.
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Halidon Primary School (HPS) was established in 1986 and is located in the suburb of Kingsley, some 17 kilometres north of Perth.
Halidon Primary School is a level 4 school that caters for the educational needs of approximately 201 students.
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Our staff embraces a focus on pedagogy following the research-based teaching practice.
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Strong, well established partnerships with our local community and the broader communities enables us to promote and sustain effective networks. We welcome the input of knowledge and skills by encouraging different perspectives and embracing change to ensure that we not only grow as individuals but also as a whole-school community.
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HPS has grown into a school that has clearly established agreed beliefs about teaching and learning. Our aim is to achieve student potential through a focus on quality differentiation and social and emotional well being of students. Our belief statement promotes excellence in teaching and learning, strong community partnerships within a supportive school environment.
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Effective leadership for the present and the future ensures growth is sustained, maintained and evolving. The leadership team supports current practices, keeps abreast of future directions in education and provides the catalyst for ensuring the school adapts to meet the ever-changing needs of today’s education priorities. Our leadership structure also supports the growth of future leaders through employing a distributed leadership model that recognises teachers as instructional leaders in their classrooms and future instructional leaders in schools.
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HPS has sound review planning structures resulting in excellent outcomes as validated by ongoing school improvement processes and shared leadership approaches.
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After School Care is available on site by contacting Zig Zags OSHC on 0421 369 516 or by visiting their website: www.zigzagsoshc.com.au
Our Vision
Growing with Wisdom
The Halidon School vision is that individual student needs are met with excellence in teaching and learning programs, building strong partnerships with our community in a supportive and nurturing environment. To facilitate this, staff have had professional learning providing current information about Department of Education initiatives and research based practices. We place a strong emphasis on the key curriculum areas of literacy, numeracy, science and HASS (History and the Social Sciences). Our students engage in a well-rounded curriculum experience based on the Australian Curriculum and the Early Years Learning Framework in the early childhood years of Kindergarten-Year 2. We place a strong focus on the explicit teaching of the “basics” but also offer opportunities for children to explore and reach their potential in all other curriculum areas.
The school provides an educational program that caters for a broad spectrum of abilities, needs and interests of students ensuring the learning needs of individuals is catered for. Teachers, students, Education Assistants and parents receive support and guidance through the Student Services team.
Our Expectations
GRROW VALUES
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All members of our Halidon Primary School community uphold the GRROW Values of Gratitude, Respect, Resilience, Ownership and Willingness as we grow with wisdom together.
Our learning community believes that students learn best and teachers teach best when we show...
Gratitude
We are grateful for our school environment and learning community. We work as a community; not in competition.
Respect
We treat people the way we want to be treated, valuing and respecting others’ opinions, beliefs, values, and cultures.
Resilience
We provide opportunities for students to be resilient in their own learning and take responsibility for ourselves, others and belongings.
Ownership
We show ownership of our own decisions respecting our one school rule of ‘Being Kind to Everyone’, no excuses.
Willingness
We encourage each other’s talents, beliefs and values. We are good neighbours and active citizens within our community.
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