A Focus on our Values – Courage
Our classes throughout our school are working incredibly hard to unpack our value of Courage and what it means for them. This will continue to be an explicit focus for us during Term 4.
Why Courage?
Courage is not a common value for schools and can mean many different things to different people. We show courage at Norwood Primary School by:
- Accepting challenges and embracing opportunities
- Taking responsibility for our own learning and behaviour
- Being brave and not giving up
- Asking for help when we need it
- Having difficult conversations (including when people’s behaviour does not reflect with our values)
- Including others
Courage is not necessarily loud, but is sometimes quiet and thoughtful and can relate to any area of life. By embedding this value in the culture of our school, we model the behaviours we encourage in our learners.
As part of our celebration of our Values, we will be awarding those students who have consistently displayed and modelled the Courage behaviours of our Expected Student Behaviour. Students who are recognised for displaying Courage, will be presented with a Courage badge, which they can wear every day. These badges will be presented to students in a whole school assembly later this Term. For parents/guardians of these students, please keep an eye out for an invitation to be a part of this assembly to recognise those students who go above and beyond.
