Philosophy

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Killara Primary School is committed to holistic learning, which caters for each individual – intellectually, socially, physically, emotionally and culturally, through:

Providing a safe and caring learning environment
Collaboration, consultation and community involvement
Self-pride and social responsibility
High level teaching and learning
Student centred approaches catering for individual differences
Developing individual learners within a thinking framework to develop initiative and creativity

Killara Primary School empowers individuals to make a difference to the quality of their lives and to the aspirations of their community so that students:

Are literate in all areas of the curriculum
Have a love of learning and are self-motivated
Have enquiring minds
Can communicate effectively
Have the opportunity to achieve and experience success
Work independently to achieve and experience success
Are critical reflective thinkers
Have high self esteem and respect others in the environment

We believe each student will succeed through experiencing quality in:

A comprehensive integrated curriculum that provides depth and breadth of experiences
A safe caring environment that values the individual community needs and supports risk taking
An innovative learning environment that is stimulating and challenging
A culture that values collaborative work practices
Links being made between home, school and the community
A technology rich environment that fosters communication and connectedness with the global community

We demonstrate our commitment to working as a thinking school in a learning community by:

Ensuring that teaching and learning is modelled by all members of the learning community and part of an evaluative process
Being brave and proud in all that we do
Celebrating individual and group achievements
Managing through open and effective communication