Parkes Public School

Values Education

At Parkes Public School we teach values, including the values that underpin learning.

 Values are taught explicitly in classrooms and through the activities and relationships of the school and its community. In our school, core values influence how people communicate, work together and make decisions. They are reflected in our school policies and procedures. 

Values guide student welfare and discipline in our school, how the school communicates with parents and the opportunities for staff, students and parents to participate in decision-making. They also guide the learning experiences that we provide for students and how they are provided. Values contribute to all individual and group decision-making in the school community.

THE CORE VALUES

Parkes Public School recognises the importance of the following core values to the community. These values represent the aspirations and beliefs of the Australian community as a whole, including its concern for equity, excellence and the promotion of a caring, civil and just society. They are common to a range of secular and religious world-views and are found in most cultures.

The core values are:

INTEGRITY   Being consistently honest and trustworthy.

EXCELLENCE  Striving for the highest personal achievement in all aspects of schooling and individual and community action, work and life-long learning.

RESPECT  Having regard for yourself and others, lawful and just authority and diversity within Australian society and accepting the right of others to hold different or opposing views.

RESPONSIBILITY   Being accountable for your individual and community’s actions towards yourself, others and the environment.

COOPERATION  Working together to achieve common goals, providing support to others and engaging in peaceful resolution of conflict.

PARTICIPATION  Being a proactive and productive individual and group member, having pride in and contributing to the social and economic wealth of the community and the nation.

CARE  Concern for the well-being of yourself and others, demonstrating empathy and acting with compassion.

FAIRNESS  Being committed to the principles of social justice and opposing prejudice, dishonesty and injustice.

DEMOCRACY  Accepting and promoting the rights, freedoms and

responsibilities of being an Australian citizen.

PARKES PUBLIC SCHOOL VALUES PROGRAM