What a day it was on Monday on the Primary and Senior Campuses! Well over 600 excited and nervous students filled our previously quiet playgrounds, courtyards and classrooms.
Our newly redeveloped spaces were quickly in action with Year 5/6 students enjoying their new classrooms, our new play equipment filled with students, and refurbished areas in action.
As we met with students, we had time to talk about some of the characteristics of an effective learner. This year, we are focussing on sharing a common language of learning across our school, from kindergarten through to Year 12. The way we describe these characteristics or attributes is important and encourages students to be active agents in their own learning, giving them the language to describe what they are doing and why.
“This term our focus is on being ‘people of integrity’”
Our attributes of a Calvin learner will become an increasingly common part of our communications in class and with students. At Calvin Christian School we are:
Courageous,
Resilient,
Compassionate,
Curious,
Reflective, and
People of Integrity
This term our focus is on being ‘people of integrity’. For the Secondary students we describe this as “striving for good character, even when no-one is watching” and for our Primary students, “we act honestly and make good choices”. Encouraging our students to live lives of integrity is one of the ways that we are living out our vision of being a transformational Christian learning community, a place where choices matter, where we continue to grow and learn, being transformed into the image and likeness of Jesus.
Scott Ambrose — Principal