Principal's Welcome
Planning for the Future
Our School is one that provides endless opportunity for its students to experience variety and success. Through the diversity of our programs, the enthusiasm of our staff and the support of our wider school community, government and private sectors we strive to fulfil our Mission: Commitment to providing a strong, holistic foundation for relevant learning and living. Our endeavour is to make a difference in a dynamic global environment, encouraging excellence and well - being.
We prepare students for a future where values and ethics, along with knowledge of self and adaptable skills, will be the keys to a successful life and a successful contribution to the wider community.
In looking to the future and developing a vision that will carry the school towards the end of this decade and beyond, our school community has laid foundations for skills, understandings and practices that support appropriate teaching – learning relationships where the concept of schooling is a global experience being rapidly shaped by technology and new paradigms for learning. Examination of the past and present, as well as exploration of the future was required, with input and partnerships from within the school and community, as well from without.
Beaumaris is well placed to take up this challenge. Its current realignment, a developed whole school culture and pedagogical directions are exploring ways of enhancing transitional development through the Curriculum Framework with emphasis on preparing students for a less predictable future, where capabilities for adaptability, problem solving, creativity, enterprise and collaboration are regarded as essential, or as Peter Ellyard, international Futurologist suggests, “The ability to thrive – or Thrivability – in an unknown world.”
Such a vision is consistent with the current Outcome Based Education focus. It further explores what schooling and learning might be like in the next decade. It requires a framework that supports teachers in moving students to those capabilities, within the Curriculum Framework. This is our journey, building onto past plans and successful practices and shaping the future.
In exploring what that framework may be, our Strategic Plan is underpinned by a foundation that links transition through the Sub Schools to secondary and future education. This foundation includes:
- Lifelong learning competencies and strategies
- Strategies, practices and understandings about "middle schooling culture" and "learning to learn".
- Creativity & well being
- Values and ethics
- Productive Pedagogy
- Whole school transitional development of supporting core skills, learning, understandings, knowledge and practices
- Technology as a tool and medium that binds the foundation for learning and the 'knowledge society'
- Organisation & management
Such a process required time in conceptualising a vision and progressive planning, resourcing, implementation and review. To maximise opportunities for success this process is being managed in an environment of ‘action research’ that offers necessary professional and scientific rigour.
We are in exciting times, "...to be the leader in excellence, embracing change and shaping the future!". Our highly professional and committed staff, active school community, engaged students and entrepreneurial culture is delivering the vision.
Visit the school and share the excitement and vibrancy of a 'thriving' learning environment. Our vision, opportunities and excellence make us a 'High Demand Government School' as classified in a recent national report. Join with us and share this exciting journey. Please enjoy our website and should you wish to get more information please contact us.
Tony Misich - Principal (OAM)