Vision
Every child is empowered through a holistic Catholic education to reach their full potential and meaningfully contribute to the world.
Mission
At Hammond Park Catholic Primary School, our FAITH in Jesus is central, our EDUCATION is contemporary and authentic, our CARE enhances our relationships and we equip our students for the FUTURE to give service to the world.
HPCPS Four Pillars
FAITH | EDUCATION | CARE | FUTURE |
Our Catholic faith strengthens our relationships, inspires our work and builds a community where Jesus is central to everything we do. HPCPS fosters the preparation of young people to give service to Australian society and to our world, so they may act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with God. | Education at HPCPS is engaging, meaningful and authentic. Every child’s sense of wonder, curiosity and creativity is enriched through flexible, natural, adaptive and contemporary learning environments. Working in partnership with families and our parish, our educators facilitate and scaffold learning opportunities to cater for the needs of all students. | Care drives our service to the world. At HPCPS, we honour the dignity of every person in our community, as we strive to demonstrate care through the values of compassion, mercy and respect. We exhibit these qualities by caring for our relationship with God, our environment, others and ourselves. | We seek to ensure that students are prepared for a complex, interconnected and changing world, and challenge them to become lifelong and life-wide learners in the future. We work in partnerships with parents to develop in students the ability to think and problem solve, persist and show resilience. Digital fluency and sustainability are key focuses, as we aim to assist our students to be global citizens. Faith |
The objectives of our Faith pillar are:
- To build and strengthen our relationship with Jesus,
- To significantly contribute to the activities of the Parish and the Catholic Community, and
- To meaningfully contribute to the local and wider community.
We will do this by:
Encouraging our students and staff to develop a personal relationship with Jesus. |
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Strengthen our knowledge and understanding of the Catholic faith. |
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Increasing our charity focus and community outreach. |
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Strengthening our relationship with neighbouring Catholic schools and colleges. |
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We will know we are making progress when:
- All students, staff and parents actively give witness to Christian values.
- Our community proactively supports the sacramental life and activities of our school and our parish.
- We are connected with our neighbouring schools and Emmanuel Catholic College across a range of initiatives, and continually are serving our wider community.
Education
The objectives of our Education pillar are:
- To focus on contemporary and engaging learning practices,
- To continually improve educational outcomes for all students,
- To provide diverse and relevant extra-curricular activities to meet the needs of a wide range of students,
- Attract, develop and retain staff committed to lifelong learning and evidence-based practice, and
- To support the learning and development of all of our staff.
We will do this by:
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Integrating team teaching in flexible and contemporary classrooms. |
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Collecting, analysing and learning from student data to improve student learning outcomes. |
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Increasing experiences for all children at our school, to engage and support them in their learning. |
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Supporting all staff and assisting them to participate in ongoing professional development and learning. |
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We will know we are making progress when:
We systemically and effectively use data to identify and support the individual needs of students as well as to inform our teaching and learning.
- Our school facilities reflect our commitment to the physical and educational environment of our school.
- Contemporary learning and teaching strategies are evident throughout the school.
- Our students perform positively against State and National Benchmarks as well as their own personal benchmarks.
- Feedback from our staff indicates clarity of purpose, and that their work and contributions are valued and acknowledged.
Care
The objectives of our Care pillar are:
- to ensure the wellbeing of every child in our care,
- to establish sustainable facilities in harmony with our community and environment, and
- to create and promote a physically and emotionally safe environment for the community.
We will do this by:
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Developing a policy framework, procedures and services to support our current school needs and cater for our future school needs. |
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Supporting all children, particularly those who are socially, physically or emotionally at risk. |
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Establishing school facilities in harmony with the environment. |
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We will know we are making progress when:
- Our policy framework and organisational structure is clearly aligned with our school’s vision, mission and the four pillars.
- We have a relationship with our environment, and all staff and students positively promote environmental sustainability.
- Every child is supported through their learning and development, including those who are socially, physically or emotionally at risk.
Future
The objectives of our Future pillar are:
To foster the development of resilience, persistence, problem solving skills and creativity in our students,
To develop programs to support our students to be digitally fluent, environmentally responsible and global citizens, and
To commit to parents as the first educators of their children and build rich relationships, ensuring the focus remains always on the child.
We will do this by:
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Supporting all students to build and demonstrate resilience, persistence, problem solving skills and creativity. |
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Implementing programs to assist students to be digitally fluent, environmentally responsible and global citizens. |
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Committing to building rich and genuine relationship with parents. |
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We will know we are making progress when:
- Every child is support to building and demonstrating qualities indicating resilience, persistence, problem solving skills and creativity.
- Evaluation of the programs delivered within the school indicate students are digitially fluent, environmentally responsible and demonstrating behaviours of global citizenship.
- Parents continually provide feedback indicating a positive relationship with the school, specifically with regards to opportunities for involvement and timely and effective communication methods used.
Measuring Our Progress
At Hammond Park Catholic Primary School, our entire school community is committed to our strategic plan and committed to measuring our progress across the strategic objectives contained with our four pillars. Our community has a shared vision for every graduate of our school and together, we are accountable for every child reaching their full potential and meaningfully ccontributing to the world. We will inform, measure and evaluate our programs and projects through data obtained through our school climate survey, parent feedback, staff appraisals and interviews to continually monitor and report on our progress. In addition, our annual School Improvement Plan will address the objectives in stages over the next three years, and we will monitor and measure our progress towards the objectives through this annual process.