1. Valuing Our Living Faith Community Our Values Journey

2. LIVING FAITH LUTHERAN PRIMARY SCHOOL

3. Located at Murrumba Downs and opened in 2001. Enrolment of 400 students. Built on site as Living Faith Lutheran Church-venue for worship and aim to continue close working relationship School prides itself in being a caring community and providing a sound education with a Christian emphasis. There is a strong sense of community.

4. Caters for children from Prep to Year 6. Students come from a variety of religious backgrounds. Partner school with Grace Lutheran College. Growing school community. Building on going. Triple streaming began 2009 (third class commencing this year)

5. Recreating School logo & Mission Statement Build community through community, networks & encouraging stakeholder participation Identify & develop opportunity to use natural environment within school grounds for outdoor & cultural education Manage transition to triple streaming- physical & human resources. Times are Changing

6. Continue Living Faith as school Christian Ethic & Family friendly Continue research & develop experience, as school meets specific learning, spiritual, social & emotional needs of boys & girls

7. Strategic Plan 2007-2012 Our Vision To be a school of integrity that provides forward looking education founded on the love of Christ.

8. Our Mission To provide a learning environment permeated by Christ’s love, where children can develop a balanced character, be confident in their talents, gracious in service and comfortably aware of their social environments. (Draft form)

9. LQL’s Lifelong Qualities for Learning- Introduced Lutheran…. 200… Implemented within Christian Studies Units- language, posters appropriate to year levels, implemented in classrooms Awards- introduced one at a time

10. Identifying our VALUES

11. Identifying Values School community wanted to see continued and developed in the future of a growing school community Values Forum /Triple Streaming- identified values maintain + Student workshops- focused discussions, random surveys. Aim- identify issues, what students enjoy about school, identify key words to help create values Introduced values start of 2009 Term One - Assembly Create statements- staff input, phrasing Art –collect drawings to represent values (students)

12. Introducing the Values- The Journey Begins Introduce values start year Term One – 1 per week Students Assembly- drama, stories, presentations, skits. Assembly Awards. Class sharing (term 3) Community Newsletter- websites, readings, follow up activities for families, related bible verse Notice board People sharing from school community- how they show school values, Staff Classroom follow up-activities, explicit teaching, devotions Staff support- handout (websites, activity/teaching activities, hand outs, resource list, professional readings) Playground duty bags- prompt cards

13. AT LIVING FAITH WE VALUE- – DOING YOUR BEST COMPASSIONTEAM WORKRESPECTRESPONSIBILITYFORGIVENESS

14. Introducing the VALUES Random Acts of Kindness, Smile cards, KINDNESS wall COMPASSION Persistence, FRIENDS Program-red & green thinking DOING YOUR BEST Easter message, How do we give others a second chance? Language of fogiveness- forgive ask for forgiveness FORGIVENESS What does it look like? School grounds, leadership responsibilities. RESPONSIBILTY What does it look like? Sound like? Feel like? (Ychart) RESPECT Focus class rules, School Team Work message- developing + school community TEAM WORK

15. What can we do to show Team Work at Living Faith? Check out what the Year 6’s thought…

16. TEAMWORK in STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS…….. Cooperating and being friendly towards others in the school community. Enthusiastically taking part in team activities – helping out at fundraising events, in the classrooms and volunteering at the Tuckshop Helping others with their work and problems Including everyone and making new families feel welcome Encouraging each other and not putting people down Supporting each other by sharing and caring for everyone in our school community

17. TEAMWORK in STUDENTS, STAFF AND PARENTS…….. Being willing to give it a go and try your best. Enjoying each other’s company! Showing a positive attitude towards others Sharing their ideas and listening to the ideas of others GO Team!

18. Responsibility SERVICE LEARNING LWS Curriculum incorporated in Christian Studies School grounds Materials Learner Leadership Roles Team Work School Community- Parent Reps, Volunteers Friday Picnic Leadership Roles Buddies /School Responsibilities Class environment- rules Performing Arts Forgiveness Restorative Justice Practices Conflict Resolution Resiliency Skills Circle Time

19. Doing Your Best CURRICULUM LQL’S Planning documents Silence & Stillness Reporting Pedagogy Critical Thinking Skills Camping Program Collaborative Learning Strategies Extension & Learning Support Programs Goal Setting Compassion CARING CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES Assembly Chapel Student support worker Learning Support Christian Staff Devotions& Worship -staff/students Service Team- Fundraising, awareness, International Day Guest Speakers-Parents Respect SCHOOL, PARENTS, COMMUNITY AS PARTNERS (Connectedness) Parent Reps Volunteers Fundraising-Events Co-ordinators School council Specific Needs of boys and girls (Boys Week/Girls Week) International Day

20. Doing Your Best At our school we do our best in all that we do, being persistent and willing to take on new challenges.

21. Persistence Taking on new challenges

22. Team Work At our school we show team work by encouraging everyone to participate in group activities and cooperate with others.

26. Responsibility At our school we are organised for learning. We show self control and aim to be good role models, being responsible for ourselves, our community and our environment. ‘ Captain Responsible’

27. Respect At our school we show respect by speaking kindly and caring for each other and our environment. Respect is knowing and appreciating that everyone is unique with special gifts.

28. Compassion At our school we encourage and show kindness by what we say and do and by supporting and serving others.

29. Support Kindness

30. Showing empathy

31. Forgiveness At our school we show forgiveness by giving others another chance and saying sorry. We forgive as God forgives us.

32. Values Embedded in the Curriculum

33. Values Embedded -3 Levels of Planning School Curriculum Documents- Yearly Overview Term Overview Weekly Overview (Year levels -two values focus per term, all covered by end of year) Focus Teaching & Learning Strategies- Inquiry Based Units & Action Learning Critical Thinking Skills & Collaborative Learning Strategies Reporting Values Project

34. How to support each other Making the right choice Expressing our thoughts & feelings Brownie Circle time & Restorative Justice Feeling cards Classroom Behaviour Management Respect for each other Be responsible for your own actions Effects of our behaviours on the whole group

35. Respect Indigenous culture, roles, traditions & celebrations Appreciation of the uniqueness of the way their culture connects and cares with the community and environment Integrated Studies

36. Focusing on different values Incorporating values into each day Planning Implicit & Explicit experiences Activating the values language Devotions & Christian Studies

37. Chapel Teamwork & Fruit of the Spirit Chapel & Christian Studies Focus

38. Where from here?……… Aim-Deep embedding of values within the school curriculum 1.Teacher planning- release time, collaboratively planning /incorporate Values Modules. Explore practical strategies explicitly and implicitly embedding in teaching and learning experiences 2. Resource units 3. Revisit & reassess current teaching practice nd units- enhance values learning outcomes. 4. Signage & Banners. 5. Bringing Values Project to life

39. VALUES PROJECT Year Level Values Project- To create a values focused resource or visual display, environmental model/art piece (mural, sculpture, teaching/ student resource) Designed /created by students with classroom teachers/ parents Students designs /resources will be shared at Celebration Breakfast –Living Faith “Live” SHARING with community LIVING FAITHS VALUES Celebration Breakfast (end of Term 3)-community sharing, business connections

40. Living Faith Values WWWhheWhen we don’t use TEAMWORK… When we don’t use team work we make other people sad.