Our vision
To develop balanced individuals who can positively contribute to the community, having respect for and understanding of individual and cultural difference.
Our purpose
To develop life-long learners with the capability, adaptability and confidence to take risks and the skills and knowledge necessary to achieve their full potential in an ever changing world.
Our values and beliefs
The following are the values and beliefs which influence all that we do at our school.
- Acknowledgement and respect for the individuality of each child.
- Recognition of the need to develop all dimensions of learning and the need to maximise each student's potential.
- Promotion of an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of each student.
At Chevallum State School we promote:
Embedding our Values 
At Chevallum State School, we are committed to nurturing behaviour and dispositions that support a culture of caring.
Our Code of Conductcontains the core values which underpin our responsible behaviour man agement plan. Parental reinforcement of the core values, within the home setting, assists students to understand both the values and their implementation. By supporting the school in this way parents provide a home environment which complements school expectations and standards.
Our focus centres on the following 4 areas of care:
- Caring for ourselves
- Caring for others
- Caring for learning
- Caring for the environment
We are 'Individuals learning together' who:
- Move towards effective self-management.
- Find effective ways of meeting the need for love and belonging, power, fun and freedom of choice within a supportive school environment.
The success of any school behaviour management plan relies on the development of positive relationships, consistent approaches and effective communication involving all within the school community.
A dialogue between staff a nd students occurs around what our core values look like in practice and just as importantly what we should do if our actions aren't reflecting these values.
This is where our Restorative Justice processes are actioned and come into play to support effective self-management.
Our school strives to be a happy and safe community of learners—a supportive school environment in which individual differences are acknowledged and valued, in which each person feels safe, happy and respected.
Our mission
To cater for the learning needs of the individual child.
To do this we have to provide an environment that will enable each child to develop:
- The skills needed to learn, including the academic, the physical and the social/emotional
- A desire to learn, born of natural curiosity and supported by a community of learners.
- A knowledge of how to learn and nurture lifelong learning.
In developing this environment one must consider:
- The different learning styles of individuals
- The importance of relationships in the learning process.
The Child as a Learner
Research has shown us how important is to develop the whole child because of the impact physical and social emotional development has on cognitive development. It is essential that these three areas provide the basis for a balanced curriculum.
All children are born with an innate desire to learn and learn more in their first five years of life than any other five year period. It is our challenge to provide a learning environment in the school setting where this natural desire to learn will facilitate a love of learning not only throughout schooling but throughout life.
With knowledge expanding at an ever increasing rate, it is vital that children learn how to learn.
Learning how to access information and how to discriminate, organise and apply the information required to support their learning is central to our mission and values. It is essential for children living in an ever evolving modern world.