The following image represents the vision for the school The sand castle represents the beach frontage; the concept of building something; the notion that no structure is ever without movement and change - and children build sand castles
Children enter at the base because they are the foundation of the building.
Every teacher takes responsibly for the seven capabilities of the Australian Curriculum but every teacher is takes part in a capability team. The capabilities - the components of a 21st century curriculum - are the 2nd tier of the sand castle.
The 3rd tier shows what we value--building social and moral capital at the top; followed by intellectual capital; followed by leadership capital in both our teachers and students. Underpinning the values is financial capital because without this the whole school falls down.
Leadership capital means that each teacher leads a capability and many also have other roles as well. Every Year 7 student is a leader of something. We also have a student council
The vision- Broadbeach State School- Building Futures - for all - staff and students.
This school recently undertook a workshop entitled No-one can Whistle a Symphony. As part of a team building exercise the staff completed an indicator to learn about their need strengths. This led to forming groups of similar needs profiles and creating a 'perfect' staff room. This resulted in great hilarity as people found others who had similar need strengths.
