Our vision for learning at Margaret Hendry School centres around four pillars - Grow, Collaborate, Connect, Love. Individuality is celebrated and inquisitive and purposeful play is encouraged at all stages of schooling.
Pillars for Learning
Grow
- Personalised learning is targeted to individual stages of development and next steps
- Learning is visible to allow children to self assess and progress through different stages of learning
- Feedback is an integral part of the learning process with children receiving feedback from self, others, learning coaches, family & world
Collaborate
- Many people collaborate to contribute to the successful educational outcomes of children
- Positive relationships are at the heart of all of our collaboration
- Children use a variety of platforms to communicate with one another authentically and with purpose
Connect
- Children apply thinking skills, understanding and knowledge to real world problems
- Children are supported to connect prior knowledge to new and future concepts
- Providing children with a range of tools and strategies equips them to face challenges and experience success in times of uncertainty. Children are comfortable with being uncomfortable
Love
- We focus explicitly on the development of the whole child to foster compassion, empathy and appreciation for self, for others, for community and for culture
- Children adopt a growth mindset and as a result thrive on challenges, show resilience in the face of obstacles and view failure as part of the learning process
- We teach connection to history, culture and traditions of the land on which we live, work and play
