Chapel Hill State School

What is Values Education?

Any explicit and/or implicit activity which promotes a child’s understanding and knowledge of values and which develops the skills and dispositions of children so that they can enact particular values as individuals and as members of the wider community.

 Three Major Influences:

• The Family The School/Education Process
• The Practices of the Wider Community

What Should Be the Focus of Val ues Education in Schools?

Clarifying the hidden assumptions and beliefs underlying individual and societal behaviour.

 Drawing out in students, their own realizations of the values, which promote their well-being and the well- being of others.

Assisting students to develop values and behaviours, which they can recognize as being more useful for their own and others well- being.

Why Values Education?

To improve outcomes for individuals, groups and society generally by: enhancing relationships.

• enabling individuals to know themselves and others.
• enabling good decision making.
• encouraging individuals to act ethically.

School wide Positive Behaviour Support supports our Values Education Program at Chapel Hill School.

RESPECT.

R eally understanding that everyone is unique and valuable.

E veryone deserves it..

S eeing that all property and the environment are being looked after.

P utting yourself at the service of others.

E xercising your manners.

C ontrolling the way you speak to others.

T reating others as you would have them treat you.