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Philosophy

These keys elements are at the heart of our school:

  • The quality of relationships that are developed among all the participants within the learning community
  • The support and involvment of parents, friends of the school and wider community

At Botany Downs Secondary College we aim to develop young men and women as people who will graduate as independant learners able and willing to make a constructive contribution to society. They will graduate with:

A backpack of personal qualities

  • Service
  • Honesty
  • Respect
  • Perserverance
  • Sensitivity
  • Compassion
  • Fairness
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Confidence
  • Direction
  • Self esteem
  • Flexibility
  • Leadership
  • Balance
  • Resilience
  • Ethics and vaulues

A toolkit of skills

  • Metacognitive approaches
  • Communication
  • Social Competencies
  • Life skills
  • Literacy-Information/ Digital/ Technological

A briefcase of qualifications

  • Aspirations to achieve at the highest level
  • Valuable and worthwile

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