Rainbow Values
Rainbow Values
What are our Rainbow Values? Our Rainbow Values are a set of school-wide list of positive characteristics that are desirable goals for children’s and adult behaviour. It is an intrinsically valuable aspect of our school wide-life that we relate to both home and school. These values are made explicit by teaching, modelling, scaffolding and discussing. Our values convey the beliefs that positively influence our behaviour and the way we interact with individuals, groups and communities. They represent the deepest beliefs and sentiments to which we can aspire, and they shape our School community.How did they come about? A few years ago, we had lots of things we talked about in school – our Rainbow rules, our characteristics of learning and our EPIC vision. They were all great parts of school but because there were so many, they were not embedded across the school and not a real focus throughout the school. So, we got together with all of our stakeholders (children, staff, parents, governo