Values Education Program

Timeline	Value	Mini Themes	Nutshell statement / Outcome
February	Relationships	Co-operation, caring, sharing, understanding, consideration, friendship, support, loyalty, honesty, trust, fairness	To extend each child’s ability to form and maintain happy, stable relationships within the family, school and wider community. To care for self and others. To enjoy all the rights and privileges of Australian citizenship free from unnecessary interference or control and stand up for the rights of others.
March & April	Respect	courtesy, compassion, communication, goodwill	To treat others with consideration and regard and to respect another’s point of view. To develop manners and common courtesies as a means of becoming a socially acceptable person.
May	Self Awareness	confidence, resilience, self-discipline, conflict resolution, anger management, affective listening, pride, doing your best, perseverance	To enhance and nurture the formation of a positive self-image for each individual child-focusing on talents, strengths and attributes.To promote effective decision-making techniques and strategies and seek alternative solutions when resolving conflicts.To seek peaceful and constructive solutions.To seek to accomplish by doing ones’ best- trying hard and pursuing excellence.
June & July	Feelings	emotions, sensitivity, patience,	To assist students in developing a better understanding and appreciation of their personal feelings and their feelings towards others.
August	Responsibility	one’s own actions, contribute to society, harmony, supportive, reliability, commitment, integrity	To make students aware of their responsibilities and obligations to themselves and others in all settings – home, school and wider community and environment. To be accountable for one’s own actions.
September & October	Tolerance	acceptance, empathy, humility, compassion, inclusion, freedom, diversity	To encourage tolerance and understanding of individual differences through the awareness of cause and effect (ie physical, social, cultural and racial).To be aware of others and their cultures. To accept diversity within our democratic society. To be included and include others.
November	Honesty	integrity, trustworthiness, truth, fairness	To be honest, sincere and seek the truth. To pursue and protect the common good where all people are treated fairly.
December	Values	importance of self and others, revisit the values, identity, issues	To encourage regular opportunities for classroom discussion (speaking and listening) that enables the sharing of ideas, opinions, points of view about current issues.