Our Vision

Blackburn High School aims to create a dynamic and inclusive community where all students grow together to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens.

Learning Norms

• We enter class on time, prepared and willing to actively contribute to our learning
• We learn from our mistakes
• We value curiosity, creativity and thinking
• We challenge ourselves and others to do our best
• We behave in a respectful and constructive way

Mission

 
Our school motto Ad Lucem Crescimus – Growing towards the light, is central to our core values. Our purpose is to engage the school community in a positive culture that embraces team work, innovation and excellence.

We empower our students to be active learners by developing their capacity to take control of their own learning, whether working independently or with others.

Our culture of high expectations encourages all students to be optimistic, creative problem solvers who embrace challenges and use these experiences to persevere, learn and thrive.

Values

Respect
 
Of oneself, others and of learning are displayed through honesty, integrity, consideration and the celebration of diversity in a safe and inclusive environment. We teach students to have due regard for the opinions, feelings, wishes and rights of others.
 
Pursuit of Excellence
 
Students are supported to reach their full potential by developing wide-ranging skills and capabilities, and to show growth academically, personally and socially.  We value and celebrate effort and achievement. We motivate students to do their best, at whatever level that may be, by nurturing a culture of striving for excellence which in turn opens up the pathways to success.
 
Citizenship
 
Students are encouraged to become active and informed citizens through their participation at a local, national and global level. We teach students the skills and knowledge to understand and engage with the world they live in.

This is demonstrated through involvement in the rich opportunities within the school and wider communities. Students are supported to take increasing responsibility for their own learning, their relationships with others and their participation in all aspects of school life.