Making Connections EXCELLENCE
Personal Bests
‘The Spirit of Excellence’
We are committed to the pursuit of the highest levels of personal attainment in all aspects of education – academic, pastoral and co-curricular. Achievement and improvement are actively encouraged, supported, recognised and celebrated. People bring their gifts, talents and abilities to fruition by striving to achieve their Personal Best, giving careful attention to every task, relationship, and interaction. When we strive for Personal Bests, self-discipline, hard work, persistence, resilience and tenacity in achieving goals are demonstrated. We strive to be the best we can be, not just for ourselves alone, but to make a difference in the world.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 –
‘Whatever you do, do well’
Source: Kotzur, T. (Principal) St Andrews Core Values
DOING YOUR BEST – READING ENRICHES LEARNING RESOURCE
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PYP ATTITUDES |
PYP LEARNER PROFILE | ||
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Commitment |
Creativity |
Risk-takers
Courageous |
Balanced |
| The 108th sheep | Imagine | Annie to the rescue | Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley |
| PYP LIBRARY | PYP LIBRARY | PYP LIBRARY | PYP LIBRARY |
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COMMITMENT
Fenton, Corinne., Gouldthorpe, Peter. (2008), The dog on the tuckerbox, Fitzroy, Vic. : Black Dog Books.
Imai, Ayano. (2007), The 108th sheep, 1st Australian ed, Mascot, N.S.W. : Koala.
Kelly, Paul., Carmody, Kev., Hudson, Peter., Kalkarinji School. (2008), From little things big things grow, Camberwell East, Vic. : One Day Hill/Affirm Press.
Berne, Jennifer., Radunsky, Vladimir. (2013), On a beam of light : a story of Albert Einstein, San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books.
Buchanan, Sue., Shafer, Dana., Allen, Joy. (2001), Mud Pie Annie : God’s recipe for doing your best, Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan.
Daywalt, Drew., Jeffers, Oliver. (2013), The day the crayons quit, London : HarperCollins Children’s.
Hillenbrand, Will. (2009), Louie!, New York : Philomel.
Lester, Alison. (1992), Imagine, A little ark book, North Sydney : Allen & Unwin.
Reynolds, Peter H. (2005), Ish, London : Walker Books.
CREATIVITY
Reynolds, Peter H. (2007), So few of me, London : Walker.
Rodriguez, Edel. (2009), Sergio saves the game!, 1st ed, New York : Little, Brown.
Straw, Wendy., Pascal, Milton H., Marks, Gerald. (2008), The little engine that could, Malvern, Vic. : Brolly.
RISK-TAKERS
Do, Anh., Do, Suzanne., Whatley, Bruce. (2011), The little refugee, Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin.
Graham, Bob. (1994), Rose meets Mr Wintergarten, Picture Puffins, Ringwood, Vic. : Penguin Australia.
Niland, Deborah. (2007), Annie to the rescue, Camberwell, Vic. : Viking.
Williams, Mary., Christie, Gregory. (2005), Brothers in hope : the story of the Lost Boys of Sudan, New York : Lee & Low Books.
BALANCED
Blabey, Aaron. (2007), Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley, Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin.
Booth, Christina., Groves, Pete. (2010), Potato music, Malvern, S. Aust. : Omnibus.
Cali, Davide., Cantone, Anna Laura. (2007), A dad who measures up, Elwood, Vic. : Wilkins Farago.
Friend, Peter., Joyner, Andrew. (2012), What’s the matter, Aunty May?, Prahran, Vic. : Little Hare.
Norac, Carl., Oftedal, Kristin. (2010), Big Bear little brother, London : Macmillan Children’s Books.
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