Fairhills Forum

Fairhills High School Spaces

Capital works

As many will be aware the school was granted $8.1 million dollars to build our learning spaces.  The school after receiving feedback and thoughts from the community submitted the first stage (AMP1) to the Department of Education on February 4. The aim of the AMP1 was to encapsulate our educational vision for the next ten years.  Three architectural organisations will have the opportunity to pitch their plans to the school.  The school then will decide which plans best suit the needs of the school community.  Below is the one of the key parts of the AMP1.

 

 

What will the school and broader community see in ten years?

Learners and learning are central

 

Learning hubs enable teachers to provide explicit instruction before students break out into different spaces that support their different learning styles e.g. kinesthetic. 

 

Students:

  • see mistakes as opportunities for learning growth
  • self-manage their learning
  • seek feedback from peers and staff
  • work collaboratively
  • have ownership over their learning
  • make decisions on the when, where, what and how of their learning
  • choose appropriate spaces to work in and procure the necessary resources
  • self-regulate their emotions

The school values learning growth by:

  • regularly celebrating achievements
  • learning walls
  • honour boards
  • awards
  • visual displays
  • performances

Schools are community hubs

 

Students:

  • have open and inclusive environments
  • can readily access staff
  • have custodianship of their learning environments

Staff:

  • feel supported and valued
  • accessible, visible and open
  • collaborate in interdisciplinary and year level teams

Parents/guardians:

  • the school is open and accessible
  • are engaged stakeholders
  • have close and supportive relationships with staff

Community  

  • students are working in the local community to address real problems e.g. horticulture projects
  • community groups actively use the facilities and provide support to the school
  • the school community has a space where they can relax

Diversity is celebrated

 

At Fairhills High School everyone has the same privileges. 

 

Students:

  • central decision makers
  • seamless accessibility to learning
  • upstanders (see something wrong and act to make it right)
  • regularly celebrated and admired

Staff:

  • lead by example
  • empower students to make their own choices
  • proactive and passionate

Parents/guardians:

advocates of learning

engaged educational decision makers

partners with the school

 

Community:

  • diversity is admired and celebrated
  • connections are local, national and global
  • collaboration and innovation develops meaningful relationships

 

 

Welcoming environments

 

Learning environments:

  • seamless transitions
  • innovative and unique
  • experiential & hands on learning opportunities
  • the five senses are stimulated and harnessed

Social environments:

  • people can just ‘be’
  • meaningful and positive interactions
  • caters for all
  • safe and inclusive

Whole school environment:

  • an innovative and unique design that encapsulates the school
  • accessible, open and friendly
  • the natural environment is integral to our spaces and learning
  • excitement, recognition and pride in the community

 

 

Shade sails for the canteen courtyard

In early Term two sails will be placed in the canteen quadrangle.  This will be aesthetically pleasing but also serve to provide shade to our school community.

 

Parents and students were sent a survey with three different colour schemes to choose from.  The school received hundreds of responses and overwhelmingly the preferred choice was a combination of metallic grey and royal purple (see results below).