Tannum Sands SHS is committed to being a restorative school, learning-focused community where everyone has the right to feel like they belong and are supported. Our focus is on building and maintaining respectful relationships, with everyone being responsible and accountable, and developing personal excellence and integrity by repairing/managing any harm openly and fairly. Being restorative underpins all aspects of our work and we proactively seek to develop strong, respectful relationships between all members of our learning community and work with them to support the work of creating our futures.
Our approach to teaching and learning recognises the complex relationship between learning, wellbeing and engagement acknowledging that “a supportive environment that combines a focus on wellbeing with a focus on learning is optimal" (Student Engagement and Wellbeing Framework). At Tannum, behaviour is not addressed in isolation and is supported through our Multi-Tiered Systems of Support approach which incorporates the Mental Health Continuum, Continuum of Student Engagement and National Consistent Collection of Data (NCCD) Levels of A djustment to ensure members of our school community are holistically supported to meet our behaviour expectations and maintain a positive and productive learning environment for all.