The Rainbow Way – Promoting a Safe, Supportive and Inclusive School Culture.
Here at Carson Street, our purpose is to empower students for life; our mission is to help every child shine; and our vision is to be recognised as a school of excellence for empowering students with disabilities.
We recognise that to help achieve these three objectives we need to create a Safe, Supportive and Inclusive School Culture that is inviting, engaging and inspiring for all members of our school community.
This is why we created The Rainbow Way.
A culture can be simply defined as ‘the way we do things around here’. The Rainbow Way infographic provides a graphic representation of the ‘the way we do things’ here at Carson Street School. It has been designed to be inviting, engaging and inspiring for staff, students, parents and the community – and to be clear and simple so that everybody knows and understands it.
We strongly encourage parents to learn the key messages of The Rainbow Way and to role model and reinforce them at home.
We would like to acknowledge David Koutsoukis from the Exceptional Teams Academy for his assistance with the development of school culture and the Rainbow Way. David is the creator of the Six Kinds of Best program we have been using for many years.
Key Components
The Smiling Sun
The Smiling Sun
The Smiling Sun represents Our Mission - Helping every child shine.
The Smiling Sun reminds our school community that our core focus is to develop the attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviours that will enable them to achieve their highest potential - at whatever level that may be. A person is shining when they are positive and doing their best, and is equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model shining at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
The Smiling Sun
The Smiling Sun represents Our Mission - Helping every child shine.
The Smiling Sun reminds our school community that our core focus is to develop the attitudes, knowledge, skills and behaviours that will enable them to achieve their highest potential - at whatever level that may be. A person is shining when they are positive and doing their best, and is equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model shining at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Six Kinds of Best
Six Kinds of Best
The Rainbow represents Our Key Values – The Six Kinds of Best.
The Rainbow and it’s colours serve as a reminder for our school community about the universal set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that will help us shine. For each of the Six Kinds of Best there is a number of Golden Habits. These describe key behaviours we should aspire to that will help us achieve our potential and shine.
The Six Kinds of Best are taught both directly, and indirectly at school, and classes make up their own ‘Golden Habits’ according to the abilities of the students in the class. The Six Kinds of Best are equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model the Six Kinds of Best at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Six Kinds of Best
The Rainbow represents Our Key Values – The Six Kinds of Best.
The Rainbow and it’s colours serve as a reminder for our school community about the universal set of knowledge, skills and behaviours that will help us shine. For each of the Six Kinds of Best there is a number of Golden Habits. These describe key behaviours we should aspire to that will help us achieve our potential and shine.
The Six Kinds of Best are taught both directly, and indirectly at school, and classes make up their own ‘Golden Habits’ according to the abilities of the students in the class. The Six Kinds of Best are equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model the Six Kinds of Best at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Golden Habits
Golden Habits
We encourage parents to role model the 6 Kinds of Best at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Golden Habits
We encourage parents to role model the 6 Kinds of Best at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Youcan Toucan
Youcan Toucan
Youcan the Toucan represents Our Key Mindset – Yes I Can!
Youcan the Toucan reminds our school community that in order to shine we need to have a positive attitude and be prepared to ‘have a go’. We need to push through the mental barriers that stop us from achieving our potential, like a lack of self-belief or motivation. Yes I Can! is equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model the Yes I Can! mindset at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
Youcan Toucan
Youcan the Toucan represents Our Key Mindset – Yes I Can!
Youcan the Toucan reminds our school community that in order to shine we need to have a positive attitude and be prepared to ‘have a go’. We need to push through the mental barriers that stop us from achieving our potential, like a lack of self-belief or motivation. Yes I Can! is equally relevant for staff, parents and students.
We encourage parents to role model the Yes I Can! mindset at home – encourage their children to do the same – and praise them when they do.
