We actively promote the NSW DET's "core values" (2004) along with the Commonwealth's "values for Australian schooling" (2004).
These values are incorporated into Hopetown's 3 expectations (rules):
- Be Safe
- Be Respectful
- Be Responsible
The Hopetown School community recognises that the following core values underpin school decision making around the development of the broader curriculum:
- Resilience - developing a range of coping strategies and self-management qualities such as: recognising strengths and maximising potential; personal responsibility, perseverance and self- discipline.
- Connectedness - actively developing a sense of belonging to, participating in and caring for the school and the wider community.
- Achievement - pursuing and promoting individual endeavour and displaying pride and satisfaction in personal achievement.
- Creativity - valuing original ideas and recognising enterprise and innovation
- Responsibility - accountability for individual actions towards yourself, others and the community.
- Integrity - being consistently honest and trustworthy.
- Equity - accepting and promoting tolerance, acknowledging diversity and respecting differences.