About Us

Principal’s Welcome

Welcome to Le Page Primary School.

Leadership is the umbrella term to encompass the many character traits and basic life competencies that parents, business leaders, and educators are voicing as the desired skills necessary to thrive in the 21st century. Leadership is a concept we don’t normally consider when thinking of young children. However, young children are very capable of learning leadership skills and using them at home and at school. By developing well-rounded children who know their strengths, we help them to unleash their potential to lead their own lives and to influence others.

Through the use of the 7 Habits, students begin to realise that they have control over much of what happens in their lives and can be true leaders. Their choices can affect their day, their relationships, and their future. The 7 Habits empowers even young students to stop and think about their choices and the different outcomes that may come with those choices. Based on timeless principles, the 7 Habits become the “hands-on” tools students can rely on while on their journey to becoming leaders – of themselves and of others.

When you visit us, you will see, hear and feel the difference we are making in the lives of our students.

George Danson
Principal

Community of Practice

Community of PracticeSchools helping each other to improve is a powerful and sustainable approach to school improvement. The best education systems in the world are highly networked. These successful education systems have principals who are well-connected to their peers through active partnerships or learning networks of schools. These learning networks are known as ‘Communities of Practice’.

Collaboration between schools can improve both schools’ performances more quickly than the national average. Evidence from the OECD, the World Bank and further research tells us the best performing education systems are those in which the foundations for collaboration are well established – school autonomy is high, but accountability is also rigorous. Successful networks have a compelling commitment to improving outcomes for all students, transparent results and practice, regular reciprocal reviews of members’ performance, and continuously challenging each other to do better.

The staff at Le Page and Parktone Primary Schools:

• participate in weekly planning and professional development programs
• share a relevant and rigorous curriculum
• practice the same highly effective pedagogies
• follow an explicit and comprehensive assessment and reporting schedule

Collaboration is the way forward for our schools. The sharing of effort, knowledge and resources in the pursuit of shared goals plays a central role in the achievement of student learning outcomes and reducing inequality across educational systems.Le Page and Parktone Primary Schools are the first in the City of Kingston to develop a Community of Practice model.