A message from our principal - Cameron Adams

Greetings All,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the beautiful world of Samson Primary School.

Samson Primary School was officially opened in May 1987.  Samson PS is located south of the Swan River at the eastern end of the Fremantle area, adjacent to the Samson Recreation Centre.  Our intake area also includes parts of surrounding communities including Kardinya and O'Connor. Considerations are also made for families outside of our local intake area for students successfully placed in our Specialised Learning Program for students with Autism.

It is what Emeritus Professor Russell Bishop, University of Waikato, NZ, proved in his wide-scale educational reform across NZ and the world, that ignites the collective efficacy of educators at Samson Primary School.  In what has become Bishops’ life work, he was clearly able to demonstrate that:

 “What works for marginalised and minoritised students, works for all students, but not necessarily the other way around”

It is this theorising that permeates the proactive and agentic lens that forms the disposition of our educators, as they develop their capability as effective practitioners that strive to align to, and embody, our 4 school values of Respect, Inclusivity, Safety and Self-Awareness (RISE).

With an invested local school community and strong leadership and governance from our Parent and Citizens committee, and newly formed School Council body, combined with our experienced Executive Leadership team, we seek to be accountable to a standard of high expectations.

Our strategic vision/priority areas, combined with our whole-school improvement agenda and change management timelines are inclusive of the latest educational and organisational improvement research and responsive to global trends. 

Our school environment is deeply rooted in a culture that promotes awareness of how to identify and manage emotions, ensuring that we can create safe spaces for our students, staff and school community to support and validate their emotions, as well as the emotions of others.  With an improved ability to down-regulate our nervous systems, our educators and parent community increase their capacity to help young people process their emotions in a productive way.  With this deep focus on health and wellbeing through embodiment of the Emotion Code and Respectful Relationships frameworks, our educators strive to improve the relational experience with our students, activating their ability to use the pedagogical practices that we know make a difference to student outcomes. 

Through the implementation of our evidenced-based teaching and learning programs across the school, including in our Specialised Learning Program - Autism (SLP), led by our experienced teachers and supported by our inclusive educational assistants and allied professionals, we are well positioned to accelerate learning outcomes for ALL learners.

 

Cameron Adams