Blackmans Bay Primary School is located in Blackmans Bay, Tasmania. The school was established in 1961 and has a tradition of providing quality state funded education for students in Years K to 6 from the surrounding community. Like all Tasmanian government schools, Blackmans Bay Primary School is committed to the goal that every student has the opportunity to learn and achieve his or her potential. The school is guided by the 'Learner at the Centre' framework and embraces the government's priority areas including Literacy and Numeracy - improving the basic literacy and numeracy skills of all school-aged children. Our motto is: Growing Minds, Growing Bodies, Growing Community. Our school community is committed to caring for each other and the environment in a sustainable manner because we want to create a safer, fairer and brighter future for all. We aim to develop creative, confident learners who think globally, act locally and can adapt and participate effectively in a rapidly changing world. We promote a vibrant, stimulating, supportive school where students are encouraged and challenged to be resilient successful learners through being positive, personally accountable, organised, persistent, confident and able to get along with others. We see student success as the collective responsibility of students, staff, parents and the wider school community and seek to address the unique needs and individual abilities of all students. We value: 1) Connectedness through caring for ourselves and others; 2) Achievement through thinking positively, doing our best and striving for excellence; 3) Resilience through taking on challenges and being persistent; 4) Responsibility through being accountable for our actions and caring for the environment; 5) Creativity through thinking of new ideas and putting them into practice; 6) Giving all a fair go by treating others fairly and standing up for what is right;7) Tolerance and inclusion by listening to and cooperating with others and being part of the team while accepting..