Welcome to Mount Nelson Primary School

From the Principal

Mount Nelson Primary School is a small school with approximately 240 students from Kindergarten through to Grade 6.

Our School is located on Mount Nelson with wonderful views over the Derwent River and Hobart. We have a large area of eucalypt forest, which is part of the school grounds, and our oval is positioned in such a way as to be surrounded on two sides by native trees.

The school has close connections with, and is supported by, the local community. Each student is known by the staff, and by their fellow students. We value the positive relationships that come with a small caring community, nestled in a beautiful environment.

This amazing position helps support a culture of environmental awareness and a peace and tranquillity that supports optimum conditions for developing our students’ mental, physical, emotional and intellectual well-being.

Our Vision is to nurture respectful, curious and empowered learners in a sustainable and caring environment, which is inclusive of all.

Our mission is to create and nurture a community of diverse learners. We value each child as unique and capable individuals. Our purpose is to empower and challenge and support our students as they develop lifelong assets for learning and life.

Our Values are what we prioritise and stand by, they are known by our students, staff and families. 

Catherine Grace
Principal

Our values are:

Respect

Respect is the foundation on which, communication, connections and significant relationships are built.

Care

We believe that all children have the right to be happy and safe and that learning occurs more efficiently if this is the case.

Being a Team Player

We recognise that working together is the best way to meet challenges and to make full use of the talents and experiences that our staff, students, families and the wider school community have to share.  We communicate openly with each other.  We provide opportunities for all members of our community to work in teams and establish partnerships that benefit the well-being of the whole school and wider community.

Adaptability

Twenty first century living will require flexibility in dealing with the changing environment and technologies and this will be supported by the understanding of the need for continuous learning.  Our world will, in this time, continue to celebrate innovation in all areas and our community will be the richer for its members embracing and leading with originality of thought and action.

Achieve

We believe all children can achieve and we have high expectations of students, staff and our community.  As a community we shall celebrate excellence in both effort and product.

Our Mount Nelson Assets (Collaborators, Thinkers, Researchers, Contributors, Self-Managers and Communicators), provide a language to talk about learning and the skills and dispositions required of todays’ learners to embrace challenge and become resilient in the interest of becoming independent lifelong learners. They are ‘assets’ because they are highly valuable for learning and well-being, now and in the future.

Student achievement and wellbeing are our core business.