Massada college is a Jewish community school representing the best of general and Jewish studies curricula. At Massada College, we aim to provide the children with as comprehensive an education as possible. This is done in a stimulating and happy environment in which every individual is able to develop his/her full potential according to his/her age, ability and aptitude. Our smaller classes allow the teachers to ensure that individual progression is maintained at all times. In order to cater for individual differences, teachers assess the ability, rate of learning, learning style and interests of each pupil. According to this assessment, each pupil is catered for, at his or her own level.

Because a child's cognitive development cannot be separated from his/her intellectual, social, emotional and physical development, our approach to education is holistic and child centred. When planning and executing their curricula, teachers are constantly aware that they are dealing with the whole child. Thus, every aspect of a child's development is considered and nurtured.

For the Jewish child, Massada college caters for the broad spectrum of Jewish life represented in the Jewish community exposing the children to the full range of Jewish experience. Children who have exposure to such a rich traditional Jewish education will be well equipped to make informed decisions about the sort of Jewish involvement they may choose in later life.

The College encourages our graduates to live a full Jewish life while living within and contributing to the wider Adelaide community - the philosophy of "Torah Im Derech Eretz". The College also caters for non Jewish children who are encouraged to take an active role in all educational activities and benefit from the sound values that the College imbues in the children.

We encourage our students to take pride in their College and this is expressed most in three ways : through maintaining their school's cleanliness, through compliance with the school expectations and through being in their full school uniform at all times while at school or on a school event.

School Expectations
The school encourages children to explore and to develop appropriate social skills. We firmly believe that every child is entitled to an education in a safe and unthreatening environment and therefore no child has the right to deprive any other child or adult of the ability to learn or the right to feel safe.

Therefore the school has determined clear guidelines that encourage :

• inclusive play, rather than exclusive play.
• safe and creative play rather than destructive play.
• play in a safe and supervised area rather than 'out of bounds'
• taking care of school and other people's property
• a cooperative atmosphere rather than a one built on power or might
• an atmosphere of trust rather than one built on lying
• an atmosphere of tolerance rather than one of harassment name calling or insensitivity
• respect due to parents as well as to staff
• sense of manners with the use of words such as please, thank-you and I'm sorry.

School Uniform
All students from R-7 are expected to wear their full school uniform proudly at all times except on declared casual days. Where parents are experiencing financial difficulties, the College attempts to arrange for second hand clothes or less expensive alternatives.

Uniforms are available for purchase through the school uniform shop with the preferred method of purchase being through a school order form available at the school office. Because of the different shades of blues and greys, parents must buy through the uniform shop to ensure uniformity although prices through the uniform shops are generally considerably lower, in any event, than through retail stores.

In general, all children are expected to be well groomed, have hair trimmed for boys and tied back for girls, have shoes polished and clothes clean.

Children are encouraged not to bring anything of value to school. Such items can get lost and the school cannot accept responsibility for those items.

A transition period of summer to winter uniform and of winter to summer uniform exists for the two weeks of term 2 and term 4 respectively, depending on the weather.