Excellence. Always. If not Excellence, what? If not Excellence now,

when?

At St. Thomas’ we are ACE!Aim - to do our best every day in

every wayChallenge - ourselves to learn, grow and developExcellence - in everything we do at school, at home and in our communities

What does Excellence mean to you?

“Excellence is an attitude not a skill”

Ralph Marston

Rule 1: The step had to cost nothingRule 2: The idea had to benefit the customer (the patient)

Where are the 1% improvements in our school?

• Drawing on our own existing resources• Inviting everybody to participate • Remaining alert for problems to solve• Looking for ways to improve service • Making very, very small steps towards

change

When you are applying the Kaizen principles we are:

So lets try it!What is the smallest way we could improve one aspect that we do in school? What is a small but annoying problems that affects our day in school?

#1 Kindness is free!

#2 Out study them

#3 If you want to find oil, you must dig

#4 words

#5 Which flag are you waving?

Excellence can be obtained if you: Care more than others think it is wiseRisk more than others think it is safeDream more than others think it is practicalExpect more than others think is possibleAnon

“If things seem under control, you’re just not

going fast enough.”Mario Andretti

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm”Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and

precious life?"Mary Oliver

“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Margaret Mead

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most

intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”

Charles Darwin

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people

exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde

Excellence. Always. If not Excellence, what?

If not Excellence now, when?