Why should you send your child to our school?
Why should you send your child to our school?
- We are a Catholic Faith based school which believes in having strong values.
- We are the oldest continuous running Catholic School in Victoria established in 1842 so we are built on tradition.
- We were run by the Sisters of St Joseph for 99 years.
- We will care about your child and treat them as an individual.
- We work hard and continually try to improve ourselves.
- We know that we do not always get it right, however we will work hard to try to make things right.
- We know your child will also make mistakes and will need support to try to make things right.
- We believe in the Science of Learning and have evidence based practices on our school, especially on the teaching of Reading and Spelling.
- We have high expectations of ourselves and your child.
- Our Classes are well managed with excellent behaviour supports.
- We have great structures and supports for students who need extra help.
- We have a Speech Pathologist at our school two days a week.
- We have a strong community, a bit like a country school in the city.
- We are near the beach and our students go sailing, bike riding and take part in the nippers program at Williamstown Beach.
- We try things like Poetry Slams, Robotics, Bike Education and Kitchen Gardens.
- We try to challenge our students with things like the Australian Maths Competition, National History Challenge and the Stem Aviation project.
- We have an indigenous design incorporated into our sports uniform so our students learn about Indigenous Culture.
- We value STEM (Science Technology Engineering Maths) and are preparing our students for the future.
- We support our families with Parent TV, Parent Learning Walks and other partnerships.
- We value student Voice with our students leading assemblies, contributing to their own school reports and other activities.
