St Patrick’s Primary School strives to:

• Guide and support students on their faith journey through experiences of the Catholic tradition, building a strong sense of belonging, responsibility and wonder within our school, church and global communities.

• Develop an environment that builds on student resilience, self – respect, confidence and empathy – in partnership with families.

• Foster a learning environment that provides a holistic education that nurtures all learners in order for them to realise their full potential.

• Model and foster a safe and supportive environment for students and their families within the school community.

• Provide learning and teaching experiences that promote decision making.

• Conserve God’s creation and recognise the traditional owners of the land.

Catholic Identity and Religious Education

It is the policy of St.Patrick’s Catholic Primary School that we will strongly nurture our Catholic Identity.

St. Patrick’s School has a specific, recognizable, Catholic Identity that reflects the life, work and teaching of Jesus Christ and the evangelizing mission of the Catholic Church.

The daily interactions among all members of our school community reflect belief in and commitment to the Catholic Identity of our school.Catholic Identity is manifested in the way St. Patrick’s encounters and engages in the everyday, bringing social justice to life- influencing leadership structures, planning and sharing in resources and facilities, curriculum content and process, and pastoral care.

It is about being in ‘right relationship’ and responding to the call to ‘act justly, love tenderly and walk humbly with our God.’

At St. Patrick’s we believe Religious Education is: 

• Primarily the role of parents and the Parish community
• To develop a sense of community through the celebration of  the Mass and Sacraments
• Presenting to students a way of life based on Gospel values
• Integrating other areas of learning and aspects of life in the context of faith
• Leading children to discover God and to be caught up in the wonder and   mystery that this involves
• Helping students to discover and experience ways of speaking with and celebrating God in their lives
• Developing a sense of worth for self and others
• Leading students to form Christian attitudes and to develop Christian consciences
• A growing appreciation of the world as God’s creation, an awareness of the needs of others and how to respond in service and love to make this world a better  place

Because we believe this we will:

• Present Jesus in a real, human way to children
• Follow a quality sequential program P – 6 in a two year cycle
• Lead through example in ways of praying, respect and care for others
• Help children realise their knowledge of and relationship with God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is reflected in interaction with others
• Encourage children and lead them to celebrate God in the events of their lives
• Support the role of parents in the development of children’s faith by our daily RE program
• Assist parents in Sacramental preparation and celebration

We endeavour to create graduates who will:

• Have a dynamic faith
• Be committed to social justice
• Be environmentally aware
• Develop and sustain loving relationships
• Be life-long learners
• Realise their potential
• Be creative problem-solvers
• Be resilient, confident and independent
• Be respectful
• Have courage and integrity
• Be self-aware
• Enjoy their experiences