Applying the Australian Curriculum in a meaningful way to engage your child in their education
At St Augustine’s Parish School, we are guided by the Living, Learning, Leading Framework.
Our aim is for all children to be thriving people, capable learners and leaders for the world God desires and develop key capabilities to enable them to flourish in our world both now and into the future.
Our skilled and dedicated teachers will work with your child to achieve outcomes in their learning and help them flourish as individuals.
This evolves through:
- inquiry?based learning supported by wondering questions
- direct and explicit teaching of new concepts with opportunities for repetition and practice
- structured evidence based approaches, including InitiaLit (synthetic phonics), SpellEx (explicit spelling instruction) and EMP (Explicit Mathematics Program, R-3)
- a range of strategies that further develop deeper thinking and problem?solving skills?
Australian Curriculum
We use the Australian Curriculum and Crossways curriculum for Religious Education for teaching and learning opportunities.
The Learning areas in the Australian Curriculum are: English, Mathematics, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, The Arts (Specialist lessons), Technologies, Health and Physical Education (Specialist lessons), and Languages other than English (Chinese at St Augustine's).
Our highly skilled teachers design meaningful, engaging yet challenging learning programs that incorporate the key capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures, Asia, and Australia's engagement with Asia and Sustainability.
We also provide clear and visible learning intentions for the children that show them what successful learning looks like. That is, each child is very clear on what is expected of them in their learning and given every opportunity to thrive.
Learning Programs
We are committed to delivering a quality, contemporary education that honours the diverse spiritual, social, emotional and intellectual learning potential of your child.?
We support children as they transition into and out of Primary School, ensuring they feel confident and well?prepared. Our contemporary, evidence?informed practices help us meet the diverse needs of all learners, including children from Indigenous cultures, those with additional learning or social?emotional needs and children who are learning English as an additional language.
We provide a variety of learning support programs that help develop students’ skills in literacy, numeracy, and social learning. We also offer opportunities for children to extend and enrich their learning through programs such as Children’s University.
Our school is also proudly involved in the Catholic Schools Music Festival, where students come together with peers from across the state to celebrate their musical talents through choir. We also participate in Wakakirri , a story?dance celebration that encourages creativity and allows children to express their ideas through performance.
