OUR SCHOOL VISION

St Augustine’s Primary School is inspired by the motto, to live simply, love generously and learn constantly, to build a nurturing, forward-thinking Catholic learning community with a focus on excellence in all its endeavours.

OUR SCHOOL MISSION

We are a Catholic School Community that:

Catholic Ethos

• provides opportunities for people to develop loving relationships with God, self and others
• inspires a deeper understanding of our Catholic Faith in today’s world
• welcomes, respects and values people of all faiths and cultures
• actively promotes the principles of Catholic Social Teaching and Justice in our world.

Teaching & Learning

• creates and sustains innovative learning communities that promote deep learning, animated learners and powerful teaching which encourages everyone to achieve their personal best
• is committed to an inclusive education system which values diversity and celebrates difference
• engages with and delivers a wide variety of learning opportunities and experiences.

The Whole Person

• provides a quality Catholic education which fosters the spiritual, academic, social, emotional and physical development of all participants
• is committed to ensuring all members of our community work together to promote and enact behaviours consistent with the Child Safe Standards
• recognises that each individual is unique and deserves to have an education that enables them to experience success in their lives.

Global Community

• respects God’s creation and is committed to promoting Stewardship through sustainability education and practices
• builds our own stories while fostering knowledge and care and concern for the stories of the First Australians, particularly the Bunurong People on whose land our school rests
• fosters a genuine concern for others that inspires positive interaction with the world.