Educational Context
In the Catholic school’s educational project there is no separation between time for learning and time for formation, between acquiring notions and growing in wisdom
(The Catholic School on the Threshold of the Third Millennium, 1997, n.14).
Christ the King seeks to educate all to live the gospel of Jesus Christ by being empowered to shape and enrich our world, to challenge societal norms and become counter-cultural. While the religious life of the school draws upon positive social values such as care for the environment, justice and peace, outreach to the poor and the marginalised and community service. We also seek to ensure these practices are real and relevant in our own school community by upholding justice for students in the way we seek just and equitable ways to assess students in their learning, provide outreach to those who are marginalised and reminding students that we are all on this learning journey together and as such it is our job to support and assist each other with our learning in an academically rigorous way.
We respond in the following ways;
By not just talking the talk but walking the walk. The community as a whole is encouraged to be relevant and to work towards integrating faith, life and culture in a way that challenges societal norms
We respond in the following ways;
By not just talking the talk but walking the walk. The community as a whole is encouraged to be relevant and to work towards integrating faith, life and culture in a way that challenges societal norms
- Sustainability focus; Students work in the garden to provide fresh food to the tuckshop and to St Vincent De Paul.
- Students take their understanding of creation and stewardship and apply it by caring for the schools grounds and environment (weeding, nesting boxes, Clean up Australia Day)
- Continuing professional development of classroom teachers including Catholic Social Teaching, Cosmology and Environmental Stewardship
- Working with St Vincent De Paul to help them help our community directly.
- Linking classroom teaching of Religion with the Religious Life of the School
- Teachers use the Ways to Pray Calendar to plan Class Assemblies and to support the Religious Life of the School
- Ensuring every student has equitable access to the curriculum with appropriate support where required
- Quality assessment and reporting (multi- modal) to give all students the opportunity to succeed.