St Joseph’s Catholic Parish Primary School provides rich learning programs and opportunities, with the long-term goal of empowering students to become life long learners. We believe that this is achieved through the strategies, skills and practices of the Inquiry Approach to Learning. By providing opportunities for all students to learn through the Inquiry Approach,we enable them to develop their full potential and unique gifts in a stimulating, challenging, purposeful and safe environment. Accordingly St Joseph’s will develop its role as a place of learning excellence focusing on essential learning’s, which will prepare students to participate fully within the community.

Our learning environments,which are open and flexible, embrace the learning and teaching strategies of interaction, communication and collaboration enabling students to share and learn from each other. Personalising the learning is vital to the success of each child and the provision of state of the art ICT resources is integral to our belief of accessing information from a global perspective.

St Joseph’s is committed to the faith development of all members of its community. We encourage a shared responsibility to challenge learners and their families to reflect on their relationship with God and the Catholic tradition.We recognise the critical importance of the relationship between faith development and the Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ. 

By providing stimulating relevant learning opportunities, we empower students to make connections with real life experiences and church doctrine. Our Religious Education program includes learning and teaching strategies, which engage the wholeschool community, in the development of each child’s faith journey.

We believe Parents, carers and families are by far the most important influences on children’s lives.  Parents who take on a supportive role in their children’s learning make a difference in improving achievement and behaviour.  Their support can play a vital role at all stages of education.  Therefore, at St Joseph’s we provide opportunities for all members of the community to continue learning, embracing possibilities to be challenged and motivated as well as feeling worthwhile.  We do this by providing ongoing professional learning for staff and parents thus keeping them up-to-date with the latest and most effective practices in education.

We nurture an atmosphere of respect, honour, trust, justice, independence, creativity and resilience,which are qualities and values as taught in the Gospels’ and demonstrated by our patron Saint- St Joseph.  It is a place where each member is called by name, recognised for their achievements and appreciated for their contribution to the community of St Joseph’s Primary School.