Learning & Teaching

St. Augustine’s offers a comprehensive curriculum for Prep to Year 6 children, following the Victorian Curriculum.

Classroom teachers deliver programs in Religious Education, English, Mathematics, Science, Technologies, Humanities, Health and Physical Education, The Arts, and Languages.

The capabilities represent sets of knowledge and skills that are developed and applied across the curriculum. The four capabilities are: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical, Intercultural, and Personal and Social.

Specialist teaching is conducted in the areas of Italian, Art, Music/Drama, Library, and the STEM program. The school has many strengths, which contribute to the high-quality learning and teaching that takes place. We are proud of our dedicated teachers who work to ensure students' needs are met, and parents are kept informed of their children's progress.

Staff at St. Augustine’s recognize that learning takes place in a wide range of situations using many experiences. Events that allow children to learn outside the classroom include school concerts, art shows, athletics sports carnivals, cross-country carnivals, sacramental celebrations, dress-up days, book fairs and parades, feast day celebrations, multicultural days, as well as excursions and incursions. Senior children compete in inter-school sports, enjoy a school camp, and take part in community action events, such as serving morning tea to the elderly in our parish, taking school tours, and visiting the local nursing home.

The children are involved in a variety of programs designed to provide for varying degrees of ability, experience, and diversity. The children are challenged and encouraged to work to the best of their ability while respecting and valuing the rights of others. The school population consists of children from many different cultural backgrounds. This is a real strength of our community and contributes to the development of all children. The school consists of two campuses. The main campus includes the administration building, classroom learning areas, and the junior yard. The second campus includes the specialist learning areas and the senior yard. There are 8 modern classrooms, a Library, Music/Drama Room, a large hall, and 3 indoor multi-purpose areas. The school’s surrounds have been revitalized and beautified with landscaped garden areas, yard artwork, a basketball court, and two adventure playgrounds. Each play space includes passive play areas. We also have a Resource Centre, which is used by visiting specialists, and we offer onsite Before and After School Care.

St. Augustine’s is a place where students, teachers, and parents actively work together to provide a vibrant school community. We believe our school is a secure and stimulating environment in which children are given the opportunity to develop their natural enthusiasm for learning.

We welcome enquiries about enrolments for Prep to Year 6 at any time of the year.