Our motivated, professional staff are committed to delivering a high quality, national curriculum that pursues the achievement of the educational goals for young Australians, set out in the Alice Springs Declaration (2019). These goals promote excellence and equity and aim for all young Australians to become confident and creative individuals, successful lifelong learners, and active and informed members of the community.
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is committed to the following:
A student-centred, holistic approach to education:
- Recognising that students have different strengths, needs and background
- Emphasizing the importance of meeting these individual needs
- Focus on student progress and growth regardless of the starting point.
- The focus - unlocking all learner's potential and ensuring they experience success, including those who may be disadvantaged and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
- Especially necessary in primary school - strong foundation is established to ensure continued learning success in school and throughout life.
Education's role in supporting the wellbeing and mental health of young people
- Building their capacity to be resilient; recognizing, adapting to, and managing change.
- A call to celebrate and learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge and histories.
- The importance of learning throughout life from early childhood onward
- The need for effective transitions between all stages of learning and for students to be prepared for future, diverse pathways.
- The importance of stronger partnerships with parents, carers, families and local and global communities.
- Increased emphasis on 'soft' skills essential for young people
- To be contributing members of local and global communities
- To have the capacity to affect positive change
- To thrive in a changing world.
- Necessity of developing effective systems to assess student, school and nation-wide progress.
The Alice Springs Declaration: Mparntwe (2019)
Star of the Sea provides meaningful and challenging learning opportunities based on the Australian Curriculum.
The Australian Curriculum sets consistent national standards to improve learning outcomes for all young Australians. It sets out what students should be taught and achieve, as they progress through school. It is the basis for future learning, growth and active participation in the Australian community.
The Australian Curriculum focuses on learning area content and achievement standards that describe what students will learn and teachers will teach. It also gives attention to the three dimensions that are important for life and work in the 21st century.
The following range of educational publications inform the content and delivery of our curriculum.
The Religion Curriculum P-12 is the source for all planning, learning and teaching of Religion in Brisbane Catholic Education schools.
The Australian Curriculum is the source of all curriculum planning, assessment and reporting for learning areas named in the Australian Curriculum. Multiple opportunities are provided for each student to develop and demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills outlined within the Australian Curriculum through developmentally appropriate and differentiated learning experiences.
Star of the Sea Primary School provides learning from the BCE Religion Curriculum and P-10 Australian Curriculum in the following areas:
| Learning Area | Organisation |
| Religious Education | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| English | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| Mathematics | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| Science | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| HASS | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| HPE | Health and Physical Education taught across 1-6 by a specialist teacher Physical Education taught in Prep by a specialist teacher Health taught in Prep by the classroom teacher |
| The Arts | Visual Art, Drama, Music and Dance taught across P-6 by a specialist teacher |
| Media Arts | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
| LOTE | French taught across P-6 by a specialist teacher |
| Technology | Taught each year across P-6 by the classroom teacher |
Curriculum access and time allocations
The Australian Curriculum and Religion Curriculum guide the time allocations for learning areas. The allocation of time is based on the content of the curriculum and is flexible to suit the local context of schools. Schools may allocate more time to learning areas that are a priority. At Star of the Sea Primary School, specialist teachers in the areas of the Arts, LOTE (French) and HPE provide planning and preparation time, which influences school decisions on time allocations.
Classroom and specialist teacher timetables are reflective of the school context and priority areas.