All phases of school at St Mary's Primary are underpinned by:
The Alice Springs Education Declaration sets the national vision for education for all Australians and notes two goals:
- The Australian education system promotes excellence and equality and;
- All young Australians become confident and creative individuals, successful lifelong learners and active and informed members of the community.
Curriculum design and delivery at St Mary's is grounded in the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration and is mindful of the declaration’s goals.
In alignment with the declaration, which promotes excellence and equity, we support students to achieve high standards and provide structures and adjusted strategies that enable equitable learning experiences. This is achieved within a faith-filled learning environment in which we are committed to supporting students to become confident and creative individuals, successful lifelong learners and active and informed members of the community.
St. Mary’s is a school where faith, culture and life are in dialogue and where learners are empowered to shape and enrich their world with meaning, purpose and hope derived from their encounter with life and the teachings of Jesus and the daily living of Gospel values. We value every child as a learner and understand that all children learn in different ways and at different rates.
The school community understands that learning is about progressing from "what I know to where I need to go next." We progress and "stretch" students in order to achieve success in their learning through providing support, challenges feedback and goals.
As a school community, we believe we should be respectful of the rights, feelings and beliefs of others and that it is our responsibility to assist everyone in our community to be the best that they can be.