At St. Monica’s, our school is open to all who seek a Catholic Education

We welcome families of all backgrounds. We share and celebrate the diversity of our community. All students participate in Religious Education and learn about the Catholic Story. This is a central part of school life, including our pastoral care and student engagement, communication and interaction.

Our Catholic identity informs and influences all learning in the school and is integrated throughout the curriculum. Sending a child to a Catholic school involves supporting this religious aspect of school life.

When choosing St Monica’s Primary School, you are choosing to immerse your child more deeply in the Christian story leading to a sense of belonging, involvement and cultural identity.

At St Monica’s, the Gospel is central to our lives, and we regularly celebrate and demonstrate our faith. Working together with parents and our parish priests, we aim to give children a sound understanding of our Catholic doctrine, tradition and Gospel values. We also emphasise the importance of living out these values in our daily life.

St Monica’s Identity Statement – ‘Jesus is our guide. In him we live, we move, we are called to be’ – invites students to not just be more like Christ in how we act, but to carry out the work of Christ in service to others.

Religious Education

Each class participates daily in our Religious Education curriculum program, Source of Life, which brings together the essential components of knowledge, understanding, appreciation and celebration of our rich tradition.

This program provides opportunities for the development of skills for young people to meet the challenges of living in the Catholic faith in today’s world. The curriculum is intended to complement the work of the parents and the parish in assisting with the life-long process of the religious education of the individual.

Outreach

St Monica’s is involved in a number of outreach programs supporting those in need in our local and global community. Through these opportunities, our students learn more about those less privileged, and their greater responsibility as stewards of the earth.

During the year students are provided with opportunities to identify ways that they can support others in the community. Charitable activities from the time they start school in Foundation through to Year 6, such as Meals on Wheels, Caritas K’s and ‘Mission Madness’ fundraising to donate to Caritas.

The Mercy Sisters

The Mercy Sisters opened St Monica’s Primary School in 1973 as part of the Sacred Heart Parish.

Students at Mercy schools are part of an educational culture which they share in the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy, and inherit the legacy of Catherine McAuley, who was known for her hospitality towards visitors. Mercy schools such as St Monica’s are often described as welcoming and showing ‘God’s compassionate love in action’.