St Benedict’s College is a co-educational Catholic secondary college that will serve the Pine Rivers region, opening in 2013.
St Benedict’s College is committed to providing high quality contemporary education in a Christian context. The college will support and encourage all students to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals and active and informed citizens, fully enabled to contribute to the life of their faith community and society.
College ethos
Benedict taught moderation in all things; the dignity of work; drawing closer to God through the renewal of the mind, placing a strong emphasis on learning and scholastic disciplines.
The college exemplifies a strong Benedictine charism and will seek to engage with Saint Benedict’s rules of obedience, humility, and contemplation which provide an invaluable model for anyone desiring to live more simply. They provide guidance and inspiration for anyone seeking peace and fulfilment in their home and work communities and present a contemporary model for living with issues facing us now ~ stewardship, relationships, authority, community, balance, work, simplicity and prayer. Benedictine spirituality offers a way of life and an attitude of mind and heart.
Expectations
The college expects parents and students to:
- Share in the expressed values of the college
- Contribute positively and actively to enhance the spiritual life of the college
- Commit to and support the Guidelines for the Religious Life of the School
- Participate in and contribute to the achievement of the college mission
Partnerships
As partners in the college’s educational enterprise parents are asked to demonstrate engagement with student’s learning and show understanding of students’ strengths, weaknesses and abilities. In the case of behavioural issues or learning support, parents are asked to show active partnership in supporting the plans for students’ growth and development.
Curriculum
The college’s comprehensive curriculum will provide opportunities for each student to achieve success in an environment that is dedicated to the development of the whole person.
The college will deliver its curriculum through a contemporary approach. This will provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals while assisting all students to develop their extent of knowledge, depth of understanding and sophistication of skills across a range of learning areas with increasing specialisation as they move through their years of schools. Learning areas offered will include
- Religion
- English
- Mathematics
- Sciences – including physics, chemistry, biology
- Humanities and social sciences – including history, geography, economics, business, civics and citizenship
- The arts – performing and visual
- Languages – to be determined
- Health and physical education – including Home Economics
- Information and Communication Technology and Design Technology – including industrial technology
Subjects from Years 8 to 12 will be diverse, stimulating and rigorous, building upon the achievements of students as they move through the college, widening their learning choices to reflect students’ strengths and interests.
Senior students will be able to choose from a comprehensive list of Authority subjects and Authority Registered subjects, combining these with VET programs in order to prepare them to make successful future choices.
Facility
The college will provide interconnected learning spaces to maximise opportunities for integration, project based work and inquiry model of learning. These spaces will allow flexibility and incorporate opportunities for indoor/outdoor learning. Specialty buildings for visual arts, industrial arts and sciences are grouped centrally and bordered by classrooms clusters.
Enrolment
Applications for Year 8 in 2013 are now being accepted. Expressions of interest for commencement in 2014 and beyond are also being registered.
St Benedicts Secondary College Website