History:
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School opened in 1981 with an enrolment of 180 students. It comprised one major building of classrooms, a school office and a staff room. It was established to meet the needs of the fast-growing parish of Mill Park.
Description:
St Francis of Assisi is a parish school and forms part of the family of the parish. The pastoral care and religious growth of the many families within the school develop through the programs of both the school and the parish. St Francis of Assisi is proud of its Prep to Year 6 literacy program. We have a well-planned numeracy program that is implemented through the utilisation of effective teaching strategies. Our integrated curriculum follows the inquiry approach to learning and incorporates all key learning areas using the VELS. We also offer specialist programs in LOTE (Italian), information technology, physical education, drama and music.
Features:
Our parish church and school are situated together on Childs Road and this enables our students and the St Francis of Assisi community to come together for Eucharistic celebrations, paraliturgies and programs. We welcome our students to participate actively in a Children’s Mass on Sunday mornings at 9.00 am. Our school is situated on 10 beautifully landscaped hectares designed to incorporate both active and passive areas of play. There are three shaded adventure playgrounds, as well as an enormous sandpit and grassed area for our Prep students. Junior and senior students enjoy a grassed oval, fitness track, multi-purpose courts used for playing tennis, basketball, netball and ball games and paved areas used for assemblies and play. Furthermore, our senior students are able to enjoy socialising and relaxing in a specially designed, landscaped, passive area outside their classrooms.
There is a main administration building that includes the general offices and the staffroom, as well as six buildings with classrooms and specialist areas. Most buildings have multi-purpose areas used for assemblies, incursions and learning areas. We also have a modern computer laboratory, a well-resourced library and a well-equipped music room with keyboard facilities, recorders and musical instruments