Learning Statement Nurturing and Empowering Learners to Thrive

Our School community is both nurturing and empowering. Our goal is to ensure that students, staff and families thrive and develop the social and emotional capabilities for lifelong learning. We encourage our students to have confidence and resilience. The Nativity learning community has a global view and is focused on making the world a better place for everyone.

Nurturing

Mary MacKillop paved the way for the education of all children. Her commitment to student inclusion, engagement and achievement remains at the centre of our school. She looked beyond the curriculum and aspired to see the whole person.

Just as our church has been described as a lantern in the valley, we are a light for Mary’s legacy, modelling the values of belonging, justice, compassion, gratitude, forgiveness, and courage, inspiring a hope-filled community.

Empowering

Empowered learners express their feelings constructively, establish boundaries and build a culture that values and encourages student voice and agency. We believe learners need opportunities to work towards the growth of themselves and the community.

Learners

Education is a social endeavour, and we encourage collaboration. As learners on a quest for knowledge, we offer daily experiences to spark curiosity, enhance knowledge and develop skills based on prior learning. The learning experience at Nativity is focused on the development of all learners.

Thrive

At Nativity, our learning community flourishes and thrives through our sense of belonging. Success in learning includes being connected, happy and healthy people who are positive about the future and open to new challenges.

Like the peaceful trees which surround our school, with their deep root system providing sustenance for their canopies to stretch and grow, we are empowering our learners to thrive.

How We Grow Nurtured and Empowered Learners Our Learning Statement In Action

Engage
"All will be right with time and patience" Mary Mackillop, 1873

Engage is the attention, curiosity, optimism, and passion that show when learners are learning.

At Nativity we are committed to:

Using flexible learning spaces

Active learning

Encouraging independent learning

Building curiosity
Connect
"So great is the strength we possess in our unity" Mary Mackillop, 1874

Connect is the extent to which learners are accepted, valued and supported to actively participate in learning.

At Nativity we are committed to:

Co-construct learning

Connect learning to school, community and the world

Learning collaboratively

Developing effective communication skills
Challenge
"Our courage needs to rise with difficulties and obstacles" Mary Mackillop, 1893

Challenge is the struggle that promotes learning and engagement.

At Nativity we are committed to:

Promoting growth mindset

Exploring ideas through meaningful inquiry

Risk taking in learning

Scaffolding learning tasks
Create
"See the protecting and beautiful hand in god in all that is happening" Mary Mackillop, 1871

Create is moving learners from what is currently known to new ways of thinking and acting.

At Nativity we are committed to:

Being content creators and not just consumers of Information Technology

Constructing meaning and identifying connections

Using imagination and thinking about possibilities

Reflecting on ideas / actions / outcomes

Learning Statement Nurturing and Empowering Learners to Thrive

Nurturing

Empowering

Learners

Thrive

How We Grow Nurtured and Empowered Learners Our Learning Statement In Action

Engage

Connect

Challenge

Create