School Vision and Mission

St Finbarr's is a Brisbane Catholic Education school respecting the traditions and charisms of our founders, the Sisters of Charity.

Our Vision is to be a community living and learning in

Faith and Love.

Our Mission as a Catholic School is to:

  • celebrate and know the person, vision and teachings of Jesus;
  • provide excellence in education that encourages life-long learners;
  • meet challenges and reach out with confidence, courage and compassion;
  • promote respect for ourselves and others and the world around us; and
  • strive to be the best that we can be, in a safe, welcoming environment.

Two students in school uniform standing at the front of a church holding a decorated cross and a candle.

Our Vision and Mission guides our education and organisation practices by living and learning each and every day.

We celebrate and know the person, vision and teachings of Jesus:

  • Knowing the whole child
  • Differentiation
  • Teaching with a Catholic Perspective
  • Religious Life of the School
  • Partnership with the parents/carers

We provide excellence in education that encourages life-long learners:

  • Knowing children as individual learners
  • Clear learning intentions
  • Regular goal setting opportunities
  • Integrating cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities

We meet challenges and reach out with confidence, courage, and compassion:

  • Targeted support
  • NCCD and ENGAGE
  • High Yield Strategies -Review & response meetings and Learning Walk & Talks
  • Response to data

We promote respect for ourselves and others and the world around us:

  • General capabilities
  • Behaviour matrix
  • Religious Life of the School
  • Year 6 leadership groups – Critical and Creative Thinking, Catholic Identity, Sustainability, and Welcome.

Strive to be the best that we can be:

  • Goal setting
  • Class Covenant
  • Student awards and Term awards
  • Gotcha tickets

CARE – PB4L Behaviour matrix

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