At St Patrick's, we are committed to 'Educating with a Mission Lens' – a three-year school community program with lasting impact in responding to how we can reach our full potential – that is, how we can be more like Jesus. Through this program, we are able to articulate the everyday mission of what we do.

Our classroom facilities include seven flexible, contemporary and creative learning spaces that revolutionise the way we teach and learn at St Patrick’s. We have a highly creative, flexible, environment, which allows different modes of learning while still providing for diverse needs. The transparency of our spaces encourage teachers and students to collaborate across stages. 

At St Patrick’s, our learning and teaching practices are constantly informed by and responsive to the data we collect and receive from students’ assessments. And it’s working – trends in the data at St Patrick’s show a marked improvement over the past few years in both Literacy and Mathematics. 

Our Living Classroom is a fully functioning permaculture garden. Students from Year 4 are our ‘garden ambassadors’ and spend three full days every term working in the garden, learning about permaculture principles, building soil, planting trees, growing amazing produce and having fun. The garden also connects us to our local community, with produce available to purchase on market days and morning teas offered to to parishioners and families in the garden throughout the year. The pizza and scones made in the wood fired oven in our garden kitchen are always a big hit!

Engagement in sport and physical activity can help keep children healthy, happy and socially engaged – all of which can impact on their intellectual capacity and academic achievements. At St Patrick's, we aim to provide children with positive sporting experiences to help develop a lifelong interest in sport and physical activity.

At St Patrick’s our Behavioural Support and Management Policy is based on the Positive Behaviours for Learning (PB₄L) framework. This framework provides support systems for all members of our school community, providing clear, consistent guidelines of expectations and procedures. There is a strong emphasis on prevention of problem behaviours, as well as provisions to teach and affirm pro-social behaviours.

At St Patrick's, we incorporate digital technologies into our teaching and learning experiences – including through embedding Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities in our Science units and across other KLAs where applicable. Each classroom is equipped with STEM kits which contain materials to design and make models to explore and solve real-world concepts and problems. All infant classes also have robotics packs in their classrooms. 

St Patrick’s has a Japanese language program for students from Kindergarten to Year 2.Students engage in learning the language through singing, games, conversational activities and role-playing, and responding to oral language such as greetings and classroom directions. They also learn about Japanese culture and celebrations.