Learning

Curriculum

H1 Diverse opportunities for your child to do their best

Education at St Bernard’s sets your child up for academic excellence, grounded in robust spiritual, social, physical and emotional programs. Our students learn to be collaborative, critical thinkers who build positive relationships.

Our strong pastoral care and supportive learning environment nurtures the wellbeing of all our children. They feel comfortable to take risks and seek extra challenge, graduating as confident, creative problem solvers.

With your child at the centre of our teaching, our curriculum is taught within this framework:

  • Learning is a product of thinking
  • Collaboration enhances learning
  • Learners must have agency in their learning
  • Learning dispositions are as important as skills and knowledge
  • Learning happens at the point of challenge
  • Learning is contextual

Classes from K-6 are given opportunities to explore their talents across all areas of interest from languages to STEM, maths Olympiad, creative arts, sustainability and more.

Our curriculum is based on Board of Studies syllabuses and includes these Key Learning Areas:

Creative Arts

English

Human Society and its Environment

Information Communication and Information Technology

Languages

Library

Maths

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Religious Education

Science

This curriculum gives your child a well-rounded basis for all that they will learn in high school.

St Bernard’s graduates are given preferred entry into Year 7 at St Leo’s Catholic College, one of the most sought-after secondary schools in the area.

SEE WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY ABOUT OUR SCHOOL