St John's Lutheran School

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The staff is committed to providing engaging hands-on and inquiry-based learning opportunities to study their changing world and explore sustainable living within an urban community. Our dedicated staff nurtures each student to develop their talents and interests to reach their full potential as valued and contributing citizens of the world.

Our particular focus is on the whole child, especially individual students' needs, emphasizing the social/emotional, academic, physical, and spiritual dimensions. We have a diverse student cohort and encourage student enrolment applications from a wide range of backgrounds.

We believe that it is essential that our students feel safe at school so that their learning opportunities can be at an optimal level. St John's strives for high academic standards to help all students realize their potential and develop their interests.

Our outstanding staff is very committed to supporting our students and their ongoing development. Essential to our School is our relationship with God, in the context of the Gospel, where each student is valued and accepted as a child of God. Relationships are an essential part of our St John's culture, so we use the Restorative Practice model to manage our students' behavior.

We offer a range of activities: co-curricular, including sport and music, and extra-curricular, including service-learning and debating. For a taste of St John's Lutheran School, we encourage you to visit for a tour on Tuesday mornings during term time. I strongly recommend you visit us, to see our school in action, to meet members of our caring and dynamic school and experience for yourself this unique environment.

St John's Lutheran School supports and promotes the principles and practice of Australian Democracy, including a commitment to an elected government, the rule of law, equal rights for all before the law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and association, and the values of openness and tolerance.

As a Lutheran School, St John's Lutheran School endeavors to achieve its Philosophy of Education through the following aims:

• We will celebrate God's love and our Lutheran heritage
• We believe each individual has their gifts and talents. Students will be encouraged and supported in developing those gifts
• In our curriculum, we will endeavor to provide a broad and appropriate range of subjects and promote innovation and excellence in teaching, learning, and pastoral care
• We strive to operate in partnership with families and the community and prepare students to make a valuable contribution to their local and broader community
• Our school aims to provide a student-centered environment in which students feel safe and are encouraged to serve others in their community with confidence
• In our holistic approach to students, we value equity, diversity, individuality, and multiculturalism
• We recognize our role as environmental stewards and accept responsibility for promoting sustainable practices.

St John's Lutheran School shares its vision with all Australian Lutheran schools. It is a vision based on God's self-revelation in the Bible, God's inspired Word, and the trustworthy source of Christian teaching. The school endeavors to set up and maintain a framework of Christian attitudes and relationships which will, by the power of the Holy Spirit, permeate and integrate its entire life and work and thereby help it to grow as a caring community.

Therefore, the educational philosophy of the school is based on the recognition that God is the giver of all truth and that the skills and attitudes of the students are being developed and used for the glory of God through service to one another. This encourages the development of a Christian worldview that equips students to live an authentic Christian life in Australian society.

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