The Learning adventure is made up of four schools of learning:
- School of Genisis (Preschool and Early Stage 1)
- The School of Curiosity (Stages 1 and 2)
- The School of Connections (Stages 3 and 4)
- The School of Challenge (Stages 5 and 6)
Learning Framework
What is the Santa Sophia Learning Framework?
Santa Sophia Catholic College is a Pre -Post school which ultimately wants all students to gain wisdom through faith, hope and love. The college's learning framework aims to articulate the importance of transference of knowledge and skills which meets the needs of the 21st century world which we live in.
Since Santa Sophia has four transitional schools contained in the one college, there will be specific pedagogical practices used by teachers which align with the different developmental stages of the students (Play Based Inquiry, Guided Inquiry, Rigorous Learning Focused Projects and Blended Mastery). Each pedagogical practice is founded on the Principles of Inquiry Learning.
Santa Sophia Catholic College aims to support parents and caregivers, who are the child’s primary educators.
The Learning Core
The learning core depicts how and what students learn in the contemporary learning environment at Santa Sophia. At the centre of the learning core is the goal for each student to attain Wisdom through Faith, Hope and Love.
Wisdom which is not only right judgment and knowledge but in the Cathloic Tradition is the God incarnate, Jesus Christ and its the purpose of all learning to lead us to Him.
Faith is giving our whole self to God because we are made in God's image and likeness (Gen 1:27) and God is the source of all truth and wisdom.
Hope is having full trust in God and not relying on our own weakness but in Christ who is all powerful and loving and gives us the grace to help one another in struggles.
Love is the queen of all virtues which challenges us to seek God and put the good of the other before ourselves.
What is inquiry learning?
Every school in NSW, is mandated to teach the NESA (NSW Education Standards Authority) curriculum and at Santa Sophia, all students will engage in this curriculum through an inquiry model of learning.
An inquiry model of learning, places the students at the centre of the learning process, which encourages curiosity, relevance, choice, reflection and makes connections to the world we live in.
An important goal for all students, is to not only acquire knowledge and skills in different subject areas, but transfer this learning to all aspects of life. At Santa Sophia Catholic College, this process of learning can be identified by three phases of learning: Surface, Deep and Transfer Learning. Each of these phases of learning is core in all learning activities in each subject.
Learner Capabilities: Preparing for the future workplace
Santa Sophia Catholic College aims to prepare students for the workplace of the future. The College aims to develop the following capabilities in our students, which are of the highest priority in all workplaces:
Holy Wisdom, Literacy, Numeracy, Personal (Intra) and Social (Inter), Digital Intelligence and Enterprise Skills (Collaboration, Critical and Creative Thinking, Presentation Skills).
The learner capabilities have been intentionally included as core learning at Santa Sophia, as we want to give our students the very best foundation to be successful in the workplace and life in general.
Each of the learner capabilities are assessed in all years of learning and are reported on.
Learner Capabilities
Holy Wisdom |
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Personal and Social
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Digital Literacy |
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Enterprise Skills: Collaboration, Presentation Skills, Critical and Creative Thinking |
Collaboration |
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Presentation Skills |
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