The EDUCANG Colleges’ educational philosophy is focused on the whole child – intellectual, cultural, physical, social and spiritual and strives to develop the good, the true and the beautiful in every child. A balanced approach to education through quality curricular and co-curricular programs provides opportunities for young people to grow to their full potential.
Our Prep to Year 12 coeducational Colleges will strive to achieve this vision within a supportive Christian community with a strong values base and effective pastoral care structures and programs. The EDUCANG Colleges believe that the education of boys and girls together is the most natural, healthy and normal setting for learning. Children who learn in this environment are well adjusted, able to relate to one another and generally more optimistic about life. Central to the vision are the goals of respect for diversity and inclusiveness when responding to cultural and contemporary contexts.
The EDUCANG Colleges provide a seamless curriculum from Prep to Year 12. The early years of learning are among the most significant for children to develop a love of learning and a positive view of themselves as learners. In the early years children learn through play, investigating, exploring and presenting their ideas gathered from a range of sensory experiences. The primary school programs are based on the eight Key Learning Areas, with particular emphasis on literacy and numeracy. The broad liberal education of the middle and senior school years and the provision of appropriate pathways toward tertiary study or the workplace, in the senior school form the basis of the curriculum. The EDUCANG Colleges’ curriculum will be based on the National Goals for Schooling in the 21st Century.
Fundamental to this vision is the understanding that values education within a sustaining and life giving Christian community significantly underpins the daily work of the school and the development of the curriculum. In an era of rapid and complex societal change and pervasive media and peer influence, the Colleges care for and nurture self esteem, encourage self reflection and develop compassion, respect, and tolerance as a foundation on which children may build their lives.