Principal's Welcome

Dear Parents and Families,

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As the principal of St Joseph’s Primary School, I extend the warmest welcome to you as you begin your journey in finding the right school for your child and family. I warmly invite you to explore our school website and get a feel for life at St Joseph’s. We hope our school values resonate with what is important to your family and that this marks the beginning of a strong and positive partnership together.

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We invite you to experience the St Joseph’s difference, with our academic excellence, exceptional care for our students, and our welcoming and nurturing community, all in the heart of Malvern. In exploring our website we hope to provide you with valuable insights into our vibrant school community. 

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As the leader of this wonderful community, it is an honour to serve and work in partnership with our families, our staff, and with our Parish Priest Father Gallacher and our parish community, to support and inspire the young people in our care. We work in collaboration, building on our rich history, Catholic traditions, and successes of St Joseph’s, for the benefit of every child, as this is the heart of our work. 

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At St Joseph's, we take great pride in the extra care we provide to every child in our school, and we prioritise meaningful relationships with every family. We are a small Catholic Primary School, with just over 180 students. We are small enough to know every child and every family within our school community and big enough to excel. We value every individual in our community, where every child, parent, sibling and extended family members are known by name. Our relationships are built on respect and trust, and we promote values of inclusivity and belonging, ensuring that everyone feels a profound sense of welcome and connection to our school. We take immense pride in fostering a deep understanding of every child and their learning needs, as well as developing authentic partnerships with families where genuine connections are nurtured. We acknowledge that you, as parents, are the primary educators and carers of your children and we know that your children are loved, cared for and nurtured in your home and we aim to provide the same caring environment at school. Once you walk into our school grounds and move through our classrooms you will experience the St Joseph’s difference. You will feel the warmth, care and sense of belonging in our community. We welcome the partnership between school and home and we value the strong relationships that we build to ensure that families are actively involved in all aspects of school life. It is important to us that we work together to create a community where every family is valued and every child can flourish and reach their full potential.

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At St Joseph’s, our first priority is to ensure a safe, joyful, caring and inclusive environment where every child feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive academically, spiritually, socially, and emotionally. Together with the dedicated staff, I am committed to upholding high standards of excellence while fostering a culture of respect and care for each individual. At St Joseph’s, you will notice very quickly that each staff member goes above and beyond to care for your child, ensuring a happy, warm and welcoming environment so that our students feel comfortable and secure when they are at school. We pride ourselves on making sure every child feels safe so that they can learn, grow and flourish as young people and learners. We provide a caring and supportive learning environment so that all students can experience achievement and success, with their wellbeing, and physical and psychological safety, at the centre of all we do.

 

Our commitment lies in providing a comprehensive education within an enriching learning environment where we continue to achieve outstanding academic results. It is my privilege to lead an exceptional and dedicated team of educators who are committed to nurturing the potential within each child and fostering a love for lifelong learning, achievement and success. It is our responsibility to provide every student with opportunities, resources and the support they need to learn and excel, so that they can not only participate in all aspects of school life, but so that they become independent and capable young people. We deliver an enriched  curriculum to meet the needs of all students and a wide variety of extra curricular activities that inspires curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking in our students. We take exceptional pride in having high expectations of our teaching staff and our students, where support and challenge are part of our daily practice. We provide rich learning experiences firmly grounded in the latest research and we lead the way with best practice evidence based instruction of how students learn most effectively and efficiently. We understand how essential it is for students to be successful in literacy and numeracy and we have delivered outstanding NAPLAN results over many years. We are highly regarded in our local community and the broader educational network for demonstrating excellence and leading the way with structured explicit teaching practices. We celebrate an ongoing proven record of academic excellence and achievement in both literacy and numeracy. And whether it is academic, sporting or creative, we strive for teaching and learning excellence and equity in all we do. We empower students to be active leaders in their learning, encouraging them to embrace their unique strengths and talents as they flourish on their educational journey with us.

As a Catholic school in the Parish of Malvern, we espouse the values taught by Jesus in the Gospels and we seek to deliver a high-quality Catholic education. We provide our young people with the knowledge, skills and hope to live meaningful lives that shape and enrich the world around them. We aspire to be a united community of faith and learning where love, hope and welcome flourish. At St Joseph's we proudly look after the spiritual, intellectual, social, emotional and physical needs of every child. 

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I look forward to welcoming you and your family to our welcoming school community where you can experience the difference a St Joseph’s education makes. Join us for a personalised tour and discover how our values, our caring and nurturing community, and teaching excellence, can make a difference in your child’s future.  We are committed to ensuring the best possible learning environment for your child to flourish. 

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I welcome the opportunity to talk with you about your child and their needs, and to understand what is important to you. I look forward to meeting with you very soon.