Strong Catholic identity
Objective 1
To promote Catholic Identity by creating stronger links between parish and school.
Indicators:
- Increased number of families attend the year level Parish Masses with their children.
- More opportunities for the parish priest to be involved in school activities.
- Some students who participate in the sacramental program will become parish altar servers.
Strategies:
- Invite year 5 students to express an interest and provide training through the parish.
- Raise the profile of St Dympna as patron saint.
- To invite current altar servers to promote the ministry.
Objective 2
To increase community awareness of the critical nature of maintaining a Catholic Identity.
Indicators:
- Continue to add to the Catholic iconology visible on the school site.
- Developing school logo to reflect 21st century catholic faith life.
- Embedded whole school daily prayer rituals.
- Parish mass during school hours monthly.
- School Matrix to be embedded in the daily lives of our students and their families.
Strategies:
- Apply iconology within school site and community.
- Change the time for year level mass on Sundays.
- Educate parents and carers about the school Matrix.
- Formation of a stake holders group to inform and grow the school's catholic identity.
- Include iconology within the school master plan and the new buildings.
- Increase focus of unpacking the school Matrix using the Y Chart strategy.
- Timetable opportunities for school community members to celebrate the religious life of the school.
- To develop an annual staff covenant.
Objective 3
To increase community awareness of the critical nature of maintaining a Catholic Identity.
Indicators:
- Developing school logo to reflect 21st century catholic faith life.
- Embedded whole school daily prayer rituals.
- Parish mass during school hours monthly.
Strategies:
- Apply iconology within school site and community.
- Change the time for year level mass on Sundays.
- Timetable opportunities for school community members to celebrate the religious life of the school.
Objective 4
To embed the RE Learning Progressions into the planning, teaching and reporting of Religious Education.
Indicators:
- 100% of classroom teachers will use the Learning Progressions in their planning cycle.
Strategies:
- Education officer RE work with teachers through PD and planning sessions to embed RE Learning Progressions
Objective 5
To continue to promote and support Catholic Social Justice teachings.
Indicators:
- 100% of classes participate in raising funds for Project Compassion
- 95% of teachers will participate in Social Justice Teaching's professional development
Strategies:
- Professional development for teachers by Representative from Caritas
- Provide every class with a money box.
Objective 6
To continue the formation of staff members to recognise their role and responsibility as Catholic educators.
Indicators:
- 95% of staff members participation in the Brisbane Mary MacKillop pilgrimage.
- Eight members of staff participate in the annual staff pilgrimage to Mary MacKillop Place, Sydney.
Strategies:
- Budget and call for expressions of interest for the annual Sydney staff pilgrimage.
- Invite members of staff to participate in an organised pilgrimage within inner Brisbane retracing Mary MacKillop's footsteps.
