St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Tarneit is dedicated to fostering curiosity, embracing creativity, and developing critical thinking skills in students. With a focus on empowering learners to take responsibility for their education, the school’s teachers maintain high expectations for all students to help them achieve their full potential. By offering challenging and motivating learning experiences that build on prior knowledge and cultivate new skills and perspectives, St Francis of Assisi aims to equip students with the confidence and compassion needed for lifelong success.
Committed to the safety, wellbeing, and protection of all children in its care, St Francis of Assisi Primary School upholds a philosophy centered on collaboration, striving for mastery, creativity, self-directed learning, and courage. Through a partnership with ‘Muthi Tidda,’ an Indigenous artistic representation of the school’s dispositions has been created, illustrating the qualities that define successful learners within the institution. By connecting learning, faith, life, and culture, the school endeavors to develop students who positively impact others and inspire each other to reach their fullest potential.
Under the leadership of Principal Michelle Gillett, St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School Tarneit is dedicated to empowering learners to excel, influencing the minds and hearts of teachers, and collaborating with the school community to realize the hopes and dreams of students and their families. By nurturing the next generation of learners and leaders, the school aims to instill in students the ability to effect positive change in an increasingly complex and ever-changing world.