School History
Holy Family Catholic Primary School is situated in Karama, one of Darwin’s northern suburbs. It is very close to a shopping centre and Leanyer Water Park and about 15 minutes from Darwin CBD.
Our school was built and opened in 1983. Holy Family Parish Church and O’Loughlin Catholic College are adjacent to the school. Proximity to O’Loughlin Middle and Senior School means that families have the opportunity for their children to be educated from the beginning of primary schooling through to the completion of secondary studies all in the one location.
With approximately 260 students, our School enjoys many of the advantages of being a smaller community. Currently, there are ten classrooms catering for students from Transition to Year Six.
We also have an Early Learning Community for two and a half to five year olds. This centre provides long term day care and offers both an educational program and activities based around experimental play. It also has a preschool program facilitated by a teacher.
Our After School Care and Vacation Care programs operate for families that require these services due to parent/work commitments.
Our Learning Powers project began in our school in 2015 and is being supported by an educational consultant to implement ongoing improvement in the school. We chose this as a framework for talking about and designing learning. It is about students learning how they learn. The seven learning dispositions are – Changing and Learning, Critical Curiosity, Meaning Making, Creativity, Resilience, Strategic Awareness and Learning Relationships. We are using these dispositions to frame our teaching and learning in the school to develop our students into deep, engaged learners or as our vision says architects of their own learning. Learning Power uses current research to support teachers to grow their teaching in the classroom. Through this project and with teachers and parents supporting each other, Holy Family Catholic Primary School is working at the forefront of education.
Our school was built and opened in 1983. Holy Family Parish Church and O’Loughlin Catholic College are adjacent to the school. Proximity to O’Loughlin Middle and Senior School means that families have the opportunity for their children to be educated from the beginning of primary schooling through to the completion of secondary studies all in the one location.
With approximately 260 students, our School enjoys many of the advantages of being a smaller community. Currently, there are ten classrooms catering for students from Transition to Year Six.
We also have an Early Learning Community for two and a half to five year olds. This centre provides long term day care and offers both an educational program and activities based around experimental play. It also has a preschool program facilitated by a teacher.
Our After School Care and Vacation Care programs operate for families that require these services due to parent/work commitments.
Our Learning Powers project began in our school in 2015 and is being supported by an educational consultant to implement ongoing improvement in the school. We chose this as a framework for talking about and designing learning. It is about students learning how they learn. The seven learning dispositions are – Changing and Learning, Critical Curiosity, Meaning Making, Creativity, Resilience, Strategic Awareness and Learning Relationships. We are using these dispositions to frame our teaching and learning in the school to develop our students into deep, engaged learners or as our vision says architects of their own learning. Learning Power uses current research to support teachers to grow their teaching in the classroom. Through this project and with teachers and parents supporting each other, Holy Family Catholic Primary School is working at the forefront of education.