Our school strives to promote excellence in education and a love of life-long learning in the 21st century world. We offer an inclusive education catering for a diverse range of abilities of all children. We welcome you to St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School Rockdale, a friendly and welcoming community firmly embedded within our parish. Our classrooms are happy, engaging and interactive learning spaces, encouraging students to strive to achieve their best in all areas of the curriculum within a respectful environment.
This level of respect is reflective of the high standards we set, which are enforced by our dedicated, experienced and enthusiastic teachers who know each child as an individual and deliver strong academic results. Accordingly,
our specialist teachers foster skill development in a variety of sporting and creative areas. Extra-Curricular opportunities are offered through sporting Gala Days, chess competitions, Science Week, fun club, peer tutoring and Joeys for Justice. We also have a large sporting area complimented by our basketball court. Students have opportunities to use these spaces to enhance physical wellbeing and enjoy recess and lunch with their friends. The Student Environment Team takes responsibility for our school gardens.
Our vibrant library has a wide variety of quality, engaging books and an abundance of technology to explore online literature and resources. There are many ways in which St Joseph’s champions, reading, writing and learning. Through our library, The diverse needs of our students are met through an engaging curriculum that contextualises learning and identifies and caters for the individual needs of all students.
The school offers specialist teaching in the areas of English as a Second Language Special Needs, Reading Recovery and Gifted Education. We are part of a community united in the person of Jesus Christ and inspired by St Mary MacKillop under the patronage of Saint Joseph
We aspire to lead faith-filled lives. According to Gospel values. Our Catholic values underpin the way we teach and close engagement with parents means everyone plays a part in preparing our young people for an exciting future. “, Never see a need without doing something about it. “
