About Our School
Welcome to our vibrant Catholic primary school, located on the Western side of Warrnambool in South West Victoria. We are proud to serve families from across the Warrnambool area, offering an inclusive and dynamic learning environment.
As the principal, I invite you to explore the heart of our school by visiting us in person. Within our walls, you’ll find a community committed to academic excellence, personal growth, and developing the whole child. We are passionate about creating an environment where every student feels valued and inspired to reach their full potential.
We encourage you to experience the energy of our school firsthand. Meet our dedicated educators, explore our modern facilities, and feel the enthusiasm that fills our classrooms. Whether you're a prospective student, parent, or community member, we invite you to discover all that we have to offer.
Ready to get started? Reach out to our office to request an enrolment pack. We’re excited to welcome you into our community, where learning is limitless and every day brings new opportunities for growth and discovery.
Nick Murrell
Principal
See St. Pius X in Action
Please take a moment to come and see firsthand what we do here at St. Pius X. Listen to our dedicated staff and enthusiastic students share what makes our school such a warm and welcoming community. You’re always welcome to experience it for yourself!
Learning
Wellbeing
Community
St Pius X School opened in 1986 with 29 students. As we celebrate 35 years, the current enrolment is 310 students with 38 staff members. The life of St Pius of Lisieux, who believed that what matters in life most is great love and that we must approach all that we do with love, is evident in all that we do.
The Catholic nature of the school is evident in the daily lives of the children, teachers, and community. St Pius lives its school vision through all interactions with staff, students, and the wider community by developing deep understandings about self, others, and the world. Leaders aim to be Christ-centered in all aspects of their leadership.
A well-coordinated Religious Education program connected to faith development and social justice and takes a caring, community-based approach provides the students with many opportunities to connect their lives and faith.
The learning spaces and improvements to all buildings and grounds support a contemporary approach, emphasising valuing external and internal learning.
Vision and Mission
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Each person will know the joy of successful learning, through the provision of a quality curriculum and resources, best practice teaching and personalised support which responds to individual needs and aspirations.
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We strive to live and develop our Catholic faith through prayer, education, service and celebration with an invitation to all.
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Each person in our community will experience welcome, respect and support, so that they may have life to the full.
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Item deCreated in the image of God, all will know and experience, equality, respect, forgiveness and responsibility.scription
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We strive to develop in ourselves and others, empathy, forgiveness and generosity.
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All children will truly experience safety and care. We will ensure our community is empowered and committed to child safety and that our policies, structures and processes properly identify and effectively address concerns. This will include comprehensive risk management and staff and volunteer screening and recruitment procedures.
Parent Handbook
The handbook provides helpful information to families about how daily life at St. Pius X operates, learning, wellbeing and ways that families can be involved in our community. Please take some time to have a read.
Child Safety
All students enrolled and any child visiting have a right to feel safe and be safe. The wellbeing of children in our care will always be our first priority. We have zero tolerance to child abuse, including corporal punishment. We aim to create a child safe and child friendly environment where children feel safe, develop responsibility for their own safety and are free to enjoy life to the full without concerns for their safety being threatened by others.
The staff and volunteers of St. Pius X Parish School, encourage students to express their views. We listen to their suggestions, especially on matters that directly affect them. We actively encourage all students to openly express their views and feel comfortable about giving voice to the things that are important to them.
We teach students about what they can do if they feel unsafe. We listen to and act on any concerns students, or their parents or carers, raise with us.
At St. Pius X Parish School we provide every child with the opportunity to engage in social emotional programs. These programs include the school wide Bounce Back Resilience program. Other programs that provide further support to children with wellbeing concerns are Seasons For Growth and Confident Kids.
We aim to support all students, teachers and families in their wellbeing. As a Catholic school community, our policies, planning and practice are called to reflect a consistently high level of pastoral care.
Teaching and Learning
Our school is focused on providing a contemporary learning environment and continues to evaluate programs for their relevance to living in the twenty-first century. The use of research and data to inform decisions about learning and teaching, have contributed to a change in culture in this area.
The learning and teaching in the early years builds a strong foundation that supports our beliefs and understandings that children who engage in complex forms of socio-dramatic investigations have greater language skills and better developed social skills, empathy and imagination.
Student Welfare
All staff promote a positive wellbeing philosophy based on high expectations for all students within a nurturing environment. It is the basis upon which student learning is developed and extended.
Child Safety
At St Pius Catholic Primary School, we hold the care, safety and wellbeing of children and young people as a central and fundamental responsibility of our school. Our commitment is drawn from and inherent to the teaching and mission of Jesus Christ, with love, justice and the sanctity of each human person at the heart of the gospel (CECV Commitment Statement to Child Safety).
Statement of Democratic Principles
St Pius Primary School aims to promote lifelong learning and active participation as citizens in Australian society. Learning and teaching practice is based on an integrated curriculum and implemented through an inquiry approach. An important focus of curriculum development and implementation is the focus on Community and Citizenship, which is developed and explored in line with the Victorian Curriculum's Essential Learning Standards - Civics and Citizenship Domain.
The programs of St Pius, and the teaching of those programs support and promote:
the principles and practice of Australian democracy;
the elected government;
the rule of law;
equal rights for all before the law;
freedom of religion;
freedom of speech and association; and,
values of openness and tolerance.