St Finbar’s Primary School achieves its mission of “Shining on the World like Bright Stars” through its school-wide pedagogy which names learning as active, relevant, wholistic, celebrated and sustainable. The values of the Mercy Sisters have been embedded across the school and students focus on these core values -Respect, Compassion, Hospitality, Diversity, Empowerment, Justice and Service, throughout their school-life.
The school boasts strong academic achievement in all areas, especially literacy, numeracy and Religious Education that is supported by programs such as Reading Recovery, Early Literacy Intervention, Language Features of Text Types, The Archdiocesan Numeracy Strategy, Enrichment and Special Needs. Technology is used not only to assist in program differentiation and student engagement, but ensures that the students are provided with a challenging and contemporary curriculum.
