Phil Rooke

Santa Sophia Catholic College

To succeed in a connected world you have to learn differently. Santa Sophia Catholic College (Box Hill) provides a Christ centred environment, aimed at educating the whole child. Our mission is to help students to become people of true wisdom through faith, hope and love. We are a Catholic learning community that serves the dynamic new area of Gables/Box Hill. We are establishing a new approach for pre-school to post school learning. We achieve this through a developmental and student-centred approach to learning with a focus on ‘learning how to learn'. The College brings together the best we know about how young people learn and how to teach them. Within a Catholic faith environment, students will learn how to be responsible global citizens, how to think creatively and critically, how to communicate and work collaboratively. We are a school that fosters imagination and innovation. Santa Sophia has an educational approach which sees all members of the community as learners. With the learner at the centre, Santa Sophia uses student interests, innovative learning approaches and a flexible curriculum to intentionally enhance every child's learning adventure. We inspire students to explore, discover, innovate and thrive in their learning adventure.