Our Community | St Thomas More Primary School Mt Eliza

St Thomas More Primary School is a school which operates with the consent of the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne and is operated and governed by Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools Ltd (MACS).

MACS governs and operates Catholic schools in the Archdiocese to continue the mission of Catholic education to proclaim the Good News and equip our young people with the knowledge, skills, and hope to live meaningful lives and enrich the world around them.

Because the good work of educating the young is a co-responsible task led by every member of the Catholic school community, School Advisory Councils have been established to provide a crucial point of connection between the wider school community and school leaders. This governance model was designed to ease the administrative burden on our schools and parishes, allow parish priests to focus on the mission of education in the parish, enable greater collaboration between schools and ensure greater consistency in school policies and procedures.

More information about MACS is available at www.macs.vic.edu.au.

Philosophy Statement

Democratic Principles Statement

At St Thomas More Primary School we recognise that the school plays a vital role in advancing democratic ideals and principles. For democracy to continue to thrive, children must be taught democratic ideals and principles and to value its way of life. St Thomas More Primary School will explicitly and implicitly support and promote the principles of Australian democracy, including a commitment to:

elected government
the rule of law
equal rights for all before the law
freedom of religion
freedom of speech and association
the values of openess and tolerance

Through our curricular and extracurricular programs, St Thomas More will prepare our children to become citizens who will preserve and shape democracy in the future. Democratic values will be taught explicitly in the curriculum and implicitly in the child’s experience of the school, from classroom practice, and from what is taught to how it is taught.

St Thomas More Primary School Mt Eliza

313 Canadian Bay Road | Mt Eliza 3930 | Phone: (03) 9787 7788

Email: office@stmmtlza.catholic.edu.au