UCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND AIMS
All phases of schooling at Unity College are underpinned by Brisbane Catholic Education’s
Learning and Teaching Framework and The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Declaration (2019). The
Alice Springs (Mparntwe - pronounced as 'M- ban-tua') Education Declaration sets the national
vision for education for all Australians and notes two goals:
- The Australian education system promotes excellence and equity.
- All young Australians become:
- Confident and creative individuals
- Successful lifelong learners
- Active and informed members of the community
Curriculum design and delivery at Unity College is grounded in the Alice Springs (Mparntwe)
Education Declaration and is mindful of the declaration’s goals. In alignment with the declaration,
which promotes excellence and equity, we support students to achieve high standards and provide
structures and adjusted strategies that enable equitable learning experiences. This is achieved
within a faith-filled learning environment in which we are committed to supporting students to
become confident and creative individuals, successful lifelong learners and active and informed
members of the community.
At Unity College our spiritual identity is grounded by Celtic Christian spirituality. There is recognition
that the divine is present in others. Early Celtic Christians shared their food, money, work, play and
worship in communities which were always open to the people who lived around them. Wherever
they lived, they saw Christ in their neighbour. They also had a responsibility to provide travellers
with a safe and hospitable place to rest. They believed the more you gave a visitor then the more
you received in return.
At Unity College, the charism of Celtic Christian Spirituality provides us with six virtues to express
our understanding of how everything is connected by Christ, with Christ and through Christ:
Welcome, Hospitality, Awe and Wonder, Prayer and Contemplation, Reverence for Nature and Circle.
Artwork Credit Artist: Nerine Tilmouth, Ceremony, Karrinyarra, 2018,
courtesy of Tangentyere Artists. © Nerine Tilmouth/Copyright Agency, 2019