© Brisbane Catholic Education, Unity College (2024)
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.