Learning
St Ursula’s College is an engaging and supportive learning community that reaches well beyond the classroom walls. We offer diverse educational opportunities for girls in Years 7 to 12.
Framework for Curriculum and Learning
At St Ursula’s College, ‘curriculum’ embodies all of the learning experiences of our students, both inside and outside of the classroom. All learning experiences are designed for a girl’s education within a community that is connecting with life in the twenty-first century.
Transformative Learning for Young Women
Learning at St Ursula’s College is framed as ‘transformative learning’ for contemporary young women within the context of a hopeful and faith-filled community. At St Ursula’s College “…we actively foster a love of learning for a lifetime of purposeful engagement in the world of the twenty-first century. Teaching is learner-centred. The potential of each learner is nurtured and challenged to enable full and transformative participation in the world.” Students and teachers seek learning opportunities that embrace positive change (transformation); emphasise our connection with the sacred, with others and with our world; and challenge us to service, reflection and action.
Key Characteristics of Teaching and Learning at St Ursula’s College
- a vibrant Professional Learning Community that seeks learner-focused pedagogical excellence
- an integrated holistic approach with a focus on academic rigour and deep disciplinary learning
- a diverse curriculum with an emphasis on design, creativity and collaboration
- learning that foregrounds the importance of caring for the individual and relationships based on mutual respect, tolerance and acceptance
- an integrated service and justice approach including a particular emphasis on women, the environment and future sustainability
- innovative, sustainable approaches to enhancing the human, physical and technological resources that will support twenty-first century thinking and learning.
St Ursula’s College Teaching and Learning Framework
St Ursula’s College from its inception in 1931 has been committed to providing innovative practice in teaching and learning. This framework has been an initiative engaging the entire teaching community at the College. In its collation and formulation the core values of Ursuline education and the writings of Angela Merici have always been at the centre. The resulting document Our Learners, Our Teachers, Our Women will provide a guide to our staff and a foundational document for how we as Ursuline educators approach our day-to-day teaching.
This framework is how as educators we can guide, nuture and challenge our learners to become “Serviam” women. St Ursula’s College Toowoomba believes that teaching occurs both inside and outside the classroom to foster young women of excellence, wisdom, justice and integrity.
Read more about the daily life of St Ursula's College in the Student Handbook.
