St Pius X Primary School is located in Heidelberg West, north-east of Melbourne. The current enrolment is approximately 125 students with about 50% of students from 24 different nationalities - particularly Lebanon and parts of Africa and Asia. St Pius X School is an exciting learning community which strives to cater for the different learning styles, needs and interests of our children and school community. The wider community is represented in the school by St Vincent De Paul, parishioners, Banyule Volunteers, Victoria Police and Cultivating Community. We encourage opportunities for students to interact within and with the wider community. St Pius X is a diverse school community that achieves its mission by celebrating acceptance and love of learning. The school is committed to Purposeful Learning, Exemplary Professional Practice, Pastoral Care and Support and Building Community. St Pius X main goals are to improve student learning in Literacy and Numeracy across all year levels. Through our Contemporary Learning program students are able to understand and put into practice a range of skills to help them in their learning journey. The school has modern well-maintained facilities including excellent resourced classroom learning areas with interactive whiteboards, a well-resourced library and Communication Technology Centre and a dynamic inclusive curriculum based on the VELS. We further support our children and families with a variety of programs such as After-School Sport, Reading Club, Breakfast Club, lunchtime activity groups and the School Community Garden project. Our focus is to continue to build our school community, engage our families in student learning and develop and diversify the curriculum and learning experiences for the children.