St Francis Xavier's (SFX) was established in 1983 as a joint venture of the parishes of Tea Tree Gully and Modbury/Para Hills. At SFX we seek to challenge students to aim for the highest possible level of achievement in all areas of school life: academic, spiritual, cultural and sporting. We hope our students will question and search, explore and discover as they become self-motivated learners who will view with critical eyes the society in which they live. This process, we trust, will allow them to contribute to the growth of a more just, peaceful and forgiving society. We believe children learn best in a caring, accepting environment. We believe that when children are encouraged and supported, they will experience success. Our direction is clear. We are aware of the need to be constantly evolving to meet the needs of our students, staff and parents. We make a commitment to provide a safe and caring environment with an open approach to decision making. Our school values success and relationships that are based on trust, respect and cooperation. We aim to offer a broad range of curriculum to assist our students to grow and develop their potential. Student learning is the core to all policies, procedures and practices. At SFX the Key Learning Areas of Literacy, Numeracy, Society and Environment, Health, Physical Education, Italian, Science, Design and Technology and The Arts, provide our students with a broad range of knowledge, skills and dispositions that will prepare them for the dynamic society in which they live and will work. Through these Key Learning Areas, students are introduced to bodies of knowledge aimed to develop inquiring habits of mind and action, skills and values, which are so fundamental to living in a post-modern world and to being lifelong learners. We work in partnership with our families, offering support programs in a number of key areas. The school's Adaptive Education program caters for children with learning needs, offering individual programs such as Reading Recovery, Quick Smart..