St Michael's Primary Daceyville is a Catholic systemic school within the Archdiocese of Sydney. The core values of the school are based on a genuine concern for others and ideals of cooperation, obedience, tolerance, respect and honesty. The school's mission is to challenge and inspire all to love, learn and live the Gospel. St Michael's aims to create an environment in which the Catholic faith is fostered and in which every child's learning potential is realised through the implementation of 21st century pedagogy. School improvement strategies include the employment of additional learning assistants to facilitate small group reading, guided writing and numeracy instruction. A comprehensive professional development program builds teacher capacity to analyse data and implement 21st century pedagogy. Students demonstrate their learning by accessing a range of technology resources including Web 2 tools, interactive whiteboards and laptops. Students have many opportunities to excel in a range of learning experiences including debating, sporting events, music, student leadership, band and Italian. The school values parental engagement and facilitates a number of workshops to assist parent understanding of the learning process. Parent/student/teacher conferences are regularly held to collaboratively set individual student learning goals and evaluate learning gains. The school is committed to working collaboratively to ensure continued whole school improvement in student learning.