St Luke’s Grammar School has a thriving learning culture. In recent years, the School’s academic outcomes have consistently improved and in 2020, the outstanding results of the Class of 2020 led to the School being ranked an incredible 24th in the state. The efforts of the students and staff also resulted in St Luke’s being ranked 2nd in the State out of all “Co-educational Independent Schools” and top school on the Northern Beaches out of all “Non-Selective Schools”. These results are a testament to the successful embedding of the St Luke’s teaching and learning framework.
The learning culture at St Luke’s is underpinned by the LEARNING@STLUKE’S framework, which provides a common learning language across the School, as well as targeted strategies to equip students with the skills they need to understand themselves as learners. The LEARNING@STLUKE’S framework moves beyond the traditional approach to learning, seeking to engage the hearts and minds of students by combining the acquisition of content knowledge with the development of character.
Within the framework, which draws together research on how students learn and what abilities strengthen their capacity to learn, St Luke’s has identified 5 R’s associated with learning. Powerful learners display capacities associated with Resilience, Resourcefulness, Reflectiveness, Relationship and Restoration.
Two evidence-based concepts intrinsic to the LEARNING@STLUKE’S framework and fundamental to student success are having a growth mindset and developing grit. Each day at St Luke’s, we aim to help our students to understand that they have the ability to learn anything and the only limiting factor is their own mindset.
