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St John’s College is a unique Catholic co-educational day and boarding school. Its uniqueness lies in its environment, its history, its tradition and culture and the diversity of students.
The college is idyllically located in the beautiful surrounds of the Darwin Botanical Gardens. Its two campuses Hartzer (Middle School) and Chevalier (Senior School) are connected by an overhead bridge that spans these gardens.
St John’s is proud of its history and the strong tradition of its founders, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) and the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH). This, and the college motto, ‘Strong in Faith’ guide our values and actions.
St John’s is a vibrant, diverse and harmonious multi-cultural community. Our students choose to come to St John’s from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, from the Northern Territory remote, rural and urban regions and from locations across Asia and Africa.
St John’s students are its best advertisement. They excel in education, sports and the Arts through the many curricular and extra-curricular opportunities provided to them. Our students are caring, compassionate, confident and demonstrate their strength of leadership in the five Rs:
• Relationship building
• Respect – giving and gaining
• Responsibility – for their actions
• Reliability – trusted to do the right thing
• Risk taking – face up to challenges and find creative solutions to problems.
The extensive curriculum at St John’s provides students with opportunities to focus on their interests and strengths whilst also challenging them to achieve their personal best at all levels.
The Boarding residences at St John’s are safe, friendly and well resourced. Students are supported in their study sessions and have access to computers and the library. A wide range of supervised activities are undertaken on weekends.
I encourage you to contact the college directly for further information on any aspect of college life.
Margot Morcombe |
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St Johns Middle school is located on the Hartzer campus and offers a comprehensive and challenging curriculum for students in Years 7 to 9. The curriculum prepares students for the senior school and aims to instil a life-long love of learning.
The curriculum guided by the Northern Territory Curriculum Framework ensures students study subjects for all learning area, Religious Education, Arts, English/ESL, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Science, SOSE, Technology and Enterprise. There are also many elective subjects from which to chose.
The Hartzer campus is well resourced with an auditorium, computer labs and a library which also functions as a homework centre. Pods of laptops are available for classroom use and each classroom is equipped with a Smartboard. |
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St Johns is primarily an educational institution. We place achievement in studies high on our list of goals. We believe that all our students, given care and guidance, can make progress in learning. True learning demands respect for the opinions of others, and a shared concern for the truth. These are subjects likely to be on offer in Year 12:
• Accounting
• Art
• Australian Studies
• Biology
• Building Construction (VET)
• Business Studies
• Chemistry
• Community Studies
• Computing
• Contemporary Issues & Science
• Drama
• Economics
• English Communications
• English Studies
• ESL
• History
• Home Economics
• Info Processing & Publishing
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Legal Studies
• Mathematics Studies
• Mathematics Methods
• Mathematical Applications
• Physical Education
• Physics
• Psychology
• Sport & Recreation (Vet)
• Tourism |
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The school offers many sports. Included in the sports program is swimming, athletics, Australian Rules Football, Rugby Legue and Union, and male and female Basketball.
St Johns College has been the educational home for some distinguished footballers in the history of the school.
The school’s football program (Football Focus) begins in the Middle School where year nine boys have the opportunity to choose football as a subject.
St John’s College also has a strong tradition in Rugby League and Union.
The College participates in the Top End Sporting Festivals for male and female Basketball.
Each year the College competes in the Cricket & Football Shop Cup in both Middle School and Senior divisions. |
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The boarding houses are managed by the Heads of Boarding and staffed by full time, part time and casual house parents. These people are chosen for their Christian values, qualifications and experience in working with children. Their mission is to care for your child, keeping them safe, happy and healthy and to promote and encourage their education and to provide them with a wide range of sporting and recreational activities.
We recognise that boarding is seldom, if ever the same as living at home, but those students who come prepared to grasp the many and varied opportunities that boarding house life offers, thoroughly enjoy the experience and make life long friends. |
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