Our vision
Sophia College is a Catholic learning community called to walk gently with creation through wisdom and love to make a better future.
Our mission
The Sophia College community lives the good news of Jesus Christ by:
- Hearing and acting on the call to care for God's creation, our common home
- Acquiring and practicing wisdom to create a hope-filled future
- Walking with love to include the other
- Understanding their place in St Francis' call to rebuild — through service, support and leadership
The Four Living Stones
Four "living stones" underpin all of Sophia College's actions and strategic planning:
Learning
Student-centred learning where students are engaged as leaders and decision-makers in their own learning, equipped with the skills to succeed in an ever-changing world.
Integral Ecology
Caring for God's creation, our common home — walking gently with creation.
Faith
Living the good news of Jesus Christ in the Franciscan tradition.
Engagement
Building genuine relationships and connection across the whole college community.
What is a Sophian?
We haven't found a formal definition of "Sophian" in college documentation — if this term is used at assemblies, in the student diary, or in a Learner Profile, add its real definition here. In the meantime, it's reasonable to describe a Sophian as a member of the college community who lives out the vision above: walking gently with creation, through wisdom and love.
Houses & Fratelli Groups
Every student is assigned a House at enrolment. Each morning, they gather in smaller subgroups of their House called Fratelli Groups — this is Sophia College's pastoral care and homeroom system, and you'll hear "Fratelli" used constantly.
As a Fratelli Group Teacher, you're the first point of contact between a student's guardians and the college, and the primary advocate and support person for the students in your group — while referring matters on to their House Companion, Pedagogy Companion, or the LIFE team as needed.
Every Fratelli session runs the same five-part structure — the Fratelli Five:
Prayer
Roll
Announcements
Learning check
Devices, diary, and materials for lessons 1 & 2.
Uniform check
Our campus
Sophia College's campus is located at 56 Otto Road, Plainland, QLD — in the Lockyer Valley region, within the Brisbane Catholic Education network. It is a secondary college (Year 7 and above).
Following the Franciscan tradition, many of our buildings and spaces carry names connected to the life of St Francis of Assisi — including Assisi, Piazza, Angelo, Leo, La Verna, Padua, Greccio, Rieti and Spoleto. You'll pick these up quickly once you're navigating the campus day to day.
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