Information about our school.

" Where there is no vision people perish."

Our Vision Statement

We help our pupils develop a sense of wonder, awe and gratitude to God for creation, peple and theselves, through frequent prayer during the day, through building their self-confidence, developing their talents tot hte full and inculcating respect for themselves, others and the environment.

School Ethos

As teachers it is our role, a very privileged role, to prepare your children for life, to help them understand what lfe has to offer and the demands it makes.

Your children cannot be satisfied with mere information, with a knowledge of facts, methods and techniques. The are seeking a meaning and purpose in life, a high ground on which to stand, from which to survy the world around them, with all its problems, challenges and opportunities. They seek a key to the radical significance of the world and especially to the significance of their own lives.

As Christian educators, we know that our real destiny in life is to be found in the person of Jesus and in his Gospel message. We, therefore, bring the light of the Gospel to bear on all aspects of our work in school.

Aims Of Our School

1. We aim to enable the child to live a full life as a child and to realise her potential as a unique individual.
2. We aim to develop self-confidence in our pupil by making them aware of their own abilities and their own individual talents. We praise and show appreciation for efforts and help them remove obstacles, which might hinder their progress.
3. We aim to encourage parents to be aware of their child's development in school. We help them value their contribution in the education and development of their child.
4. We aim to enable the pupil to develop as a social being through living and co-operating with others and so contribute to the good of society.
5. We aim to enable the pupil to acquire values on which to base choices and form attitudes.
6. We aim to develop honesty, truthfulness, obedinece, espect for self, others, God and the environment through our own example.
7. We aim to develop healthy eating habits and try to help our pupils value good food and to make little sacifices for thos e suffering from hunger and poverty.
8. We aim to enable pupils to learn how to learn and to develop an appreceation of the value and practice of lifelong learning.

Our primary aim is achieved by pursuing the following specific aims:

1. To enable a sound social, spiritual, moral and religious develipment, through ou Teligious Education and Social, Personal and Health Education Programmes.
2. To nuture the child in her cognitive, emothinal, social , imaginative, aesthetic, physica and technological skills.
3. To help the pupil to be independent, tolerant, kind and co-operative.
4. To develop oral skills and to teach the pupil to learn to read and to read to learn.
5. To ensure a good command of the Irish language and a basic understanding of its plaace in our heritage.
6. To have a knowledge and understanding of basic mathematical concepts and operation.
7. To cultivate observational study through the local environment, the visual arts and the sudy of science.
8. To develop a knowledge and appreciation of one's heritage through the study of history, geography and civics.
9. To foster skills in handwriting, handcrafts, music and other creative arts and to have an appreciation of beautiful things.
10. To encourage an enjoment of physical activities, dance, drama, nusic, mime and other recreational game skills.

These aims have been used to shape an overall approach to curriculum planning. We see the nurturing of a confident well-developed personality as the key to dealing with the man stressful challenges, including further education, whichface the child in today's world.

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