The School Aims

To maintain a happy, inclusive and caring learning environment in which every learner will feel secure and valued as a person
To provide a more democratic ethos in the school
To give staff, learners and parents (when appropriate) opportunities to participate in school life
To promote effective teamwork in school
To enhance learners’ knowledge of national culture, history and geography appropriate to their age.
To increase learners’ self-esteem through recognition and affirmation of the individual’s worth and the promotion of self-confidence through achievement

To ensure that the physical environment of the school is secure, providing a safe and healthy environment for all users and is accessible to all
To display learners’ work and other material in a stimulating way in order to promote learning and teaching
To foster tolerance and mutual respect and to ensure that good behaviour is the accepted norm

To stimulate the development of every learner’s potential through a pedagogical approach that enhances an education that is holistic, inclusive and relevant for life, developing concepts, knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes specified in the official syllabuses that meet the demands of the National Curriculum.
To follow and implement official directives with regard to time management, quality of planning, curricula and assessment
To ensure continuity and progression in learning across the Year Groups in all areas of the curriculum
To provide learners with a supportive school environment that encourages a healthy lifestyle throughout their school life and as lifelong learners
To promote a healthy eating lifestyle

To promote the aims and values of the college and the policies of the directorates
To create a fertile ground towards a more efficient and effective school through professional leadership, efficient management and administration and sound evaluative structures for on-going review and renewal
To plan, implement and evaluate the School Development Plan
To maintain effective communication with all stakeholders
To provide a vision and a clear direction for the school
To evaluate and monitor teaching
To promote collaborative decision making enabling members of staff to contribute towards the enhancement of school performance

To ensure that the teaching staff has up-to-date knowledge of their area and the learning programmes
To ensure that planning for teaching and learning is linked to the syllabus/official guidelines
To motivate learners to learn by setting engaging tasks linked to the learning outcomes of the lessons delivered in all subjects taught at Primary Level
To use a range of teaching strategies appropriate to the subject/development areas taught, in order to involve all learners actively
To meet the needs of individual learners through effective teaching
To implement the thematic approach and provide opportunities for extended learning
To implement formative assessment
To promote and enhance oracy

To provide for learners with different learning abilities and aptitudes so as to raise and maintain attainment in subjects across the curriculum, ensuring that each learner reaches the highest academic achievement of which he/she is capable
To promote success in and beyond school
To promote autonomous learning
To improve the literacy skills of all learners in Years 1 and 2

To ensure that the teaching staff is kept abreast of pedagogical developments
To give every teacher the opportunity to share teaching ideas and good practice with her colleagues in school and within the college

To ensure optimal use of a wide range of appropriate and multi-sensory resources, including ICT, so as to enhance learning and teaching across the curriculum
To make effective use of the school finances, distributing resources widely to support learning and teaching

To provide communication between the school and home
To involve parents in their children’s learning, encouraging them to participate actively in the life of the school
To establish a good relationship with the School Council and to liaise with other schools in the college, the local council, the parish, and other organisations so as to develop a sense of community