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The family and home are central to the development of the child and the nurturing of Christian values. The school and family strive to be mutually supportive and respectful of each other so that the child’s education can be effective.
Parents are encouraged to:
Structures in place to facilitate open communication & consultation with Parents
In all matters pertaining to the wellbeing and education of pupils, only the parents/legal guardians named on the enrolment form will be consulted by the teachers.
Please see the following for Parental Complaints Procedure:
Parents are encouraged to:
- Develop close links with the school
- Collaborate with the school in developing the full potential of their children
- Share the responsibility of seeing that the school remains true to its ethos values and distinctive character
- Become actively involved in the school/parent association
- Participate in policy and decision-making processes affecting them
Structures in place to facilitate open communication & consultation with Parents
- Meeting for parents of new Junior Infants- mid June
- Parent/Teacher meeting one-to-one in January
- Parents receive school report of each pupil at the end of each school year
- Meetings with parents whose children have special needs
- Consultation throughout the year
- Written communication
- Through the parents’ council, parents are invited to discuss and contribute to the drafting and review of all school policies. Decisions taken to change current policies and procedures or to introduce new ones will be made known to all parents in written format via the school newsletter
- Regular newsletters keep parents up-to-date with school events, holidays and school concerns
- Home-work diary 1st-6th class, used to relay messages which are signed between parents and teachers. Parents requested to sign diary each night to certify that homework has been completed
- Parents are invited to family masses and school concerts
- Involvement of parents in the ‘Grow In Love’ section for parents
- Text-a-Parent facility set up.
In all matters pertaining to the wellbeing and education of pupils, only the parents/legal guardians named on the enrolment form will be consulted by the teachers.
Please see the following for Parental Complaints Procedure:
| parental_complaints_procedure.pdf |