SCHOOL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
(1) The building of a Catholic atmosphere and community spirit within the school through the pursuit of the following values: self respect, justice, truth, honesty, tolerance, life skills, prayer and sacraments.
Purpose: to form pupils as social and spiritual beings who will be able to take their place in, and contribute towards a Christian society.
: to form pupils as social and spiritual beings who will be able to take their place in, and contribute towards a Christian society.
(2) To develop each pupil into a man of character through the pursuit of the following values: obedience, self-discipline, challenge, punctuality, attendance, health & sport.
Purpose: to sustain each pupil in facing the challenges which the world today offers.
: to sustain each pupil in facing the challenges which the world today offers.
(3) To develop in each pupil the skills of communication and numeracy through the pursuit of the following values: motivation, concentration and use of talents.
Purpose: to cater for the individual talents of each pupil, to achieve the best possible grades in public examinations, to be of service to society and to help find employment, satisfaction and dignity in the world of work and leisure.
: to cater for the individual talents of each pupil, to achieve the best possible grades in public examinations, to be of service to society and to help find employment, satisfaction and dignity in the world of work and leisure.
(4) The provision of a teaching staff who through growth towards personal maturity, variety of qualification and ongoing professional training:
- provide for all pupils through the six areas of study, a curriculum which has
variety, depth and balance and supplemented in such a way as to fulfil the needs of all pupils in a context which takes account of their past experience and future experience in the world of work or further education;
- cater for the pastoral needs through careers guidance, counselling, peer mediation, tutorials, assemblies, religious education, liturgies and work experiences.
Purpose: to provide all pupils with the best possible tuition and influential leadership which will prepare them for, and help them contribute to, the society in which they will live.
to provide all pupils with the best possible tuition and influential leadership which will prepare them for, and help them contribute to, the society in which they will live.
(5) To promote, develop and maintain links with the local community particularly parents, traditional feeder primary schools, FE Institues, industries, external agencies and the Lasallian Educational Community
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From the very beginning the schools founded by St. John Baptist De La Salle had as their end the salvation of young people. In today’s world, changed radically since De La Salle’s time, this fundamental aim of the Brothers’ schools remains essentially the same. Lasallian schools throughout the world are characterised by the determination to make the means of salvation available to young people through a quality education and