OUR VISION AND VALUES
In addressing the Scottish Executive’s National Priorities, the Mission Statement of North Lanarkshire Council and the Charter for Catholic Schools we here in St. Mary’s Primary School formulated our Vision and Values in consultation with all staff, pupils and Parent Council.
Aims of the School:
- To provide a safe, secure and welcoming teaching and learning environment where Gospel values are promoted and a strong Catholic ethos is present.
- To strive for high quality teaching and learning.
- To offer a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum within Curriculum for Excellence which allows inclusion for all our pupils.
- To raise standards of attainment and achievement for all pupils and to regularly celebrate pupil success.
- To create and build an enduring partnership with all our stakeholders – pupils, parents, community and outside agencies.
- To provide staff with quality continual professional development that will impact on the quality of teaching and learning.
- To allow our children to develop into effective contributors, responsible citizens, confident individuals and successful learners through curricular and extra-curricular experiences that will provide them with skills for learning and life.
SCHOOL ETHOS
In St. Mary’s Primary School all staff work to ensure every pupil achieves and develops to their fullest potential. We aim to provide your child with a secure and stimulating environment and welcome parents as active partners in their child’s education. In St. Mary’s programmes of study are carefully designed to take into account the age and aptitude of individual pupils. Through all of this our aim for our pupils is that they make steady and consistent progress from primary 1-7. We provide an atmosphere that allows all children to benefit from challenge and enjoyment in their learning, experience success, achieve their full potential in preparation to make a full contribution to society.
St. Mary’s Primary is a denominational school and strong links with the parish are established and strengthened through our programme of liturgical events and attendance at First Friday Mass. We also host joint ventures with our joint campus school, Glengowan Primary.
