Mission Statement

We the Governors and staff of Our Lady’s & St Mochua’s Primary School believe the school to be a vital part of the Catholic Community.  We are firmly committed to:

Ø  The aims of Catholic Education

Ø  Providing effective education for all our children

Ø  Developing positive effective pastoral care systems in our school

Ø  Establishing close links with the home, the parish and the wider community

Our Lady’s & St Mochua’s seeks to establish an educational community, centred on Christ so that His values and gospel message pervade the whole life of the school.

School Vision

SCHOOL VISION

Through our agreed vision

‘Reaching for the future…A voice today…’

we strive to ensure that our aims are realised.

Our school vision is a central theme that is reflected throughout everything that makes our school.  This includes relationships, curricular, extra-curricular, policy and practice.  ‘Reaching for the future…A voice today…’ means exactly that.

We have a common goal, in that we are preparing the children for the future and they are striving for the future.  In addition, everyone involved with the school, pupils, teachers, non-teaching staff and parents have a voice and everyone will be listened too.

School Aims

AIMS OF THE SCHOOL

By working together in Our Lady’s & St Mochua’s Primary School we aim to provide a warm and caring environment so that each person, both child and adult, associated with the school, can feel safe and secure.  In addition, we aim to

• to reflect the religious ethos of our community and to foster the moral, spiritual and religious growth of our pupils, based on the teachings of the Catholic Church

• to provide a broad and balanced curricular programme, based on the Northern Ireland Common Curriculum, which gives all pupils the opportunity to develop and excel academically, socially, emotionally, physically and practically to the best of each individual’s potential

• to equip pupils with the knowledge, skills and concepts that are the tools of learning

• to provide opportunities for pupils to grow in self-confidence and independence so that they become responsible, caring and contributing members of their community

• to provide a variety of opportunities for our children to become meaningful changemakers – allowing them to develop their skills of empathy, creativity, teamwork and leadership

• to provide opportunities for pupils to grow in self-confidence, resilience and independence so that they become responsible, caring and contributing members of their community

• to foster an environment in which this learning and development may take place to enable all children to reach their full potential

• to foster an understanding of the physical, social and emotional intellectual needs of all children and help them reach their full potential

• to foster an inclusive environment which respects the learning needs of all children

• to encourage high standards of discipline, behaviour and respect among pupils for clergy, parents, and other adults

• to develop appreciation of the pupils’ own culture and respect for the values of others

• to encourage partnership and mutual support between home and school

• to create an atmosphere in which Primary Education is not seen solely as preparation for Secondary School, but rather that pupils will also enjoy Primary School as a rich and rewarding time in their lives

• to foster effective liaison with all schools, particularly those within our learning community

Changemaker Status

CHANGEMAKER SCHOOL

The school was selected as a Changemaker School in 2014, a new programme to identify, connect, and support innovative primary schools on the island of Ireland.

This recognizes our work in developing the key skills and attributes of teamwork, leadership, empathy and creativity with all our children, and these are integral to our Pastoral Care provision.

It is true the teaching and promotion of our key values of FAITH, RESPECT, KINDNESS, FRIENDSHIP, HONESTY and RESPONSIBILITY that allow our children to become CHANGEMAKERS and thus enabling them to display attributes of TEAMWORK, EMPATHY, CREATIVITY AND LEADERSHIP.