Good Shepherd Primary & Nursery School

DCU Changemaker Schools Network

Our Vision at Good Shepherd Primary & Nursery School, is for the outstanding provision for each and every child and their family in order for them to reach their full potential. This is delivered through an inclusive, child-centred Catholic ethos. Our vision is to utilise the strengths of our staff and wider local community to ensure the holistic needs of our children are catered for. The happiness, safety and wellbeing of our school community is at the heart of all we do. Check out our website and introduction video here.

Since joining the network, we are looking forward to showcasing and sharing the outstanding educational practice in our school. So that we may learn from others and build upon our provision.

Good Shepherd Primary & Nursery School, promotes high achievement and learning for life by working with children to:

Learn:

Promote life long learning amongst our school community
Meeting the individual learning needs of all pupils
Inclusion at the heart of all we do
Promotion of continuous staff development and wellbeing

Believe:

To provide a caring, sharing environment based on Christian values
To become an extension of the Catholic home
To celebrate their self-worth and realise their abilities, achievements, strengths, and personal preferences in order to have a high level of self-esteem
To promote each child’s awareness of his/her identity and heritage and have respect for other traditions

Respect:

To promote equality and inclusion
To develop a sense of fairness, tolerance, respect and responsibility towards ourselves and others
To promote an awareness of the need for rules and regulations within the school environment and to encourage respect for them
To take ownership of their environment both locally and globally

Achieve:

To provide each child with a broad, balance curriculum allowing each child to achieve his/her potential
To develop the academic, physical, social, moral and emotional abilities of each child
To always strive for better
To develop enquiring minds and a sense of curiosity

We ensure that each child will achieve success through experiencing:

A broad, balanced and challenging curriculum
A safe, welcoming and stimulating learning environment
A varied programme of extra-curricular activities and school visits
An ethos that is supportive, encouraging and friendly
An effective partnership between school, home and the wider community
A variety of teaching approaches and strategies to meet the needs and learning styles of pupils
Access to a range of varied and up-to-date resources

We demonstrate our commitment to working as a learning community by:

Ongoing self-evaluation to ensure our vision is achieved
Working collaboratively with all our stakeholders