St. Eithne’s Primary School Vision

 “Today’s Children, Tomorrow's Future".
AIMS FOR PUPILS
At St. Eithne’s we encourage our pupils to achieve their full potential by enabling them to:
Personal Attributes
  • develop into confident children with high self esteem respecting others and  their environment;
  • become socially adept working collaboratively and respecting others;
  • personally develop high standards of  self discipline and  commitment to their Catholic tradition;
Standards Progress
  • achieve their own highest  standards possible  in all areas of the curriculum and
  • develop skills of information communication  preparing them for an advanced technological adult life
Qualities as Learners
  • become  highly motivated, independent learners  properly equipped for the modern world
  • develop lively, inquiring minds, acquiring skills of life-long learners.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to provide an ideal environment for our pupils’ learning by:
Ethos, Welfare Opportunities
  • creating a safe, caring, sympathetic and understanding atmosphere and stimulating learning environment;
  • encouraging them to value  the school community in an atmosphere of openness, honesty and trust; 
  • bringing each child closer to God in a supportive Catholic community 
  • promoting confidence and self esteem through a rich programme of  extra-curricular activities and educational visits;
Leadership Management Efficiency
  • creating an open supportive, collaborative school environment in which all members of the community can contribute and progress.
  • using rich, varied and up-to-date  strategies designed to ensure that all pupils experience challenge and  success 
  • providing appropriate resources that are managed effectively to facilitate learning;
  • establishing close partnerships between school, home and the community for the development of our children.
Teaching Curriculum
  • offering a broad  balanced challenging curriculum to enable children to realise their maximum potential;
  • providing wide ranging opportunities for pupils to investigate, research and make their own connections as self-learners. 
  • working to provide the greatest possible academic, social, spiritual and physical benefits for our pupils.
Information Communication Technological Capabilities
  • providing wide ranging opportunities for pupils to  use up-to-date tools and  ICT resources preparing them to become effective  adults  in a modern technological world; 
  • ensuring that the pupils attain  effective  ICT skills and capabilities through the provision of effective  teaching and learning opportunities from appropriately trained teachers and teaching assistants;