Section 1 General School Information

Welcome to our school handbook. We hope you will find it an informative guide to the educational provision at St.Joseph’s RC Primary School. We are committed to providing a welcoming atmosphere and creating a safe, happy, caring and stimulating learning environment.

We are concerned with every aspect of your child’s development - emotional, social, physical, behavioural and academic. We aim to encourage every child to reach their full potential. We take pride in the fact that this is a happy, industrious school with a real sense of team spirit.

We sincerely hope that you will share with us in making your child’s time spent at school both happy and successful. The education of a child is far too important to be left to the school alone. Parents have a very important part to play too. We seek to work effectively in partnership with you as parents and with the wider community. This handbook explains what you can expect of the school and also indicates what the school expects of you in the way of partnership, help and support. We hope that you find our handbook clear and informative.

*Please note: parent includes guardian and any person who is liable to maintain or has parental responsibilities (within the section 1 (3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to, or has care of a child or young person.

**Whilst all information within this booklet is correct at the time of printing, it is possible that some items may change during the course of the year

Dear Parents and Carers,

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to St Joseph’s Primary We are proud of our positive ethos and aims which ensure that our pupils achieve within a caring and nurturing school community. Our school staff work hard to offer our pupils the best quality experiences both within and beyond the classroom during their school career with us.

We are also proud of the positive relationship we have with parents/carers as well as our school community and external partners of whom all have an active part to play in each child’s education. I invite and encourage you to take up these opportunities to be actively involved in the life of the school and very much look forward to working in partnership with you and your family

I hope that this school handbook provides you with information and an insight into the life of the school. We have taken care and ensure that the information provided is accurate and kept up to date. I am sure you can appreciate that life in school is ever changing and as such we will endeavour to keep lines of communication open and honest and to keep you informed of such changes.

Thank you for taking the time to read this handbook, I hope that it answers any queries/questions you may have however, if you require any additional information then please do not hesitate to contact the school via the school office.

Mrs Sinéad Lindsay HeadTeacher St Joseph’s Primary School