School and Family Agreement
Agreement for school
The school will do its best to:
- Demonstrate our faith and the school’s foundation in the teaching of Jesus Christ, by what we teach and the way we live and worship in our school
- Support your child’s well-being and safety by providing a safe, supportive and caring environment
- Help and encourage your child to reach their full potential
- Promote high standards of behaviour so we can maintain a safe environment for all children
- Offer a broad and balanced curriculum which meets the needs of your child
- Inform you how your child is progressing
- Inform you of the work your child is to cover each term
- Communicate and inform you of school life through notices, newsletters, school website, school facebook, dojo, texts and email.
- Encourage good attendance and address any concerns with parents/carers where necessary
- Celebrate your child’s academic and personal achievements
- Be open and welcoming, at all reasonable times, and offer opportunities for you to become involved in the life of the school
- Contact you as soon as possible if we are concerned about your child’s work or behaviour
- Contact you if there is a persistent problem concerning your child’s attendance or punctuality
- Set homework tasks regularly
- Offer extra–curricular activities to enrich your child’s experiences
Agreement for parents/carers
To help my child at school, I will do my best to:
- Make sure that my child arrives in school on time and is collected on time
- Make sure that my child attends school regularly
- Inform the school of the reason for any absence
- Ensure that my child wears the correct school uniform and follows the school uniform policy
- Support the school in maintaining good behaviour and discipline
- Encourage my child to try their best so they can reach their full potential
- Encourage my child to respect and care for one another through supporting the school values
- Support my child with reading at home daily
- Support my child with homework regularly ensuring it is returned on time
- Read and follow school policies
- Engage in parent meetings and work together with the school in order to achieve the best outcomes for my child
- Communicate with the school any concerns that I have about my child that may affect their behaviour in school or ability to learn
- Attempt to support the Catholic community and the school governors in the financial responsibilities for maintaining the school in good repair e.g. Contributing to the Building Fund
- Support our school values as stated in our Mission, Vision and Aims statement (on website)
- Support my child in prayer, worship and celebrations through the gospel values of Christ
- Make sure communication with the school is respectful
- Understand that I should communicate with staff during working hours
Agreement for pupils
I will do my best to respect myself, others and my school by:
- Arrive at school on time and ready to learn (with correct resources for the day)
- Try my best to do my work and ask for help if I need it
- Following our School Values to be, respectful, kind, polite, safe and to try our best
- Listening to instructions from the adults at school and follow school values
- Behaving well, setting a good example
- Completing the homework that is provided and bringing it back to school on time
- Wearing the correct school uniform
- Taking care of our school environment
- Taking care of all school property and resources
(e.g. books, prayer bags etc.)
