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Schools Week 29th
Jan - 4th Feb 
4th
Class St Brigid's Crosses Grandparents'
Day Wed Feb 1st 
 
 
BOYS
FOOTBALL FINAL 
18th
January 2012. Winners Brian's Bosco Boys. GIRLS
FOOTBALL FINAL 
20th
January 2012. Winners Kate's Rascals. 
20th
January 2011. Road Safety Awards Mr
Hamilton accepts a cheque for €500 on bealf of the
school.
St. Peter’s National School is a mixed, Catholic, primary
school under the patronage of
the Archdiocese of Armagh. It has a Board of Management
(Chairperson Fr. Pat Mc Enroe PP) and a Parents’ Committee
affiliated to the National Parents’ Council. Its structure is
vertical with classes from Junior Infants to Sixth. It supports
the primary school curriculum as outlined by the Department of
Education and Science (1999). It has 216 pupils on roll at
present (September 2011). St. Peter’s is an 11 teacher school
with 8 classroom teachers, two Special Education Teachers and an
administrative principal. The school has a deputy principal and
three Special Duties Teachers. Ancillary staff includes Special
Needs’ Assistants (2), secretary, cleaners and part time
caretaker.
The present school was opened in 1976, though also on site is
the old school (opened 1926, now home to a successful play
school) and the old, old school which was built circa 1830.
Accordingly, there is a great sense of history and of past
generations permeating the present school environment. The Old
School is, at present, providing a temporary classroom being
used by 3rd class.
The school campus is beautifully appointed with ample green
playing area, a basketball court and colourful shrubbery and
trees. An additional feature is the Biblical Garden created
adjacent to the ruins of the old Roman Catholic chapel. St.
Peter’s commitment to all matters green was the driving force
behind the huge amount of work that has gone into the
development of the school grounds. This endeavour has been
rewarded with countless environmental awards both locally and
nationally. St. Peter’s has just been granted its fifth Green
Flag, one of the select schools in the country to have achieved
this feat. The school also holds a Platinum Award from Louth
County Council, in recognition of its commitment to the
maintenance of the highest environmental standards.
The following subjects are taught in St. Peter’s N.S.:
English, Irish, Maths, History,
Geography, Science (SESE), Physical Education, Music, Speech and
Drama, Art, Religion and Social Personal and Health Education.
The school is also a member of the MLPSI (Modern Language in
Primary Schools Initiative) and French is taught to 5th and 6th
classes. Children are encouraged in all curricular areas and the
school is also an enthusiastic participant in many
extra-curricular activities - gaelic, soccer, rugby, basketball,
quizzes, feiseanna, poetry and essay writing and various art
competitions. St. Peter’s is also committed to e-learning and
endeavours to adapt to an ever evolving and developing
technological age. We have interactive whiteboards in all
classrooms, desktop computers and 32 laptops which are stored in
2 mobile laptop trolleys. Children are timetabled to work on
computers each week and we have broadband access throughout the
school. The children also have access to
digital cameras, video recorder and visualisers.
The whole school community is dedicated to bringing out the best
in our children. The staff, ancillary staff, Board of Management
and Parents’ Committee work together to create an environment,
underpinned by friendship and collegiality, wherein our young
students will flourish as happy, young individuals ready to
embrace an exciting future.
MISSION STATEMENT
As a school team, we celebrate the uniqueness of each child in
our care. While St. Peter’s N.S. is a school with a Catholic
ethos, it also has due recognition for all other religions.
Our aims as educators are:
o To enable each child to live a full life as a child and to
reach his/her full potential
o To enable each child to develop socially through living,
co-operating and working
with others and so to enrich our community and society in
general.
o To prepare each child for further education and lifelong
learning
Furthermore we:
o Promote Inclusivity and Equality. St. Peter’s is an
inclusive school that meets the 9
grounds as listed in the Equal Status Act 2000. Discrimination,
as stated in the Act,
is prohibited on the following grounds: Gender, Marital status,
Family status, Sexual
orientation, Religion, Age, Disability, Race, Traveller
community .
o will strive to promote, both individually and collectively,
the professional and
personal development of teachers through staff development
programmes.
o will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school
contacts.
o will promote gender equity amongst the teachers and pupils.
o Déanfaimid iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt.
o endorse the vision, aims and principles outlined in the
document “ Primary School
Curriculum – Introduction” (1999 – ps.14-19)
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