Kilcommon, Church of Ireland, National School.
STATEMENT OF ETHOS
1. Kilcommon National School is a community where all pupils are equally valued and respected – irrespective of gender, social background, family circumstance, educational achievement, physical characteristics or intellectual functioning. Pupils experience a sense of caring and belonging, they are treated fairly and their spiritual, moral and religious development is encouraged as is their intellectual, social and academic achievement.
2. Our school is a community where moral values such as honesty, truthfulness, justice, fairness, sensitivity to others, and civic responsibility are nurtured and protected. The justification for these qualities is based on Biblical teaching and interpreted by the Church.
3. Our school is a part of the local church community and has strong links with the Parish. This, for example, is shown by the fact that pupils attend services and participate in the local church and the Rector visits the school on a regular basis.
4. The work of the school is conducted in an atmosphere of tolerance and respect for religious differences. The admission policy of schools often allows those of other faiths or none to become pupils.
5. Religious education occupies a central position in the school curriculum.
6. Our school is one where the traditions and teaching of the Church of Ireland inform the position taken in regard to moral issues which arise in the teaching of secular subjects.
STATEMENT OF ETHOS
1. Kilcommon National School is a community where all pupils are equally valued and respected – irrespective of gender, social background, family circumstance, educational achievement, physical characteristics or intellectual functioning. Pupils experience a sense of caring and belonging, they are treated fairly and their spiritual, moral and religious development is encouraged as is their intellectual, social and academic achievement.
2. Our school is a community where moral values such as honesty, truthfulness, justice, fairness, sensitivity to others, and civic responsibility are nurtured and protected. The justification for these qualities is based on Biblical teaching and interpreted by the Church.
3. Our school is a part of the local church community and has strong links with the Parish. This, for example, is shown by the fact that pupils attend services and participate in the local church and the Rector visits the school on a regular basis.
4. The work of the school is conducted in an atmosphere of tolerance and respect for religious differences. The admission policy of schools often allows those of other faiths or none to become pupils.
5. Religious education occupies a central position in the school curriculum.
6. Our school is one where the traditions and teaching of the Church of Ireland inform the position taken in regard to moral issues which arise in the teaching of secular subjects.
