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Barnston Primary Bedford Drive Primary Bidston Avenue Primary Parent Handbook Contents Bidston Village Primary Brackenwood Juniors Bromborough Pool Primary Brookhurst Primary 04 Welcome to St Mary’s Catholic College Your child’s form tutor is the first point of Castleway Primary Cathcart St Primary Christ Church CE Primary Church Drive Primary Christ the 05 Our College Mission Statement contact with the college Contact Information 06-08 Aspire - Experience King Catholic Primary Dawpool CE Primary Devonshire Park Primary Eastway Primary Egremont 09-10 Learning Programme Cycle College Address St Mary’s Catholic College Primary Fender Primary Gilbrook Primary Greenleas Primary Grove Street Primary Heswall Primary 11 Governing Body Wallasey Village, Wallasey 12 Senior Leadership Team MathsWatch Wirral, CH45 3LN Heygarth Primary Higher Bebington Juniors Holy Cross Catholic Primary Holy Spirit Catholic CE 13-15 Management & Staffing 16 Pastoral Care Username Telephone 0151 639 7531 Primary Ladymount RC Aided Primary Lingham Primary Liscard Primary Manor Primary Mendell 17-19 Tutor Groups Password Primary Mersey Park Primary Millfields Primary Mount Primary New Brighton Primary Orrets 20-24 SMCC Experience Fax 25 Partnership Agreement www.mathswatch.co.uk 0151 201 4514 Meadow Primary Overchurch Juniors Overchurch Primary Our Lady & St Edward’s Catholic Primary 26 Term Dates General Email 27 Timetable Our Lady of Pity RC Primary Oxton St Saviour’s Primary Pensby Primary Portland Primary Poulton [email protected] 28-30 Curriculum On-line reporting for parents Website Lancelyn Primary Prenton Primary Raeburn Primary Redcourt Primary Riverside Primary Rock 31 Attitudes to Learning www.stmaryswallasey.com 32-33 Curriculum - Pupil Planner Email log-in 34 Curriculum Social Network Ferry Primary Sacred Heart Catholic Primary Sandbrook Primary Somerville Primary SS Peter and Password @StMarysWallasey 35 Literacy Facebook.com/StMarysWallasey Paul Catholic Primary St Alban’s Primary St Andrew’s CE Primary St Anne’s Catholic Primary St 36 College Library www.stmaryswallasey.com Aloysius Catholic Primary St Bridget’s CE Primary St George’s Primary St John’s Catholic Infants St 37-39 Uniform & Appearance Teaching School Alliance 40 ICT & Technology www.sjptsa.com John’s Catholic Juniors St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Upton) St Joseph’s Catholic Primary (Wallasey) 41-42 Rewards & Sanctions Classcharts Holy Family Catholic Multi Academy Trust 43 The Aspire Centre www.hfcmat.com St Mary’s College (Crosby) St Michael & All Angels Catholic Primary St Peter’s Catholic Primary St 44-45 Attendance & Punctuality Email log-in 46-47 College Dining Hall Password Peter’s CE Primary St Werburgh’s Catholic Primary Stanton Road Primary Styal Primary The Priory 48 Safe Use of the Internet Parish CE Primary Thornton Hough Primary Tower Primary Townfield Primary Vyner Primary Well www.classcharts.com Lane Primary William Stockton Primary Woodchurch Road Primary Woodside Primary Woodslee Primary 2 Parent Handbook 2018 - 2019 Parent Handbook 2018 - 2019 3 WELCOME FROM THE HEAD TEACHER It is with great pleasure that I welcome you As you know, our new Sixth Form Centre was opened in September 2015 and your son or daughter to and this has provided a first-class independent study area as well as new St Mary’s Catholic College. It is a wonderful suites for Media and Social Sciences. It has freed up much needed space time to be joining our community and I in the rest of the school, to continue to facilitate our small class sizes. know that you will be delighted at gaining a place here at SMCC. In line with previous We look forward to the very exciting journey ahead. Children get one years, we have been inundated with chance in terms of their education and it is our job to make sure they demand for places and have had a large maximise their opportunity. You know that we also expect the highest number of appeals. We are one of only two standards of behaviour and we encourage pupils to be self-disciplined secondary schools on the Wirral to have and well behaved at all times. High standards of uniform and appearance gained an Outstanding Ofsted judgement set the tone for all that we seek to achieve here and your continuing under the new framework, and since then support in this area is crucial. Pupils are proud to be here at SMCC and our performance has been second to none. understand that when they wear our uniform they are our ambassadors. Members of the public regularly tell us that our pupils are the smartest Our status as ‘Teaching School’ has meant that SMCC is at the forefront and best behaved of all pupils on the Wirral. of innovation and change, networking with schools locally and regionally as well as supporting schools in the sharing of our expertise. The benefit High attendance is another vital ingredient if your child is to be for SMCC will be financial as well as ensuring the highest calibre of successful. I cannot authorise term-time requests for leave and ask teachers are attracted here to develop their skills. that parents do not book holidays when their child should be in school, tempting as it is with cheaper holiday packages. We have a steady stream of visitors to the school who regularly tell us that they are blown away by the quality of relationships that exist here. Please take the time to read through this Parent Handbook. It is where The pride that our pupils have in the College and the sense of ‘family’ we attempt to make clear to parents what our expectations are, to give that they promote is clearly evident. The pupils really are the ‘jewels in you an idea of some of the exciting opportunities that lie ahead and to the crown’ of SMCC and we are rightly proud of them. outline how we can work in partnership together. We never take parental support for granted and it is a vital ingredient in our success and I know Our success is very much based on the partnership we have with you you will be extremely proud that your child is now part of the SMCC our parents and carers. We know that if our school is full of children who family. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if the need arises through this always wanted a place at the school, who are proud to be here and buy Academic Year. into the values we promote and whose parents have confidence in what we can deliver, then we can truly flourish. We never take your support Tony Boyle for granted and if at any point you have concerns then please let us know Head Teacher and you have my assurance that we will deal with them. 4 Parent Handbook 2018 - 2019 Parent Handbook 2018 - 2019 5 EXPERIENCE ASPIRE NOT TO HAVE MORE BUT TO BE MORE... All students embark upon their college journeys as soon as they enter In addition to students having the opportunity to develop an appreciation ASPIRE NOT TO HAVE MORE BUT TO BE MORE... Year 7. Throughout their time at our colleges, students progress through for these areas, they are also able to improve and demonstrate the key We seek to build a community of faith where our students have: We want to be the best schools in the country. We want our students to their relevant Experience programme, which has been creatively skills of LORIC through these aspects. Each area of LORIC is a weekly • unlimited ideas and dreams have the best education and the best opportunities. By achieving this we designed to enable them to learn and grow. focus, with lessons being delivered to develop specific skills and to • a vision of what they want to achieve in life and how to achieve it will instill into students a desire to be the best they possibly can and so enable students to demonstrate LORIC through activities. • a strong sense of duty and of service to others make a difference. The gaining of qualifications, skills and experiences is The Foundation Experience (Years 7 & 8) • care and compassion for each other not just about what students get out of it but how it helps them to help The Foundation Experience focuses on transition and welcoming Oracy is embedded throughout life at the College. Students are others. students into the College communities to begin their journey. In Years continually provided with the opportunity to use structured talk and Above all else, we want our students to experience fullness of life, where 7 and 8, students are introduced to an array of opportunities available discussion to debate various social, cultural and moral issues. Students the sort of person that we become is of paramount importance. We We apply our skills and resources to this philosophy, offering life skills of to them, which are additional to the planned curriculum. Within this are asked to use spoken English in a range of formal and informal want our students to become confident and compassionate individuals, lasting value to our students. We firmly believe that our students deserve Foundation Experience, strands are designed to allow students to settings and situations, and to develop their confidence in doing so. who contribute to society, become responsible citizens and successful the opportunity to develop and realise their talents, aspirations and become confident individuals and to encourage them to enhance their Within specific oracy sessions, students are required to give short learners. true potential and through this are inspired to achieve and follow their character through the understanding and development of virtues and the speeches or presentations on specific issues and, as such, are taught all chosen career and life path.

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