St Mary's PS Altinure

Pastoral Care

St Mary's Primary School (Altinure) aims to establish a caring environment within which the
academic, personal, social and spiritual potential of each child will be developed. The pastoral
dimension permeates all school activities.
We in St Mary's have a primary responsibility for the care, welfare and safety of the pupils in our
charge and we will carry out this duty through out pastoral care policy which aims to provide a
caring, supportive and safe environment.

Child Protection

Everyone has a duty to protect children from physical, emotional or sexual abuse and from
neglect.The child's welfare must always be paramount and this overrides all other
consideration.The Child Protection Programme in this school seeks to support the child's
development in ways which will foster security, confidence and independence. As it is central to
the well-being of the child it will form an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum.

Positive Behaviour

Our school operates a Positive Behaviour Management Programme based on Rules, Rewards
and Consequences. Positive behaviour management promotes the core values of the school as
expressed in our mission statement, "Developing Confident Achievers for the World
Community".This Policy is based on a whole school approach, will be widely disseminated and
readily understood by staff, pupils and parents through a process of consultation.

It is dependent on a shared understanding of what is acceptable behaviour among members of
the school community. It will have effective links with the school's Pastoral Care, Anti Bullying
and Child Protection and SEN Policy. This policy is designed to promote good behaviour, rather
than merely deter anti-social behaviour.

Anti-Bullying

All forms of bullying behaviour are wholly unacceptable. Consequently the school has a
responsibility to ensure that the whole school community is pro-active in the prevention of
bullying and where it occurs, adequate steps are taken to deal with the issues.

Health and Education

Health Education is taught in context of other subjects.
Healthy eating habits are promoted and encouraged.

Children are taught to understand that the well being of other children and themselves Is
important and they are made aware of potential danger in and outside of school.

Drugs Education

We believe that this school has a vital preventative role to play in combating the misuse of
drugs by young people and we therefore include a drugs education programme in our
curriculum.

We want our pupils to make informed and responsible decisions about drugs by increasing their
knowledge and by developing in them appropriate values, attitudes and skills. However, we
recognize that drug misuse is a whole-community issue and that schools alone cannot solve
the drugs problem; the school is only one of a number of groups and agencies which must play
a part in the education of young people and we make use of their expertise where possible in
the delivery of the programme.

Copies of the above policies can be obtained on request from the school. The Principal contacts
parents if there is any cause for concern about their children.Parents worried about their
children are welcome to come and discuss matters with the Principal or teacher. Meetings can
be arranged through the school secretary.