School Policies

Included in every school diary this year are five important policies: Diary; Homework; Uniform; Jewellery and hair; and Behaviour management. These and other policies are also available on our school website and are a refection of our school governance - I encourage you to be familiar with these five policies in particular. The school Newsletter will feature an aspect of our school policies each week in an effort to raise an awareness of the processes and protocols that support everyone’s learning at St Patrick’s. The following passage is taken from our School Homework Policy:

• Students are expected to allocate time at home to complete unfinished class work, to complete activities or research for projects and to practise their reading skills.
• Reading daily is considered to be one of the most important homework elements for all students.
• There is an expectation that, if there is no reasonable reason provided by parents for students failing to complete homework, that tasks set for homework or other tasks would be completed during part of designated playtime.
• Students are expected to demonstrate pride in their homework by completing the work neatly and returning it on time.