Our Ethos

We at Sacred Heart NS, Williamstown are dedicated to providing a positive, inclusive and affirmative environment where all can thrive. Our school is characterised by a friendly and caring atmosphere echoing our Christian values. We believe in mutual respect between all stakeholders in education to create a genuine partnership between home, school and the wider community.

 

Our Mission Statement

Sacred Heart National School, Williamstown is a vertical, co-educational, Catholic, primary school which strives to provide a well-ordered, caring, happy and secure atmosphere where the intellectual, spiritual, physical, moral and cultural needs of the pupils are identified and addressed.

While Sacred Heart NS, Williamstown is a school with a Catholic ethos, it also has due recognition for all other religions and those of non-faith.

Sacred Heart NS, Williamstown will strive to promote, both individually and collectively, the professional and personal development of teachers through staff development programmes.

Sacred Heart NS, Williamstown will encourage the involvement of parents through home/school contacts and through their involvement in the Williamstown NS Parent’s Association.

Sacred Heart NS, Williamstown will endeavour to enhance the self-esteem of everyone in the school community, to imbue in the pupils respect for people and property and to encourage in them the idea of being responsible.

Déanfaimid iarracht Gaeilge a labhairt.

Our school motto is: "Ar aghaidh le chéile"