Scoil Lua Naofa is a co-educational Catholic primary school under the patronage of the Bishop of Killaloe. The school models and promotes a philosophy of life inspired by belief in God and in the life of Jesus Christ. Our Catholic ethos represents the norms of behavior's which have emerged and continue to emerge gradually from the repeated interactions and relationships between people in the school community. While Scoil Lua Naofa is a school with a Catholic ethos, it has due recognition for pupils of other faiths or no faith.
Our Catholic ethos finds expression through the care values of our school and through our actions, attitudes and practices:
Our school embraces:
Our Catholic ethos finds expression through the care values of our school and through our actions, attitudes and practices:
- The staff and management of the school want to create a climate of physical, emotional, social and intellectual safety for students, teachers and parents so that teaching and learning can occur within relationships of mutual value and respect.
- With this in mind, the teachers of the school see education not just as providing students with knowledge and skills but also as providing for the emotional, social. physical and spiritual development of pupils.
- We want pupils to be self-motivated and to be at peace with themselves, others and the world. Achievement of these aspirations by the school requires the help and co-operation of pupils, staff and parents.
Our school embraces:
- A sense of fairness and positive relationships with all other persons.
- Deep respect for all people.
- Forgiveness and new beginnings: A place where grudges are not held.
- Respect and Dignity: Deep intrinsic respect for all others.
- Affirmation and Tolerance: That we speak to, react to and act towards others respectfully.
- Personal Faith Formation: Formal prayer, religion lessons, celebrations of sacraments and the liturgy seasons of the year.
- Belonging: That all experience a sense of belonging and contribute to the promotion of the desired ethos of the school.
- Understanding: Teachers and pupils have positive experiences of school and positive relationships are fostered.