Our Ethos
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Thornleigh Educate Together National School is an Educate Together primary school. The ethos of all Educate Together schools are based on four core principles: 1 - Equality Educate Together schools from the outset respect all ethical and religious traditions. Every family's background and ethical preference is respected and cherished within the school. The school does not teach any particular faith or creed but facilitates any group of parents to organise religious instruction for their children outside the main school programme. However, this does not mean that Educate Together schools avoid issues of ethics and morality. Educate Together schools have well developed ethical education programmes which teach children core values of appreciation of and respect for social, cultural and other human differences, health and safety, social responsibility and rights and other features necessary to inform a child’s developing mind to live in our rapidly changing society. 2 - Child-Centred While covering the curriculum set out by the Department of Education for all National Schools, the educational programme of an Educate Together school is developed creatively through genuine dialogue between teachers and parents for the common good of the children. 3 - Co-Educational All Educate Together schools are co-educational and have active programmes to counter gender stereotyping and inequality in all aspects of school life. 4 - Democratically Run Parents have unparalleled access and involvement in the running and development of the school. The patron body allocates its nominees to the Board of Management (the body that oversees the running of the school) in a democratic fashion that respects parents' wishes. This, in addition to directly elected parents’ nominees, ensures that parents have a huge influence in school affairs. This unique level of parental involvement can only develop properly if it fully recognises and respects the professional role of the teacher and builds a genuine partnership between the professional and the parent to produce the maximum educational benefit to the children. Please click on the link below for information on our new Learn Together Curriculum and part of the Ethos of Educate Together Schools https://www.educatetogether.ie/about/ethical-education/primary/?mc_cid=a2545ccf1c&mc_eid=b592d39a28 |