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St Vincent de Paul Primary School, 167 Ligonniel Rd, Belfast
The Primary One online admissions portal opens on 10th January 2025 at 12 noon and closes on 24th January 2025 at 12 noon for applications for September 2025. Further information is available on the EA Website www.eani.org.uk.
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Our Ethos Our Vision and Our Mission Statement

Birches Primary School

Our Ethos

Birches Primary School believes in nurturing the abilities and talents of every child, fostering respect, confidence and creativity in an environment which is welcoming, attractive and stimulating. 

 

Our Vision

We aim for every child to achieve their full potential in becoming confident, successful young people equipped for a multi-cultural and technological society.

We are committed to inspiring a love of learning through stimulating and engaging opportunities which supports pupils’ learning and which celebrates their academic and non-academic achievements. 

 

Birches Primary School is a vital part of the community and has strong links to the churches and local community groups. 

We strive to ensure there will be equal opportunities for all children to reach their full potential irrespective of race, gender, age or ability.  Good teamwork and positive partnerships between pupils, staff, governors, parents and the wider community underpins our Statement of Aims and is essential in order to realise our mission statement.

We are firmly committed to:

  1. Providing high quality education for all our children.
  2. Developing positive effective pastoral care systems in our school.
  3. Establishing close links with the home and the local community.

We strive to ensure there will be equal opportunities for all children to reach their full potential irrespective of race, gender, age or ability.

Our Mission Statement

We aim to help our pupils:

  • To develop as confident, disciplined and enquiring learners, able to make informed choices and decisions;
  • To enjoy reading and develop a confidence with language which will enable them to communicate effectively with others;
  • To develop the skills and knowledge of mathematics to enable them to cope confidently with everyday situations;
  • To know and understand their world through scientific, historical, geographical and moral inquiry and to come to an understanding of their responsibilities to  care for the environment;
  • To develop practical, creative, artistic and physical skills