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Nurturing First Year Students “A good

beginning
St Mary’s Secondary School offers a warm incoming students. This programme
welcome to all our first year students. We promotes friendship, care and guidance is of great
understand that the transition from primary as our senior girls keep a watchful eye
to post primary school is a time of change over our first years and serve as a team of importance”
and challenge. familiar faces within the student body. We
believe this is fundamental to the welfare Catherine McAuley
and well being of each student. Sisters of Mercy
All our first year students are supported as
they make this change, commencing with
their attendance at an induction workshop Our school prides itself on our pastoral
to begin their St. Mary’s experience - care programme with a dedicated team
students are afforded an opportunity to in place for new entrants. This team
enjoy a dedicated first year school day comprises of a Year Head, Class Tutor,
to familiarise themselves with the school Career Guidance Teacher and Chaplain.
campus, timetabling, lockers and book Additionally, all first year students
rooms. assemble for a weekly Pastoral Care class
and an opportunity to discuss all aspects
of school life.
Our long established mentoring
programme is an integral support for

“The school is inclusive, student-centred and

offers a very broad curriculum”. WSE MLL