Whitegate National School                                    
                                                     Mission Statement
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It is our aim in Whitegate National School to:
 

• create a love of learning and discovery in the children.

 

• help the children to be aware of the needs of others and to teach them to learn how to respect themselves and others and to develop Christian attitudes towards living.

 

• instill self - confidence in the children.

 

• make the children aware of their own talents and to encourage them to use these talents to the best of their abilities.

 

• show the children how to learn effectively.

 

• enable each child to have a good relationship with the staff and other pupils in the school.

 

• create an awareness and interest in the natural and man-made environment in which the children live - the sea, fishing, birds, the lighthouse, the fort, the E.S.B station, the refinery, the former Weather Station, Trabolgan Holiday Village etc.

 

• create a spirit of punctuality in the children.

 

• foster and encourage a love of the Irish language and culture in the children.

 

• encourage initiative among the children.

 

• teach the children the wisdom of thrift by operating a saving's scheme in the school.

 

• that there would be fair play at all times between teachers and pupils irrespective of creed, colour or class.

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Our School Community 2022/2023

In-School Management:
Helena O' Neill - Principal 
Laura Hyde - Deputy Principal

Class Teachers:
Sarah Downes - Junior & Senior Infants
Helena O' Neill - 1st & 2nd Class
Kay Furlong - Rang 3 & 4 
Laura Hyde -  Rang 5 & 6 
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Special Education:
Catherine Terry -Special Education Teacher
Yvonne Dunne/Niamh Ladden -Special Education Teacher

EAL Teacher
Ashling Doyle

Ann Lehane - SNA
Michelle Dorney - SNA
Yvonne Manning - SNA
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Mary Ring - Secretary


BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
Chairperson - Denis Healy