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Pastoral Care
In King’s Park Secondary, there are four Principal Teachers of Pastoral Care who provide personal support for pupils throughout their school career.
Mrs Frater, ARRAN . Miss McTaggart, LEWIS . Miss Gibson, MULL . Mr Samson Skye
Each of the Principals works in partnership with one of the Depute Heads in supporting pupils in each of the House Groups – Arran, Lewis, Mull and Skye.
Pupils entering first year will be allocated to one of the House Groups and will remain in that group, under the care of the Principal Teacher until they leave school. If pupils already have a sibling or siblings in the school, every attempt is made to place them in the same House Group as an older brother or sister. In this way, Principal Teachers of Pastoral Care are able to work with parents in support of all the children in the family, providing valuable continuity of contact.
All pupils are routinely interviewed by the Pastoral Care Principals throughout the year to give personal support where appropriate and to advise on choices of subjects in S3/4 and S5/6. The Pastoral Care Principals monitor pupils’ attendance, timekeeping and progress and act as parents’ first point of contact with the school.
As well as their subject teaching responsibilities, the Pastoral Care staff teach Personal and Social Education. In S1, the Personal and Social Education programme deals with issues such as settling into the secondary school, health education, relationships, drug and alcohol education, enterprise activities and target-setting. Pupils in S1 are normally taught PSE by their Pastoral Care Teacher, thus enabling staff and pupils to get to know each other better.
Other teachers have knowledge of individual pupils, and part of the role of the Pastoral care staff is to co-ordinate and collate that information. In addition, register teachers play an important role in supporting pupils through their daily contact with their register class.
Pastoral Care Principals are happy to meet with parents by appointment, or to discuss any issues by phone. Because of the teaching commitments of the Pastoral Care staff, parents are asked to contact them to make a suitable appointment to visit.
The following staff are part of the Pastoral Care team:
Overall Responsibility for Pastoral Care - DHT: Mrs R Kelly
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HOUSE GROUP
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CLASSES
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PASTORAL CARE PRINCIPAL
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DEPUTE HEAD TEACHER
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Arran House
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Mrs Y Frater
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Mrs R Kelly
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Miss F McTaggart
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Mrs A Thyne
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M
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Skye House
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