About Our School

 

 About Our School

St. Mary's Primary School is an urban school located at Mason Hall Street, St. Michael. The school currently has a roll of one hundred and eighty-one (181) students.



The St. Mary's Primary School







Click on the link below to see the history of the school.

History of the St. Mary's Primary School


In alignment with the mission statement of the school, the staff aim to create an environment in which all students, with their diverse talents and abilities, can thrive.

Click on the link below to see the mission statement of the school.

Our Mission  


St. Mary's Primary School is part of the Education Sector Enhancement Programme, familiarly known as EduTech. This is a comprehensive education reform programme, which seeks to increase the number of young persons contributing to the sustainable social, cultural and economic development.  

This Programme seeks to:

    • prepare students who are creative, numerate, literate, well-trained and readily re-trainable at any point in their development;
    • increase the efficacy of the teaching/learning process by encouraging teachers to shift to child-centred and more collaborative forms of learning in their classrooms; and
    • ensure that all children leave school with the basic skills and abilities that are required to participate productively in the skill and technology-driven labour market.
    • integrate all available information and communications technologies within the school system;
    • provide teacher training to enhance pedagogical skills;

  

Components of the EduTech Programme include:

    • Technological Infrastructure - procurement and installation of hardware, software and technical infrastructure for the school system;
    • Human Resource Development - Teacher Training: training of teaching and administrative staff within the school system;
    • Curriculum Reform - revision of the curriculum to meet emerging needs within the Barbadian society.

 

In curriculum reform technology is used as a tool that supports teaching and learning. 
Programmes such as ProFuturo and VEX Robotics were implemented at several EduTech schools. 





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