The Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) Scheme has been running in Ursuline Secondary School since September 2005.
The HSCL Coordinator is Ms Muireann Kelleher, who can be contacted at 086-1704670 or hscl@urscorkb.com.
Aims of the Scheme The HSCL scheme aims to increase the link between home and school by encouraging parents to become more involved in their children's education. It also aims to promote self-development, literacy skills and activities of parents so that they, as the primary educators of their children, will be positive role models, encouraging their children's educational and personal advancement.
Goals of HSCL at Ursuline Secondary School:
- Maximise the participation of the children in the learning process.
- Promote active cooperation between home, school and relevant community agencies in promoting the children's educational interests.
- Work with parents to prepare and support them as a resource for their children and encourage them to become involved in their child's education.
- Enhance the children's uptake of education, their retention in the educational system, their continuation to post-compulsory education and the third level and their attitudes to life-long learning.
- Disseminate the positive outcomes of the Scheme throughout the school system in general.
Locally based activities are organised by the HSCL coordinator, encouraging greater contact between parents, teachers and local voluntary groups. Activities in our school include:
Contact with Parents: Home Visits, prearranged visits in the school and Telephone calls.
Visits to the Parents' Room - we are fortunate to have a newly decorated parents' room (thanks to the hard work of Transition Year students 2020/2)
Classes, e.g. cooking, well-being, computer skills.
Links with Outside Agencies - e.g. parents can apply to do parenting courses, get help with well-being or literacy improvement or develop English as a second language.
Support of academic work - Links with ACCESS UCC PLUS help provide extra tuition in some subjects, access to online platforms, e.g. JumpAGrade, Grade Academy, Studyclix, Master Classes at UCC (e.g. Chemistry & Biology), Study Workshops for Students after school, help with applications for HEAR (Higher Education Access Route) etc.
Specific initiatives: budgeting, managing anxiety, supporting parents & students to access Google Education Suite etc.
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