Parent Guide to PNPS 2014 | Page 14

Should your child be having emotional or social difficulties, we have volunteer counsellors who will be happy to spend time with him/her, provided that you have given permission for this. Please keep telling us about any problems you are experiencing at home. We will treat any information you give us with respect and will keep sensitive matters confidential. Keeping us informed will help us to give your child the support he/she needs. We realise that behavioural difficulties affect learning. Should a child display inappropriate behaviour, we spend time talking to them and helping them to understand the consequences of their behaviour. We try to put positive interventions in place. Senior staff members mentor children when necessary. THE CREATIVE AND TALENTED PROGRAMME This programme is designed to cater for the academic needs of the pupils who ably manage mainstream class work and who need to be extended in one or more