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May 2021 enews

Backdated enewsletters available to read here.

Emma Quinn was officially appointed to the position of head teacher at Rathcoole Primary six years after first stepping up to cover an interim position in 2015. Thanks to Emma for sharing her story of the challenges she has faced ….

Education Minister, Mr Peter Weir, MLA was in attendance at a special event on Wednesday 26 May in recognition of the achievement by Roddensvale School in becoming the first school in NI to be awarded a Silver Attachment and Trauma Sensitive School Award.

Craigavon Senior High School Principal, Ruth Harkness welcomed First Minister, Mrs Arlene Foster MLA, to view a special exhibition of favourite memories and Northern Ireland locations designed by pupils as part of their centenary celebrations.

Once again Limavady High School celebrate fundraising success, this time Year 11A1 raising £1,000 for Marie Curie by walking 10,000 steps a day.

Support came from local business and the Education Authority to transform the once overgrown and unused area into a haven for nature and a place of learning for pupils. 

Congratulations go to Knockevin Special School who acquired their Social School Award for their reflective and needs-driven approach to using social media.

To act as link officer for a number of schools and provide support to those schools; to provide expertise in a specific area of responsibility for the controlled sector and play a key part in contributing to the educational support role of the CSSC.

The NI Cyber Security Centre is working with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to encourage schools in Northern Ireland to apply to the CyberFirst Schools accreditation programme by 18 June 2021.

Knockevin has been recognised by the Cyber Security Centre as a bronze CyberFirst School and is the first ever Special School to gain this status.