News

The Foundation Stage pupils of Belvoir Park Primary School, Nursery Unit and Specialist provision have been embracing their remote learning platform through a wide range of curriculum activities exploring active learning at home. 

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) continues to support the interests of controlled schools in the context of the Covid 19 outbreak through its involvement in the Continuity of Learning Project, which was initiated by the Department of Education in late March 2020.

Margaret-Anne Christie has written about her experience of taking part in the Engaging with sign – a language for you and me programme in the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine (BATOD). 

Year 9 pupils at Coleraine College were set a challenge by Mme Skobel, Head of French and Ms Black, French remote learning co-ordinator as part of their home learning to use an online tool ‘The Language Nut’ to support their language skills during lockdown.

Covid-19 led to the closure of schools and created an unprecedented and uncertain time for staff and pupils of all schools including Ballyclare Secondary School.  Principal Kathryn Bell shares one idea that the PE Department came up with to keep Key Stage 3 pupils engaged and keeping active.

We continue with the CSSC series of news stories on schools while they operate in varied and exceptional circumstances. This week we gain an insight into Killylea Learning Hub, courtesy of Pamela Lowry, Principal, Killylea Primary School.

The Controlled Schools’ Support Council (CSSC) has welcomed the announcement that an estimated £40 million is to be invested in schools.

We continue with the CSSC series of news stories on schools while they operate in varied and exceptional circumstances.

As the unprecedented time we find ourselves in continues, it is encouraging to see the positive school ethos in controlled schools is still evident as we embrace distance learning.

Update on the news that a Dinosaur was spotted in Belfast and swiftly captured by local PSNI Officers.