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.

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

Fairview Primary School choir were in fine voice when they came third in BBC Radio Ulster School Choir of the Year Junior Final on 30 April.

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. This week we gain an insight into Killylea Learning Hub, courtesy of Pamela Lowry, Principal, Killylea Primary School.

In November, Ballymoney Model Integrated Primary School celebrated ‘Friendship Week’ in their school and linked this to the symbol of a rainbow.

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.

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.

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). 

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.