The school governors meet regularly to discuss and make decisions on budgeting, staffing and curriculum issues.
Chairman
Mr D Pavey
Transferor Representatives
Rev P Lyons
Mrs C Heaton
Rev C Martin
Mr E Jamison
Parents’ Representatives
Mr P McDonald
Mrs K White
Teachers’ Representative
Mrs C Allen
Board Representative
Mrs D Kennedy
Mr D Pavey
Secretary
Mrs L Mc Elwee
Our new Accelerated Reader Programme is now up and running in the Year 6 & 7 classes and pupils are really enjoying their visits to the new AR library each week. Many new books have been purchased through the Scholastic Rewards scheme, which is directly related to the Book Fairs held in school each year. Thank-you also to the pupils and parents who donated books to the AR library. We are also gradually adding to existing class library stocks in Year 1-5 classrooms, with the purchase of Phonics storybooks, emergent readers and mini novels.
Year 2 parents and pupils are currently involved in a new programme developed in school to develop Numeracy skills and confidence through a range of practical games as part of their homework.
The Governors alongside Mrs McElwee and staff prepare a School Development Plan to ensure future development, best practice and resources for our children.
Development plan 2024/25
Some of the developments planned for this year at our school are:
- Whole School Nurture and Well-being Development
- Shared Education 'Aspire Programme' P.1-P.4
- Addressing Bullying policy and training
- Development of Specialist Provision Class
- Development of online safety CCEA resources alongside school scheme
- Review of White Rose Numeracy Scheme with year groups and NI Curriculum
- Whole School Self-Evaluation to inform new 3 yr. plan 25-28
- Literacy Grammar class coverage updated for all classes
Teachers have revised their thematic topics in all year groups after receiving training and development on Thematic Teaching and Learning. All thematic units now incorporate opportunities to further develop cross curricular skills, STEM, ICT and ECO. We are looking forward to building on these with our Shared Education partnership schools.
As part of our School Development Plan for 2015/16, staff have implemented an new reading scheme ' Bug Club'. This scheme provides an invaluable resource for both teachers and parents to engage children and develop their reading skills further.
ICT Developments this year in school:
- Use of new app Explain Everything for teaching and learning.
- Bug Club/ Rapid Reading online programmes to enhance standards.
- P.3 trial of Seesaw app for self assessment and to share learning with home.
