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Education Minister Paul Givan has announced his programme for reforming the provision of support for children with special educational needs. The Minister’s Special Educational Needs Reform Agenda and associated five-year delivery plan have been developed following completion of a comprehensive review of policy and delivery. Speaking in the Assembly, Paul Givan said: “Children with special educational needs, […]
Economy Minister Conor Murphy has congratulated local vocational skills students who have once again showcased their abilities on the world stage. Five local students competed as part of Team UK in the global WorldSkills Lyon 2024 competition in September 2024. The Minister held a reception in Parliament Buildings, Belfast, to congratulate the local students who […]
SDLP Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty has said a new School Uniforms Bill must deliver real change for families. Mr. McNulty was speaking after Education Minister Paul Givan announced that he intends to bring forward legislation with Executive support. Newry & Armagh MLA Justin McNulty said: “It is welcome that the eye-watering costs of […]
The Minister said: “Pre-school education settings are facing challenges in supporting increasing numbers of children with additional needs in their pre-school year. This additional funding will help settings to support those needs. “Settings will have flexibility on how they use the funding, which can be used to resource additional staff hours, buy in therapeutic interventions or […]
After four intense days of competition at the 2024 WorldSkills UK National Finals in Manchester and Greater Manchester, students from Southern Regional College showcased their skills and determination, earning 10 medals and securing a remarkable second place on the WorldSkills UK leaderboard. Among those students competing, were students from Newry and nearby areas. Winning a […]
Education Minister Paul Givan has today announced a significant new initiative to fund and roll out Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to all schools in Northern Ireland. A recent survey has indicated that less than half of schools in Northern Ireland currently have a defibrillator on site. The Department of Education will provide over £700,000 of funding […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason has urged the Department of Education to improve support for Special Educational Needs provision in Irish Medium schools. Speaking after the education committee, the South Down MLA said; “Children with Special Educational Needs who are learning through the medium of Irish face unique challenges and must be supported. “Irish Medium […]
Education Minister Paul Givan has launched a new app to build children and young people’s confidence in developing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) lifesaving skills. The app complements the Community of Lifesavers Education Programme in schools which provides professional learning to teach vital CPR and AED skills to pupils together with supporting […]
Schoolboy Lubo Mulkerns from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook was this year’s winner of the local final of the Springboard FutureChef Competition, held at Southern Regional College’s (SRC) Newry campus on Wednesday 13th November. Lubo now moves forward to the regional final of FutureChef, held in Belfast Met early next year; the penultimate stage in […]
Congratulations to students Alex Heaney and Ethan McFee from St Joseph’s Boys’ High School, Newry who are the latest recipients of the PLAYR-FIT Elite Athlete Scholarship. The scholarship program is available to two pupils in each school. As part of the scholarship program PLAYR-FIT sets up a fund that financially helps the pupils with the […]
Newry City Councillor Aidan Mathers has praised students at St Josephs High School for the respect and attentiveness given to him and Council Officers on a recent is it to the school. The Sinn Féin elected representative explained, “My self and Council Officers visited to school to discuss with staff and pupils the concern there […]
Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason has welcomed the passing of a motion in the Assembly calling on the education and health ministers to bring forward a plan to tackle vaping in schools. Cathy Mason said: “I have been working with parents and schools listening to their voices and the growing concerns around vaping in schools. […]
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