Tag: education
Good sport: Ballyclare student awarded Education Bursary
A Ballyclare student has received the inaugural Vision Sports Ireland Education Bursary.
Oliver Gunning, who has a vision impairment, is in his first year of...
Pupils should test if there are COVID-19 cases in same class
School principals should ask pupils to take a lateral flow test if there are confirmed cases of COVID-19 in that class.
That's according new guidance...
It all adds up for the NSPCC Number Day
Children will take part in fun educational maths activities on February 4 as part of the NSPCC’s Number Day.
Number Day is an annual event...
Safe schools: ‘COVID is a mild self-limiting illness for the vast majority of children’
Schools are safe and there is clear evidence of a very low rate of severe disease in children of primary and secondary school ages, ...
Back to school!
P4 to P7 pupils and those in year 12 to 14 in secondary and grammar schools have returned to school this morning (Monday).
They will...
Focus is on ‘educational recovery’ as P4 to P7 return to school
The focus is now on educational recovery as P4 to P7 pupils return to school on Monday, joining younger boys and girls.
All remaining pupils...
AQE transfer test cancelled
This year's AQE transfer test has been cancelled.
P7 pupils were due to sit the test on 27 February, but fears had been expressed about...
Transfer tests cancelled due to rise in COVID-19 cases
School transfer tests have been cancelled in Northern Ireland with the first test having been scheduled for this week.
The news comes amid a rapid...
Six deaths and 1,662 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland
Six further people have died as a result of COVID-19 in Northern Ireland.
There are 1,662 new cases.
https://twitter.com/healthdpt/status/1345732699034693633
Primary school pupils will be taught remotely this...
Schools begin two-week ‘circuit-breaker’
Schools are today beginning a two-week circuit breaker to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The extended break ends on November 2 when there...