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Integrated Education for an Integrated Future 016 92 NOVEMBER AY WEDNESD IntegratedEducation foranintegrated future.... Inside thisedition… w LIAM NEESON TAKEN BY INTEGRATION IN BALLYMENA w AN EYE FOR ACOMMON GOAL WITH DAVID HEALY w STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 35 YEARS w WORLD CHAMPION CARL FRAMPTON DROPS IN ON BRIDGE INTEGRATED PRIMARY 2 INTEGRATED EDUCATION... WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9 2016 Contents... LIAM NEESON TAKEN BY INTEGRATION IN BALLYMENA PAGE 3 AN EYE FOR A COMMON GOAL WITH DAVID HEALY PAGE 6 STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 35 YEARS PAGE 16 WORLD CHAMPION CARL FRAMPTON DROPS IN ON BRIDGE IP PAGE 29 Why choose an integrated school? hoosing a school can be a very and religiously diverse environment stressful time for families and which is proactively inclusive. children alike, with so much Integrated schools provide an education pressure to make the right for children and young people from all Cchoice. How we judge what makes a backgrounds and communities within “good school”, however, is not a simple Northern Ireland under one roof where matter and varies from family to family. they can come together and learn about We might prefer an-all ability school a one another through regular, daily contact. grammar school, a single sex school, If this sounds like something you would a small school, a local school, a well- like to become involved with, then perhaps established school or our old school. it is time to consider one of the 65 We must also, however, consider integrated schools spread across Northern where we feel our children will be best Ireland. Well over 30,000 parents since nurtured and developed to become 1981 have made this choice and have good and active citizens, able to live in not regretted it. Integrated schools are an increasingly challenging and diverse co-educational and are managed by a society. In making this choice, however, local board, made up of people drawn how much weight do you, as a parent or from all sections of society, representing Well over 30,000 guardian, place on whether the school not only the two main traditions, but also parents since 1981 you are considering is a place where reflecting the diversity of our communities. young people are happy, secure, feel Enrolment reflects this mix, our colleges have made this included and accepted. You will reflect are all ability and exam results are on the type of school where your child excellent, regularly exceeding the non- choice and have not will have a good experience of a high grammar average at GCSE. So why not quality education. You may also wish for help create our shared and better future regretted it your child to be educated in a culturally by giving integration a try? Northern Ireland’s Integrated Primary Schools and Colleges INTEGRATED PRIMARY SCHOOLS INTEGRATED COLLEGES Acorn IPS* — 028 9336 0115 Kilbroney IPS —028 4173 8491 Blackwater IC - 028 4461 2115 All Children’s IPS* — 028 4372 2098 Killyleagh CIPS – 028 4482 8522 Brownlow CIC - 028 3834 2121 Annsborough IPS* — 028 4377 8630 Kircubbin IPS — 028 4273 8491 Crumlin CIC - 028 9445 2497 Ballycastle IPS* — 028 2076 2496 Loughries CIPS –028 9181 7528 Drumragh IC - 028 8225 2440 Ballymoney IPS+ — 028 2766 2340 Lough View IPS* — 028 9040 1347 Erne IC - 028 6632 5996 Bangor Central IPS — 028 9146 0513 Maine IPS* — 028 9447 8766 Braidside IPS* — 028 2564 7899 Mallusk CIPS – 028 9034 2038 Fort Hill CIC - 028 9267 5007 Bridge IPS — 028 4066 2055 Mill Strand IPS* — 028 7082 3090 Hazelwood IC - 028 9077 4202 Carhill IPS — 028 2955 8635 Millennium IPS* — 028 9081 3688 IC Dungannon - 028 8772 4401 Carnlough IPS — 028 2888 5272 Oakgrove IPS* — 028 7134 9644 Lagan IC - 028 9040 1810 Cedar IPS* — 028 4483 0009 Oakwood IPS* — 028 9030 9920 Malone IC - 028 9038 1988 Cliftonville IPS* — 028 9035 1638 Omagh IPS* — 028 8224 2008 New-Bridge IC - 028 4062 5010 Corran IPS* — 028 2827 3455 Phoenix IPS — 028 8675 7096 Cranmore IPS* — 028 9066 4410 Portadown IPS* — 028 3835 0754 North Coast IC - 028 7032 9026 Crumlin CIPS — 028 9442 2357 Portaferry IPS* — 028 4272 8523 Oakgrove IC - 028 7186 0443 Drumlins IPS — 028 9756 3755 Roe Valley IPS — 028 7776 8695 Parkhall CIC - 028 9446 2963 Enniskillen IPS* — 028 6632 6799 Round Tower IPS* — 028 9446 8672 Priory CIC - 028 9042 3481 Forge IPS* — 028 9049 2177 Rowandale IPS — 028 9261 3946 Find out more... Shimna IC - 028 4372 6107 visit www.nicie.org or follow NICIE on Facebook Fort Hill IPS* — 028 9266 4505 Saints and Scholars IPS*— 028 3751 0113 and Twitter Slemish IC - 028 2563 0156 Glencraig IPS* — 028 9042 4510 Six Mile IPS — 028 9446 3979 Sperrin IC - 028 7963 4177 Glengormley IPS*— 028 9083 2786 Spires IPS — 028 7963 1014 PRODUCTION: The Irish News Strangford IC - 028 9186 1199 PRINTING: Interpress NI Limited Groarty IPS — 028 7126 7889 Windmill IPS* — 028 8772 7277 Hazelwood IPS* — 028 9077 0421 * designates pre-school provision + primary school with conditional approval Ulidia IC - 028 9335 8500 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 92016 INTEGRATED EDUCATION... 3 Liam Neeson Taken by integration in Ballymena tudents in Slemish College w LEFT: Slemish had the lesson of alifetime College marktheir 20th when Liam Neeson came to birthdaycelebrations with avisit from Liam help launch the College’s20th Neeson Sbirthdaycelebrations earlier this year. w RIGHT: Liam tells A2 The Taken star has long established links Media Studies studennts with the College, when along with Sir about his role as Oskar Kenneth Branagh and The Dali Lama, Liam Schindler and what it sent amessage of encouragement and felt liketooarriveonset outsside Auschwitz best wishes for the school’sopening in concentration camp 1996. Later in 2002, Liam presented the founding Principal Dr RobertJennings with the Pearson Award for UK Head Teacher of the Year at The Theatre RoyalinLondon’s DruryLane. An enthusiastic supporter of Integrated Ballymena woman, Iadmire all he is doing working on Music Videos before visiting “Liam wasamazing,hechatted about films Education, Liam accepted the invitation to promote our town and highlight the need the ArtDepartment where he again offered like Schindler’sList anddirectorslikeSteven from Senior Teacher Grace Anderson who for supportfor our local commerce and words of praise and encouragement for the Spielberg but he revealed things about the described herself as ‘the eternal optimist’. industries. Ballymena people are highly students. The visit concluded with tea and role that you would never even think about, Speaking about it, Grace said: “I wanted to do motivated with aplethora of skills and our aslice of birthdaycakebaked by College likehow cold it wasatAuswitch or how hard something special for our students to enable young people need to see theyhavemuch to SecretaryLinzi McGaugheywhich washad it wastofilm in the location where so many them to see how significant our 20th birthday aspire to.” been crafted to be an exact replica of the horrific things had happened. There wasa really is. Our school opened with eighty-four Liam certainly didn’tdisappoint and stayed College. The Head Boyand GirlConnor kindness and an interest in us that Iwouldn’t pupils and todaywehavealmost 800 children for almost 2hours, during which he enjoyed Lunnun and Abigail Fletcher along with the have expected from someone so famous. He from all backgrounds, learning together with a poignant drama performances by GCSE A2 Media Class had the once-in-a-lifetime wasreally funnytoo, describing how he had world class education as the glue that keeps and ALevel students, praising their efforts opportunity of joining Liam for tea and to use his imagination when talking to tennis us together.Liam wasthe natural choice; and saying he wasproud of what they Connor commented on his relaxed, friendly balls on sticks when acting as Qui-Gon Jinn as aMedia Teacher,Ilove his films but as a achieved. Liam then met AS Media students manner: in Star Wars.” 4 INTEGRATED EDUCATION... WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 92016 Toni Wilkinson and AndrewChristie of Hazelwood Integrated Primary School It has been an incredible journey for Lagan College It takes time to see the real impact of education. It’snow been afull ten yearssince Ileft Lagan College, the first integrated school, Adam McGibbon went to Lagan College Awelcoming, caring, and Ifeel that everyyear,Isee its impact 1999-2006. He lives in London and on me more clearly. works as acampaign manager fortrade My parents were committed to the concept unions, political parties and charities, child-centred school of integration, and had my name down and as an elections and campaign for Lagan since birth. Theywere keen to consultant azelwood wasthe first The Nurseryhas afantastic outdoor play present an illusion of choice when it came Integrated Primaryand facility with acovered area ensuring the to picking my post-primaryschool, but as it of integrated education, and about Lagan. NurserySchool in Northern children are outside everyday. happened, Iwanted to go to Lagan anyway. Manyofmyold classmates carry with Hazelwood Integrated Primaryand Nursery It’sbeen an incredible journeyfor Lagan – them aquiet but fierce pride in the school, Ireland and last year they School has wrap around care with a the remarkable storyofaground-breaking and in the integrated concept in general. I H celebrated their 30th anniversary. Breakfast Club and aHomeworkClub. The school started not by the state, but by feel the same. I’m luckytohavebeen in a children are offered an exciting range of brave parents who risked everything to have position to receive an integrated education, Theyfeel the outdoor learning environment after school activities. their kids educated alongside those from a and Ifeel that the values Ilearnt there is veryimportant for children. The school The school maintains astrong pastoral different community background. Northern have helped shape me. Particularly from has Forest School status and this offers care team to ensure the welfare of their Ireland can sometimes makecommon my politics teacher,Fergal McGuckin, who manywonderful educational opportunities.
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