"Developing Confident Achievers for the World Community"

All children at present are given experiences suitable to their current stages of development in the programmes of study as outlined in the Education Reform (NI) Order 1989. The areas of study are: - Religion - English - Maths - Science and Technology - The World Around Us - Creative and Expressive (Art and Design, Music and P.E.) We also provide Irish once per week for each class. Every opportunity will be taken while teaching each of the above subjects to Promote the educational themes of Education for Mutual Understanding, Cultural Heritage, Health Education, and Information and Communication Technology. The children will be offered a variety of lively and exciting experiences, whichwill enable them to fulfill the Northern Ireland Curriculum requirements withenthusiasm and to attain the levels that are within their abilities. However from September 2006 we will be moving towards a revised curriculum which will address the challenges that face education in the 21st Century. There will be a greater emphasis on skills development and areas related to life and work. This will prepare young people to cope with this new world and to deal comfortably with the technological revolution. The new learning areas will be: - The Arts- - Language and Literacy - Mathematics and Numeracy - Personal Development - Physical Education - The World Around Us - Religious Education

Special Educational Provision In line with the Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (SENDO), this school believes in an inclusive ethos. We aim to educate all pupils by ensuring access to a broad and balanced curriculum, suitably differentiated to meet individual needs so that all children may achieve their potential. Where provision beyond what can be given by the class teacher is required, every attempt will be made to provide this by the other staff in the school. If necessary the specialist services of the Board's Special Education Section will be used. The Staff under the guidance of the Special Needs Co-ordinator(SENCO) Mrs A M Hegarty have put in place procedures for early identification of children with specific learning difficulties under the terms of the Code of Practice for SEN. We encourage parents to work closely with us in supporting children with learning difficulties and involve them at each stage of the process. If a parent has a concern regarding Special Educational Needs provision they are encouraged to work in partnership with the school to try to resolve the issue. Where no solution can be reached the WELB offers a special educational needs: · Advice and Information Service · Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Service (DARS) www/education-support.org.uk Tel: Margaret Clarke O28 82411411

Reporting and Assesssment The academic progress of our pupils will be monitored on a regular basis, through the use of formal and informal tests conducted at intervals throughout the year. The purpose of these tests will be both formative and diagnostic, so that the teacher will know all the better how well the pupil is learning and the remediation required. Each parent will be kept informed of his child's progress through twice yearly parent/teacher meetings, the annual written report which is issued in May of each year and other informal meetings as and when necessary. The teachers will keep detailed records of each child's work and progress, from Primary 1 to Primary 7, so that a clear picture is available for all to see. Particular emphasis will be placed on preparing pupils for the end of key stage tests so that the child will achieve his full potential. The teaching staff will constantly evaluate their teaching and learning methods to ensure that the curriculum remains relevant to the needs of the pupils and is delivered at a pace appropriate to the ability of each pupil. Pupil perfomance and development will be evaluated by appropriate assessment techniques and the assessment will be reported to parents.