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Best school-age education project: Year Six Dividend - City Pay It Forward

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Hands of our rural school

St. Malachy’s PS, Kilclief take petition against school closure to Stormont

Kilclief Primary School

Stormont petition for closure-threatened St Malachy’s Primary School, Kilclief

L-R: Elaine O’Connor, Head of Sustainability Lidl Ireland & Northern Ireland; Paulo Ross, Radio Breakfast Show Presenter

Community groups, schools and charities across NI are invited to apply now

Mrs Kelly Gardiner, Principal, Maralin Primary School; Mr Paul Moore teacher and Eco Council leader; Pupil Eco Council, Catherine; Darcey; Harvey

Six projects across the region have received funding from Lidl Northern Ireland

Fivemiletown’s hugely successful annual Festive Tractor Run is back again this year, on Sunday 28 December, with even more on offer for everyone.

Lights, engines, action! Festive fun in Fivemiletown

Organisers of the tractor run held as part of the campaign to save St Malachy's Primary School from closure

26 pictures from the Kilclief tractor run

Aughnacloy Primary School

LMC was delighted to welcome Key Stage 2 pupils to the Balmoral Show

LMC Primary School Cookery Demonstration

LMC announces the return of its primary school cookery demonstrations

Darragh O'Rourke, teacher, Dolores Miller, principal, Tony Gray, teacher and pupils from St Brigid’s Primary School with Dr Hannah McCourt, Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement Manager at the Public Health Agency.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at St Brigid’s Primary School

Local councils, schools, and community groups are increasingly investing in repairs

Ad Feature UK playgrounds in crisis

Below are all of the Liverpool primary schools which currently hold an 'outstanding' Ofsted rating. Image via Stock Adobe (Monkey Business) for illustrative purposes only.

Primary and secondary school applications to be confirmed soon

Barry Barnes (Air Ambulance NI), Sinead McGovern (PTFA), Paul Eakin (Clogher Valley Rugby Club) and children from St Mary's

A date for the diary if you are a lover of tractor runs

Barry Barnes (Air Ambulance NI), Sinead McGovern (PTFA), Paul Eakin (Clogher Valley Rugby Club) and children from St Mary's

A date for the diary if you are a lover of tractor runs

A 32-year-old teacher has been banned from teaching after he brought ketamine into a primary school in Simpson, Buckinghamshire.

UK teacher banned for bringing drugs into school

Wimbledon car crash: One child dies and woman arrested after Land Rover crashes into school

Breaking One child dies and woman arrested after Land Rover crashes into school
One child has died following a ‘serious collision’ at a primary school in Wimbledon
Will Millar

Several people injured after car crashes into primary school

Breaking Seven children injured after car crashes into primary school

The most recent playground fad is the super popular drink. Launched by YouTubers Logan Paul and KSI in 2022, the demand for Prime is extremely high. While taking the drink into school is banned in many places, kids are taking empty bottles of Prime to school as water bottles

Pupil’s ‘cardiac episode’ after drinking Prime Energy sparks warning

Marelle Sturrock and David Yates

Breaking Murder probe into death of pregnant teacher - man’s body found

The Easter Monday stabbing took place outside a primary school in London - Credit: Google Streetview

Breaking 17-year-old boy stabbed to death outside London primary school

P6/7 pupil at St Olcan’s Primary School, Shane; Pauline Davison, ABO Wind's Educational and Community Outreach Teacher; Eileen Bonnar, P6/7 teacher St Olcan’s Primary School.

Tommy the Turbine teaches wind-tech to County Antrim school children

Nicola Bulley had suffered “significant issues with alcohol” in the past, Lancashire Police said (Credit: Family handout)

Nicola Bulley still missing: Everything we know so far, three weeks

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

An organised candelit vigil at Babbs Mill Lake where a group of children fell through the ice on Sunday. Three of those children have died while a fourth, aged six, is fighting for his life in hospital.

Solihull: Boy fights for life as victim hailed hero for rescue attempt

Children from St Patrick’s and St Joseph‘s Primary School, with class teacher Mrs Catherine Ball (back row), Pauline Davison, ABO Wind's educational and community outreach teacher and Michael Mullan, development project manager at ABO Wind (front row)

Children mark COP27 with ABO Wind and a ‘green’ assembly

Back to school shopping: everything you need for your kid’s new term

Back to school shopping: everything you need for your kid’s new term

Lisnadill pupils sample some tasty beef pasta

Bookings open for LMC primary school cookery demonstrations
Bookings for Livestock and Meat Commission primary school cookery demonstrations are now open.
Joanne Knox

Reuben Callaghan Bank of Ireland Virtual Farm Weekend schools competition winner is pictured with (L-R) Miss Proctor, Primary 3/4 teacher, Sarah Toland, LMC Education and Consumer Promotions Manager, Liz Brown, LMC Cookery Demonstrator, Lauren Patterson, LMC Marketing and Communications Manager and Lynsay Hawkes, UFU Communications Assistant.

Winners are treated to cookery demonstrations

Deirdre Goan, HSENI, Robert Kidd, Chief Executive HSENI, Joshua Armstrong, Irvinestown PS, and Edwina Read, Principal Irvinestown PS, at the launch of the ‘Avoid Harm on the Farm’ child safety 2022 calendar.”

Farm safety messages launched to rural schools

A special Dale Farm delivery at St Paul's, Newry

Good day for school children with Dale Farm Ice Cream delivery

Primary 1 pupils from Friends’ Prep school in Lisburn help to launch the ‘Purple Potato Project’ an initiative set up by Lisburn-based social enterprise Kinder Garden Cooks which has joined with organics recycling firm Natural World Products (NWP) and Patch Seed Potatoes to encourage kids to ‘get growing’. They are joined by, from left, Colm Warren of NWP, Alex McCreight of Patch Seed Potatoes and Sharon McMaster of Kinder Garden Cooks. The scheme will see 280 pupils across the Lisburn area receive a bag of New Leaf Compost from NWP, which converts local household food and garden waste into organic, peat-free compost, and a newly-bred purple seed potato from Patch Seed Potatoes. The Purple Potato character is designed by artist Corrina Askin. Photography by Jude Rankin

Primary school children to get growing in project

Pictured at the launch of the 'Avoid Harm on the Farm' Child Safety 2021 Calendar is (L-R) Joanne Bryans, Principal, Carr PS, Daniel Glenn, Carr PS, and Robert Kidd, Chief Executive HSENI.

42,000 HSENI Farm Safety Calendars set for distribution

NI school plea not to send Christmas cards this year

Last Friday Derry and Strabane posted the highest daily total for positive COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began.

COVID-19 outbreaks at sports clubs, gyms, businesses and a school

The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Councillor Sean Bateson pictured at the launch of the Garvagh Forest Trails Project

New cycling and walking trails are launched at Garvagh Forest

A primary school has swapped school uniforms for tracksuits - is it acceptable?

Schoolchildren have the ‘Best’ day out on the farm with Devenish

Beth Taylor and Lockstown Luvli, winners of the open Individual

Balmoral qualification success for Ballyclare Secondary pupils

Primary school bans anti-bullying book after mum complains about racist language

Pictured at this years launch of the Child Safety on Farms poster competition is last years winner Ilaria Toner, (formerly of St Colmcilles PS, Claudy), Bridge ONeill, Headmistress of St Colmcilles PS, Claudy, Julie Leathem, Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), and Derek Martin, the new chairman of HSENI

Child Safety on Farms poster competition launched

Pictured at one of the newly installed bins are pupils from St Canice's Primary School in Feeny, Eco-Schools Co-Ordinator Mrs Joanne Mooney, the Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Alderman Maura Hickey and Waste Management Officer John McCarron.

Pupil power keeps countryside tidy

Ballyhackamore is getting ready for its massive Christmas party on December 10th. Santa is due to arrive by fire engine and there will be music, food, a special Christmas market and some great VIP characters. The festive Family Fun Day organised by the Ballyhackamore Business Association, and supported by Belfast City Council, is a great day out. Pictured here are Santa and Mrs Claus with little Molly Mewha.

Festive VIPs at Ballyhackamore's Christmas Family Fun Day

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