The Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), Noreen Campbell, welcomed the exam success of integrated colleges throughout Northern Ireland.
The dedicated parents’ steering group which, set up Rowandale Integrated Primary School, in Moira, has been presented with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
NICIE says the recent review of post-primary education by the Catholic sector sidesteps a significant opportunity to promote reconciliation and fails to acknowledge th role of education in building a shared future.
The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) introduced this year’s Youth in Education Conference with a lively debate on the role and ‘shape’ of education in our society at Queens University, Belfast on Friday 30th April 2010.
This year’s kite themed Integrated Education Week was spectacularly celebrated across Northern Ireland in a variety of ways and in particular the poignant words of a Year 9 pupil were no exception.
Pupils at Millennium Integrated Primary School , Saintfield are celebrating the return of their award winning Vice Principal, Barry Corrigan, from the Microsoft Innovative Educator’s Forum that ran in Berlin from 22nd-25th March. Mr. Corrigan beat strong
Pupils from Priory Integrated College in Holywood have been flying high for Integrated Education after excelling in an art competition judged by staff at George Best Belfast City Airport.
Last Wednesday (3rd March) two uniquely situated integrated schools in South Belfast welcomed local Alliance MLA Anna Lo to celebrate Integrated Education Week.
The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) spectacularly introduced this year’s packed programme for the celebration of Integrated Education Week with an original kite launch at Parliament Buildings, Stormont on Monday 1st March 2010.
Teachers from L/Derry and Coleraine travelled to the Middle East this week (21-23 November) to forge closer links and build greater cultural understanding between the UK and Iraq.
The dedicated parents’ steering group which set up Rowandale Integrated Primary School in Moira has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
Clogher Valley Integrated Primary School in Fivemiletown will close at the end of June after three happy years of providing an excellent education and positive start in life for children from all religious backgrounds.
Holocaust survivor Rudi Oppenheimer spoke at Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus last week about his experience of living in concentration camps during the Second World War, interred with thousands of other Jews.
NICIE Chief Executive Michael Wardlow visited the beautiful but divided island of Cyprus for a one day education seminar programme, held earlier this month.
NICIE has warmly greeted Education Minister Caitríona Ruane’s decision to approve the transformation to integrated status of Parkhall College in Antrim.
Staff, pupils and parents from Glengormley Integrated Primary School joined over 7,000 people from across the world when they travelled to Poland in April to represent Northern Ireland at the 2009 international “March of the Living”.
Round Tower Controlled Integrated Primary School has joined just six other finalists in the last stage of an exciting creative competition run by value supermarket chain Lidl as part of the “Fit Factor Challenge” it launched in classrooms last year.
NICIE’s detailed response to the Department of Education’s recently released guidance on 2010 post-primary admissions, which was issued to school principals, governors and educational authorities, is now available to read on this website.
Drumlins Integrated Primary School welcomed an esteemed guest to its classrooms last week when the US Consul General for Northern Ireland, Susan Elliott, took time out of her busy schedule to visit.
Round Tower Controlled Integrated Primary School in Antrim has launched an exciting new website, framed in fetching bright colours, to keep everyone informed about the school.
NICIE Chief Executive Michael Wardlow swapped rainy Northern Ireland for sun drenched Kuwait in April when he attended a conference on Connecting Classrooms, a global initiative organised by the British Council.
Hazelwood Integrated Primary School was recently visited by the Under-Secretary of State for the Polish Ministry of Education, Krysztof Stanowski, who flew hundreds of miles from Eastern Europe to come to Northern Ireland.
Hazelwood Integrated College, Belfast, was featured on the popular BBC programme The One Show last week as part of a special report about Northern Ireland, watched by millions of viewers across the UK.
Caring students from Integrated College Dungannon recently raised hundreds of pounds for the international charity UNICEF by holding their annual non-uniform day.
NICIE has warmly welcomed the decision by Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, to approve the transformation to integrated status of Fort Hill Primary School in Lisburn.
Young financial masterminds from New-Bridge Integrated College, Banbridge, have demonstrated their stockbroking skill and won the annual Fantasy Share Race, run by Rensburg Sheppards and the Belfast Telegraph.
The Minister for Employment and Learning, Sir Reg Empey, has honoured Oakwood Integrated Primary School, Belfast, and the four other National Training Award winners who represented Northern Ireland in the UK-wide final of the contest, held late last year.
Clogher Valley Integrated Primary School in Fivemiletown recently hosted an exciting multicultural evening, giving pupils a chance to learn about other cultures while having a lot of fun.
Windmill Integrated Primary School in Dungannon has become one of the first schools in Northern Ireland to sign up for a new year-long programme and campaign which highlights the effect of conflict on children around the world.
Lagan Integrated College in Belfast recently held a challenging night of debate and discussion on its grounds. Special guest panelists at the event included renowned journalist and author Brian Rowan and NICIE officer Darren O’Reilly.
Blackwater Integrated College, Downpatrick, held a series of special activities for all its students to enjoy during Integrated Education Week, based around the theme of “It’s a small world”.
NICIE has issued a response to the recent killings of two British soldiers and a police officer by dissident republican groups still operating in Northern Ireland.
Groarty Controlled Integrated Primary School in L´Derry decided to mark Integrated Education Week in a rather unusual way, getting everyone to come to class wearing traditional costumes from around the world.
Clogher Valley Integrated Primary School pupils celebrated Integrated Education Week by trying exotic foods like pineapples and bananas from around the world.
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane paid a special visit to Millennium Integrated Primary School, in Saintfield, on Thursday morning to help the staff and students celebrate Integrated Education week.
Pupils from Hazelwood Integrated Primary School have celebrated Integrated Education Week by helping to launch Disability Sports NI’s exciting new “Five Star Disability Sports Challenge” in the W5 centre.
Comedienne and writer Nuala McKeever showed off her support for integration, as well as her sharp comic timing, when she officially launched Integrated Education Week at Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School on Monday 2nd March.
Comedy artist and writer Nuala McKeever will officially launch Integrated Education Week at Saint and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh, on Monday 2nd March at 11am.
Representatives from NICIE and Armagh Integrated College have responded to Education Minister Catriona Ruane’s recent decision to approve the closure of the secondary school from August 31st 2009.
Students from Drumragh Integrated College recently enjoyed a field trip to London, visiting the bustling capital’s major art galleries and world-famous landmarks.
Talented athletes from Integrated College Dungannon recently put in a great performance at the ‘E’ District Cross-Country Championships, held in Dungannon Park.
Drumragh Integrated College’s First Year football team recently showed off its considerable sporting skill, finishing as the runner up in the Fermanagh & Western Schools Year 8 Indoor Soccer Tournament.
NICIE has welcomed the announcement by Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, that classroom assistants in grant maintained integrated schools, along with those in voluntary grammar schools, will receive a share of a £1.3 million payout.
Pupils from Hazelwood Integrated Primary School, in Newtownabbey, recently helped to promote the Department of Environment’s Cycling Proficiency Scheme.
A seminal research paper on “Churches and Christian Ethos in Integrated Schools” was launched recently at Lagan Integrated College, Belfast. This new research was initiated by All Children Together (ACT), commissioned by NICIE and funded through the IEF.
The pupils and staff at Cranmore Integrated Primary School are celebrating after receiving an Eco School Bronze Award from an international scheme which encourages schools to care about green issues.
Oakgrove Integrated College has expressed its delight after Year 13 pupil Shanie Raz was recently chosen as one of just four young people from across the UK to win a VSO Global Student Prize.
Fiona Mellon, a Primary Four pupil at Cranmore Integrated Primary School has been announced as the winner of a competition hosted by the globe-trotting charity Amnesty International.
Former Ulidia Integrated College student Christopher Madden got to experience history in the making last week when he attended Barrack Obama’s inauguration and saw him sworn in as the first black President of the United States.
A Northern Ireland-wide competition, aimed at making young children more aware of recycling issues, was launched recently at Millennium Integrated Primary School in Saintfield.
The children of Groarty Controlled Integrated Primary School were celebrating success recently, after winning a community relations competition with the title “What’s it to you?”.
Two bright sparks from Oakgrove Integrated College recently joined some of Ireland’s best young scientific minds at a BT-sponsored contest held in Dublin.
Clogher Valley Integrated Primary School held a successful open evening this week, welcoming interested parents and their children to its classrooms for a light hearted night of fun.
Colm Cavanagh, chairperson of the NI Council for Integrated Education has welcomed the appointment of a new Chief Executive, Noreen Campbell, for the organisation.
NICIE responded with disappointment this week when the Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane, announced she was refusing Straidhavern Primary School permission to transform to integrated status.
Not content with simply co-managing Lough View Sports Centre with Dungannon United Youth, Windmill Integrated Primary School has opened its own outdoor synthetic pitch at its premises on the Old Eglish Road.
Students from Integrated College Dungannon enjoyed a fruitful day at the recent Integrated Colleges’ Cross-Country Championships at Delamont Park, Downpatrick.
A student from Integrated College Dungannon has ridden his horse to victory in the prestigious Northern Indoor Championships 2008, winning the metre show jumping competition which was held at Eglinton Equestrian Centre.
Two teachers from Crumlin Integrated College travelled halfway across the world to Hong Kong earlier this month to represent Northern Ireland at the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Innovative Teachers’ Forum.
The students of Hazelwood Integrated Primary, in Newtownabbey, have been enjoying climbing and sliding in a brand new adventure playground, which recently opened at their school alongside a multi-purpose extension.
NICIE has welcomed the contribution of Northern Ireland’s four main churches to the ongoing debate over post-primary transfer, as pupils sit the first part of the 11+ test for the final time this week.
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has attended the official opening of Blackwater Integrated College and expressed her sincere support for Downpatrick’s new post-primary school.
Oakwood Integrated Primary, based in Belfast, is celebrating this week after winning a prestigious prize at the National Training Awards, run by the Department of Employment and Learning.
Students from Priory IC, St Columbanus College and Sullivan Upper School learned the secrets to creating a positive employment future during Masterclass workshops organised by the Young Enterprise Northern Ireland.
NICIE has warmly welcomed the decision by Education Minister, Caitriona Ruane, to approve the transformation to integrated status of Cliftonville Primary School in North Belfast.
The latest independent research on public attitudes to education in NI shows very strong support for closer integration and sharing across the traditional school ‘sectors’.
On Saturday 13th September Erne IC held the recital ‘The Twilight of Summer’, where pupils who are preparing for either university auditions or higher grade examinations, delighted the audience with an evening of chamber music.
Michael Wardlow, Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, suggests that strong public support for shared education in Northern Ireland is not being reflected in reality
Lagan College, which hosted The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) media launch to announce the Northern Ireland ‘A’ Level results, have achieved excellent results.
The Integrated Education sector noted with great interest the publication of the ‘league tables’ for the non-grammar schools in Northern Ireland in the local press (Irish News, Wednesday, 23rd July).
Coexistence International(CI) at Brandeis University, USA, recently commissioned research to examine the role of education policy in promoting coexistence
Millennium IPS in Saintfield has launched a new and informative website to help keep current and perspective pupils and their parents informed about the school.
To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Armistice, the Imperial War Museum is working in association with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to find 24 young people, to travel to France and Belgium for Remembrance Day
The SDLP’s Youth section has voted to endorse and promote Integrated Education as they see it as a significant measure in challenging segregation and sectarianism.
Pupils from Oakgrove IPS, L’Derry, who recently made their First Communion, have generously contributed their monetary gifts to Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone Children´s Appeal organised by UNICEF.
Pupils attending Drumlins Integrated Primary School in Ballynahinch were paid a special visit by Teresa Keating from the Australian Ireland Fund and Sir Warwick Fairfax Trust on Wednesday 18th June.
Oakgrove IPS, L’Derry, held a Multicultural evening on Wednesday 11th June to celebrate the wide diversity of pupils who come from over 17 different cultural backgrounds who currently attend the school.
Mill Strand Integrated Primary School in Portrush has been awarded Level 1 of the UNICEF Rights Respecting School Award (RRSA) at a prestigious award ceremony in Belfast by TV personality, Paul Clark.
Leading philanthropists, Jack and Jackie McDonnell of the American Ireland Fund, flew in to Northern Ireland to be guests at a special prize-giving celebration for Rowallane Integrated College
Integrated primary pupils were given the opportunity to ‘Make a Scarecrow’ as part of the ‘Young Gardener’s Corner’ competition at the annual Garden Festival in Hillsborough Castle grounds which ran from 6th-8th June.
BT’s generous support for a cross community grant programme has enabled pre-school children and their parents from four nursery schools in Belfast to come together and enjoy early years activities.
The President of the United States, George W Bush and the First Lady, Laura Bush, took time out of their trip to Northern Ireland to visit Lough View Integrated Primary School on the outskirts of Belfast.
Barry Corrigan, Vice-Principal of Millennium Integrated Primary School, Carryduff and Chair of the Integrated Education Teachers’ Committee, has expressed his concerns over the AQE´s decision to hold their own entrance tests and retain academic selection.
Pupils from Bangor Central Integrated Primary School performed at a conference looking at ‘The European Union’s Role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process,’ on Monday 28th April 2008, at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown.
Year 12 students at Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh, celebrated their time at the school by attending a formal gala event held in the Silver Birch Hotel, Omagh.
On a visit to Hazelwood Integrated College, the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, said, "Integrated school students symbolize the new Northern Ireland - a Northern Ireland where the community is working side by side for the benefit of all."
Ballycastle Controlled Integrated Primary School celebrated the official opening of its new Nursery Unit on Tuesday 20th May 2008 with a packed programme which also commemorated the history of the school and its journey towards integrated status.
Students from Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh, have been presented with a cheque for £1,000 from JNP Architects to help fund their trip to Tanzania, Africa.
A Westminster All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), including two former NIO Ministers, was in Belfast on 15th – 16th May to visit Hazelwood IPS and explore the prospects for supporting Integrated Education.
The Chair of the Board of Governors of All Children’s Integrated Primary School, Newcastle, Mrs Anne Carr, has received the Community Relations Award for Exceptional Achievement.
Callum Crawford-Walker from Cedar Integrated Primary School raced to victory on Bank Holiday Monday at the Northern Ireland Primary Schools Cross Country Championship.
More than 1,000 teachers and classroom assistants, representing 41 integrated schools, will be sharing their expertise in ‘integration in practice’ at 4 Conferences taking place at the end of August.
Eugene Kelly and Pauline Flanagan, both representatives of Fermanagh Talking Newspaper Association, were delighted to be presented with a cheque for £487.89.
‘Elephant, Bee or Other: Including Everyone in our Schools´, a publication produced by NICIE and funded by the International Fund for Ireland, has been accepted for inclusion in the Compendium of Good Practices in Human Rights Education.
Students from Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh, Kyra Campbell, Maria Logue & George Munton and their 6th Form Supervisor Miss Alison Irvine have raised £1030 through a sponsored walk in preparation for their trip to Tanzania, Africa.
North Coast IC feel that Secondary school pupils often find mathematics a difficult subject to access. This can often restrict both their progress in and enjoyment of the subject.
Kate Ballard, a Year 8 student at Drumragh Integrated College, Omagh, was the first under 15 year old female to cross the finish line at the recent Omagh half marathon fun run.
Pupils from 11 Integrated Colleges and 2 staff members from NICIE joined over 200 post-16 students, politicians and other dignitaries from Northern Ireland to visit the former Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Cranmore Integrated Primary School hosted a delegation of school principals from Sweden. The visitors were given opportunities to tour the school and speak to the pupils and staff about their experiences of integration.
Children from Oakwood Integrated Primary School, Derriaghy, visited the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, to take part in an International Mediation Convention.
Stacey Murphy, a pupil at Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen, is through to the audition stage of the popular reality show, X-Factor. Stacey will travel to Glasgow to audition on Monday 5th May 2008.
Belfast born actress Geraldine Hughes, patron of the Integrated Education Fund, paid a special visit to Hazelwood Integrated College on the Whitewell Road, Belfast, to see the new digital arts facilities at the school.
Hazelwood Integrated Primary School, Newtownabbey, is piloting an innovative ‘Forest School’ project, the first school in Northern Ireland to adapt the scheme. It will run for 36 weeks with all Primary 1, 2 and 5 classes.
Students from Drumragh Integrated College will travel to Tanzania, a country in East Africa, this year to work alongside the charity, Children in Crossfire.
Ulidia Integrated College, Carrickfergus, pupil Christopher Madden, aged 15, has won a scholarship to attend St Albans School, the Eton of Washington DC, as a boarding pupil for 3 years, starting from September 2008.
Students from Priory Integrated College, Holywood, and Glencraig Integrated Primary School, Holywood, performed together in a play to celebrate the upcoming Beijing Olympics in China.
For the first time in Northern Ireland, the Holocaust Educational Trust is offering 6th Form students the opportunity to participate in a national initiative, Lessons from Auschwitz.
An exciting new publication ‘ABC: Promoting an Anti-Bias Approach to Education in Northern Ireland’ has been launched at the Long Gallery, Stormont on 4 March 2008.
The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) will be hosting an Integrated Education Public Information Meeting on Tuesday 11th March, Lurgan Town Hall, 7.30pm – 9.00pm.
The students of Hazelwood Integrated Primary, in Belfast, have been enjoying climbing and sliding in their brand new adventure playground, which recently opened at the school alongside a multi-purpose extension.
Glencraig Integrated Primary School, Holywood pupil Isaac McCance, has won second prize in the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education´s letter writing competition, primary school section.
Corran Integrated Primary School, Larne pupil, Rhiannon Finn, has won first prize in the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education´s letter writing competition, primary school section.
North Coast Integrated College, Coleraine, pupil Emily Brussard, has won third prize in the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education´s letter writing competition, post primary school section.
Two pupils form Slemish Integrated College, Ballymena, David Gilkinson and Alex Millar have won first and second prize in the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education´s letter writing competition, post primary school section.
Two pupils form Saints and Scholars Integrated Primary School, Armagh, Pippa Harrison and Tomas Gramanatas have won third and highly commended prizes respectively in NICIE´s letter writing competition, primary school section.
Northern Ireland Football Club Manager, Nigel Worthington, presented prizes at the Eddie Irvine Sports Complex, Bangor, for the Priory Integrated College Challenge Cup.
The Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE) hosted an Integrated Education Public Information Meeting on Wednesday 5 March at the Canal Court Hotel, Newry.
Hazelwood Integrated Primary School today (March 5) hosted the launch of ‘The British Council Big Wild Read’ competition for primary school pupils across the BELB and SEELB areas, in partnership with the British Council.
Former world champion snooker player, commentator and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestant, Dennis Taylor, officially launched Integrated Education Week at Glencraig Integrated Primary School, Holywood.
In a visionary move, Armagh Integrated College (AIC) and Integrated College Dungannon (ICD) have entered into a new collaborative arrangement to enhance the comprehensive GCSE programme for students attending both colleges
Roddy Hegarty, Education Officer from the Cardinal O Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive in Armagh recently visited Key Stage III and GCSE students at Integrated College Dungannon.
The staff of NICIE were delighted to welcome 3 visitors from Turkey who spoke about their country, traditions and time in Northern Ireland. They also let us sample some of their delicious homemade ‘Noah’s Pudding’.
Year 12 pupils from Erne Integrated College raised money for the Erne Hospital´s Cardiac Unit by painting and selling cups and mugs to staff and pupils as part of The Prince´s Trust Programme.
Jane Gregg, Secretary at Mill Strand Integrated Primary School, Portrush, has been awarded runner up ’Administrator of the Year’ out of 75 finalists at ‘The National Bursar’s Association Awards for School Support Staff’. Jane already holds the title of No
In a new controversial and ground-breaking book, authors Tony Carson and Cy Jameson look at the risks to any society of allowing segregation and sectarianism to create conflict and division.
Former World Featherweight Champion and winner of Hell´s Kitchen 2007, Barry McGuigan, has officially opened Rowandale Integrated Primary School, Clarehill Road, Moira.
Religious Education teacher Leah McBride and Drama teacher Richard Gray accompanied 40 students from Strangford Integrated College to photograph positive images of Belfast to be used in the music video “Get Up.”
On 21 November Trevor Phillips OBE came to the Lecture Theatre at W5, Odyssey Pavilion, to give a public lecture on ‘The Role of Education in Promoting Equality and Social Cohesion’.
The integrated education movement took its message to Westminster for a parliamentary reception which was attended by a wide range of political figures as well as prominent supporters of the movement.
The IntegratING Education Team, managed by NICIE and funded by the International Fund for Ireland, has launched an exciting new educational resource ‘Elephant, Bee or Other, Including Everyone in Our Schools‘.
Pupils and teachers at Forge Integrated Primary School, Belfast, received a visit from a group of teachers from a school in Iceland on 6 and 7 November.
Four Lagan College students have competed in the Soroptimists Society Public Speaking Competition, featuring twenty one competitors from a range of Belfast schools including Victoria College, St. Louise’s, St. Rose’s and Dominican College.
The Spirit of Enniskillen (SOE) ‘Explore’ 2008 leadership and dialogue programme is now seeking applications from interested young people aged between 16 to 19 and resident in Northern Ireland.
The Business Education Partnership in conjunction with Loughry College Communication Tutors and Students recently delivered an Interview Skills Programme to Year 12 students at Integrated College Dungannon (ICD)
Minister for Education, Caitríona Ruane has visited Groarty Controlled Integrated Primary School – her first visit to an Integrated School in the Western Education and Library Board.
The Mayor of Derry/Londonderry, Cllr Helen Quigley, has invited pupils of Groarty Integrated Primary School, Coshquin Road, Derry/Londonderry to visit the Guildhall on Wednesday 23 May.
Integrated Colleges Celebrate Exam Success
