Archbishop John McDowell, as Chair of the Church of Ireland’s Board of Education (Northern Ireland), has issued a message of thanks to principals of controlled schools as the school year concludes.
The harbour space in Harmony Hill Primary School, Lisburn, is one innovative way in which a school is meeting children’s needs with support from a local parish.
This year’s Annual Theological Lecture at Queen’s University Belfast – on the theme of ‘Artificial Intelligence: Religious Friend or Foe?’ – is now available to play back on the Church of Ireland and Methodist Chaplaincy’s YouTube channel.
Colleagues within the Church of Ireland have congratulated Professor Noel Purdy OBE on the acknowledgement of his services to education in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Since 2019, the Board of Education (NI) has been running a funding programme to help parishes create new and innovative ways to develop their relationship/partnership with local schools.
“The Court of Appeal Judgement is detailed and merits careful consideration. However, we are heartened by the Court’s view that there was no breach of the relevant Protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
“The two constants in any community, no matter how small, are the local church and the local school,” Dr Andy Brown noted as he opened the first in a series of Preparing for Reconstitution events for clergy, school governors and church members held just after Easter.
Clergy, school governors, and members of local Church of Ireland, Presbyterian and Methodist congregations are invited to three special ‘Churches in Schools’ events next week.
The Transferor Representatives’ Council recently met with Northern Ireland’s Education Minister, Paul Givan MLA, to discuss a range of challenges and opportunities facing schools as the new Executive begins its work.
The Transferor Representatives’ Council has welcomed the publication today (Wednesday, 13th December) of the report of the Independent Review of Education in Northern Ireland.
