Barnish Primary School
Encyclopedia
Barnish Primary School is a primary school
located in Ballyvoy
, County Antrim
, Northern Ireland
. About a third of the pupils come from Ballycastle
and the rest from a wide rural area around the school. It is within the North Eastern Education and Library Board
area.
and information and communications technology
(ICT))carried out by the Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
in April 2002, reported that "there is a strong caring ethos in the school ...
relationships between the staff and the children are excellent ... the children are well behaved, friendly and sensitive to the needs of one another ... and the school environment is bright and welcoming". It also reported that "the school plays an important part in the local community. It is greatly valued and strongly supported by the parents and the governors, for example, recently they have provided funds to purchase benching for the new computers supplied through the Classroom 2000 (C2K) initiative.
In terms of teaching the inspection found that "the quality of teaching is good and often excellent ... practical work is used well to stimulate the children’s interest and enthusiasm ... and a wide range of resources is used to introduce, develop and consolidate the children’s knowledge and understanding". In terms of numeracy the school "as part of cohort one of the Northern Ireland Numeracy Strategy ... has developed an appropriate action plan for numeracy with a focus on mental mathematics and ICT". In terms of computer skills "the children’s ICT skills are good and ICT is well integrated into many aspects of the curriculum".
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
located in Ballyvoy
Ballyvoy
Ballyvoy is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A2 coast road 5 km east of Ballycastle and 17 km north west of Cushendall. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 72 people...
, County Antrim
County Antrim
County Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. About a third of the pupils come from Ballycastle
Ballycastle, County Antrim
Ballycastle is a small town in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Its population was 5,089 people in the 2001 Census. It is the seat and main settlement of Moyle District Council....
and the rest from a wide rural area around the school. It is within the North Eastern Education and Library Board
North Eastern Education and Library Board
The North Eastern Education and Library Board is an organisation providing education and library services for the north-eastern Local Government Districts, Northern Ireland, in County Antrim and eastern County Londonderry...
area.
- Enrolment: 85 in 1997-98, 75 in 1998-99, 78 in 1999-2000, 81 in 2000-01, 78 in 2001-02
- Address: 100 Cushendall Road, Ballyvoy, BT54 6QY
- Current Principal is Catherine Wisener Clarke.
School inspection, 2002
A focused school inspection (on mathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and information and communications technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(ICT))carried out by the Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
Department of Education (Northern Ireland)
The Department of Education is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive...
in April 2002, reported that "there is a strong caring ethos in the school ...
relationships between the staff and the children are excellent ... the children are well behaved, friendly and sensitive to the needs of one another ... and the school environment is bright and welcoming". It also reported that "the school plays an important part in the local community. It is greatly valued and strongly supported by the parents and the governors, for example, recently they have provided funds to purchase benching for the new computers supplied through the Classroom 2000 (C2K) initiative.
In terms of teaching the inspection found that "the quality of teaching is good and often excellent ... practical work is used well to stimulate the children’s interest and enthusiasm ... and a wide range of resources is used to introduce, develop and consolidate the children’s knowledge and understanding". In terms of numeracy the school "as part of cohort one of the Northern Ireland Numeracy Strategy ... has developed an appropriate action plan for numeracy with a focus on mental mathematics and ICT". In terms of computer skills "the children’s ICT skills are good and ICT is well integrated into many aspects of the curriculum".