Harmony Hill PS and St Joseph’s PS 

Harmony Hill PS and St Joseph’s PS have been working together for many years and enjoy a very successful Shared Education partnership.  Both schools are based in Lisburn, about 2 and a half miles apart.  This allows them to make great use of their community venues and resources for their active learning shared activities, as they plan for and carry out activities for a large number of children. 

Markethill PS and St. Patrick’s PS Crossmaglen

Markethill PS and St. Patrick’s Crossmaglen are both schools within small towns 17.5 miles apart.  They have been involved in shared activities since 2009 including soccer tournaments and have had a shared band for the past ten years.  They have shared many successful events including a Shakespeare themed night at The Market Place Theatre in Armagh.  Their communities have benefitted from their partnership in a way they never could have thought possible.

St. Columba’s PS  & Kilrea PS

St. Columba’s P.S. and Kilrea P.S. are both small, rural schools located half a mile from each other in the village of Kilrea. They have been partnered for the past 15 years, previously through projects such as CRED.  This partnership has taken part in a variety of Shared Education projects and initiatives such as Play Based Learning, WAU, Salmon Project, Pushkin, Music, Art, History, Sport and places a strong focus on community connections.

Staff, pupils and the wider community have benefitted from a range of teaching and learning experiences through this collaboration.  All children in both schools participate in shared activity throughout the year ensuring maximum impact.  As a partnership they continually evaluate the needs of both school communities when planning for the future with the help of their joint Board of Governors and pupil voice.

St. Anne’s PS, Corkey &  Knockahollet PS

St. Anne’s Primary and Knockahollet Primary are both small rural schools four miles from each other. They have a long standing, successful history of working together over the years and joined the Shared Education Signature Project in 2016.

Shared Education has enabled the schools to develop programmes which have enhanced the learning experiences of pupils, enabled staff to build personal and professional relationships and connected the schools to both sides of the local, close knit community.

All children and staff within both schools are involved in shared activity.  Knockahollet and St. Anne’s feel that curricular areas which lend themselves to hands on and group interaction such as PE, WAU, Art, Music and PDMU allow for greater engagement and ultimately increased opportunity for children to get to know one another and facilitates good relationship building.