Our Shared School Song

We are this country’s future,

We are the children of today,

We go to different schools to learn, to laugh and to play,

We come from different countries, believe in different things,

Until we come together and together we sing.

This is our Presentation,

We sing this from our Hart,

When we come together we are not worlds apart.

So standing hand in hand,

Big and tall and strong,

We move this country forward,

By sharing all day long,

We celebrate our differences in peace and harmony,

Respecting everyone including you and me.

This is our Presentation,

We sing this from our Hart,

When we come together we are not worlds apart.

Lyrics written by the Shared School Council of 2016-2017 and Mrs McEvoy

Shared Education Coordinators

Presentation Primary School: Mrs Lucy McEvoy (lmcevoy140@c2kni.net

Hart Memorial Primary School: Mrs Catherine Davison

If you have any suggestions, ideas or queries please let any of the above people know; any feedback is valued.

Shared Education

Presentation PS and  Hart Memorial PS  2023 and 2024

On Wednesday 1^st May, Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS showcased the work they have completed throughout the academic year in Shared Education through an event held in the Millennium Court in Portadown. Parents, children, governors and Principals from both schools came to this wonderful event. A lovely sense of community was felt throughout the day.  

Displays of the work children have completed this academic year from P1 to P7 were on show. Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS have been taking part in Shared Education lessons for over 25 years and bonds are as strong as ever between the two schools. This could clearly be seen from the work and photographs that were on display for everyone to see.

Both schools would like to thank the following for their help and support last year and this year -

Healthy Kidz staff are always on hand to help the children celebrate all the work that has been completed during Shared Education lessons. They host a fun day at the Peoples Park for P4 to P7 children and a fun morning for the P1 to P3 children; during the month of June.

      Bethany and her amazing team from Oasis Youth came to school and hosted a workshop and from this lots of children from both schools enjoy going to the afterschool clubs they offer.

      Currently the P6 children from Hart Memorial PS and Presentation PS, are taking part in a basketball project run by PeacePlayers. Alex made contact with school at the start of the year and has organised 4 weeks of basketball workshops. The boys and girls are having a great time learning lots of new skills.

     The Millennium Court in Portadown allowed the schools to use their amazing building to host the event. A huge thank you from both schools for allowing this.

        Also, a big thanks to Tesco in Portadown for the tea, coffee, milk and biscuits that were supplied by them and used during the event.

Our Shared Education

Presentation PS and

Hart Memorial PS

2022 and 2023

Hart Memorial

and

Presentation Primary Schools

Shared Education Mission Statement

The collaboration between both school communities, in a fun learning environment, will empower our young people with the skills and capabilities to make informed choices and contribute positively to an increasingly diverse and inclusive society.

(Created By The Shared School Council September 2015)

We are delight to say that Shared Education face-to-face lessons between Presentation Primary School and Hart Memorial Primary School will start again this year 2002-2023.   

P1 to P7 classes will meet up with their partner class three full days to take part in a variety of lessons ranging from Literacy, Arts, WAU to ICT and Numeracy tasks. Throughout these lessons children will gain a variety of cross curricular skills as well as building friendships, cultural respect, peace and reconciliation. Through normal shared school gatherings children will learn and grow together learning about each other’s identities.  

Shared Education 2021 and 2022

“The focus for 2021/22 will be ‘Reconnecting Partnerships.’ The current Covid Restrictions mean that there is no opportunity to engage in face to face Shared Education activity at present. It is the desire of the Education Authority and other partners to return to this once it is safe to do so for all. There will be scope for leaders and teachers to connect on a number of levels and this will be explored in Term 1 of 2021/22.”

During term 1 children/classes have been meeting up with each other through ZOOM sharing songs and  poems. 

P1 and P4 have been writing Christmas cards to each other  linked to their literacy/WAU topics.

Meeting up via ZOOM will continue into term 2 and corresponding through letter writing.  

Shared Education

2019/2020

All classes will be participating in the shared education programme this year with Hart Memorial Primary School.  It involves teaching a series of PDMU and numeracy activities/lessons.  The activities will take part in both schools. 

The children from both schools will be involved in a series of 9 shared lessons this year.  The aims of the programme will be to promote and develop friendships through a shared team teaching approach. 

Our Shared Blog

Hi guys! Welcome to our Shared Education blog. Hope you enjoy! Shared Education is when two schools, two clubs or two communities come together for shared learning. We share and learn new things about each other. For example: Our cultures, identities, nationalities, discrimination, ageism and stereotyping.

We also do Izak9 and arts & crafts. We come together to learn about what is right and wrong. The classes we take together are making us stronger and smarter so we can go and do just fine in life. And the only way to do it is to work together!

We have so many cool trips together, it is mind blowing!

We are not the only schools in the world who work together. But we would like more schools to do Shared Education. It is such a shame that so many schools and clubs don’t get the chance to do Shared Education. We absolutely love it!

THANKS FOR READING, BYE.

CRED is a statutory part of the NI Curriculum. Hart Memorial Primary School and Presentation Primary School will continue to work together to deliver this element of the curriculum in as real a context as possible. We are also embarking on a Shared Education project over the next 3 years and will be taking part in 9 shared lessons altogether: 6 with a PDMU focus and 3 with a numeracy focus.

The programme aims to:

• Equip young people with the skills and personal capabilities to deal with the challenges of living in an increasingly diverse and complex society
• Enhance the quality of the teaching of the Personal Development & Mutual Understanding (PDMU) area of learning, part of the statutory N Ireland curriculum, in a range of cross community settings through the sharing of teacher expertise
• Encourage school communities to share their delivery of the N Ireland curriculum with particular reference to PDMU, strand 2
• Facilitate the sharing of resources between schools including teacher knowledge and expertise

We wish all stakeholders to have an awareness of and, where possible, an active share in this positive collaboration.