SJBC

@Education_NI @paulgivan @StRonans1 Our school has been phone free for over a year now. It was a lot easier to implement than anticipated and the impact has been very significant in so many ways. All schools should follow suit.

Education Minister, @paulgivan has today announced that more than 8,000 young people from nine schools across Northern Ireland will participate in a phone-free pilot. The pilot, which will begin in September 2025, will examine the benefits of restricting the use of mobile phones during the school day. Read more: education-ni.gov.uk/news/more-8000…

We would like to congratulate our CA Ann Njeish on her nomination for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion Advocate. We are so proud of all the hard work Ann has done. We wish her all the best in the awards on the 4th of October. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

A big thanks to Portadown Credit Union for their generous donation towards our Community Fun Day. Sabrina Hagan presented the cheque to Mrs Rhona McKeever (SLT) and Annie and Ciara McKeever. PCU have always been a great support and their kindness is much appreciated.

SJBC are delighted to be recognised as a very inclusive and nurturing school and as such were invited to be part of an Education Authority programme launch today. eani.org.uk/news/ea-launch…

SJBC leading the way once more! Results day 2024 has been another occasion of much celebration for the SJBC community! 100% of our pupils achieved a minimum 7A*-C grades. 96.2% of pupils achieved minimum of 8A*-C. 93% of pupils achieved minimum of 9A*-C 💙💛💙💛

Well done to our Eco Team! @nmurraySJBC @ceoeani 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻#greenflaward Lily and Iris proudly represented the school today at the Keeping Northern Ireland Beautiful Awards 2024 where we picked up our 6th Green Flag Award!

@ceoeani Thank you Richard for your visit to @nmurraySJBC @SJBCPORTADOWN on behalf of BOG Principle,our amazing staff and pupils

Mr Pengelly was greeted with a musical reception before sitting with our Principal, members of the Senior Leadership Team and some governors to discuss the exciting journey which SJBC has been on since it opened. They also discussed current issues and plans for the future growth.

The SJBC school community were delighted to receive a visit from Mr Richard Pengelly (Chief Executive of the Education Authority) this afternoon.

Mrs Murray said that “We are very grateful to Mr Pengelly for taking the time out of his busy schedule to visit our school. It was really wonderful to see how easily he interacted with our pupils and took a real interest in life in SJBC’

Mr Pengelly then visited a STEM lesson where he met some young scientists, eco warriors and a number of IT enthusiasts. He even engaged in a few experiments!

We are having a great day with our soon to be Year 8 pupils. They are enjoying their first day at the College and enjoying break time with ice creams 🍦 We can’t wait to have them with us in September.

#learningleaders from @nmurraySJBC sharing their commitment to relational learning across the whole school. Sharing insights from #takingboysseriously research. When we’re taking boys seriously, we’re taking everyone seriously!

Tomorrow our u15 boys football team play in the final of the smalls schools cup. We would love to see as much support as possible for the lads. 👏🏻👏🏻🌟🌟 instagram.com/p/C6JU8ePCJCk/…

Pupils getting involved in the Irish news literacy programme today! @irish_news

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