We are fortunate to once again have received Extended Schools funding.  Our funding is put to excellent use to enhance the lives of our pupils and extend the school day.  We offer a very well attended Breakfast Club. It opens at 8am and is available for Nursery to P7 children from 8am-8.45am daily. It costs £1 to attend each day and cereal, toast, tea etc is provided.

We pride ourselves in the wide range of after school clubs on offer.  Each term these clubs are changed and we utilise a mixture of outside agencies/coaches as well as availing of the expertise and interests of our school staff. We want these clubs to be available to all pupils so Extended Schools funding is used to offset the cost ensuring our clubs are between £1-£2 per week.  

We have also been able to this year introduce Wrap Around Care through our 'Chill Zone'.  This is a 'home from home' which offers a chance to relax and partake in free play and activities.  Once again this is very competitively priced at £3.50 per hour.  

Ensuring pupils have access to a second language is so important.  Through our Extended Schools footage we can offer all pupils from P1-P7 weekly Spanish lessons.  As pupils progress through their Primary School life it is amazing how much Spanish they learn.  This prepares them well for developing language skills in post primary.  

We offer a range of online activities for children. This includes SeeSaw for Nursery to P4 which is a great communication tool between school and home. Licences for Accelerated Reading (AR), Purple Mash and Mathletics have been purchased. These will again support, extend and challenge the children in their learning.

We also have a Speech and Language therapist who works with Nursery and P1 pupils. We are very fortunate to be able to deliver this specific support and intervention to our younger pupils.

Musical Pathways is available for P1, P2 and our Speech and Language Class. Una ensures the children practise being good listeners and everyone has lots of fun learning new songs and rhymes.

 

We also have a school counsellor who works with both the child and the family. Everyone needs a little help from time to time and we are delighted to have Clare in our school.

 

Ballykelly Primary is a very busy, active school and through Extended Schools Funding we are able to ensure that additional resources can be factored in to support and develop each child to reach their full potential.