Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership Education Working Group

 

Ballymun initiative produces big reduction in school absenteeism

Irish Examiner Online, Monday, 26th March 2012

A new initiative in Ballymun, in Dublin, has helped almost halve the absenteeism rate amongst schoolchildren in less than two years. Children in the town have gone to school 14,000 more days thanks to the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership.

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Ballymun school attendance video featuring Lard Mayor Andrew Montague and the children and teachers of Ballymun schools

Ballymun Voxpop on school attendance 2012

 

 

 

Let's Get Reading... Book Exchange Scheme

 

Where? Ballymun Civic Centre

 

When? First Thursday every month

 

Time? 10am to 1.30 pm

 

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The Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership Education Working Group currently has twenty four members representing a variety of education stakeholder organisations and groups from voluntary, community and statutory sectors. Membership is open to all those who wish to collaborate towards the development of education provision in Ballymun and ultimately achieve improved education outcomes for all Ballymun residents. The Educational Disadvantage Centre is one of the twenty four members of the Ballymun Partnership Education Working Group.

The Education Working Group facilitates opportunities for Ballymun education stakeholders to meet together to share information and to debate and discuss important education issues and developments affecting Ballymun. The working group then provides strategic guidance to Ballymun Partnership informing the education work plan, including specific actions set to address education challenges and development opportunities.

Three Task Groups have been formed by the Education Working Group, namely:

• The Lifelong Learning Sub Group
• The Millennium Partnership Fund Advisory Group
• Support for Minority Ethnic People re the Education System Sub Group

Valerie McLoughlin, Administrator of the Educational Disadvantage Centre is a member of the Lifelong Learning Sub Group and the Partnership Education working Group

Ballymun Education Fair

Ballymun Education Fair is organised by Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership Lifelong Learning Subgroup and has been held each year in the Civic Centre since 2007. The Fair aims to promote learning, education and training opportunities for both adults and young people of all ages right in the heart of their own community. More than 40 organisations, including the Access Office from St. Patrick's College give out information on what they offer and recruit for their upcoming courses. This year's fair will take place on Thursday 8th September 2011

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Ballymun Education for Generations Initiative

30 stories and pictures by Ballymun people of all ages are recorded in the Education Section of the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership website for you to read and enjoy. It all started when the Education Working Group of Ballymun Partnership planned a Learning Promotion Campaign called Ballymun Education for Generations Initiative in 2006. We invited people from Ballymun to write to us about their positive learning journeys. Back then we received over 270 learning stories and artwork describing positive learning experiences.

 

Last Updated: Thursday March 29 2012