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Shared Education Signature Pro- er, where they came from and their role entails.
ject why they have developed their
The group then attended a semi-
opinions.
Over the last 4 years Dunclug Col- nar where they looked at how
lege in partnership with St. Pat- The shared history have success- council policy and budgetary deci-

rick’s College have been involved fully allowed our students to meet sions are developed.
in the Shared Education Signature new friends and think about new
We were also very lucky to have
Project. This project has been cre- concepts whilst in the shared
had the opportunity to meet the
ated by the Northern Ireland Ex- classroom.
current Mayor, Cllr Lindsay Millar
ecutive as part of their commit-
As the signature project has come and her deputy Cllr Cheryl John-
ment to creating a strong and
to an end these programmes have
shared community.
now become embedded into our
The programme has been funded schemes of work and we hope to
by the OFMDFM and Atlantic continue with them for many
Philanthropies for a 4 year period. years to come.

The subject areas we focussed on Mid and East Antrim Youth
are PE, LLW, History and French.
Council Event
The PE programme concentrated
ston.
on Physical Fitness and wellbeing.
Year 8 students took part in a pro- The day ended with a tour of the
gramme which introduced them council chambers and a mock
to basic fundamental skills in council election where the young
Gymnastics, Basketball and field people had the opportunity to
sports. question council policy.

The LLW programme was entitled
‘Healthy Body, Healthy Mind’. The

aim was develop knowledge
In March, Year 11 History students
gained in Year 8 on physical fit-
visited the Braid centre to find out
ness by emphasising the im-
how local government represents
portance of healthy eating and
the electorate. They had the op-
looking at ways young people can
portunity to meet with a group of
improve their mental health.
local councillors to find out what

The focus of the History pro-
gramme was to delve into atti-

tudes towards the partition of Ire-
land. This programme gave stu-
dents the chance to think about
their attitudes towards each oth-
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