Holy Trinity wins best preschool award


HOLY Trinity Preschool scooped up two prizes at the recent Families First awards. The Enniskillen preschool won best preschool and Lisa Keaveney who is preschool leader received a special recognition award. Lisa and the team were nominated by Nuala O’Toole who witnessed all of Lisa’s hard work. Nuala explained why she nominated Lisa for the award. “We […]

St Kevin’s College pupils are heading to Africa


PUPILS at St Kevin’s College are set to auction two Belgian Blue calves to raise money for an upcoming trip to Africa. Next year, members of St Kevin’s Carlo Acutis Faith Group will head off to Kenya to spend time with another school, learning about their strong faith and helping provide vital resources. St Kevin’s College […]

Children’s commissioner visits Erne Integrated


STUDENTS at Erne Integrated College in Enniskillen welcomed a special visitor last week, with NI Commissioner for Children and Young People stopping by the school. The Commissioner, Chris Quinn, visited the Erne Integrated last Monday, February 26, giving pupils the chance to ask questions and raise issues which are particular to a school in a […]

Fivemiletown College leading non-selective school


FIVEMILETOWN College has been named the leading non-selective secondary school in the North. This is based on GCSE data of percentage of year 12 students achieving at least 5A* – C grades including English and Maths. Open Data NI annual school examination statistics reveal that 96.9 per cent of Year 12 Fivemiletown College students achieved […]

Principal concerned with rise in pupil absenteeism


AN Enniskillen native, who is the principal of one of the largest girls’ schools in Belfast, has highlighted the desperate situation schools are finding themselves in as the number of pupils marked absent every day continues to rise. Jackie Bartley, who is the principal of St Genevieve’s High School in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast and president […]

Fermanagh’s future leaders take seats at the Townhall


THERE were no doubt a few future leaders among the St Kevin’s Student Council who had the opportunity to sample the workings of local government last week. Recently the students from the Lisnaskea college had the change to hold their first Student Council meeting of the new term in the chamber of Enniskillen Townhall. The Student Council, […]

Sheamus Greene puts breaks on bus driving


LOCAL Sinn Féin councillor Sheamus Greene has come to the end of the road – he’s retiring as a school bus driver after 27 years. The councillor for Erne East may be getting out from behind the wheel, but he has only happy memories of the job and the many students who travelled with him. “I’m officially no […]

‘Enough is Enough’ says Enniskillen teacher


Teachers were amongst those striking on Thursday in Enniskillen when they left their classrooms to fight for better pay. The senior vice president for NASUWT the teachers union Sally Rees spoke about why she was out on the picket line. “I’ve been teaching for 28 years and in that time what we have seen is […]