Killowen Primary School and Nursery Unit enjoys a fine reputation as a great school that provides quality learning and teaching for children aged three to eleven. Our motto of 'Explore Excite Excel' reflects the active, enquiry based approach we take to everything. This section of our website shows the kind of things that happen in school every day including classwork, special visits, events and of course the achievements of our pupils.
We offer a teaching and learning environment where children from all traditions and cultures are welcomed, respected and nurtured together. Great emphasis is placed on the positive and supportive environment in our school in which every child can feel secure, work happily and benefit from a curriculum rich in inspiring experiences.
We offer a teaching and learning environment where children from all traditions and cultures are welcomed, respected and nurtured together. Great emphasis is placed on the positive and supportive environment in our school in which every child can feel secure, work happily and benefit from a curriculum rich in inspiring experiences.
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Killowen Primary School and Nursery Unit is situated to the west of Lisburn, off the Laurelhill Road in a pleasant, suburban setting. It shares a large campus with Laurelhill Community College and has access to the adjacent astroturf and gravel pitches.
The attractive and extensive grounds provide ample space for children to play and learn and are enhanced by an outdoor play area with outdoor classroom, wildlife garden, poly tunnel and vegetable plot.We are holders of the ECO Schools Green Flag, have been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark for excellence in science teaching and learning, and we have recently been presented with the Sustrans Silver Mark Award.
The attractive and extensive grounds provide ample space for children to play and learn and are enhanced by an outdoor play area with outdoor classroom, wildlife garden, poly tunnel and vegetable plot.We are holders of the ECO Schools Green Flag, have been awarded the Primary Science Quality Mark for excellence in science teaching and learning, and we have recently been presented with the Sustrans Silver Mark Award.
Here at Killowen our children are introduced to the world of communication as soon as they enter Nursery school. They are given opportunities to develop their language through play, their pre-writing skills through mark making with chalk, paint, water and their reading through having access to a wide range of books and stories read to them.
In Killowen Primary School we see Numeracy as a key skill within school and a life skill to be utilised throughout every child's 'real-life' experience. Numeracy means not only knowing about about number and number operations but also developing problem-solving skills, gathering, comparing and interpreting information as well as exploring shape, space and measures.
In Killowen we teach our pupils ICT skills, but more importantly our pupils use ICT across the curriculum to further their learning. We have a fantastic ICT suite which houses thirty computers, forming a school wide network incorporating computers and iPads in each classroom. We have a permanent green screen in our school which pupils can use to create exciting videos, and a range of programmable devices such as Blue Bots and Sphero.
Children are naturally curious and often ask profound questions about themselves and The World Around Us. In Killowen, we provide enquiry based opportunities for the children to use their senses in order to excel in their powers of observation, to be able to sort and classify, explore, predict, experiment, plan, carry out and review their work.
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