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Digital School

Moira Primary School was awarded the ‘Digital Schools Award for Northern Ireland’ in 2022. 

 

Vision and Rationale

At Moira Primary School our vision is to prepare pupils for the challenge of a rapidly developing and evolving technological world.  We recognise ICT as a core area of the curriculum through which we can enhance and extend learning and teaching.  Our pupils should have an awareness of how to use technologies effectively for a wide range of purposes which add to the toolset they will need to be effective citizens and employees over their lifetime.

Aims

At Moira Primary School, we use ICT to:

  • Provide opportunities to enable all our staff, pupils and parents to be confident, competent and independent users of ICT
  • Extend and enhance learning across all areas of the curriculum.
  • Enhance the learning process and raise academic standards
  • Promote independent and collaborative work and enable pupils to develop the necessary personal and social skills required for advantageous use of the computer and other technologies
  • Foster thinking skills and personal capabilities
  • Develop positive and responsible attitudes towards Using ICT
  • Develop an appreciation for the role of UICT in everyday life
  • Undertake activities which would be difficult to pursue in any other way
  • Motivate and enthuse pupils
  • Enhance self-esteem
  • Meet the individual needs and abilities of our children catering for both weak and high achievers
  • Support different types of learners – audio, kinaesthetic and visual
  • Improve attainment levels across all curricular areas

 

 

As part of our Digital School initiative, all teaching staff at Moira Primary School also secured the prestigious ‘Apple Teacher’ status following ongoing training. On account of the training embarked upon our teachers have established strong foundations for using iPads and Apple apps like Pages, Keynote, Numbers, GarageBand, and iMovie in the classroom. This capacity building will enable our teachers to continue creating innovative learning experiences for our children. 

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