Mrs Dillon and I are the new transition teachers in the Girls‘ Model. We teach both in the GMS and in the 18 primary schools in the area. We try to make the move from primary to ’big‘ school as easy as possible by letting the children get to know some secondary teachers to find out that teachers are not as scary as they seem (honest).

We teach music, ICT and drama and help small groups with numeracy and literacy skills and we also take after school drama and ICT clubs - we are really very busy. Oh and don‘t forget the FriendStop at the Breakfast Club on a Tuesday morning for the Year 8 pupils. The girls can come along and make new friends and have a nice breakfast. If they have some worries about school they can talk to a transition teacher about them.

As a past pupil of the Model I was delighted to come back ’home‘ and start working in a school that I had such happy memories of. I worked in Springhill Primary for the last eight years and in Harmony Primary for a year before that and I loved being a primary school teacher so now I feel I have the best of both worlds as I get to teach in the primary and in the secondary school.

Mrs Dillon is trained as a secondary teacher and has just moved here from Castlederg High School so she is used to working with older students but she is really enjoying working with the younger children in the primary schools.

So if you see us in the corridors feel free to say, ”Hello“ and tell us who you are and you will be met with a smile because we really are a friendly pair.

Healthy Eating Posters from Seaview Primary

Seaview ICT class:
”I enjoy the classes with Mrs Dillon. It gives us lots of experience for when we go to a bigger school“. Zoe Dickson
”I have learnt to use a computer“. John
”I have enjoyed doing ICT work with Mrs Dillon. Thanks“. Lewis

Blackmountain - Numeracy
”They are good and fun playing games". Victoria
”I like getting more help". Jane
”I like the snap and other games. They help me learn".Stuart
”I think it is really fun playing games with Miss Fryer". Chloe

Springhill - Literacy and Numeracy
”I like the games with cards". Daniel
”Miss Fryer has really helped me to understand what a noun and a verb is. I really enjoy the games". Michael Morrison
”I like all the games and she helps me spell and read, but it is so much fun when we sing banana songs". Nicole Green
”Miss Fryer tells us what a noun is I really like her". Curtis