Fair Hill Primary School and St. Colman’s Annaclone have been linked as part of the Signature Shared Education Project for thirteen years. During this time the children have been involved in multiple projects: Film making, clay making, sport, art, coding, writing songs, animation, outdoor learning....just to name a few. The teachers also benefit from professional development with our twin school St. Colman's in Annaclone.

The teachers and pupils are very excited that this year they will be able to meet again with projects planned in Nursery, Primary One, Primary Two, Primary 4/5, Primary 6/7 and Primary Seven. We wish to build on this foundation in the coming years.

Each school spends one day in Fair Hill Primary, one day at Annaclone and one day on a school trip. The children are really excited to take part in Shared Education this year.

Our nursery have secured funding to take part in the Shared Education Aspire project in 2026 which we are so grateful to receive additional funding to enable lots more shared learning with our friends in Annaclone.

We have also been successful in securing a place in the Playboard KS2 Play project endorsed by Ulster University. The children have taken part in four outdoor play sessions and a mental health project. We joined our friends in Annaclone on a shared trip to play with our Shared Education friends. We learnt about resilience and strategies to keep us happy and secure. We got a certificate as we are Play Ambassadors because we successfully took part in the course. Our staff really benefitted from the Shared Professional development.