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Ballymena
Primary School |
Meet our Principal
Our Principal, Mr Harold Brownlow, M.A.,B.Sc.(1st class hons) began teaching
in Tobermore Primary School before becoming Vice-Principal in the Hezlett
Primary School, Castlerock. For a further three years he was seconded
as a Field Officer for ICT with NEELB after which he became Principal
of Ballymena Primary, a post which he has held for the last ten years.
In 2000 he was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. This
allowed him to travel to the USA where he visited schools in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Maryland, Texas and Oklahoma. On presentation of his research
report on "The Management of ICT in Teaching and Learning",
Mr Brownlow was awarded The Churchill Medallion at a ceremony in London's
Guildhall. For further information on The Churchill Trust visit http://www.wcmt.org.uk/default.asp
Following our school's success in winning the WWF Our World Challenge Mr Brownlow has been invited to become a consultant on Education for Sustainable Development. In September 2002 he was invited to No10 Downing Street for a reception hosted by the Prime Minister and Mrs Blair to honour those who look after the nation's children and young people.
Mrs Simpson, our Vice-Principal and some pupils nominated Mr Brownlow for the Dromona "Big Cheese" award sponsored by Dale Farm and ITV in 2003. We were proud that he was short-listed to the last 5 out of over 250 nominations. Here are some of the children's thoughts:-
"He is No 1 because he stops bullying"
"He made the school grounds really beautiful."
"He always consults us if he is doing anything to the school."
"If we have a problem, he offers good and helpful advice."
"He treats all of the children in our school equally."
"I think he is the best because he is kind, generous, funny and fair."
In January 2005, Mr Brownlow won the Becta "ICT in Practice" award for Leadership in the Foundation and Primary sector. The presentation took place at Olympia in London during the week of the Bett show. More information and a short film on all the winners can be found by clicking below
