Key Stage 4 & 5 Options Morning 2025

 

Dear Parent/Guardian, I am delighted to inform you that we will hosting our annual

Options Morning for our Year 11 – 14 pupils and their parents / guardians in our assembly hall on:

Tuesday 14^th October from 10am – 12pm.

 

All parents/guardians and pupils in Years 11, 12, 13 & 14 are invited to attend. The Options Morning is an information session were pupils, parents and staff can meet a range of external providers and support agencies to hear some information regarding the service they can offer to our young people as they prepare to leave Killard over the next few years.  

 

We are delighted that a variety of external providers have confirmed their attendance (some new providers will be attending for the first time) and so hopefully you will find this an extremely beneficial and useful event. Some of the providers who will be in attendance include:

 

• SERC
• CEDAR Foundation
• Kings Trust
• Orchardville
• Rutledge
• Disability Action Mobility
• NI Careers Advisory Service
• USEL
• NOW Project
• Adapt NI
• The Be Kind Project
• Strides Day Opportunities
• Killard’s Post 16 Department
• Specialisterene NI
• Alternatives – START Programme
• Go Succeed
• Volunteer Now
• Neurodiversity Centre Comber
• Youthstart

 

We hope to see as many parents / guardians as possible attend this event to support our young people with this next stage of their educational journey.

 

Parents are invited to come along anytime between 10am – 12pm, however please be aware that pupils in Year 11 & 12, Lloyd, Matthew, and Michael’s classes will attend from 10am -11pm and pupils from Rebecca and Stephen’s class will attend from 11am – 12pm.

 

Please note, pupils should attend school as normal and will meet parents /

guardians in the Assembly Hall for this event.

 

If you require any more information, please contact school.

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

Mrs A McBratney (Senior Teacher, Secondary Dept)

 

The Education Authority’s SEND Transformation Team invite you to our online Parent & Carer Engagement Sessions on 15th and 17th October. These sessions will provide and update on SEND Transformation progress to date and, and what this means for you and your children.

To register your attendance to either of our events, please click one of the links below.

 

Wednesday 15 October, 6:30pm

http://bit.ly/42oaVJY

 

Friday 17 October, 1:00pm

http://bit.ly/48dFVjG

 

Thank you for your ongoing support as we work to improve educational outcomes for all our children and young people with SEND.

🎉 A day of celebration at Killard House School! 🎉

Today we officially opened our brand-new inclusive playground, thanks to the incredible support of Wooden Spoon – the children’s charity of rugby. Their generous grant of £13,000 has transformed our vision into reality, creating play sheds, a castle, a clatter bridge, and a dino ramp that will benefit every pupil at Killard.

We are also grateful to:

• Tesco Stronger Starts, who contributed £1,000 towards stocking the sheds with resources.
• Our parents, for their generous contributions to help stock the sheds.
• And our community, whose support through the Tesco blue token scheme and encouragement throughout has been invaluable.

At Killard, play isn’t just fun—it’s a core part of learning, supporting communication, social skills, regulation, and imagination. This new playground will give our pupils opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive every single day.

👏 Thank you Wooden Spoon for believing in this vision, and to everyone who played a part in making it possible.

#WoodenSpoon #PlaygroundProject #TescoStrongerStarts