Double delight for Parkview in financial awards

The school was first runner-up in the Enterprising Spirit category and Gillian Pierce was first runner-up in the teacher award, with judges extremely impressed by the teacher and pupils’ commitment.

They collected the awards at a ceremony in the Great Hall at Queen’s University Belfast.

Representing the school on stage were: teacher Gillian Pierce with pupils Ryan Neill, Kavan Porter, David Wilson, Nicola Connelly, Christopher Gillespie, Ruth Richardson, Nora Hamill and Una Brennan.

Stephen Cruise, Head of Branches, Private & Financial Planning NI at Ulster Bank, congratulated the winners, saying: “We wanted to recognise the great work in Northern Ireland’s post-primary schools to equip young people with the skills and knowledge to make good financial choices and to deal with the challenges of being independent adults. It is clear from the entries to the awards that some fantastic things are being done. The winners and runners-up can be very proud of their work and we really hope that this will help encourage and inspire many more schools, teachers and students.”

Richard Hanna, Director of Education Strategy, CCEA, who chaired the Judging Panel, added: “All of the entries we saw were of a very high quality. It was very encouraging to see young people being provided with opportunities to experience money management first hand.”