Building Reading Confidence at Conway
At Conway Education Centre, we are always looking for new ways to support the young people in our community. The Bright Sparks Phonics Project is one of the programmes we are most proud of, and the results speak for themselves.
What is the Bright Sparks Phonics Project?
Conway’s Homework Club provides homework support for primary and secondary school students from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds here in Belfast. The Bright Sparks Phonics Project runs as part of the Homework Club, offering a structured literacy programme designed to build reading confidence, expand vocabulary, improve spelling, and develop pronunciation and writing skills. Rather than jumping straight in at the deep end, it works by building competencies step by step, with stories and reading always at the core.
Tunes Translated Story
Tunes Translated is a music integration project based at Conway Mill in West Belfast. It brings together locals, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers through the shared language of music. More than 100 people from over 20 nationalities have taken part since it began, and there are currently 60 regular members, ranging in age from 17 to 71, representing 16 nationalities, the latest new addition being Tanzania.
If you have never played an instrument before, that is absolutely fine.