St John The Baptist Primary School, Portadown

School Closed [27th May 2024] | School Closed [28th May 2024] | School Closing at 12.50pm on Monday 20th May & Tuesday 21st May Due to Industrial Action, school will close on Monday 20th May and Tuesday 21st May at 12.50pm (P/R1-P/R3) and 1pm (P/R4-P/R7).

Persuasive Arguments- Should mobile phones be banned in school? 📱

Back to News

11th Jun 2023

In class we really enjoyed working together to research the pros and cons of having a mobile phone in the classroom. We then used the Keynote app to create a slide show to present our arguments to our peers. Despite strong arguments on both sides, the majority of the class still believed that having a phone in the classroom would in fact be a good thing to help aid learning.