On Friday 27th October the English Department hosted renowned story-teller Patrick Ryan. Patrick’s stories of folklore in Dickensian London were an excellent introduction to our Year 9 unit on Charles Dickens. This was a fantastic opportunity for the students to hear the ghost stories that the children in Dickens’ time would have heard around the fireside.
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Zack White has been taking part in Ulster Age Group training for the past few weeks at Ulster Rugby’s northern base in Londonderry. Last night, Zack played in several fixtures against other Ulster regions, coming away from the matches having given his all, with tries scored and several huge turnovers impressing the onlooking coaches. We,
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This week pupils were presented with reward certificates during assembly. The assembly recognised pupils who have been working hard, shown kindness, assisted staff, excelled at sport or other extra-curricular activities. These pupils were invited to attend a pizza lunch which they all thoroughly enjoyed. Well done to all the recipients!
Well done to KS3 English pupils on their work this term. The awards were as follows: Year 8, ‘Enthusiastic Eights’: these were awarded to pupils who are always keen to answer out in class and try their very best on a day-to-day basis. Year 9, ‘Homework Heroes’: these were awarded to pupils who always hand
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Senior SU were delighted to host Pastor Trevor Gillanders from Cullybackey Elim this week. The topic was on stewardship, everything we think, say, and do after we say ‘I believe’.
The RE and Learning for Life and Work departments arranged for Yr 11 to attend a talk this week on addiction by Mr Jackie Burke. Mr Burke’s addiction to drugs almost proved fatal and he explained to pupils how he escaped from his substance dependence to devote his life to helping others beat addictions. One
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On Thursday 19th October 2023, Years 8-11 girls travelled to Coleraine University to take part in a Futsal Tournament. Years 10-11 girls played tough matches throughout the day but managed to score past their opponents on several occasions. Years 8-9 girls drew 4 games, won one game, and lost 1 game. They narrowly missed out
Our Year 11 football squad were the latest team to compete in the Mid-Antrim League tournament. This year the team went one better than last year, reaching their target of a semi-final place after some outstanding performances in the group games. A competitive 0-0 draw with Dunclug provided the team with confidence going into the
GCSE Agriculture class have been looking at animal feeds, discussing the type, texture, colour, protein & energy levels within each sample.
On Wednesday 18th October 2023, Year 13 Travel and Tourism class travelled to Titanic Belfast. The workshop was made up of three sessions, during the first session Pupils learnt how Titanic organisation is run and how the departments work together to make it Global attraction for tourists. The second session took us on a a
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