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As we approach the end of term the House Competitions are happening thick and fast, with inter-house Basketball, Netball, Rowing and even Swimming all in the Diary this week and next. The competition is wide open and we are looking forward to seeing who will take the lead for the Christmas break. As it standsRead more

in support of Save the Children’s UK wide Christmas Jumper Day, pupils and staff are invited to wear their Christmas jumpers (along with the rest of their normal school uniform) for the duration of Friday the 13th December. To raise money, we would ask that all Christmas Jumper wearers pay a £1 donation to theirRead more

The second debate of this year’s debating society took place last Thursday at the Lakeland Youth centre and the motion was: “This house believes that religion should still be taught in schools.” Proposing the motion were Dylan Thompson and Arron O’Donnell, and opposing the motion were Nadine Curtis and Adrianna Hurst. Yet again, the debateRead more

12 junior crews (J14/15) from ERBC attended the Head of the Shannon in Carrick on Shannon last Saturday, 8th December. The MJ 15 4X+ crew of Kyle Abraham, David Trotter, Conor Richardson, Nathan Kelly and cox Frankie Reihill came away with a great win in Race 1 in a time of 14.02. The WJ15 8+Read more

HM Prison at Magilligan are offering TWO work experience placement programmes, each for  YEAR 13 students for 3 DAYS during summer 2020:- Group 1 Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd, Wednesday 24th June Group 2 Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th August   The Programme is likely to include sessions in Psychology Labour Allocation Healthcare Public ProtectionRead more

On 7th-10th November I took part in a youth seminar in Germany entitled “Peacing it Together”. The seminar was organised by ‘UK-German Connection’, which aims to bring young people from Britain and Germany together to build bridges between the youth of our society across international borders. I travelled to Leipzig with a group of 25Read more

The rowers from ERBC have Christmas Draw sheets and will be selling lines over the next 10 days. There are 2 large Christmas Hampers to be won and the winners will be drawn at the Christmas Puds fun day at the Club on Saturday, 21st December. The lines are £2 each with all money raised goingRead more

JUNIOR CHOIR • Afterschool on Monday as usual • Tuesday periods 4-6a – Assembly Hall CC • Friday 4-6a –Assembly Hall CC SENIOR CHOIR • Afterschool on Monday as usual • Friday periods 1-3 – Bandroom LS – all to come to straight to LS COMBINED CHOIRS • Friday periods 7-9 – CC assembly hallRead more

Christmas Lunch will be served in school this week on Wednesday 11th December. To make sure that everyone gets their turn to indulge themselves, lunchtime arrangements  will be slightly different on Wednesday. Please ask your tutor OR teachers for details on Wednesday morning.Read more

Carol Service tickets go on general issue to members of the school community tomorrow morning (10th December), strictly 2 tickets per family as numbers are very limited. Available from Reception on either Lough Shore or Cooper Crescent. To avoid disappointment we recommend you request your tickets as soon as possible. Tickets are free of chargeRead more