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Our German exchange pupils enjoyed their last day in Brackwede today. A couple of lessons at school this morning, some games in the cafeteria, a walk to Brackwede Main Street for a last bit of shopping and then back to school for a last team game and then a tearful farewell for many! Some greatRead more

Year 8 pupils took part this morning in a French Breakfast to celebrate the European Day of Languages. They also took part in a quiz. Winners to be announced next week. Un grand merci à tous et surtout aux dames de la cantine!  Bon week-endRead more

Some exceptional performances from the girls yesterday, making it incredibly difficult for the coaches to make their decision!! Our sponsor for the Team of the Blitz was Keys & Monaghan Architects. The firm has experience in a wide variety of projects, covering education, healthcare, commercial, residential, tourism, community, private houses, sports and leisure. Well doneRead more

The penultimate day and last daytrip for the German exchange students. Today they visited the Freilichtmuseum to find out how 14 year olds lived (and worked!) over 200 years ago on local farms. The general consensus was that life these days is much easier! Then a visit to Hermannsdenkmal, a monument to celebrate Hermann (akaRead more

A hugely successful day in Omagh for our girls teams, making their first outing of the year!! The Senior Girls played a straight match against Coleraine winning by 15 tries to 1 💪 The Intermediate Girls had two teams entered in the blitz: Team 1 beat Devenish (6-1) and Mt Lourdes (5-0) whilst losing toRead more

Today the German exchange group travelled to Paderborn on the train and made their way to the SportPark for baseball games (although the playpark outside proved even more entertaining). Then they enjoyed a tour of the Heinz Nixdorf Museum, the largest computer museum in the world, interacting with some state of the art robots. AnRead more

Today the Year 11 and 12 German exchange pupils got to experience lessons in our partner school, then took a trip into the city to visit the Sparrenburg, the medieval castle which is one of Bielefeld’s key landmarks. This evening they had a tour of Dr Oetker Welt, a museum dedicated to Bielefeld’s most famousRead more

Today our German exchange pupils and their partners took to the trees in the Kletterpark (Climbing Park) in Bielefeld. Everyone had a brilliant time and many overcame their initial fears and fully immersed themselves in this experience.Read more

Another great day for rugby with our juniors making the long trip to Newtownards and the seniors having home advantage against Regent House. Some brilliant performances and an agonising loss for the U16 boys in their first Ulster Shield group game. 1sts won 38-12 2nds won 35-5 U16 lost 20-17 Meds lost 29-12 U14 lostRead more

ERGS Rugby were represented at the Ulster Schools Competition launch today by Senior Girls’ Captain Orlaith Maguire. Winners of all cup competitions from 2024-25 were represented at the 2025-26 launch. Our girls have now won the Schools’ Cup for three consecutive years and are already training hard to retain their crown. The boys will enterRead more