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Years 8, 9 and 10 really got into the spirit of dressing as a favourite book character today. Mary Poppins flew in to help us and make everything “practically perfect in every way”(thanks to Mrs Wright!). Best Costume prize goes to Jensen Waldie Year 8, who came as the main character from Grandpa’s Great Escape.Read more

Enormous Well Done to all the talented bakers who entered the Bookisg Cupcake Competition for World Book Day! The standard was exceptionally high but the overall winner was Katie Dunn 8E for her Tiger Who Came to Tea creations. We had six runners up: Jasmin Greaves 8E (Paddington Bear); Victoria Moore 9A (Noughts and Crosses);Read more

A big Thank You to everyone who helped out with our World Book Day celebrations today, especially the Book Club pupils. The Senior Book Club are reading …….The Great Gatsby. Well done to all those who guessed correctly. The two lucky winners were – Katie McBrien (Year 13) and Eva Johnston(Year 12). They each winRead more

From Thursday 23rd February until Sunday 26th February, Netball Northern Ireland hosted the U17 European Championship and challenge event. Very kindly, they offered out places to schools to come and watch some matches (at a reduced rate). Mrs McIntosh, Miss Johnston and Miss Porter took a total of 30 pupils from Year 10,11 and 12.Read more

The GCSE Practical Examinations continue today as pupils were busy creating various dishes from chicken and asparagus risotto to banana bread with caramelised apple sauce. The standards clearly have no limits when it comes to the skills the pupils uphold- well done all!Read more

Miss Armstrong (Principal) and Mrs Magee (Head of Careers) will host a GCSE Options Virtual Q&A Session on Monday 6th March at 7pm. The meeting can be accessed via the code link which has been posted in the Options Google Classroom.Read more

The GCSE practical examinations for pupils in 12D continue and it is evident that the standards continue to be extremely high. Pupils did a fantastic job, creating various dishes from flavoursome soups, to creme brûlée. Pupils should be very proud of what they have achieved!  Read more

Please find below links to an information postcard and a presentation for students and parents on CCEA Advance Information which was published by the examination boards as part of the assessment arrangements in GCSE and GCE qualifications in Summer 2023.   Advance Information sets out for students some of the aspects of each qualification that willRead more

We look forward to welcoming Year 9 pupils and their parents to our Cooper Crescent Site tomorrow afternoon from 1.30 to 3.30 pm for the Year 9 Parents’ Meeting. Please find below  a plan for the afternoon .Year 9 Parents’ Afternoon 1st March 2023Read more

On Wednesday 31st January, some of our Year 11 and Year 12 pupils took part in the UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge. This challenge encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. Well done to all pupils who took part! Freddy Parkinson, Barry Hutchinson and Oleksii Dolzhenko achieved Gold certificates, with Freddy achieving BestRead more