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The annual SU Formal took place in Corick House on the evening of Thursday 13 February. Schools represented along with ERGS were Castlederg High, Devenish College, Dungannon Royal, Fivemiletown College and Omagh Academy. Pupils enjoyed a lovely meal and then danced the night away to music by local band, “Dusk to Dawn”. A great nightRead more

Congratulations to our A Level German students who emerged victorious at the Northern Ireland A Level German Debating competition held at Queen’s University on Friday 14th February, run by NICILT. Our team was captained by Year 14 Ronan Lunny, who studies German at ERGS through the FLC, and his fellow team members were Year 13Read more

On Friday 14th February, the Year 10 Netball team headed off for their Annual Netball Blitz – kindly hosted this year at Erne Integrated College in their new Sportshall. This year, three of the four schools also brought a second team, so we were able to hold a 2ndLeague as well The matches were longRead more

Despite the imminent threat of Storm Dennis, the 22 man 3rdXV travelled to Wallace this morning to compete in their Shield Quarter Final. A period of hibernation in a very comfy bus up the road, resulted  in a slow start that saw them go down by 19 points in the first 14 minutes. However afterRead more

Thursday the 6th of February saw our formidable debaters compete in the annual Royal Schools Debate, which was held by Royal and Prior, in Raphoe. Representing ERGS were Tomás Roma and Luca Quinn in team 1, with Adrianna Hurst and Arron O’Donnell in team 2, all of whom were proudly encourage by their loyal supportersRead more

With a break in the 2020 6 Nations this weekend, why not get you ‘rugby fix’ with a trip to North Belfast or Lisburn to support the ERGS boys in their Medallion Plate Quarter Final or the 3rdXV Shield Quarter Final. All support welcome!!  Read more

Earlier today three Y14 Government & Politics students, Cian Brady, Marc Hennessy, and Andrew Moore, took part in the British Council NI’s Mock Council of the European Union debate in Belfast City Hall, alongside pupils from all over N. Ireland. The ERGS pupils had the task of representing Ireland in the chamber. The Mock EURead more

With Tuesday 11 February being National Internet Safety Day and following a number of assemblies and internet safety lessons held in school this week; we thought several parents might appreciate the following resources on monitoring your children’s appropriate use of social media and their online safety. https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2020Read more

We were very pleased to welcome Diane Noble from Home-start to today’s junior assembly on Cooper Crescent. Diane Came to collect a cheque as part of the proceeds from our Retiring Collection at our Carol Service in December. We are delighted to support a local  charity in their sterling  work to support families. https://www.home-start.org.uk/Pages/Category/home-start-northern-ireland  Read more

A great interview with Year13 pupil Holly Cobain in last week’s Impartial Reporter. https://www.impartialreporter.com/news/18215381.how-breaking-barriers-starts-school-says-student/Read more