by E Mackie | Oct 24, 2018 | English and Media, Front Page, Literacy
Miss Shearer’s Year 8 are reading Roald Dahl’s autobiography ‘Boy’ as their class novel. It’s clear Roald Dahl had a very sweet tooth as a child, and his experiences with sweets and chocolate as a young boy gave him the inspiration to write his best-selling novel...
by E Mackie | Oct 19, 2018 | English and Media, Extra Curricular, House System
Could you be part of the BBC School Report team? We are looking for pupils from Year 8 to 11 to take part in this programme. You will have the opportunity to meet the BBCNI team; camera crew, radio presenters and more. Speak to Mrs Fox in 9C for more...
by E Mackie | Oct 11, 2018 | English and Media, Front Page, Literacy
Wednesday 10th October was World Mental Health Awareness Day. Our Year 8 students raised awareness by delivering their poems with confidence. We had a number of fantastic poems yet Zara Davies was our worthy winner. She won a £15 Amazon voucher. I entered the poetry...
by E Mackie | Sep 5, 2018 | English and Media, Front Page
In English some of our new Year 8 pupils have been busy doing active ‘Word Play’. They were identifying each other’s positive characteristics and exploring the language used to describe them.
by E Mackie | Jun 22, 2018 | English and Media, Front Page, Literacy
Over this year a number of our pupils from Years 8 to 10 received reading support from our Classroom Assistants as part of the Accelerated Readers Programme. To recognise their effort, commitment and improvement we held a Graduation Breakfast in the library this...
by E Mackie | Jun 5, 2018 | Careers/Employability, English and Media, Front Page, School Leavers
Are you 16+, interested in drama, theatre, performing arts or teaching ? Looking for something to do over the summer? Bright Young Things provides award-winning drama workshops designed to build Confidence, Communication, Creativity and vital social skills, through...
