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Shimna students the bee’s knees at spelling
On Friday, we held our first ever Spelling Bee at Shimna, and what a massive success it was! Congratulations to our winners and to everyone who participated. It takes courage to stand up in front of your peers and compete. The judges were mightily impressed with everyone’s spelling abilities. After four challenging and intense rounds, the winners were: Year 8: Connie Year 9: Leah Year 10: Leah Overall winner: Leah in Year 10


End of examination season celebrated with Garden Party
Thursday’s Garden Party was a lovely celebration for our Year 14 students, parents, carers, siblings and staff. A delicious afternoon tea was enjoyed by all, with time to relax, celebrate the end of examinations and talk about adventures to come. The convivial atmosphere and good craic more than made up for the wet weather. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the afternoon so special. We wish all of our students a happy and restful summer. We’ll meet again on


Year 10 students showcase their Individual Computing Talents
Year 10 ICT students have recently participated in an ICT/Business task during their lessons over the past eight weeks. Working on a variety of promotional materials for a new healthy snack or drink of their choice, the students created a brand, including naming their product, and used various software packages to design and create an original logo, slogan, TV advertisement, poster, presentation, and webpage. This year, students were introduced to Adobe Express for the first


Shimna Sports Podcast - Episode 4
Episode 4 of Mr Magee’s fascinating podcast is now live. Click on the link to hear two more stories of outstanding perseverance and sporting success Spotify Apple Podcasts


Shimna Tennis Open played out at BT33
With the weather conditions being not so kind as yesterday, the Shimna Tennis Open was played in-house today, using the Sports Hall and on our new outdoor tennis court. It was a very enjoyable morning, which included girls singles, boys singles, girls and boys doubles and mixed doubles. The play was very competitive and students also had the opportunity to umpire games. Girls Singles Champion - Sophie Mayers Finalist - Sienna Maguire Boys Singles Champion - Jonah Williamson
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