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Our Student Council met this morning to discuss two items shaping daily school life on a daily basis: uniform expectations and mobile phone use. There was a good deal of thoughtful, honest conversation as Young Ambassadors explored what works, what doesn't and how we can keep our College community focused, safe and ready to learn.

Our U14 Girls’ Football team represented the College at the FIFA Girls National Celebration tournament last Friday. The event took place at Allen Park, Antrim and featured 40 teams from across the country. In glorious weather, our girls lost their first game but remained unbeaten thereafter, growing in confidence as the tournament progressed. A special mention to Emily McClean and Molly McConnell, both of whom scored their first competitive goals for the team – a proud achiev

Ms Anderson, Head of Geography, writes: “We couldn't have asked for better weather for this year's river fieldwork - a fantastic end to the week! Year 11 had a busy day measuring the Shimna River, from its source near Ott Mountain all the way to its mouth in Newcastle. Lots of fun was had by all and the students managed to stay (mostly) dry!”

Well done to the Shimna athletes who took part in the Down Schools Championships this week. Jamie O'Flaherty, Kari Foster, Evie Gorman and Parisa Susay-Quinn, narrowly missed out on qualification for the Ulster Championships, coming fourth in the 300m, 1500m, shot and 800m respectively. Emily McMullan and Ronan Grant finished fifth in the 800m and hammer events. Abigail Turley and Michael Murray came sixth in the discus and javelin. Our junior athletes will be competing next

Mr McDonnell, Head of Chemistry, writes: “Congratulations to Daisy Williams on her fantastic achievement in gaining a Bronze award in the RSC Chemistry Olympiad. This highly competitive challenge tests problem-solving and chemical understanding at an advanced level. A brilliant result and a testament to Daisy’s hard work and dedication to chemistry. Well done, Daisy.”