Author: MrParkes

As we continue to work on ‘Building Resilience’ in pupils and staff we have a new ‘message of the month’ poster.  This month our message is ‘The power of Gratitude’.  Along with joy, love and humour and other positive emotions. Gratefulness adds to our health...

Ulidia Integrated College has been ‘highly commended’ in the Live Here Love Here Community Awards 2018. Over 170 nominations were made across 14 award categories for the awards. Only 28 individuals were chosen so this shows the dedication and hard work our Eco Team have shown...

Year 9 pupils are being encouraged to take part in the Translink Travel Challenge from 11-25 April 2018. Learners are encouraged to make sustainable journeys to and from school, and to record these journeys on their tracker that will be stapled into their planner by their...

Year 9 pupil Bradley Maguire travelled to Barcelona over the Easter Holiday with his football team Greenisland FC where they won the prestigious Barcelona Cup. They competed against teams from all over Europe, topping their group. They made their way into the semi-final where Bradley scored...

Acorn Integrated Primary school recently paid a visit to Ulidia's Geography Department to work together with the year 10 students. The P4 class are visited every Friday by our sixth form eco mentors and have been working on various eco activities together including learning about...

Ulidia students set off for Birmingham on Saturday 24th March, travelling to a Holocaust Memorial Day trust event, organised to celebrate the achievements of Youth Champions. The students had volunteered for the past year, completing five tasks set by the Trust to commemorate the Holocaust. At the...

We had a great end to the term with our annual talent show. A big well done to everyone who took part and a big thank-you to everyone working behind the scenes who made it all happen! OVERALL WINNER: Katie (Year 11) who sang 'She used...

Year 8 students presented a cheque for £500 to Suzanne from Cancer Fund for Children. The charity provides practical, emotional and financial support to children and young people aged 0 to 24 affected by cancer & their families. They raised the money by taking part in...

As part of BBC School Report our Eco Team had the chance to work with a camera crew from BBC. The crew were in school on Monday 26th March and over the day the group reported their findings and learnt about how to put together...

Learners in year 8 are being encouraged to hunt out any old batteries about the house and collect them together for recycling. All year 8 learners will receive a collection box from their form tutor and are being asked to make a big effort to collect...