On Saturday 24th February a group of students in year 12 and sixth form attended a training day at Ulidia. During the day the group received training on camp craft, team building, equipment, ruck sack packing, safe trangia use, tents and pacing. The day was an...
Ulidia students were treated to a visit from the YMCA Juice Bar on Friday 23rd February. The Juice Bar is a recent initiative that has been funded by the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland with the aim of raising awareness of the benefits of...
Our year 8 rugby team recently qualified for the Ulster Schools Finals which were held in Lurgan. They put on a great display with wins over Larne High and Boys Model by 5 tries. They were just pipped in the dying seconds by Carrickfergus College after...
From September 2018, all sixth form students in Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus will be embarking on the ‘Learning for a Digital Life’ strategy, doing away with their traditional paper school planners, and each student will be loaned an iPad instead. Principal Michael Houston said, “It...
The Year 11 GCSE Child Development class were fortunate to have Mrs Collette Gilroy, a midwife at the Royal Victoria Hospital, visit their class to deliver a presentation on pregnancy and childbirth. The students tested their own carbon monoxide levels, using the same test that...
Congratulations to Aimee who is Year 9 Legend of the Month for January. This is awarded for manners and kindness towards others. Well done Aimee!...
Commiserations to the Year 10 hockey team who narrowly lost 1-0 to Carrick College on Thursday afternoon. Ulidia started strongly with Rachel Kernoghan, Lauren Swann and Erin Mulholland all creating chances. Ulidia had the majority of the possession moving the ball well. However, in the...
Once again Arlene and Anne Marie from W5 and Lorraine from the RAF came to Ulidia to deliver an Interview Skills workshop to our year 12 pupils. Pupils then sat a mock interview in the afternoon - an important exercise preparing our young people for...
Congratulations to our Year 8 netball team who played their first competitive NEBSSA match on Monday after-school. Prior to the match the girls were very nervous and apprehensive about the big step up to compete at secondary school. However, their performance suggested otherwise. A cool,...
Are you aged 12 – 16 years and interested in taking part in a FREE six-week multi-sports programme? If so, the Game of Three Halves (GO3H) might be right for you. The Game of Three Halves brings children and young people from different backgrounds together to be...