Year 8 are studying tectonic activity in Japan this term. By experimenting with jelly they have been learning about how different shaped volcanoes are formed. Year 8 came to the conclusion that the most exciting part of tectonic theory is eating the evidence! [gallery ids="9769,9771,9768,9767,9766,9765"] ...
On 26th June year’s 8, 9, and 10 came together to celebrate ‘Green day’. The aim of the day was to promote environmental awareness at local, national, and global scales. During the day students took part in a range of activities including a bug hunt,...
On 20th June 2013 three representatives from the eco team travelled to Londonderry with Mrs Patterson to take part in the Airtricity global wind awards. The students were spoken to by Frank Mitchell who led the morning presentations, and then had the opportunity to ask...
Year 8BL was the last of four Year 8 classes from Ulidia to visit Kilcreggan Urban Farm. 8BL arrived noisily at 10.30 am on Tuesday 25th June to be greeted by Phil and Hugh. Phil and Hugh showed our excited pupils around the chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits,...
Ulidia No.2 in Northern Ireland Schools Beach Volleyball Championships. U16 Boys – 2nd Place. Following the success of the U16 girls team winning the NEBSSA volleyball championships the U16 Boys collected silver medals for coming second in their first ever Beach Volleyball tournament. The Northern Ireland Schools...
The Year 11 GCSE Geography class recently completed some urban Fieldwork in Belfast. The fieldwork course was run by the Field Studies Centre in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. Starting the morning in the classroom they spent 45 minutes looking at the development of Belfast in the...
When we visited Kilcreggan Farm we were able to hold guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens. The man who showed us around the farm was named Phil; he was really funny and we learnt some interesting facts about the farm and the animals in it. We were...
A group of Year 9 pupils attended an after-school Computing Club for six weeks. The pupils had the opportunity to learn the programming aspects of Computing. Each pupil designed and created a game using Scratch (a visual programming language used to create games and animations). Pupils...
This year’s event will be held in Sheffield, England, from 12th – 15th September at the Ponds Forge Arena. This is a large multi-sport event designed to replicate a mini Olympic Games. Further information can be found at the following website: http://www.2013schoolgames.com/home.php Huge congratulations to Kenny,...
A short movie showing our Induction Day for our new Year 8 intake last Thursday and Friday. The movie was created by two 6th Form Students. [embed width="500" height="750"]https://vimeo.com/68702088 [/embed]...