I am delighted to announce that registration is now open for the DOCTRID IV conference, taking place in Belfast on 27th and 28th April. Please visit http://doctrid.ie/conference/register.php to register. Deadline is 1st April 2015. We look forward to seeing you in Belfast for an exciting conference tackling...
Throughout the week Geography students have been exploring what aspects of their lives will be effected by climate change. Students created green hearts to show their love for the things they will miss, including coffee and chocolate. Did you know that in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana,...
Year 11 pupils from Mrs Conville's Occupational Studies class visited The Belfast Loughshore Hotel (formerly The Clarion) on Tuesday 10 February and had a very informative few hours learning about the Hospitality Industry. They covered a lot of topics, including how to deal with customer...
Over the past few weeks Year 9 have been busy studying the weather. As part of their unit of work they studied patterns of weather in the UK at summer and winter time, as well as rainfall patterns throughout the year. For their assessment students prepared...
On Monday 9th February, the Travel and Tourism department was visited by Lucia Campbell from the University of Ulster. Lucia Campbell is the Associate Head of Department for Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University. Lucia spoke about life as a student at each of the campuses...
Schools in the Carrickfergus area were invited to enter the ECO CHALLENGE competition to bid for funding, in order to implement an eco-project. A group of Geography students from Year 11 took up the challenge and developed a business plan for an App about energy. When completed,...
Blue skies and sunshine made for perfect playing conditions for the Year 8 boys first away rugby fixture on Friday 6th February 2015. The boys came out of the blocks strong and scored two early tries in the first half. In the second half despite...
Paralympic Double Gold Medallist Michael McKillop visited the Year 12 Sports Studies students this week and we were honoured to have him. Michael is a Sky Sports Athlete Mentor and will be helping the Year 12 students with their current BTEC assignment titled, ‘Planning and...
Head Prefect Thomas Adams was delighted to welcome visitors from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Kellie Turtle Education Worker from the Commission was accompanied by the Chief Commissioner Les Allamby and Commissioners Christine Collins and Alan McBride. Thomas was able to voice his concerns...
The ‘Concern Debates’ is the biggest school debating competition in the South of Ireland. Being Concern Worldwide’s flagship schools activity, the Concern Worldwide debates have been running for over 30 years. Throughout the competition's history, more than 45,000 students have engaged in the debates and around 120...