12JA recently enjoyed the opportunity to meet pupils from St. Louise’s College, Belfast as part of the Creative Connections initiative. Pupils took part in an open‑top bus tour of Belfast, visiting iconic landmarks such as Titanic Quarter, Stormont, and Botanic Gardens. Pupils responded creatively to their surroundings through dance, working collaboratively and demonstrating good teamwork skills throughout the day.

Today, as part of our staff training, fifteen of our classroom assistants completed their Level 1 Makaton. Well done to each of them for passing. Mrs Scott will be training more staff during the next staff day. Congratulations to you all!

All runners are now safely finished and all looking rather fresh!! Congratulations to our two teams, we are so proud of you all for giving up your time to train and run in support of our school. We thank all those who came out and cheered them on around the course. There is still time to show your support by sponsoring our teams. This can be done via ParentMail or by phoning the school. Until next year!

Independent living skills in action! Today we learned how to make a simple meal at home by cooking sweet potato soup from scratch. So, sit back and get them cooking over the Bank Holiday weekend!

As well as our relay teams in the Belfast Marathon, some of our classes also took part in their own mini marathons this week during Health and Fitness classes. Well done to 8LB, 8SG, 9CF and 12JA!

Well done to all our Students of the Month for April. They enjoyed their time out in our sanctuary garden receiving their certificates and treats.

We wish our Young Enterprise team, ‘Where’s Ma Keys?’, good luck at the awards ceremony which is taking place in the City Hall tonight. They have worked very hard and we are all very proud of them. We hope they enjoy this very special evening. And the evening just got even better! Not only did the team win the NI Company of the Year, but they have also gone and won Best in the UK for their presentation! Such a fantastic night of awards! We are so thrilled and proud of our s

Yesterday, saw our Key Stage 4 & Post 16 students completing the 'Who's Choosing' workshop with the visiting Love for Life agency. Students learned skills to help them stay safe, build healthy relationships, consider consent, and to develop resilience. A great time was had by all with some valuable RSE skills and knowledge being developed. Well done to all who attended the workshops for your maturity and enthusiasm. Thank you to #love4life for coming

Today saw our junior cross country teams compete in the interschools cross country championships at Beechlawn School in Hillsborough. A lovely sunny day saw around 100 students competing from 7 schools. In the girls event, Caitlin led the way, coming 7th overall - very impressive as a Year 8 competing against Year 10s! In the boys event Archie, Lucas and Alfie all came in the top 20 in a field of nearly 70 - a very good return. Most pleasing was the overall team results wh

Today, we had a visit from Love for Life who delivered RSE programmes called 'Access All Areas' and 'All Sorts' to our Key Stage 3 & 4 students. The workshops covered healthy relationships, staying safe online, puberty and hygiene, as well as many other topics. The students engaged superbly and really enjoyed the sessions!