Two of our Sixth Form students, Ailbhe and Jude, were interviewed yesterday regarding proposed changes to the education system in Northern Ireland. Find out more here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6d87jy2w6o

Earlier today, three Shimna students competed in the Ulster Cross-Country championships. They deserve great credit for the way they battled through heavy rainfall and icy wind at the event held in Mallusk. Year 9 student Jamie Magee recovered well after an early fall to finish strongly in the minor boys 2.3km race in a time of 9:39 seconds. Year 12 student Jamie O'Flaherty also ran a great race in the Intermediate boys over 4.6km. He maintained a very steady pace throughout a

Great to welcome in our friends from Mourne Stimulus, the fantastic daycare charity in Kilkeel. We were delighted to present them with a cheque for the amount raised in one of our recent student-led fundraisers. https://www.mournestimulus.com/

Yesterday, our Year 10 students took part in the BBC ‘Other Side of the Story’ workshop, exploring how news is created, how it can be distorted online and how to recognise bias and misinformation. We’re very grateful to the BBC team for delivering such a thought-provoking and valuable session. We look forward to their follow-up visit in a few weeks’ time.

Our new U13 Basketball team performed brilliantly in their first ever game on Friday afternoon, defeating St Louis Grammar. Shimna started brightly, with Levon Foran hitting two early 3-pointers to give Shimna an early lead. Shimna stayed on top for the next two quarters, with Reece Maguire, Fionn Brown, Callum McIlmurray, Jamie Magee and Ryan McCullagh all impressing. To their credit, St. Louis did not give up the fight and roared back in the 3rd and 4th quarter to leave not