Shimna News

Shimna students from Years 9 to 14 attended a workshop run by the Education Authority ABSIT team on to explore ways in which student...

On Wednesday, our Senior Girls played very competitively in their Blitz, defeating Grosvenor G.S. but narrowly losing out to Down High and Sullivan G.S. This was an encouraging start to our netball season and our new players, Megan, Rose, Ciara, Abigail and Zara, are a great asset to the Shimna Netball Club.The Minor girls also had a positive start, winning against St. Mary’s Newry and Down High, drawing with St. Mark’s and losing to St. Malachy’s. Well done to all of our

Congratulations to Jack 8B for his winning entry in the Lions International Peace Poster competition. Lions’ Vice District Governor Marian McGreevy presented Jack with his prize and framed certificate in last week’s Year 8 Achievement assembly.

Mr Milligan writes: “The girl’s football season kicked off with a home cup tie for the U13s against Nendrum College yesterday. After a few weeks of training, it was time to put the hard work into practice. The game started with a team talk from Shimna captain Sophie who encouraged and inspired from the first whistle. We took the lead thanks to a stunning individual goal by Isabella who carried the ball from her own half to score in the top corner. We went in at half time 1-1.