A reminder that Sports and Charity Leaders in Year 14 have organised a bench ball competition for Key Stage 3 classes tomorrow morning. Students in Key Stage 3 classes can attend school in PE kit. Friday is an own clothes day for all students. As it’s also Reading Week, students and staff are encouraged to dress up as a favourite character from a book, play or film. Over the lunch break on Friday, we’ll be holding an additional competition. For a charitable donation, students

The U16 boys started their Bernageeha Cup campaign with a qualifying blitz at the Henry Jones Playing Fields.    In the first game against Lagan College, Shimna raced into a lead with early goals from Dara McGrath and Nathan Kelly. We kept control of the game throughout the first half go in at time with a comfortable lead. Shimna made numerous changes in the second half and stayed on top, with further goals and points from Ronan Grant, Darragh Smyth and Max Emerson.    In the

Ms Kelly writes: “Our amazing Year 8 students took part in the Ireland Rocks Competition in partnership with Times Tables Rock Stars - competing against over 250 schools across 3 days! They answered a staggering 70,032 maths questions, boosting their confidence, accuracy, and recall! 8B came out on top, and a n additional  shoutout to our Most Valuable Players: Ersin Tatli, Rosa McCulla and Jamie McGrath. Well done to all our Year 8 students involved! ”

The Intermediate team made a successful start to the new season yesterday, defeating Victoria College 22 goals to 11. They will now continue in the Cup section of the competition. The following students played particularly well: Mila Astruc-Kidd, playing as centre provided the attacking players Parisa Susay-Quinn, Helen Barbour and Hope Sherlock with plenty of goal scoring opportunities. The defence of Eve McNamara, Sophie Mayers, Evie Gorman and Mikaela Hanna defended vali

Later this week, students will be running fund-raising activities on behalf of the Evora Hospice ( formerly known as the Southern Area Hospice ) - https://evorahospice.org/ On Thursday, students in Key Stage 3 will take part in a competition run by our Sports and Charity Leaders in Year 14. Key Stage 3 students can attend school in PE kit on that day. Friday is an own clothes day. As it’s also Reading Week, students and staff are encouraged to dress up as a favourite characte