Shimna News

Ms Murphy, Head of Home Economics, writes: “Home Economics students enjoyed a series of informative cookery demonstrations led by Patricia McClean from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC). These sessions played an important role in supporting students’ learning, helping them understand where food comes from and the processes that ensure quality, safety and sustainability across the meat industry.” “Patricia prepared a range of dishes using high‑quality, locally sourced in

Ms O’Neill writes: “Congratulations to our Year 11 group for their performance in the King’s Trust Enterprise final. They put forward their fund-raising project for MyMy, the community based mental health and well-being charity. This is the first occasion a County Down school has made it to the final. The Shimna team delivered their presentation with confidence, displaying professionalism and knowledge of The Marketing Mix to include promotion, pricing strategies and costings

Last Thursday, our Senior Netballers played a competitive match today against a strong Regent House team, eventually going down 26-19. This was an achievement in itself as many of the girls are in the Intermediate team playing at a senior level. The attacking players were ably led by Mila, who along with Parisa and Bridie, provided the shooters, Hope, Lucy and Anna, with excellent scoring opportunities. The defensive players, Evie, Rachel (captain), Mikaela, Niamh and Lucy, a