Shimna News

This week, we held our first Achievement Assemblies of the year, celebrating the effort, commitment and success of our students. Congratulations to our Bronze and Silver Award recipients, Achievement Lottery winners and Year 8 students recognised for their Times Tables Rock Stars efforts! These achievements reflect hard work, progress, kindness, respect, responsibility and readiness to learn. Every milestone matters, and every student has the opportunity to shine. Parents and

We are delighted to introduce our Sixth Form Peer Mentors who have volunteered for our new Literacy Support Programme. They will be paired with younger pupils who would benefit from additional reading support. Through weekly one-to-one reading sessions, our mentors will help develop reading skills, build confidence, and encourage a positive attitude towards literacy. Good timing too as we are in Reading Week.

A nice feature on our new school in the latest edition of NI Builder Magazine https://online.flippingbook.com/view/977879216/38/

Earlier this week, our Year 11 and 12 students attended an important drugs education session supported by PSNI. They heard a moving personal story from Theresa about the impact of drugs, which encouraged reflection about making good choices and keeping safe. Thersa’s powerful testimony included the line, “people don’t take drugs, drugs take people.” We are grateful to our speaker Theresa and the PSNI for helping our young people to learn about the dangers of drug taking a