Shimna News

Our U15 Boys brought the sporting year to a triumphant end with victory in the GAA Corn Cuchulainn Cup. In true Shimna style, it was achieved in dramatic circumstances, with Shimna fighting back from 8 points down at half time to defeat St Colman’s, Ballynahinch by the slightest of margins. Both teams deserve credit for the way they played and conducted themselves. Well done to our U15 squad, to Mr Dagen and the other coaches who helped to get them to and through the final. A

Our Year 9 students enjoyed a couple of brilliant days last week as they carried out a river study along the Glen River, which flows right beside our school. The natural surroundings made a real impression, with one student capturing the moment perfectly: “It’s just so beautiful!” A fantastic experience for everyone involved!

On Friday, we held our first ever Spelling Bee at Shimna, and what a massive success it was! Congratulations to our winners and to everyone who participated. It takes courage to stand up in front of your peers and compete. The judges were mightily impressed with everyone’s spelling abilities. After four challenging and intense rounds, the winners were: Year 8: Connie Year 9: Leah Year 10: Leah Overall winner: Leah in Year 10

Thursday’s Garden Party was a lovely celebration for our Year 14 students, parents, carers, siblings and staff. A delicious afternoon tea was enjoyed by all, with time to relax, celebrate the end of examinations and talk about adventures to come. The convivial atmosphere and good craic more than made up for the wet weather. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the afternoon so special. We wish all of our students a happy and restful summer. We’ll meet again on

Year 10 ICT students have recently participated in an ICT/Business task during their lessons over the past eight weeks. Working on a variety of promotional materials for a new healthy snack or drink of their choice, the students created a brand, including naming their product, and used various software packages to design and create an original logo, slogan, TV advertisement, poster, presentation, and webpage. This year, students were introduced to Adobe Express for the first