Shimna News

Earlier today, members of our Student Leadership Team participated in the Compassionate Schools Community Conference at Riddel Hall in...

Mr Hanna writes: “Yesterday, our Year 8 boys played in their first competitive rugby blitz of the season at Portadown Rugby Club. We brought 26 students, many of whom were experiencing full contact rugby for the first time. There were standout performances from Jamie, who finished the game as our top try scorer with 3 tries, and Thomas, who scored the try of the tournament with a run from his own half, beating multiple players before touching down in the corner. Ollie, James

Ms Rafferty writes: “Last week, twelve of our Year 10 students participated in a residential course as part of a cross-border project...

The students enjoyed a great day of cross-country racing at St. Malachy’s H.S. It was a beautiful, sunny, cold day - perfect for running and our students did not disappoint. In the Year 8 girls race, Isabella had an emphatic victory with Zoe narrowly missing out on a bronze medal. Caoimhe was the third Shimna girl, in seventh place. Beatrice, Grace and Mia, also all running in their first cross-country race, finished twelfth, thirteenth and seventeenth. With the Rugby Blit

Mrs Harrison, leader of the Peer Mentor Programme, writes: “A new cohort of eighteen Year 13 peer mentorshave completed the training and...