Shimna News

With their exams safely negotiated, our Year 8 students have been getting into the festive spirit with a variety of activities. The Form Class Door challenge is well and truly underway - more to follow on this next week. In Spanish, they have been taking part in our 6th annual Christmas card exchange with the school in Madrid where Ms Hardy used to work. The school, IES Jimena Menéndez Pidal, is just south of the city. Our students designed a Christmas card for their pen pa

This term, it has been our privilege to host Ana and Elena, two students from Spain. They’ve made a hugely positive impression during...

Back in 1994, Karen Maguire ( nee Connor ) started at Shimna as a secretary. Back then, Bill Clinton was in the White House, the...

Our local Foodbank, The Pantry, is supporting more and more families in the area, due to the rising cost of living, but unfortuately at Christmas, need increases while donations drop. The Shimna Amnesty Group wants to do something about this. They are asking for your help with their ‘Reverse Advent Calendar’ campaign to support The Pantry in its vital work. We are challenging each form class to collect items for the Pantry - non-perishable goods such as tinned foods, tea,

A big thank you to our fantastic canteen team for today’s Christmas lunch. It was so good, we’re thinking of doing it again next year! ...