Outstanding students honoured on evenings to celebrate

On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, we celebrated the achievements of Shimna students over the past year. As usual, our annual celebrations were wonderful events, full of stories, music, poetry, plenty of laughter and a few tears.

It was our pleasure to present a number of special awards for exceptional achievement.

Sports Players of the Year

• Senior Boys: Conall King

• Senior Girls: Kari Foster

• Junior Boys: Fahlin Murphy-McKibbin

• Junior Girls: Aoife Grant

Derek Bailey Cup for Resilience

• Senior: Nicole Campbell

• Juniors: Lauren McConnell & Summer Parkinson

Baroness Blood Award for Community Activism

• Senior: Zara Lyons – for fundraising on behalf of the Regional NeoNatal Intensive Care Unit in Belfast

• Junior: Charlie Rice - for fundraising on behalf of the 1st Newcastle Scouts

Well done to the Year 14 Student Leadership Team for hosting the events, and thank you to parents, carers and governors for joining us in our celebrations.