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Prize Giving Oct 2014 Principal’s Address Johnston, Amy Jones, Claire Competition for AS level stu- about what it costs to run Leggett, Jordan McCullough, dents, a Maths Careers the school and then present- Rebecca McGuckin, Stuart Event, and an Interactive ed a model they had de- McIntyre, Aaron McLeister, Maths Event for Year 10 at signed and manufactured, David Millar, Nicole Millar, the University of Ulster. creating a much more envi- Melissa Porter, Chelsea ronmentally friendly pro- Thompson and Matthew Wil- Performing Arts has contin- posal. The judging panel was son. Special mention must ued to develop and we en- so impressed by their eforts also go to the following pu- joyed a host of performanc- that the team had the hon- pils who achieved Grade A in es during the year celebrat- our of being invited to Stor- two of their subjects, Leah ing acting, production and mont to showcase its ideas Brown, Lauren Dalrymple musical skills, of which you to MLAs! and Olivia Norton, and also heard a worthy sample this to Aaron Adair, Michael Ad- afternoon. ams, Phoebe Calderwood, Bethany Culleton, Victoria The LLW department led the Finlay, Carl Graham, Rebecca way in the Youth and Philan- McAuley, Mark Kyle, William thropy Initiative. Pupils built Monaghan and Aaron Simp- relationships with represent- son, each of whom achieved atives from charities and one A grade within their pro- then prepared a 10 minute fle of subjects. presentation. Seven fnalist groups performed for a pan- el of judges which included our Mayor, Mrs Audrey Wales. The winning group secured a 3000 grant for their charity. The winning This was a bumper year for pupils, Kirsten Collins, Anna Careers activity, with Sixth Knox, Emily Erwin and Shan- Form University visits, Yr 12 non Millar supported Head- visits and conventions, and a way, the brain injury charity. thorough Work Experience Two other excellent groups programme at KS 4 & 5. We earned 1,000 cheques for record thanks for the sup- Ours is a story of progress Womens’ Aid and the Samar- port and encouragement across all subject areas, of a itans. that local businesses some thriving extra-curriculum, of right across Northern Ireland entrepreneurial develop- The Technology Department and, in one instance, London ment, community links, mira- in December hosted Tech- ofered to work experience cles at times, and of prepar- nology and Tinsel Day for students. ing for life in the global local Year 7 pupils followed workplace. The Highlights by the popular Robotics Day Interview Skills Day for Year Booklet details the signif- in the Spring for Year 6 pu- 12andone/one Careers Guid- cant events which I have pils and we were indebted to ance interviews were held, time to merely mention: the our Sixth Form Technology Mr Marshall of the Careers growth of many new sub- students who led them. Service has since moved on jects within Science and Eng- from this post and we truly lish, a host of activities in the We were very proud too of valued the excellent contri- Maths Department, includ- our Sentinus Young Engi- bution he made. ing the Easter Relay Chal- neers. Six Year 9 students eye4education, a leading lenge, the Queens Maths suitably interrogated me employability and education 14