Year 14 Travel and Tourism recently class had a visit from Mary Burnett who has worked at Disney. During the visit the group learnt about Disney training and about life at Disney University for staff. Miss Burnett also talked about life as a Disney employee...
A group of year 9 pupils have recently established links with IES Castilla in Guadalajara, Spain. Our new Spanish ‘amigos’ have written in English and our pupils in Ulidia are enjoying the opportunity to practice their written Spanish by replying to introduce themselves. We...
The artwork of a 15-year-old Carrickfergus girl will lead the annual International Women’s Day parade down Royal Avenue to Belfast City Hall on March 10. Ciara Murray, a pupil of Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus, was persuaded to enter the annual poster design competition by her...
On Saturday 24th February a group of students in year 12 and sixth form attended a training day at Ulidia. During the day the group received training on camp craft, team building, equipment, ruck sack packing, safe trangia use, tents and pacing. The day was an...
Ulidia students were treated to a visit from the YMCA Juice Bar on Friday 23rd February. The Juice Bar is a recent initiative that has been funded by the Public Health Agency in Northern Ireland with the aim of raising awareness of the benefits of...
Our year 8 rugby team recently qualified for the Ulster Schools Finals which were held in Lurgan. They put on a great display with wins over Larne High and Boys Model by 5 tries. They were just pipped in the dying seconds by Carrickfergus College after...
From September 2018, all sixth form students in Ulidia Integrated College in Carrickfergus will be embarking on the ‘Learning for a Digital Life’ strategy, doing away with their traditional paper school planners, and each student will be loaned an iPad instead. Principal Michael Houston said, “It...
The Year 11 GCSE Child Development class were fortunate to have Mrs Collette Gilroy, a midwife at the Royal Victoria Hospital, visit their class to deliver a presentation on pregnancy and childbirth. The students tested their own carbon monoxide levels, using the same test that...
Congratulations to Aimee who is Year 9 Legend of the Month for January. This is awarded for manners and kindness towards others. Well done Aimee!...
Commiserations to the Year 10 hockey team who narrowly lost 1-0 to Carrick College on Thursday afternoon. Ulidia started strongly with Rachel Kernoghan, Lauren Swann and Erin Mulholland all creating chances. Ulidia had the majority of the possession moving the ball well. However, in the...