On Monday 9th February, the Travel and Tourism department was visited by Lucia Campbell from the University of Ulster. Lucia Campbell is the Associate Head of Department for Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University. Lucia spoke about life as a student at each of the campuses...
Schools in the Carrickfergus area were invited to enter the ECO CHALLENGE competition to bid for funding, in order to implement an eco-project. A group of Geography students from Year 11 took up the challenge and developed a business plan for an App about energy. When completed,...
Blue skies and sunshine made for perfect playing conditions for the Year 8 boys first away rugby fixture on Friday 6th February 2015. The boys came out of the blocks strong and scored two early tries in the first half. In the second half despite...
Paralympic Double Gold Medallist Michael McKillop visited the Year 12 Sports Studies students this week and we were honoured to have him. Michael is a Sky Sports Athlete Mentor and will be helping the Year 12 students with their current BTEC assignment titled, ‘Planning and...
Head Prefect Thomas Adams was delighted to welcome visitors from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission. Kellie Turtle Education Worker from the Commission was accompanied by the Chief Commissioner Les Allamby and Commissioners Christine Collins and Alan McBride. Thomas was able to voice his concerns...
The ‘Concern Debates’ is the biggest school debating competition in the South of Ireland. Being Concern Worldwide’s flagship schools activity, the Concern Worldwide debates have been running for over 30 years. Throughout the competition's history, more than 45,000 students have engaged in the debates and around 120...
Students from Ulidia Integrated College took part in a Carrickfergus Learning Community event at Carrickfergus Grammar school. The event was designed to increase female participation in STEM subjects by increasing knowledge. The Year 10 girls took part in an interactive quiz about STEM, and then built their...
On Tuesday 20th January 2015, Year 11 took part in the ‘Connected’ workshop run by The Pregnancy Resource Centre in Carrickfergus. ‘Connected’ has been developed in partnership with the local schools and addresses the many risks involving technology and the internet. The main aim of the...
Members of the Year 14 COPE class welcomed Mr Jock McGowan from the Red Cross for the first in a course of four one-hour lessons in Emergency First Aid. The course will cover:• Management of an unconscious casualty• CPR• Artificial ventilation• Severe blood loss and shock Successful...
Over the last two weeks Year 9 took part in the Translink Eco-Schools Travel Challenge. Participating in the Travel Challenge is a means for schools to cover the general topic of ‘Transport’ which will then contribute to their overall Eco-Schools Award assessment. It aims to...