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Newsletter 10

June 2014

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Dates for Diary - August/September 2014

25 August Bank Holiday School Closed

26 August Year 14 only to attend 9.30-12.30

27 August Year 13 only to attend 9.30 -12.30

28 August Years 8 and 13 only 9.00-12.00

29 August Years 8 to 12 only 9.00-12.00

1 September Normal School Day for all Pupils

The Masterchef Final took place on Thursday 5 June and it was amazing to see the eight Year 9 finalists embrace the challenge with such enthusiasm. Masterchef Finalists 2014: Rory O’Brien, Ben Mc Anoy, Bradley Taylor, Patrick Johnson, Finlay Stewart, Rebecca Hale, Orla Scanlon, Aimee Frazer. An exceptionally high standard was demonstrated by all participants and past pupil Stephen Chisholm (winner of ‘The Great Irish Bake Off’) was given the difficult task of choosing the three winners! Congratulations to: 1st Orla Scanlon, 9A – Hoi sin chicken rice paper rolls with crunchy prawn and noodle salad 2nd Aimee Frazer, 9C – Roasted duck breast with a plum sauce 3rd Ben Mc Anoy, 9M – Fig, feta and serrano ham salad

Congratulations to the following former pupils who have qualified

for the Commonwealth Games:

Katie Kirk (800 m); Ben Reynolds (110m Hurdles);

Jordan Sloan (Swimming); Harry Speers (Triathlon)

Katharine Hill, Rachel Barton and

Zara Malseed represented the

Ulster U17 Hockey Development

squad which played a three-match

series against England in Lileshall

in May. They won the first match

4-2 with Zara scoring a hat-trick,

lost the second 3-1 and the third

3-2 with Zara scoring the two goals.

Our Key Stage 3 pupils have been participating in a hugely enjoyable and successful programme of Chinese culture. Year 8s have been introduced to the Mandarin language and Years 9 and 10 have been learning some Kung Fu/martial arts movements in a three-week mod-ule. Here you can see 10P with their friendly instructors.

Fifty pupils (25 in year 9 and 25 in year 8) sat the Junior Maths challenge, which is a national competition provided by the UK Mathematics Trust on May 1st. The pupils’ responses resulted in them being awarded: 10 Gold, 18 Silver and 12 Bronze certificates. [Certificates are awarded to the highest 40% of participants in the ratio (1:2:3)].

Christopher McKie (8C) recorded a result that qualified him for the Junior Mathematical Olympiad on 12 June. Well done Christopher, and congratulations to all who took part.

The U13 boys cricket team are through to the semi-final of the Mourne Cup. Mark Adair (Yr14) will cap-tain Ulster Schools at cricket. He is also in the North-ern Knights cricket side which is the equivalent of the full Ulster side in men's cricket. John Matchett has also been selected to play on the Ulster Schools team. Stephen Hodgson and Charlie Shannon have both been selected to play for the NCU in the inter-provincials at U15.

As a result of their fundraising ef-

forts, Sullivan Upper Parents Asso-

ciation reached the final of the

PTA-NI Gold Awards. Receiving

the award at Stormont from Mer-

vyn Storey MLA and representa-

tives of PTA-UK and PTA-NI are

Chairperson, Mrs Jennifer Patter-

son, Committee member, Mrs Nu-

ala Houston and the Headmaster.

On Thursday 12 June Year 11 Home Economics

students attended the ‘Feed Your Mind’ event at

CAFRE (Loughry). The event provided the students

with an interesting and informative look at the use

of science and technology in the food industry as

well as giving them an insight into careers in the

industry.

From left:

Bradley Taylor 8W, Euan Morrow 8S, Nurse McAvoy, Rosie Adams 8S, Lily Thompson 8P and Olivia Mallon 8W.

Recently in Science, Year 8 have been looking at the dangers of over-exposure to the sun and how getting sunburnt can lead to skin cancer. They all had the opportunity to make a brochure, highlighting the dangers and offering advice as to how to be SunSmart. The school nurse, Mrs McAvoy, had the difficult task of judging the best brochures and the awards were presented at assembly on Tuesday 17 June. The winners were: BEST GIRL: Rosie Adams BEST BOY: Josh Stewart BEST COMPUTER: Lily Thompson BEST HANDMADE: Olivia Mallon HUMEROUS: Euan Morrow FACTUAL: Bradley Taylor

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Newsletter 10

June 2014

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The girls Inter tennis team who made

the semi-final of the Cup and were de-

feated by a strong Methodist College

side.

The team includes Amy Rothwell, Claire

McCrory, Katie Ireland and Hannah

McDonnell.

Congratulations to Stephen Hodgson (Year 11) who has

been selected to play in the Ulster Hockey U16 squad and

in the NCU U15 cricket squad in the inter-provincial

tournament in July.

The junior girls tennis team

of Janet Cunningham, Nia

McNally, Ella Thompson and

Emily Smyth drew with

Strathearn ‘B’ but narrowly

lost 42-40 on games in the

Junior semi-final of the Ul-

ster Cup.

The Junior, Intermediate and Senior Boys teams all reached

the semi-finals of their competitions.