"Empowering our students to be confident and self-motivated learners who have respect for others and clear aspirations for their future success."
As well as our internal school review, DESC are currently conducting an island-wide survey of the Home Learning that took place during the lockdown period. Can I encourage all parents and students to share their views on this and take part. A link to the survey can be found below. DESC HOME LEARNIN…
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our students, staff, parents, governors and friends of St. Ninian’s High School a happy summer holiday. It has been the most unusual of school years in many ways with so many positives, as well as the disruptions we have had to endure. I am just…
Last week thirty Year 10 students enjoyed enjoyed an afternoon bowling in Ramsey as a thank you for the significant contribution they have made to school life. They had a great afternoon with Mr Dargan, Mr Galka, Mrs Aldridge and Mrs Donnell. We would like to thank the students for giving up their…
Our current Year 7 were very busy in lockdown creating an A – Z of St. Ninian’s High School. This little book was written for our new Year 7s, (the current Year 6) to give them an insight into what life is like as a student at St. Ninian’s. "There are lots of pieces of handy information that I hope…
'Thank you Team SNHS' cakes were enjoyed by all of our staff today at break time. It has been an extremely challenging year for everybody and with tomorrow being the last day of the school year I would like to publicly thank all of the staff here at school - whether they are administrative staff, t…
Year 8 took part in a Learning Relationships Challenge during their Core Skills lesson last week. Each student was given a jigsaw piece from the 'Bee Movie’ poster and had to re create that piece but 4 times bigger. At the end of the lesson each class had to put their puzzle together (as seen in th…
Over the past few weeks, Year 11 students studying IGCSE Business Studies have been working in teams to create a business plan to save the failing window cleaning business, Nearly Clean. Some of the problems faced by the business were a lack of marketing, competition from a new window cleaning busi…
Huge thanks to the Love Life Team who led today’s enrichment day for Year 11, covering a range of issues related to relationships and sex education, including communication, my impact on others, consent and sexual health. We were delighted that our students engaged so well and had lots of questions…
If you are unsure about what to do next after leaving education DESC Careers Advisor will be based in the venues below, every week, over the six week summer holiday from Monday 27th July 2020. If you would like some advice and guidance about your options before the end of term, advisors are current…