New School Athletics Records
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At the NSC last Thursday several new athletics records were achieved during the Inter-schools athletics championships. Well done to all competitors. Year 7 Jacob Dawkins – 300m, 45.0s (previous record Tom Creer 47.9s, 2017) Gabe Campbell – High Jump, 1.35m (previous record Harley Cowley 1.28m, 2019…

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Diversity Awareness Lunch
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This week our upper school prefects held a diversity awareness lunch celebrating ethnicity at St. Ninian's. Student brought in examples of traditional clothing and demonstrated to their peers how they are worn. They created a quiz, handed out diversity awareness ribbons and had a selection of world…

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Prefects raise money for Alzheimer's Society
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Many thanks to our upper school prefects who recently held a cake sale and awareness raising day in aid of the Alzheimer's Society. They were so enthusiastic and raised in excess of £120. Well done and thank you to all the staff and students who supported them.

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Crossroads Charity Visits Our School
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Crossroads, an Isle of Man-based charity, visited our students to talk about their vital work supporting carers. Established in 1988, Crossroads has been dedicated to improving the lives of carers and those with care needs for 35 years. They provide practical and emotional support to carers of all…

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Year 9 Cricket
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The Y9 Boys Cricket Team enjoyed their last fixture of 5 away at QEII. Throughout the season everyone involved has worked really hard to improve their skills. For lots of the boys this was their first experience of playing hardball cricket. They can be proud and commended for their efforts and deve…

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Year 12 Mental Health First Aid Training
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Ali Vondy, from Manx Minds, recently delivered Mental Health First Aid training for some of our Year 12 students. This training has been kindly sponsored by Tower Insurance for which we are all very grateful. This official MHFA England half day course is an introductory four hour session which rais…

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ePraise Lego STEM Reward
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Some groups of Y7 and Y8 students have opted to use their points on ePraise to attend a reward using Lego Education STEM sets. The students were able to build a variety of models and use coding to make their models move, react to light, and produce sounds. It was a pleasure to see the level of crea…

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Sixth Form Tax Seminars
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It was great to welcome Andrea Gilmore & Sandy Shimmin from the IOM Tax Office, into school to discuss the reasons and benefits of paying both tax and national insurance contributions. It proved to be an excellent seminar for all Sixth Form students, highlighting the many positives of paying contri…

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Dress Down Day - Thursday 30th May
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This Thursday will be a 'Glad Rags' non-uniform day. Money raised through Glad Rags Days throughout the year supports our epraise rewards and the epraise charity fund. The epraise charity fund is allocated according to student votes at the end of the year for the charities which have been nominated…

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