It was lovely to see so many parents of our new Year 7 students at the ‘Meet the Tutor’ evening at Lower School last week. Thank you to everyone who completed the parental survey, which indicates that our students are settling in very well. 95% of parents reported that they feel their child is happ…
On Tuesday 8th October, Year 7 embraced a dropdown day designed to develop an aspect of their year group ethos: ‘Teamwork’. The students were grouped into their houses and rotated around a variety of team challenges encouraging positivity, communication, respect, dedication, willingness and adaptab…
Thursday 10th October is World Mental Health Day and we would like to mark this in school in a number of ways. On Thursday lunch time we will be holding 'Tea and Talk' event in the upper school hall which is open to students and staff. There will not be a charge for this, but donation buckets for R…
The coming months will provide several opportunities for Year 11 to consider their future pathways. Over the next few weeks Year 11 will participate in CV writing tutorials, giving them the opportunity to develop their CVs using the guidance given by employed.im, building on the work they started i…
Winners of the epraise prize draw for a free drink at Costa have been announced with ten lucky students from Years 10,11, 12 and 13 receiving their prize. Congratulations to those students who won and many thanks to Costa for their support of our rewards system.
Last week 32 Year 9 students travelled to Manchester’s Media City in recognition of their success with the Core Skills BBC Young Reporter Challenge which they completed whilst in Year 8. The Challenge was to produce a video news report about an area they felt strongly about. Topics included: Plasti…
St. Ninian's Lower School was visited by Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) on Tuesday 1st October. Geoff was over on the island with other ASCL representatives to meet with senior secondary school leaders from all over the island with St. Ninian…
On Thursday, Year 7 enjoyed an RE transition day exploring 'what matters' in relation to the world, relationships, communities and themselves. The students had the opportunity to mix with different tutor groups and engage in some unique activities. Thank you to SUMT and the team for working with ou…
Congratulations to Tazmin Fayle who has had a phenomenal summer's throwing. Both her hammer and discus have improved by 15 metres this year and she ended her season in style by breaking her own U17 Ladies record on 10th August 2019 at the Northern League Division 1 in Wakefield with a throw of 36.5…