Mr Cretney was delighted to hand out Alpha group badges to students achieving excellent attitude to learning comments across all subjects for their recent Interim Report. Well done!
Twenty Sixth Form Geographers have just returned from a fantastic trip to Iceland. They experienced some of the main sites, including a geyser where hot steams of water are ejected every five minutes. They visited Gulfoss, a massive waterfall, and Kerio, an ancient volcano. The group bathed in hot…
The Year 7 and 8 inter-school netball tournament took place this week. All the girls had trained incredibly hard for the event and were looking forward to seeing how they had improved since the last time they played all the other schools. The Year 7s managed to win two games and lost three which le…
On Tuesday the PE department organised a primary transition event which involved over 200 Year 6 students. The aim of the morning was to mix them together in new friendship groups, to explore the facilities, meet the PE staff and raise any questions or concerns about starting school. The students t…
This year, the SNHS team won a fantastic third place in the Rotary Club’s Annual Senior Public Speaking Competition. We were up against tough competition from all six of the island’s secondary schools this year, and the standard was extremely high. Our team consisted of Olivia Read (Year 8) as chai…
Today both staff and students were delighted to 'rock their socks' to recognise World Down Syndrome Day. World Down Syndrome Day is a global awareness day observed since 2012 which encourages participants from all over the world to help raise awareness, as well as celebrate individuals with Down Sy…
Yesterday nine Year 12 and 13 students gave a presentation as part of their AQA Extended Project Qualification. Each student gave a ten minute presentation that outlined their choice of topic, how they went about conducting their research, the conclusions that they reached and also their reflection…
On Thursday we were delighted to welcome Debbie and Clare, from Search and Select, to school as part of our Sixth Form Employability and Pathways Programme. Year 13 students, who are looking to enter employment rather than embark on higher education, were able to book one to one appointments for CV…
The Upper School Unit have created a crisp recycling box which has been in the canteen for the last few weeks. The students have emptied and counted out the packets each day and have now reached 400. Sandy Moore, from the Manx Hedgehog Conservation Society, visited school this afternoon to collect…