The Year 7 hockey tournament took place last week and the team from SNHS finished 3rd place. The standard was extremely high and the girls played really well, losing only one match! Rewarded for their efforts, one of the SNHS girls, Macey Crellin, was voted player of the tournament. All the girls w…
Our Anti-Bullying Ambassadors have a busy week planned. They will be going into assemblies raising awareness of anti-bullying week and each lunchtime they will have a 'name the bear' competition to raise money for the Diana Trust and promote kindness. The unique aspect of this competition is that s…
On Tuesday afternoon, the Year 13 BTEC Enterprise and Entrepreneurship group visited David Wilkinson, Manager of NFU Mutual to gain knowledge about the different types of insurance and why it is important to take out insurance for different life stages and life events. Students enjoyed the afternoo…
DOUGLAS SECONDARY SCHOOLS REMEMBER FALLEN DOUGLAS SOLDIERS St Ninian’s High School art teacher Ms Miller and Ms Killen, art teacher from Ballakermeen High School, joined forces to produce 'Remembrance Art' at St Thomas’ Church in Douglas, for a Remembrance service today. During art lessons, student…
Next week is UK & IOM National Anti-bullying Week. As with other schools across the UK and the Isle of Man we will have a range of awareness raising activities and initiatives around school to promote anti-bullying, this will include an Odd-socks Day for Anti-bullying on Friday 15th November. As pa…
The cast of 'Annie Jr' put in an extra shift over half term and came into school for a day's rehearsal. They made great progress, and were joined by a new member of the cast who came for his audition. Stanley, an 11 year old Labrador, tried out for the part of Sandy and passed with flying colours.…
The Curiosity Cabinet can be found just outside the Core Skills office in Lower School. Every two weeks the item in the cabinet changes. Students are asked to look in the cabinet and 'See, think, wonder' about the item there. The students can then take a postcard, fill it in and put it into the pos…
Since September our students have been improving their vocabulary with the Core Skills ‘Word of the Week’. Each week a new word is shared with students, along with a definition and a translation into French and Spanish. Students are encouraged to use the word in any lesson, class task or homework a…
Our Year 11 Drama students spent a day in Liverpool recently where they took part in a highly stimulating workshop led by Allan Williams of The Empire Theatre. In the afternoon, they attended an extremely innovative production of a new musical called ‘Amelie’. The show featured an incredible array…