This we we were pleased to welcome in Gill Young and her dog, Rima from Paws for Therapy into school this week. Paws for Therapy is a charity which arranges for registered and assessed animals to carry out therapeutic visits to hospices, nursing, residential and care homes, day care centres, specia…
Today our Year 11 students were delighted to hand over a cheque for £458.00 to Paul Healy and Matthew Palmer from Craig's Heartstrong Foundation. This is always a popular charity with our students as they provide such an important service. The focus of Craig’s Heartstrong Foundation is to raise the…
You guessed it—another early start, with breakfast at 7:30am and a few more bleary eyes than yesterday. By now, the toaster and coffee machine are our closest allies. We hopped onto the coach for an 8:45am departure, and for many, the journey was the perfect excuse to catch a few extra winks. Our f…
Day Two began with a familiar sight: tired eyes and quiet yawns as we made our way to breakfast for 7:30am. Yes, it turns out that time does exist—and yes, it’s still a bit too early for most. With coffee (and bagels) in hand, we prepped for the day ahead with a talk from Edge Hill on ‘Why Higher E…
Earlier this week we were please to present a cheque to Dr Rachel Jarvis Martin, the Education Officer for the Manx Wildlife Trust, which was the charity chosen by the the Sixth Form this year. Last September, Beth Penhallurick, the previous Manx Wildlife Trust's Education Officer, gave an informat…
It has been an exciting week for Year 11, who had their end of year celebration assembly this week. Mrs Smart was able to congratulate students on their many achievements over the Summer Term and award subject certificates, Prefect nominated awards and Head of Year awards for achievement, excellenc…
St. Ninian's students had a very enjoyable morning at Junior Tynwald. Our students asked a range of questions, but also kept the attending MHK’s on their toes with their supplementary questions. Special mention to Conall Molloy who won this year’s outstanding participant award!
We kicked off our university visit bright and very early, gathering at the Sea Terminal at 7:15am—an hour that some of our students didn’t realise actually existed. There were a few bleary eyes, several half-awake conversations, and at least one student trying to eat breakfast while still wearing t…
This Friday will be a 'Glad Rags' non-uniform day. Money raised through Glad Rags Days throughout the year supports our student rewards and the epraise charity fund. The epraise charity fund is allocated according to the number of epraise points students choose to 'give' to each of the nominated ch…