This week the Sixth Form Debate Club were debating the issue of the abolishment of the monarchy. Both sides made some persuasive arguments along the lines of the monarchy representing an outdated and unfair social system, against the benefits of a non political figurehead and the gains in tourism r…
The senior rugby team travelled to Manchester last weekend to play Wilmslow High School. A squad of 20 boys from Y11, 12 and 13 accompanied by three staff left the Island on Friday morning. We visited an old friend and ex-St. Ninian’s PE teacher, Matt Harvey at his school Tytherington High School.…
Today Year 12 A level Politics students were able to extend their learning beyond the classroom thanks to The Politics Project’s Digital Surgeries. SNHS students were able to chat live with Councillor Eve Holt, a member of the Greater Manchester City Council, about her role as a councillor and memb…
On Thursday we welcomed Year 6 students and parents from all our primary schools to our Lower School site for our Year 6 Welcome Evening. This very much kicks off the formal induction process and all the Year 6 students and their parents were able to look around the superb facilities and rooms we h…
The Year 10 girls who attend the ‘Knit and Natter’ group raised £135 from the sale of knitted Christmas novelties. This was donated to the Manx Gateway Drama Club. The drama group is for adults and its aim is to 'give people with learning difficulties the opportunity to discover, through drama and…
On Friday Year 10 and 11 female students were introduced to a new initiative at St. Ninian's, The Red Box Project. The Red Box Project is a charity which provides free menstrual products for young people and aims to ensure that no student misses school due to period poverty. The Red Box Project wil…
Last week Year 11 Health and Social Care students visited the Annie Gill Coffee Bar at UCM, for a coffee and slice of cake. They are working on a unit of work about communication skills in different settings, and this gave students on both sites an opportunity to show how well they can communicate…
It’s a big week for Year 11 with GCSE results in English Language, Maths and Co-ordinated Science issued on Thursday. On Tuesday 15th January students will be issued with their online logins in school. They will need to have these in order to access their results. The results will then become avail…
Well done to the staff and students who took part in our annual Santa Dash on the last Friday before Christmas in memory of PE teacher, Rob Campbell. There was a great atmosphere and everyone who took part received a commemorative medal and £573 was raised.