This summer, some of our current and former students had the extraordinary honour of representing our island at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in Brittany, France, one of the most prestigious cultural festivals in the world celebrating Celtic heritage. Their participation was not only a rema…
Every year on the 26th September, schools celebrate the European Day of languages as a way of promoting language learning, raising awareness and of course, sharing our love of learning languages! This year, the MFL at SNHS department celebrated in various ways, we looked at flags of different Europ…
Last week the Year 13 A Level English Language students were lucky enough to receive a visit from crime writer MJ Arlidge who was visiting the island as part of the island’s Manx Litfest event. Matt talked to the students about his exciting career which entailed writing scripts for television and a…
It was a tough start to the season out west for the Year 9 girls! Our girls conceded a couple of goals early on in the game which put us on the back foot, but as the game progressed the girls started to grow in confidence and believe in themselves more. It was a big learning curve today against an…
The Year 9s had a great afternoon away at QEII on Friday, with lots of boys experiencing their first school Rugby game. Both SNHS teams won convincingly, with tries spread out across the team. There were fantastic conversions from James Longden, James Creer and Daniel Cowell in windy conditions. Th…
Last Wednesday, 32 Year 7 girls took part in their first Hockey fixture for SNHS (that’s almost half of the year group)! It was great to see the girls putting into practice everything they have learnt over the last couple of weeks and it was fantastic to see some great hockey being played. Througho…
Our Year 7 boys took part in their first-ever sports fixtures representing St. Ninian’s on Wednesday afternoon, with three wins, and three brilliant games of Rugby against QEII. For many of the boys, this is a brand new sport, but the hard work they’ve put in during lessons and at extra-curricular…
Last Monday saw a thrilling first game for St. Ninian's Hockey, as the Year 8s faced QEII. The A Team were 2-0 down at half-time but with some excellent attacking play and resilience, the girls made a comeback in the second half to draw the game 2-2, with Maixa and Tallulah slotting the ball into t…
The Year 8s kicked off the Autumn Term 2025 Fixtures against QEII last week and they made a fantastic start to the season. The A team were brilliant, winning 11 tries to 3, with Captain Toby McGovern being awarded 'Player of the Match'. The B Team also managed to take the win, scoring 8 tries compa…