Please find below our Weekly Communication Bulletin for Parents and Carers, and other important information, which has been sent out to you via Sims App.

Miss Bishop's Prince's Trust class are completing the "Money Management" unit. On Tuesday 24th September, they focused on Budgeting; learning the importance of budgeting and the difference between credits and debits.

Pupils were able to put their knowledge into action, through completing the Barclay's Life Skills Budgeting Game. With a small budget of £965, each team worked together to see how many months they could make this money last for.

All teams managed to make their £965 stretch to at least three months before running out, with the use of money saving techniques and "lifeline" cards.

One team even managed to gain money along the way, meaning they ended the game with more money than what they started with! Congratulations to our winning team, assisted by Mrs Morrison and Miss Thompson.

CAFRE are holding an Open Week from Tuesday 8th to Saturday 12th October where pupils can learn about what its like to study at Northern Ireland’s specialist agri-food and land-based college. Discover course opportunities leading to sustainable careers in agri-food and land-based businesses.

The course guide will be distributed on Friday along with our 'In Touch' weekly communication.

Three of our Year 8 rugby players got to play at the half time exhibition match for the U12 Ballyclare Rugby team at Ulster Rugby's Kingspan stadium on Saturday night. Finlay, Connor and Owen all played under the stadium lights with Finlay managing to come away with a try! Well done boys…the future of rugby is bright! Ballyclare Rugby Club.

We were delighted that our pipers and drummers had the opportunity to play during our Prefect assemblies on the week beginning 9th September doing a great job of setting the tone for the occasion. This was the first performance for our drummers on our two new Andante Drums which were purchased through funding received by the Friends of the EA. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them for providing this funding as it will allow this ensemble to continue to grow from strength to strength.

Please find below our Weekly Communication Bulletin for Parents and Carers, and other important information, which has been sent out to you via Sims App.

Congratulations to the Under 16 Rugby team who performed very well yesterday at the Ulster Rugby Northern High Schools Sevens tournament winning 3 out of their 4 fixtures. Well done boys!

The BSS Kit Car team, Forget Fossil, broke several records during their Greenpower F24 Heat at Aintree (on the outskirts of Liverpool) when they were placed first in both of their two races and crowned champions overall in the F24 Kit Car class. The team showed total dedication throughout the gusting wind and driving rain during the course of the day to become victorious. They defeated the previous champion not only once, but twice on the same day with the final race being a much closer competition. They also won Best Presented Team on the day wearing their schools colours and kit with pride! As we enter the 10th year of Greenpower F24 in Ballyclare Secondary School the future is looking bright with many of our previous team members working or studying in related fields. This opportunity for the pupils would have been almost impossible without the support of our local sponsors and partners to which we owe so much. @wilsonhandcrafts @ VJHarkness Dennison Commercials Used Cars NI Woodside Logistics Group Marcon Fit-Out Houstons Coachworks Ltd

The year 8 hockey girls got off to a great start yesterday by training in the sun! We hope they enjoy the hockey journey through BSS. #BuildingSuccessStories