Yesterday, our senior prefect team, Head of 6th Form, Miss Collins and Acting Assistant Head of 6th Form, Miss Beattie met to thank Stuart Barnett (former pupil) from Abbey Kitchens and Bathrooms for revamping our 6th Form kitchen. What an amazing job his company has done! Thank you from us all!
A big thank you also must go to our governors and 6th form parents who purchased items to kit out the kitchen area. We are very grateful.
This week we presented attendance trophies to the form classes with the best attendance across each year group for the month of September. Congratulations to 8W, 9O, 10M, 12S, 13L, 14A.
As in previous years, Ballyclare Secondary School is supporting the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal. The deadline to donate is Monday 6th November. More information on the appeal (video and checklist) is available at https://blythswood.org/shoeboxappeal/
We’re delighted to report that an amazing £932 was raised at the annual Macmillan Coffee Morning on Friday 29th September, supported by staff and sixth form pupils. It was lovely to see two past members of staff in school, Mrs Allen and Mrs Dinsmore, who always help with this special event for a very worthwhile cause.
Over the past month, all of our Year 8 classes have attended an action-packed Induction Day at Breckenhill. Some of their activities included archery, orienteering, tug of war and paintballing.
On the 28th September we held a very special assembly to celebrate the success of our Forget Fossil Kitcar Team who travelled to Aintree earlier in the month to compete in the Greenpower Educational Trust regional heat. It was previously reported that our team came 4th overall, however, we were delighted when the race officials contacted us to say that the team were in fact placed 3rd so earned a spot on the podium! Very well done to the team!
Congratulations to Luke Agnew (10M) who just completed the Motorsport Ireland championship, where he was placed 2nd! This has gained him a place at the World Finals in Portugal, which take place in October. This is a massive achievement as he competed against a grid of 29 karts over 9 races throughout the year at various tracks in Ireland. Well done Luke!
The BFFS (Ballyclare Friends and Family Society) at Ballyclare Secondary School are delighted to host our first Autumn Fair. Come along with friends and family to help judge our house pumpkin carving competition, catch up over a cup of tea and treat, sample some delicious street food, perhaps get a beauty treatment, shop to your heart’s content amongst our variety of stall holders, as well as be in with a chance to win our fabulous raffle prize.
Entrance Prices:
Adult Ticket: £2
Child Ticket: £1
Try out your pumpkin craving skills for Halloween by entering our House competition. All the details are below.
