Ellie Mae Kerr (Year 9), and her horse Jokin Joe, competed at the Equine Awards last weekend not only winning her class but also qualifying for the finals in September. Well Done Ellie Mae.

Ms Miniss, our Special Educational Needs Co-Ordinator, has been selected for a Special Award at the Families First Awards on the 8th of June. We rejoice with her in this recognition of her dedication.

Tomorrow we celebrate 60 years of Ballyclare Secondary School. You can browse the programme below to see the fabulous auction items and ballot prizes. Please remember to bring cash on the evening as card facilities are not available. Auction items can be paid for by bank transfer. We are so looking forward to celebrating with all our guests.

We are very excited to share that we have been nominated in the Families First Education Awards for Secondary, Grammar and Colleges.

You can support the school by following the link below and giving us your vote! Awards are made on 8th June!

https://www.familiesfirstfinalists.com/secondarygrammarcollegeawards24

Last week we were glad to welcome representatives from the Abbey Centre and Staff Nursing Care Ltd in to school. This was under the Lifesaving Skills Schools Initiative: an Abbey Centre funded training morning. 14 pupils across various year groups and 2 of our teaching staff, Mrs Williams and Miss Bishop, volunteered to take part.

This informative and practical course covered the key elements of assessing a casualty, how to recognise common causes of emergency and the procedures for dealing with them, including choking and the use of Epi-pens. Pupils also had the opportunity to learn how to perform CPR effectively, and training on the use of an AED.

We are very grateful for the instruction from nurse trainer, Maria McCreight, and to David McClurg who helped to organise the opportunity.

Thanks to the Abbey Centre for presenting gift vouchers to the pupils and also a gift of £100 to the school to go towards first aid supplies.

We celebrate with and offer congratulations to BSS pupils Jasmine G, Asha C, Lucy B, and Jessica I on their highly successful dance season with JMDA.

The girls have participated in numerous dance festivals including Relevé, Dance Lisburn, and NICMAC, earning many medals across various dance genres such as Modern, Jazz and Lyrical, among others!

We are also thrilled to announce that Jasmine G has been chosen to join the Elite Team NI for Dance Excellence 2025 in Los Angeles.

Well done, girls! We are very proud of you!

Please find below our Weekly Communication Bulletin for Parents and Carers along with other important documents which have been sent out to you via Sims App.

At BSS, our pupils learn and grow in many different ways both in school and at home. One of our Year 8 pupils, Daisy Patterson, developed her skills in Animal Handling competing at Balmoral Show 2024. Daisy was placed 3rd in the Goat Young Handler class.