Our pupils continue to learn outside the classroom and we take great pleasure in sharing the following Junior School pupils:

- Molly Keys (Year 10) travelled to London to compete in the CRDM Kent Championships. Molly is now age 13 Kent Open Champion.

- Ruby Robinson (Year 9) represented Gleno Young Farmers Club competing in their Floral Art Competition at Ballymena Academy on 15th October. In a very large competitive class Ruby was placed 2nd in her age group (12-14) in her first ever Floral Art competition. The theme was 'Into the wild'.

Congratulations to both pupils in their artistic endeavours. Well Done!

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U14 game against Integrated College Glengormley, BSS won 62-19.

In a tighter game than the scoreline suggests Ballyclare started slowly and fell behind early in the game to a try from a strong carry from the IC Glengormley No. 8. Ballyclare recovered to score a couple of converted tries from out half Danny Smith and follow up scores from Alex Janiszewski and Zac Minford which put us ahead 26-12 at halftime. Ballyclare managed to pull away a bit in the second half with more tries from Zac Minford, Alexander Janiszewski x2, Danny Smith, Mark Magee and Harry Scott leading to a final score of 62-19 to Ballyclare. It was an encouraging start to the league section for the team but with plenty to work on ahead of the next fixture.

Ballyclare Try scorers: D. Smith x3; A. Janiszewski x3; Z. Minford x2; M. Magee; H. Scott

Conversions; Z. Minford x 6

On European Day of Languages we celebrated different languages, cultures and togetherness. The modern languages department had a big quiz to answer 10 questions about a major event that brought us all together, this year, The Olympic and Paralympic Games. The questions were to see what we could remember from these games and what we know about France. All correct entries were collated and an overall winner was drawn from the correct entries. Connor Graham 8B is our winner of an Amazon voucher. Well done Connor.

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This week our Kit Car team, Forget Fossil, represented Greenpower Education Trust at the School Summit NI held at the Eikon Centre. Ballyclare Secondary School were the only school attending as Exhibitors alongside multinational companies including Thales, McLaughlin & Harvey, Pilgrim Foods, Fujitsu and many others. The pupils on the team had the opportunity to showcase their knowledge and experience alongside developing presentation and marketing skills, often to their own peers. Another week in the life of Ballyclare Secondary School!

Our pupils continue to learn outside the classroom and we take great pleasure in sharing the following senior pupils:

Samuel Logan competed at the Portrush beach race for the first time and was the youngest rider taking part. He was racing in the Expert / Semi-Expert adult class achieving 4th overall in the class on his Tayracing TM125.

Abi Caldwell recently achieved a distinction in her Grade 6 Speech and Drama Exam with the LCME Board.

Luke Agnew came runner up in the Motorsport Ireland Championship in the IAME junior x30 class. Competing with grids of up to and in excess of 30 competitors. He will now move up into the senior class of karts in 2025.

A significant sporting milestone has been reached by two BSS pupils, Michael Armour and Cai Collins, who have been selected to join the Northern Ireland U15 Futsal squad where only the most promising players are selected to participate. Congratulations Cai and Michael!

Congratulations to former pupil Rhys McGarry who started for Linfield last night in their County Antrim Shield Quarter Final against Crusaders. Well done Rhys!