Public Speaking Competition

The English department would like to extend their thanks to Morgan Flood, Lucy Bastable and Michael McGrade for their participation in the recent Public Speaking Competition held in the lecture theatre on Tuesday 22nd October. The team gave a very good account of themselves and all staff would like to congratulate them on their efforts. Well done!

Creative Writing by Eve McAuley INJECTIONS Injections. The word was on every person’s mind as they trudged down the empty silent corridor, the usual chatter had been replaced by a tense silence as each person dreaded what was about to happen.    Almost every person was to get the injection but that didn’t stop them from feeling absolutely terrified as they took their seats. I made sure to sit at

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Parallel Universe

Parallel Universes By Eve McAuley  Scientists now believe there may really be a parallel universe – in fact, there may be an infinite number of parallel universes, and we just happen to live in one of them. These other universes contain space, time and strange forms of exotic matter. Some of them may even contain you, in a slightly different form. Astonishingly, scientists believe that these parallel universes exist less

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                      The Oliver Blog –  September As many of you will know, this year’s school show is Oliver. In fact, you will see Frankie O’Donnell (S2), who has been given the role of Oliver, writing here too. My role here is to let everyone know what’s happening in the rehearsals each month. The first two rehearsals were held in a music room, learning some of the songs, so I won’t go

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Around the World in 80 Words – congratulations!

Congratulations to the following pupils who feature in the recently published Young Writers book “Around the World in 80 Words”: Fatima Alani Jason Archdeacon Lucy Bastable Christopher Connelly Craig Carden Gemma Harley Anushka Joglekar Ellie Lawson Thomas McCormick Gemma McDonald Emily McKelvie Marc McSorley Rhonda McTeague Ciara Mone Catriona Murphy Andrew O’Donnell Young Writers aim to encourage young people to engage in creative writing and have worked with schools, parents and young writers for

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School Magazine Club – U14 Girls’ Football Report

On the 17th September, St. Ninian’s high school’s girls’ football team played Park Mains high school in a friendly match. The girls’ football team was split into two teams, the A team and the B team, and they played against Park Mains A team and B team. Each team played very well in their games, the A team drawing 2-2 and the B team winning 9-0. Each team was great

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