This morning our Year 10 Global Perspectives students had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Maltby Douglas South MHK for their Team Projects. Their projects require them to explore local issues and try to gain some primary research where possible. This morning allowed the students to get an IOM Go…
Last week, some of our Sixth Form students visited Tynwald to celebrate International Women's Day 2024. In the morning some of the girls joined in on an online session hosted by Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians with other young females across the globe to talk about modern day issues. In the aft…
Congratulations to 6th Manx Youth Bard winner, Year 8 student Nehall! Nehall beat off stiff competition by wowing the judges with his incredible poem 'The Rainbow in Black'. We are incredibly proud of you!
A fantastic performance on Friday afternoon saw the Ballakermeen Year 9 team take home the Boy’s Football Shield, against a very strong RGS team. Well done to all involved!
Year 10 student Evie created her very own podcast, 'Talking in the Dark' to raise awareness about blindness, visual impairment and disability in general, in a happy and light-hearted way. Evie was born with a condition called bilateral anopthalmia, meaning her eyes didn’t develop, and as a result E…
Students celebrated World Book Day today with a visit to the school library! The library was busy all day, with students in and out over lunchtime and break, and several English classes visiting during their lesson. At lunchtime the Fiction library was full of students trying to solve the World Boo…
The Year 8 girls travelled to Ramsey for their final Netball game of this season on Monday. We have seen an impressive turnout at practices with over 30 girls regularly representing Ballakermeen in matches. It's been lovely to watch them develop over the course of the season and they have been a cr…
The Year 7 girls played their final matches of the netball season yesterday in a netball festival with all other secondary schools involved. Netball was played at a great standard and lots of fun was had by all. Anna Maria, who plays GA, was awarded joint player of the festival. This was a decision…
We were visited today by traditional music duo Elizabeth Davidson-Blythe and (former Ballakermeen student) Daniel Quayle, who ran an interesting workshop with some of our Year 9 students all about traditional Manx music, followed by a small concert for 160 Year 7 students! Elizabeth and Daniel rele…