Science week
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Students from Years 7, 8, and 9 took part in a variety of activities during Science Week last week! Students were praised by science staff for their high levels of engagement and excellent attitude to learning. All activities were linked to the theme TIME. There is still time for students to enter…

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Year 8 Football
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The year 8 girls played in an inter-school football tournament on Monday. They won 1, lost 2, and drew 2 resulting in 4th place overall. Great achievement from a team who were playing together for the first time, showed great support for each other and never gave up!

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Year 12 Academic Review Day
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Dear Parent or Carer, We would like to invite you to our Year 12 Academic Review Day on Wednesday 27th March 2024. The event will be held in the school’s Sixth Form Centre between the hours of 8am and 7pm. The day will provide you with the opportunity to meet with your son/daughter’s Form Tutor to…

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Sarah Maltby visits Global Perspectives
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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…

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International Women's Day
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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…

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6th Manx Youth Bard
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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!

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Year 9 Football
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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!

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Talking in the Dark Podcast #33
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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…

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World Book Day
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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…

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