NEWS AND EVENTS 2021-2022
Football Success
Congratulations to our Year 10 football team on their win over Laurelhill in the Lisburn league. A very competitive game which was played in great spirit throughout.
Taekwondo U18 British Champion 2021
The Annual TAGB Taekwondo Championships took place last weekend at the Skydome in Coventry. Dylan Downey (2nd Dan Black Belt) is a member of Antrim TAGB Taekwondo club and along with other students from Northern Ireland attended the event that saw over 1200 students from across the UK competing for medals in Sparring, Patterns and Team events. Dylan took part in the Sparring event and out classed all of his opponents to be crowned British Champion 2021 in the U18 Heavyweight Division. Well done Dylan!
Prince's Trust
Thanks to QuickStart for coming in and speaking to our Year 11 and 12 Prince's Trust classes on their Enterprise Project. The pupils are going to start up a business, make a product and then sell it at the Christmas Fayre.
Netball
The Year 8 and 9 girls enjoying netball club afterschool.
Anti-Bullying Week
Last week we had the opportunity to highlight our commitment to Anti-Bullying in St Patrick’s. We held a number of special assemblies, wore odd socks and created posters to remind each other of the importance of being kind to one another. Below are the Yr 8 competition winners who designed posters on Anti-Bullying.
Children in Need Fundraiser
Students at St. Patrick's Academy took part in a closely contested 'Sweetie Jar Challenge' to raise a fantastic sum of £75.45 for 'Children in Need 2021'. Congratulations to our competition winner Cillian (Year 8). Enjoy your sweeties!
Thanks must go to those Year 11 students who organised this very enjoyable fundraising event.
Thanks must go to those Year 11 students who organised this very enjoyable fundraising event.
Online Safety Group 2021-2022
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St. Patrick's Academy has a new Online Safety Group for 2021-2022. Student membership willhelp the school to identify, understand and deal effectively with current online safety issues andkeep pupils safe. Pupils will have lots of opportunities to raise their concerns and share ideas asto how these concerns can be tackled.
The group also includes representation from the Board of Governors, the Senior Leadership Team, the Deputy Designated Teacher for Child Protection, teaching staff, ICT technical support and parents.
The newsletter can also be downloaded from here
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Sporting Success
Amazing achievement for our Yr10 Eoin who has been selected onto the Northern Ireland U14 football team
U16 Girls Gaelic Team
Our U16 Girls Gaelic team took part in an Ulster League blitz today at Kirkwoods. This was their first Gaelic match representing the school since 2019.
The girls did very well as a new and developing team. They did themselves proud - scoring goals and points throughout the tournament. They will now progress into the Shield section of the league following today’s blitz. Well done!
The girls did very well as a new and developing team. They did themselves proud - scoring goals and points throughout the tournament. They will now progress into the Shield section of the league following today’s blitz. Well done!
A letter from Mrs McCann can be seen below. The letter can also be downloaded from here.
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Boxing Success
Well done to Conor who won a silver medal for Boxing in the Ulster Championships recently.
Day of the Dead
9MCG had great fun learning about the Mexican celebration of Day Of The Dead. They put their creative skills to work making decorative sugar skulls and vibrantly coloured traditional masks.
Action Mental Health Presentation
On Friday 22nd October, we warmly welcomed a representative from Action Mental Health. Mrs Watson was presented with a cheque for £520.00. Mrs Watson praised students for fundraising and for the generous donation. As always, our Post 16 students were fantastic. Our Head Boy, Sarunas and Head Girl, Rachel, delivered the most wonderful speeches during the presentation and we are very proud of our students. During the presentation the winners of the KS3 Mental Health Competition and KS3 Poetry Competition were presented with certificates and chocolate. To close the presentation 8LC and 8DM treated everyone to a scene from Macbeth. Well done to everyone!
Halloween Cookery
Sport 4 Peace
The Peace IV, Sport Uniting Communities Team at Ulster GAA, Ulster Rugby and The Irish FA held a 'Club Sport 4 Peace' day at St Patrick's GAC, Lisburn on Wednesday 13th October. The event invited Year 8s from two local feeder schools, St Patrick's Academy & Forthill Integrated College. During the event, participants worked together to learn new skills in Gaelic Football, Rugby and Football whilst also getting the opportunity to try matches in each sport. Many of those involved where trying at least one of the sports for the first time. Thanks to St Patrick's GAC Lisburn for hosting the event.
World Mental Health Day
On our fundraiser day for Action Mental Health, we were blessed with great weather and each Year group took turns across the day to walk a special 'Purple Mile' in the school grounds to raise awareness of World Mental Health Day! Our Post 16 students and Senior Members of the Student Council volunteered to lead the Cake and Bun sale at breaktime and were true Mental Health Champions! Our Year 8 pupils generously contributed to the fundraiser by donating buns, and in return our first-year students enjoyed free sweet-treats and Action Mental Health wristbands. The fresh air, a good walk with friends and a bun... it was a perfect way to mark the first whole school event since the beginning of the pandemic. Our Year 12 students also engaged in a Mindfulness session; and for those students who have upcoming external exams in November, Mindfulness offers stress reduction techniques to support student mental health and wellbeing. £500.00 was raised for Action Mental Health! Well done to our students, and for every effort that the school community made in contributing to a great day and supporting AMH.
A special mention must go to Mrs Cavanagh on organising such a fantastic event!
#StudentLedSuccess
A special mention must go to Mrs Cavanagh on organising such a fantastic event!
#StudentLedSuccess
Education Authority Information
Young Writer's Competition
Well done to our pupils who received a certificate from the Young Writer’s competition. These pupils all completed a 100 word short story on the theme 'Unsolved' and they have been given the opportunity to have their work published. St Patrick's enters this competition annually and are very successful in having our pupils’ work published. Parents are able to purchase the book as well. We are enormously proud of all the pupils who took part.
Lisburn Cuchulainns
A report from Mr McKenna on the pupils time in London.
On Thursday 9th September 2021 seven Year 12 from our school and seven students from Forthill College set off for London to compete as the Lisburn Cuchulainns in the All Britain Competition.
Day 1:
It was an early start as the team meet up at 6am at St Patricks Lisburn GAA ground on the Kirkwoods Road. The team was transported up the International where they flew into Luton Airport. On arrival, the team travelled to the centre of London and done a bus and walking tour of the city and all its famous landmarks.
After the tour was completed the team was transported to the Cricklewood area of London to take part in a light training session. After the training the team checked into the Clayton Hotel and had an evening meal together. It was a very long day and by the evening everyone was exhausted.
Day 2:
After breakfast at the hotel the team were transported to Thorpe Park. This was a wonderful, exhilarating experience for pupils and staff alike. Some were brave enough to go on every rollercoaster in the theme park while others stuck to the ghost trains and less daunting rides. After departing the Theme Park the team were transported to Westfield Shopping Centre for dinner and some shopping.
Again, it was a long day and an early night was the order of the day with the competition the following day.
Day 3:
The team were up early to get a nutritious breakfast before setting off for the All Britain Championship at Greenwood in London.
Competing at Under 15 level, the Lisburn Cuchulainns had victories in their group over St Dympna’s Luton and Gael Londain to reach the quarter finals. A narrow one point victory in the last eight over Erin go Bragh set up a semi final clash with St Colmcilles St Albans. Unfortunately this ended in a 1-5 ( to 0-3 (3) reversal to the eventual champions.
Despite only being together for 10 weeks the Lisburn Cuchulainns represented themselves, their schools and indeed the Lisburn community with great distinction. The skills, passion and team work on display was nothing short of extraordinary.
Indeed, the players forged lasting friendships and memories that will stay long in place with the students for years to come.
The initiative was funded by The Executive Office through their Good Relations Funding Programme. A special mention must also go the staff at Ulster GAA who organised a superb trip and had the team prepared for the competition. The initiative has undoubtedly broken down barriers and built community realtions in the education sector. Many new friendships have been forged and it is hoped that many of the team members will continue their involvement in Gaelic Games.
On Thursday 9th September 2021 seven Year 12 from our school and seven students from Forthill College set off for London to compete as the Lisburn Cuchulainns in the All Britain Competition.
Day 1:
It was an early start as the team meet up at 6am at St Patricks Lisburn GAA ground on the Kirkwoods Road. The team was transported up the International where they flew into Luton Airport. On arrival, the team travelled to the centre of London and done a bus and walking tour of the city and all its famous landmarks.
After the tour was completed the team was transported to the Cricklewood area of London to take part in a light training session. After the training the team checked into the Clayton Hotel and had an evening meal together. It was a very long day and by the evening everyone was exhausted.
Day 2:
After breakfast at the hotel the team were transported to Thorpe Park. This was a wonderful, exhilarating experience for pupils and staff alike. Some were brave enough to go on every rollercoaster in the theme park while others stuck to the ghost trains and less daunting rides. After departing the Theme Park the team were transported to Westfield Shopping Centre for dinner and some shopping.
Again, it was a long day and an early night was the order of the day with the competition the following day.
Day 3:
The team were up early to get a nutritious breakfast before setting off for the All Britain Championship at Greenwood in London.
Competing at Under 15 level, the Lisburn Cuchulainns had victories in their group over St Dympna’s Luton and Gael Londain to reach the quarter finals. A narrow one point victory in the last eight over Erin go Bragh set up a semi final clash with St Colmcilles St Albans. Unfortunately this ended in a 1-5 ( to 0-3 (3) reversal to the eventual champions.
Despite only being together for 10 weeks the Lisburn Cuchulainns represented themselves, their schools and indeed the Lisburn community with great distinction. The skills, passion and team work on display was nothing short of extraordinary.
Indeed, the players forged lasting friendships and memories that will stay long in place with the students for years to come.
The initiative was funded by The Executive Office through their Good Relations Funding Programme. A special mention must also go the staff at Ulster GAA who organised a superb trip and had the team prepared for the competition. The initiative has undoubtedly broken down barriers and built community realtions in the education sector. Many new friendships have been forged and it is hoped that many of the team members will continue their involvement in Gaelic Games.
Young Enterprise
Our Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to take part in the Young Enterprise workshop called ‘Step Up’. This workshop will help pupils develop skills and positive attitudes as they make the leap from primary to post-primary school.
Breakfast Club
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Breakfast Club will commence from Monday 13th September from 8:30am-8:55am.
Only registered pupils may attend for Track and Trace purposes. If you wish for your child to attend, please email the school info account info@stpats.lisburn.ni.sch.uk or click here to access the contact us form. Please provide your child’s name and class before noon on Friday 10th September. |
