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News from Belfast High School Issue 17

April 2012

Friends of Belfast High School

Plant Sale

Saturday 12 May

10.00 am - 12.00 pm

Friends of BHS

The Friends held their annual

table quiz on Wednesday 8

February. Congratulations to

the winning team, ‘The

Portstewart Stranders’ and

the winning pupil team.

Special thanks to Mr Tony

Rice of Citybeat Radio our

quizmaster for the evening

and our team of markers,

Rachael, Leah, Jonathan and

Michael.

Golf Success

Congratulations to

Jessica Boal who won

the Irish Schools’

Senior District

Championships at Roy-

al Co Down on Friday

9 March with a gross

score of 28 points.

Netball Success

Congratulations to our Year 8 netball team who

won their league.

Swimming News

Congratulations to our Year 9 girls who completed

their Bronze, Silver and Gold (Darcey Wilson)

ASA Swim Challenge Awards.

Classics News

Congratulations to Patricia Allen

and Abby Wilson who received

awards for their entries in the

Jowett Sendelar Essay

Competition organised by

Oxford University. Patricia

received a High Commended

Award and Abby received a

Merit.

Open Nights 2012

Music News

Congratulations to Elvira

Schmidt who won the Cartmill

Cup for the Girls’ U19 Solo at

the recent Mossgrove Youth

Music Festival and Jill McManus

on her re-selection for the Ulster

Youth Choir.

Staff News

Congratulations to Mr

Bleakley and Mrs Fowles

who have successfully

completed their RTU

Leadership Pathways

Qualification.

Spring Concert

Soloists

A report on our

Annual Spring

Concert is inside.

Sharing Education Programme

Year 9 pupils from Belfast High School, Dominican College and Hazelwood Integrated

College took part in a Maths Money Challenge during February. This workshop was held

in Dominican College and was part of a series of events for The Sharing Education

Programme which promotes collaboration and sharing between schools across NI. The

pupils will use Mahoodle, the Virtual Learning Environment, to review their work and to

foster collaboration and communication between their schools. Arts Society of Ulster

Congratulations to Joel McGrath who was awarded first prize by the

Arts Society of Ulster for his work which had been included in the

CCEA True Colours Art Exhibition. Each year the ASU visit the

exhibition and award a first and second prize. Joel was presented with

a certificate and £100. His work will also be shown at the Arts Society

of Ulster Exhibition in April. Another piece of Joel’s work has been

awarded a Merit Prize in the annual Texaco Art Competition.

Roadsafe Roadshow

Belfast High School recently hosted the PSNI/Cool FM Road Safety Roadshow, giving

our Sixth Form pupils and pupils from local schools the opportunity to experience this hard

-hitting, award-winning show. The show uses actors, real life members of the

emergency services and victims of car accidents to tell the story of a young 17 year

old driver and the horrific crash that ended with their permanent disability and the death

of a passenger. The Roadshow allowed students to see the dangers of being under the

influence while driving, and made them aware that every action has a consequence while

they are out on the roads of Northern Ireland.

Medallion XV

In their final match of the 2011-12 season, the Medallion XV hosted a touring team from Hugh

McRoberts School, Canada on Monday 19 March. The match was followed by lunch and

presentations. Thank you to all parents involved in hosting the boys, providing and serving lunch

and supporting the team throughout the year.

Intermediate Maths Challenge

Congratulations to all pupils who achieved Bronze,

Silver and Gold Awards. Special congratulations to

the Gold Award winners - Kristian Bell, Matthew

Kingston and Rebecca Lucas.

Sailing News

Congratulations to Andrew Penney

one of only 5 sailors from NI selected

to represent Ireland at the Laser

National Youth Squad Academy in

England.

Spring Concert

Our annual Spring Concert was a great success highlighting the wide range of musical

talent among the pupils of the school. The concert featured large ensemble performance in

the forms of school orchestra, band, junior and senior choirs. There were also wonderful

individual and small group performances, especially ‘Entr’acte’ the flute and guitar duet

featuring Clara Chivers and Anselm McDonnell and Jacqui Barnes’ cello solo (Bach’s

Prelude from Cello Suite No 1). The tuba solo by Andrew Barkley was as impressive as

the Rock Group’s ‘Supermassive Black Hole’ was loud. Andrew Beckinsale premiered his

own composition ‘Antimatter’ on piano and the Big Band presented a beautifully sultry

rendition of ‘Malaguena’ by Lecuona. The Senior Choir rounded off a hugely successful

evening with a tear-jerking medley from ‘Les Miserables’.