The range of activities provided by the Business Studies and Economics Department in 2014-15 includes:
A Year 8 class participated in an Invest NI Competition namely StepnZone which aimed to introduce and embed ICT and entrepreneurial skills. They attended a morning event at the Tullyglass House Hotel, whereby the class were divided into groups and set tasks to complete.
A group of Year 13 Economics students participated in the QUB University Investment Challenge – an investment challenge organised by the QUB Management School. The students were given a task to increase in value a fictional investment portfolio by purchasing or selling stocks and shares in response to stimulus data and events. This event gave them a great insight into the world of Finance.
Year 11 formed a mini company and decided to sell ‘quarter zips’ to the school community. £400 was given to their chosen charity – Cathy ar gcara.
The Year 13 Young Enterprise group met every Tuesday and organised themselves very efficiently. They sold various goods to the school community. Their products included a school jersey, Mullins ice cream at the school musical, and the organisation of the Year 14 leaver’s hoodies. They raised a total of £1,500 which they donated to Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice
Year 14 Applied Business students visited the Central Library.
Year 11/12 Business Studies visited the Tayto factory in Tandragee.
Year 14 Business Studies industrial visit to the Wright Group, Ballymena.
Chemistry Department achievements in 2014-15 include:
A group of Upper Sixth students were successful in the Cambridge Challenge Competition which took place in school on Friday 20 June 2015. Emma McKay, Roshan O’Donnell and Conor O’Kane were awarded the Silver Award, Leonie Devlin received the Copper Award and Keeva Madden was highly commended.
Bronagh McGuckin was presented with an award by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for being the top female candidate in A-Level Chemistry in N Ireland in the summer 2014 series. The presentation of this award took place in the Stormont Hotel, Belfast.
Year 14 students Emma McKay, Roshan O’Donnell and Calum McClenaghan were awarded Silver Certificates in the British Chemistry Olympiad Competition and Leonie Devlin and Keeva Maddenachieved a Bronze award.
The Department was successful in accessing funding of £200 from the RSC for the Science Club.
Barry McErlean, Year 10, was ranked in twelfth place in the UK (out of 3,729) in the online Chemical Reaction Challenge Competition. Cate Bateson and Caoimhe Mullan achieved 84th place 435th respectively.
The range of activities provided by the Chemistry Department in 2014-15 includes:
A group of Year 12 students attended The Chemistry at Work Exhibition took place in Queen’s University, Belfast
Year 13 students Orla Mallon, Bronagh Harkin, Katie McGurk and Megan McGlone completed a newsletter article entitled ‘Crystallography’ for the institute of Ireland Essay competition.
