Yr 14 Miss Lowry
Welcome to the Year 14 page. Scroll down to see some of the things we’ve been up to this week!
23/04: we had an amazing day using public transport to get to the Botanic Gardens in Belfast. We had chance to look at some of the exhibits at the Ulster Museum too. Great work planning your journey and navigating the big city Year 14!
Some pics from our week begining 15/04/2024. Well done everyone!
We welcomed Mrs Adger back to school this week - it's great to have her back with us! This week Miss Lowry and Mrs Adger were unbelievably proud of the Year 14 class for planning an INDEPENDENT Travel Training trip to Bloomfield Shopping Centre! Pupils had to work out their time schedule, and shop around for the best bargains to purchase items from the shopping list! Well done everyone for trying something new and showing such confidence in public!
The last week of term before our Easter holidays and we were treated to an amazing meal at Pier 36! What a fabulous way to celebrate Easter/ 18th birthdays and Mr Murray’s last week before he leaves to go to Vietnam! Yum!
We went to visit Rutledge in Bangor to see what they have to offer for our leavers. It was a great day! Lisa showed us around the building and we got to meet some of the staff and students!
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you!!!
WB 19/02: we gave presentations as part of our Communications coursework. We worked hard on our placements, and giving The Hive a spruce up!
It was another week of "firsts" in Travel Training, with our first time on a train! What a great day! Well done everyone - great communication buying bus and train tickets!
What a great day out! Our first ever travel training session to Belfast, using a familiar mode of transport. We did some sight seeing and made time to check out a few favourite spots before having lunch and heading home. Great work practicing independent life skills everyone!
Check out these amazing shakers we have made for Primary pupils using recycled materials! I’m sure they will be very pleased with their musical crafty gifts from us!
We used our Y Link cards to travel on the bus to Bloomfield Shopping Centre. Great communication everyone!
Our first week back saw us take on a "new year new me" challenge! Pedestrian travel training following the green cross code and road safety rules! Sausage rolls to celebrate reaching the finish line of our big walk!
Wb 4/12: check out our contribution to the Christmas Tree Display in Donaghadee... great job Key Stage 5!
Wb 27/11: We went around town to invite local businesses to our community performance of Peter Pan! Very cold day, but really nice to chat with the public and get excited for our show!
W/B 20/11: everyone has been so busy with Pantomime preparation, but don’t worry... we still had time to celebrate Megan’s big day!
W/b 20/11: and here is our DonaghaDEER In Bloom all finished! Well done everyone! Remember to look out for him at Bloomfield Shopping Centre!
Wb 13/11: we've all been super busy with pantomime prep this week - whether it be in the art group, ICT team, on stage, or dancing! In and amongst rehearsal time, we have the challenge of decorating this lovely reindeer!! Look out for KHS's reindeer at Bloomfield Shopping Centre in December (here is a 'before' pic... Just wait until you see his transformation!)
Wb 6/11: we learned about Remembrance Sunday and visited the war memorial in Donaghadee. Panto season has well and truly started and several pupils took part in auditions - ready to get going next week with rehearsals! Oh yes we are!
Can you believe it is already the final week of term one?! To get into the Halloween spirit, year 14 looked at other uses for pumpkins... they aren’t just for carving! We cooked and ate pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin cake. We even made our own marshmallow fondant icing.... Of course made to look like A PUMPKIN! yum! Happy Halloween everyone!
A few photos from Clandeboye Lodge Hotel, at the awards ceremony for Britain In Bloom. Well done year 14 (represented by T and G) for all of your hard work over the last year which led us to being awarded "Best School Project"!
10th October: a very creative start to the week, with our Design House Cup Challenge, followed by HE cooking skills! Yum!
Wb 9/10: as well as celebrating World Mental Health Day (see video below), we also celebrated Jessica’s big 18th Birthday! We did travel training this week to Newtownards SERC, in readiness for next weeks option morning!
W/b 02/10: can you believe it is October already?! It was Grace’s week for travel training and she led us very well around different parts of Bangor! Daniel the horse came to visit and we emailed him as he set off on his holidays.... Let’s hope he stays in touch!
Check out our autumn/ Halloween themed ceramic plate art!
25/09: Travel training took us to Newtownards this week to learn about connecting busses! Thankfully Storm Agnes didn’t blow us away! We had a talk from Volunteer NI to teach us all about opportunities moving forward.
Wb 18/09: another fantastic week, including travel training using three different bus routes! We had our first session with Orchardville and also did some lovely plate painting in art!
Wb 11/09: another busy week, with our first public travel training sessions using our Y Link cards, first day at work experience, and first session at the gym! Well done everyone for giving 100% and making great first impressions!
A few photos from our first week of year 14... some teamwork games, birthday celebrations, and even a trip to Belfast! What a great start to the year! Scroll down to see some of the action from Hollywood Bowl!
Team building at bowling! Well done everyone!
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