There will be an online meeting of the Parents, Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA) at 6.30 PM on Monday 21st March. For further details contact Mr McCready on the Senior Campus. All parents, particularly of our new Year 8 pupils will be made most welcome!

Intermediate group skiing down one of the blue slopes today. With Luke McClenaghan (Yr10) spreading the Northern Ireland culture.

We have today received fabulous news that our school is to advance in planning under the DE Major Capital Works Programme. We want to thank our local representatives for their continued lobbying on our behalf.

Just one of the ways that Carrickfergus Academy is using their Wellbeing Funding from DE. Last Friday a group of our Year 12 students started week one of a bespoke EHWB Equine Therapy project.

Our Chinese Confucius colleagues are offering a 6-week Introduction to Mandarin course. free to the general public. Lessons will be weekly via Zoom. If interested, please contact Tingting Xu (email:[email protected]).

Austria Day 5

As part of our sixth form enrichment programme, a number of our Yr 13 students have been completing an OCN qualification in peer mentoring. This afternoon they visited the Junior Campus to meet with some of our Year 9 pupils.EA Youth Service thanks for the opportunity

Congratulations to Yr13 student Ady McCord who has been selected to play for Ulster U18s against Munster.

Thanks to David Hilditch MLA for coming to speak to our Yr 13 A Level Politics class today.David Hilditch

A massive congratulations to Josh McCauley who has also been called up into the Ulster u18s club side to face Munster in Limerick on the 9th April Ulster Rugby

Our Period Dignity Team have been busy getting bathrooms stocked up with products this week. Thank you to Mrs Thacker and Mrs Gibson for their work on this. Congratulations also to the winners of our Period Dignity Logo Design Competition.

Best wishes to junior school student Ollie McCaffrey who will be taking part in the British Motocross Championships starting over Easter

you to Ms Caldwell Ms Graham for helping with organisation and particularly to Mrs McClean who took the lead in organising the formal. Also Galgorm Manor for a superb evening. To all our young people who attended, you were a credit to the School. Galgorm

Updated from the Education Authority on the impact of proposed forthcoming regional Unite industrial action and impact on Translink school bus services. See link.. eani.org.uk/industrialacti… and social media channels.

Thanks to Stewart Dickson MLA for coming in to speak with our Year 13 Politics class today.Stewart Dickson CF MLA 🇺🇦

Summer GCSE and A level External Examination Timetable summary. Please note, some BTEC examinations may take place in addition to that shown. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Education Authority announcement. The EA has been notified by Translink that their bus drivers who are members of the GMB and Unite trade unions have voted to take strike action. This will result in all Translink bus services being withdrawn from Tues 17 May to Monday 23rd May.

Pupils who use any Translink bus service for any element of their journey are likely to be impacted & parents should make other transport arrangements for these dates. Trains are not impacted.Parents should follow Translink’s social media channels to plan alternative arrangements

Well done to one of our Head Prefects Lucas on his fabulous contribution today's BBC NI news article on the impact of return to.formal examinations for young people across NI. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northe…

Well done to junior student Abbie Cunningham. On Saturday, Abbie passed her Jujitsu Black Belt grading.