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THE ABBEYSlí na Mainistreach Volume 17 Issue 1. June 2014

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‘Outstanding’ October at the Abbey 2013 / 2014 will be long remembered for it’s many highlights. Beginning withanother outstanding set of exam results, the visit of ETI and it’s ‘Overall Outstanding’verdict on the Abbey, the packed nights of Miss Saigon, as well as the usual list oftrips, victories and heartbreak. Slí na Mainistreach reviews them all!

Abbey Way June 2014

August The Year Begins With a Terrific Set of A Level Results.

pPupils who achieved at least 3 ‘A’ grades in their A-Level examinations at the Abbey ChristianBrothers’ Grammar School, Newry are congratulated by Mr Dermot McGovern, Headmaster. Includedare Declan Garvey, Matt Kinsella, Cailum Finnegan, Cathal Murphy, Bryan Murphy, Mark Rafferty,John McKevitt and Kieran McKevitt , Peter Brady, Darren Brady, Patrick Tiernan, Tiernan Connolly,Colin Rice, Paul McCabe, Steven Connell, Gregory Wallace and Conor Hoey.Also included are Mr Mark Grogan, Upper Sixth Year Tutor, Mr Ronan Ruddy and Mr Paul O’Shea,Vice Principals.

The most significant statistic from theseresults is that more pupils at the Abbey areobtaining the top grades. Almost 50% of allresults were grade A, 76% were grades A*, Aor B and 93% grades A*-C.

Another highlight for the ‘Class of 2013’ isthat this years results have matched lastyears outstanding success, which washighlighted recently in the national media,where The Abbey Grammar was listed in thetop 30 schools, as the top boys GrammarSchool in Northern Ireland with 86% ofpupils achieving three or more A Levels atgrades A*-C.

A total of 17 pupils achieved 3 or more A’s.

Seven pupils achieved at least 4 ‘A’ grades.Declan Garvey obtained an outstanding 4 A*grades. Matt Kinsella obtained 3 A* grades,1 A grade and also an A grade at AS. CailumFinnegan and Cathal Murphy obtained 2 A*grades and 2 A grades each.

Bryan Murphy and Mark Rafferty obtained 1A* grade and 3 A grades each. KieranMcKevitt obtained 4 A grades.

Another ten pupils achieved at least 3 ‘A’grades. Peter Brady obtained 2 A* grades, anA grade and a B grade. Darren Brady obtained2 A* grades and an A grade. Patrick Tiernanobtained an A* grade and 2 A grades. TiernanConnolly and Colin Rice both obtained an A*grade, 2 A grades and an A grade at AS each.Paul McCabe also obtained an A* grade and2 A grades. Steven Connell obtained 3 Agrades and a B grade. Gregory Wallaceobtained 3 A grades and a C grade. ConorHoey and John McKevitt obtained 3 A grades.

Mr Dermot McGovern, Headmastercongratulated this exceptional group on theirresults. He indicated that virtually every boyachieved his first choice university place. Hewas also delighted with the Lower Sixthperformance in their AS examinations as theynow have the potential to outperform thisyears A-Level results next year. He paidtribute to his hard working staff, bothteaching and support staff and thanked themfor all their efforts and dedication to thewelfare of their students. He alsoacknowledged the strong school-parentallinks that helped the boys to achieve theirbest.

The Abbey ChristianBrothers’ Grammar School,Newry is celebrating yetanother exceptional set of A-Level results.

pMr Dermot McGovern, Headmaster congratulates pupils who achieved at least 4 ‘A’ grades in theirA-Level examinations at the Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry. Included are DeclanGarvey, Matt Kinsella, Cailum Finnegan, Cathal Murphy, Bryan Murphy, Mark Rafferty and KieranMcKevitt .Also included are Mr Mark Grogan, Upper Sixth Year Tutor, Mr Ronan Ruddy and Mr Paul O’Shea,Vice Principals

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Mr Mc Govern, Headmaster, congratulates Aidan Donnelly on representing Ireland in September’s European Kick boxing

Finals in Poland.

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Quizzes September

In late September, a group of six staff and forty seven students took the relativelyshort flight to Paris, France, for a spectacular school trip. Organise by Vice Principal,Mr R Ruddy, the group spent four action packed day and three nights in the Frenchcapital. Among the many highlights, the group were treated to a bus tour of thecity, and a cruise along the famous Seine. Undoubtedly though for all the sportsfans the highlight of the trip was the visit to the Stade de France, the scene ofIreland’s Six Nations heroics earlier this year and also the place when Thierry Henryscored a carbon copy of Barry Breen’s fisted goal in the 1991 All-Ireland Final, toknock Ireland out of the 2010 South African World Cup. The trip was rounded offwith a day at Parc Asterix, where the boys, and staff, enjoyed the amusementsand ‘white-knuckle’ rides.

September Ends on the Champs Elysees

pBrendan O’Shea and Garrett Canavan Go4SET projectY10 pupils Brendan O’Shea and Garrett Canavan at the Big Bang @Ballymena. The boys designed and built a model of a football stadiumwhich they produced using a 3D printer.

‘Outstanding’ OctoberOctober

ETI’s team of Inspectors visit the Abbey for a week andconclude that overall the Abbey CBS is an ‘Outstanding’school, while the cast of Miss Siagon deliver a schoolshow to rival any of the magnificent shows produced inrecent years. These pictures from the show say it all!

What they said about our pupils:

The pupils develop an excellent range of personal,social skills and dispositions as a result of the high

quality teaching, care and guidance provided by the staff.The pupils are self-confident, open-minded, empathetic,responsible and exceptionally well prepared to contributemeaningfully to their community and to move to the nextstage of their education. The pupils are very welcoming,confident and courteous; their behaviour both in andout of class is exemplary.

What they said about our staff:

The excellent results reflect the high expectations ofstaff and the pupils’ very positive attitude to learning.

The teachers plan very effectively for learning and haveexcellent subject knowledge. Working relationships areexcellent at all levels and the staff are highly committed to the care and well-being of the pupils. There is a culture of open communication and professionalrespect among staff.

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What more could youask for in a month?

October

What they said about what we provide:

The excellent careers provision is flexible, proactiveand responsive to the individual needs, interests and

aspirations of the pupils. Regular and effective monitoringof the provision ensures the pupils have access to up-to-dateinformation and can make informed decisions in relation tosubject choices and long-term careers goals. There is anexcellent range of extra-curricular activities that enrichesthe educational and social experiences of most pupils.

What they said about how we care:

The whole-school approach to the holistic development of the pupils is reflected in the learner-

centred provision for careers, special educational needs andpastoral care, which complements and enhances the pupils’learning across the curriculum. The pupils who requireadditional support with their learning are integrated welland involved fully in all aspects of school life. The highquality pastoral provision in the school is underpinned bymutual respect and pride in the school; a key strengthis its close integration with teaching and learning.

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November

Page 5 June January 2014 Members of the Abbey Junior Choir pictured at the Christmas Concert.

First Years Visit Croke Park

As part of the Abbey InductionProgrammes, spearheaded bythe Head of Year Eight, Mrs AElmore, the entire year eightgroup, their form teachers,and, for the first time,members of the StudentCouncil, all visited Croke Park,Dublin. The trip gave the newpupils a chance to really get toknow their new classmatesand get a view of the stadiumnot seen from the stands onmatch day.

Pupils who participated inthe November’s Concert.

November’s Concert Hits All the Right Notes

November


Strong McCormick Cup Campaign for the Abbey

And what a start they got! Abbey took thegame to St. Colman;s from the openingexchanges and took an early lead throughtheir captain, Conor Doyle. It was longbefore the man of the match,sixth year pupil, Ryan Trainor,built on the Abbey’s lead byhitting the first of his twogoals. By the time the finalwhistle had sounded, Abbeywere comfortably ahead onthe scoreboard, by 2-12 to 0-14. Ryan Trainor had provedtoo hot for St. Colman’s tohandle and finished the gamewith a personal tally of 2-8.Next up were Enniskillen, andon a windy October day, theelements were a major factor.Aided by a strong wind theAbbey opened up a first halflead, and lead by eight pointsat half time. Under normalcircumstance, this may haveappeared unassailable, butnot so on this day. The Fermanagh schoolshowed tremendous battling qualities to win

the game by a single point, fully benefitingfrom the wind advantage. The manager, Mr JGormley, was very unhappy that the Abbeyhad surrendered such a large lead and felt

that his charges could have delivered more inthe second half. The gauntlet was laid down

for the next game against reigning Hogan Cupchampions, Maghera. At half time the Abbeyboys found themselves five points behindfacing the prospect of a play off to qualifyfor the knock out stages. Thankfully, thesecond half was a different story. Nineunanswered points by the Abbey forward linesaw them over –run the All Irelandchampions of 2013, in one of the best halvesof football played by an Abbey team in a long

time. A victory over St Pat’s,Armagh followed and set up afinal game with St.Pat’s,Cavan. A win would send theAbbey through to their firstMc Cormick Cup final, anyother result would see theBreffnimen progress. In atight, and at times ill-tempered game the Abbeyproduced an excellent displaybut could convert a fewinjury-time chances, thatwould have allowed them torecord their first victory overa strong Cavan team, at thisage group. The gamefinished in a draw and meantthat the Abbey would faceSt.Paul’s, Bessbrook, theteam that shattered their

dreams twelve months earlier in the MacRoryknock-out stages.

Often used as a yard stick for success in the MacRory Cup,Abbey began their campaign in Páirc Esler with a tie againsttheir cross-city rival St. Colman’s college.

Abbey Way June 2014

December Philip Mulryne, Soccer Seminarian

It's not every day that you get to meet an ex-Manchester United player, let alone one whois training to a Priest!

I have to be honest, I didn't really care thathe used to get paid lots of money, party withthe likes of Giggs and Beckham, and play forthe world's best team at the time. I was farmore interested in why he had given up allthese things so that he could pursue a quietlife as a Dominican Friar.

When Br. Philip Mulryne OP arrived, I wasamazed by his quiet, honest personality thatyou would never see in a million years in anyof his old teammates. We, of course, allchatted about football, but the whole classwas far more interested in what he had to sayabout religious life and the seminary life. Itwas interesting to hear how his life as abrother now brought him more peace andgenuine happiness that buying sports cars orhouses. Who knew Priests could enjoysnowball fights so much?

I think that Br Philip's visit taught us all alot about God, religion and how we hadmisunderstood a lot of teachings. His talk onthe sacrament of reconciliation was reallystriking. He gave us all a new perspectiveon things. We all hope he'll visit schoolagain.

Michael Jordan 12MC

Former Manchester United teammate of Beckhamand Giggs trains to become Catholic priest… evenbetter… he came to chat to us about it.

The Y8 and Senior STEM Club members with their Bronze CREST Awards. The Y12 andY13 Leaders also received a leadership award in recognition of their invaluablecontribution to the running of the STEM Club. Miss Houston and Dr Carey couldn’t haverun it without them!


DecemberAbbey Receive Two Colleges’ All Star Awards

Seventh Year pupils, Donnach Mc Aleenan and Conor Doylewere selected on the BT Ulster Colleges All-star team of 2014.Both players caught the eye of the selection panel over threetrail games. Doyle, from Rostrvor, was selected in the halfforward line, while this year’s Mac Rory Cup captain, DonnachMc Aleenan, was chosen at wing half back. Slí na Mainistreachwishes to congratulate both students on these highlyprestigious awards.

Sentinus Team R and D is a program designed to give students the opportunity to face and solve real-life engineering problems. Theprogram is team based, and the Abbey entered as a group of 6 students, all interested in pursuing engineering as a future degree. Wewere paired with Re-Gen, a local company which recycles a wide variety of materials. They were interested in expanding their business,and consequently needed a system which could clean incoming material so the optical sorting system could correctly separate the waste.

Working with Re-Gen we designed the product, creating a 3d scale model as well as a computer model and completed a detailed folderdescribing how we went about the process. As a group we found the project highly enjoyable, and Re-Gen are currently considering howthey could incorporate our design into their factory.

Abbey Way June 2014

January Abbey Students the Best Young Scientists in Ireland

BT Young Scientist Exhibition 2014

The Abbey Credit Union Quiz Team had anumber of pupils who represented the schoolthis year. In January the Newry Area quiztook place in St. Colman’s College with ateam of Cian Toal, Tom Comer, Caleb Quigleyand Sean Rock. Over the course of the 12rounds the Abbey Team were never belowthird place but in the final 3 rounds theymoved up to 2nd, then in the last they roundcame through as the winners.

The team then moved on to the 2nd round,unfortunately Cian and Sean were notavailable but were ably replaced by DanielMcEvoy and Ronan Lynch. The team excelledin Armagh and qualified for the All IrelandFinals at the RDS in May.

Approximately 2500 schools enter thecompetition and at the finals the Abbey Teamwere against 50 other schools who hadqualified. All the boys enjoyed their day andafter an indifferent start the Abbey foundtheir feet and moved up the leader boardafter each round eventually finishing verystrongly in eighth position.

BT broke all previousrecords with 2,000 entriesfrom all over Ireland for the2014 exhibition on its50th anniversary inJanuary.

Competing against 550 projects,year ten students, Eoin Lane andOisin McKinley, were major prizewinners taking the first prize andthe display awards in theBiological and Ecological Juniorsection. The boys carried outtheir extensive research on theexposed and sheltered rockyshores of the Northern foreshoreof Carlingford Lough. Theirproject was a study of theResource Holding Potential of theRed Beadlet anemones for spacein the most protected sites of theexposed rocky shore.

The Abbey boys found evidencethat the simple beadlet anemoneuses behavioural modificationstowards other anemones inwinter. They were able to identifythe key contributory factors thatensure the sustainability of itsspecies against the challenges oflife on the rocky shore.

The students had four intenseinterviews with the judges abouttheir research and findings. Theywere commended on their veryhigh standard of engagement andknowledge. Contenders for theoverall best group project in thecompetition the judges describedthe Abbey boys work as ‘’mostimpressive’’ and encouraged themto continue with their researchand publish their findings.

This year as part of the 50thanniversary all the past overallwinners of the competition wereguests of honour. The BiologyDepartment has had a long andsuccessful affiliation with theYoung Scientist competition. Pastpupils Donal Keane and RodgerToner were the first overallwinners from Northern Ireland in1993 and their success wasfollowed by Brian Fitzpatrick andShane Markey in 1995. In 1997Brendan Fitzpatrick was runner upfor the Best Individual award withKevin O’Reilly taking the samehonour in 2005. In 2014, Eoinand Oisin have shown they toohave holding potential amongstthe best young scientists inIreland.

First Year Quizzes


Abbey Art & Design Success February

Recently, he came into the Abbey specifically to talk to Year 11 andYear 12 students about our upcoming English module. Dr. Lennonbegan a presentation of what would be on our exam and what wewould have to write about. For the duration of the presentation,everyone in the room was scribbling down important notes to try andremember everything that Dr. Lennon was saying, which clearly showshow useful his words were!

Dr. Lennon went into detail about what type of techniques we shoulduse in our writing, how long our writing should be and how muchtime we should spend on each question.

By the end, everyone came out of the hall feeling full of newknowledge and far more confident about their English module. Wehad learnt all about the different aspects of our English exam, and a

lot about exams in general. All the hand-outs we had been givenbeforehand were covered with additional notes. The feeling of dreadI had before the presentation had decreased dramatically, and I didn’tfeel as nervous anymore.

All in all, the presentation was one of the most helpful things thatcould have been provided to us as students. I found that thepresentation allowed me to focus on what I needed to work on andwhat I needed to improve about my writing. It introduced us to theworld of exams and increased our confidence about our upcomingmodules.

When exam season comes up, we all get stressed. All thestudying and work piles up and we start to panic becauseof how much we have to do. It’s in these times that wevalue every bit of help and advice that we can get, whichwas precisely what we got from Dr. Aidan Lennon. Dr.Lennon is an expert in the subject of English, and heworks for the CCEA.

Congratulations to Jack McGuireand Caolan Magee who exhibitedtheir work at the True Coloursexhibition in the Ulster Museum,Belfast in January & February ofthis year. Jack's A2 exam projectentitled "Nice & Nasty" looked atthe negativity around bodyimage exploring this conceptthrough sketching and ceramics.

Caolan's project entitled"Derelict" culminated in thecreation of a delicate papersculpture. This exhibitionshowcases the best of GCSE, AS &A2 Art work in Northern Irelandand Jack & Caolan's inclusion inthis exhibition is a fantasticaccolade for them.

In partnership with UK City ofCulture 2013 and to coincidewith the Turner Prize being inDerry for the first time,Celebrating Young Artistsshowcases work by candidateswho took a more contemporaryapproach to their art work.Declan McCabe’s AS projectentitled “Submersion” was

included in this prestigiousexhibition in Derry.

Well done to all three Abbeypupils for their commitment andcreativity in Art & Design.

Dr Lennon’s English Presentation

GaeilgeMarch

ABAIR 2014The Irish Department have a history ofproducing excellent public speakers for Gael-Linn's ABAIR Public Speaking Competition,and 2014 was certainly no different. ThreeAbbey pupils made it through to this year’sfinal that took place in the new EducationCampus in Monaghan town. Each pupil wastasked with speaking for 3-4 minutes on atopic of their choice. All three Abbeystudents; Oisín Murphy, Ronan Lavery andAndrew McAteer did remarkably well but itwas Ronan Lavery, a Year 12 student, thattook the award. Ronan was also awarded a£275 scholarship to the Gaeltacht. Ronan’sspeech focussed on the appointment of RoyKeane as the Republic of Ireland’s soccermanager and it will published in the nextedition of ‘An tUltach’.

The competition was tough with competitorsfrom every Ulster County and Co Louth. Gael-Linn’s Abair competition has gone fromstrength to strength and pupils for EnglishSpeaking and Irish Speaking Post Primaryschools from both the Gaeltacht and theGalltacht taking part.

Ronan will now take part in the Irish /Scottish Public Speaking Finals which will beheld in September.

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Rith 2014The Irish Department rounded off the best‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’ for many years bytaking part in the National Rith Relay.Starting in Cork City, the relay ofGaeilgeoirí ran to Belfast, raisingawareness of the Irish Language along theway. The pupils of Iveagh 1, with theirteacher, Mr Gallagher, took the baton atthe Armagh- Down border and carrier itinto County Down of the final day of therelay.

Open to all 10 to 17 year olds, the competitionchallenged young people to use their creative skillsto demonstrate their involvement in activecitizenship within their local community either asan individual or as part of a group. They wereinvited to showcase their talents through a rangeof media including photography, poetry, short storyor newsletter, song or rap, arts and crafts, or shortfilm.

Justice Minister David Ford presented winners withtheir prizes at a ceremony in Parliament Buildings.He said: “Many young people make a positivecontribution within their communities but seldomget the credit they deserve. This competition gavethem the opportunity to use their artistic skills toshow the positive impact they have in today’ssociety by presenting creative ideas todemonstrate their involvement in activecitizenship.

“I was most impressed with the breadth of entrieson display. As fine ambassadors for their peergroup, it is clear that the winners of these prizeshave demonstrated both exceptional artistic talentand impressive insights into what being a goodcitizen actually means. We can learn a lot fromthem.

“I congratulate not justthe winners, but allthose who havesubmitted entries. Theyhave given usconsiderable food forthought. I thank themfor that and wish themevery success with theirfuture endeavours.”

Competition prizes weresponsored by The Co-operative Group,Harrison Photographyand Ulster Rugby. Localactor and writer, Dan Gordon, once again providedhis support to the competition. As a strongproponent of young people in the arts, Danentertained guests with his tales of working in theindustry and gave encouragement to winners tomake full use of their artistic abilities.

Chief Executive of the Youth Justice Agency PaulaJack added: “I am delighted with the record levelof support for the competition. As an Agency weare constantly seeking new ways to expand ourengagement with the local community and this has

given us the opportunity to reach a wide range ofyoung people.

“I am most encouraged by the standard of entriesand particularly by the number of schools andclubs who adopted our competition as part of aspecial project.

“My sincere thanks go to Dan Gordon and to TheCo-operative Group, Harrison Photography andUlster Rugby for helping make the competitionsuch a resounding success.”

April


In April the Abbey Senior Quiz Team competed in the NI regionalqualifiers of the Senior Schools’ Challenge Quiz, hosted in St.Colman’s College Newry. After 3 tense games, we were declaredvictors for what was the eighth consecutive year. Upon winningthis, Eoin, James, Karl and I travelled to Pearse School Cambridgefor the UK National Finals. Unfortunately in the quarterfinals wewere knocked out by Stockport Grammar. Even though we didn’twin, it was definitely an enjoyable experience. Next year we willhave only have lost 1 person from the team, so we look forward togoing one step better.

Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School success in Youth Justice Agency’s Citizenship Competition 2014

Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School, Newry had causefor celebration when a number of their pupils won prizes inthe Youth Justice Agency’s Citizenship Competition 2014.

Quizzes

Abbey Way June 2014

May Outstanding season for Abbey running

This season has seen our athletes competing and winning at the very highest level.The 3rd year cross country team took a clean sweep of all titles in Ulster, only to fallshort in the All Ireland.

3rd Year CrossCountry Team

Ardan McAvoy

Billy Campbell

Luke Forster

Lewis Cowan

Oisin McKinley

Micheal Curtis

Cathal O’Brien

James McKeveney

2nd Year CrossCountry Team

Sean Watters

Rhys Walker

Kohree Hourican

Jamie Lynch

Pearse Loughran

James McKeveney

1st Year CrossCountry Team

Sean Campbell

Sean Rock

Oran Goodman

Cathal Brennan

Danny McEvoy

Dara O’Callaghan

James Ruddy

PJ Tiernan

The first year team took theDown cross countrychampionships, with CathalBrennan and Sean Campbellbeing particularly impressive.Cathal won the Newry andMourne Race, the Down crosscountry championship and wasrunner up in the Ulster crosscountry championship race. SeanCampbell was second in theNewry and Mourne race, 3rd inthe Down Championship race andan excellent 11th in the Ulstercross country championship race.The second year team finished5th overall at the Downchampionships.

At the Down track and fieldchampionships Cathal Brennan

won the 800 metre title, withSean Campbell 3rd. BillyCampbell took an excellent 3rdin a top class junior 1500 metrerace. Oisin O'Callaghan won theDown 800 and 1500 metrestitles, narrowly missing theUlster Schools' record in both.

At the Ulster Athletics finals on18th May. Oisin O'Callaghan wascrowned 800 and 1500 metrechampion. The 1500 gold wasparticularly impressive. Oisincame from 5th place in the last300 metres to power home forthe win. He now progresses tothe All Ireland.

Cathal Brennan took gold in the1st year 800 metre race, with

Sean Campbell a very impressive6th.

In the junior 1500 metre finalBilly Campbell was piped on theline for the bronze medal. Herecorded another personal best,taking 8 seconds of his previoustime.

As this issue of Abbey Way goesto press Oisin O’Callaghan waspreparing for the All Ireland 800and 1500 metres, with BillyCampbell also lining up in theAll Ireland Schools’ Mile.

Well done to all runners whotrained and participated in theevents this year

pY9s at the IET Faraday Challenge Day

pY9 pupils Mark Hickey, Patrick O’Connor, Padhraic Gibbons, UltanO’Coigligh, Jordan Lively and James Keane at the IET Faraday STEMChallenge Day hosted by St. Colman’s.

May


STEM

Recently Michael Quinn, a gifted formerlanguages teacher who taught in the Abbey,visited our school. He spoke to the A LevelEnglish Language class about the art ofmemoir writing and read episodes from AnArmagh Childhood, Michael’s recent account ofgrowing up in Armagh in the 1940s and 1950s.Some of the pupils discussed how they hadused episodes in the text as a stimulus towrite their own memoir pieces. Michael’s bookhas had a generous reception since itspublication with some of the text beingdiscussed and serialised in local and nationalmedia. Dr. Dan McCarthy from Limerick wrote:“His spare way of writing is masterful- firstperson, present tense, not a word wasted, withlittle shocks thrown in to keep the readeralert… I was moved to tears by this book,sometimes by heartbreak and sometimes bythe humour.” None of the pupils who werethere for his visit would disagree.

Other STEM events this year have included: IET Faraday Challenge DayThe boys competed against other schools to build a rocket andworking rocket carrier. The boys worked well as a team and, as wellas successfully carrying and launching their rocket, they gave aconfident presentation about their work at the end of the day.

Year 10 students attended the Big Bang, Ballymena.Year ten pupils Ciaran McEntegart, Myles Robertson, LouisCunningham, Eoghan Donaghy, Ross Smith, Arthur Cespon, JackMcManus, Jack Fearon, Patrick McGeeney, Carl Webb, Sam Barfield,Conor McKevitt, Joshua Keenan, Peter O’Hanlon, Daniel Kieran,Micheál Linden, Garrett Canavan and Brendan O’Shea designed andbuilt a range of ‘Buildings for the Future’. They had help from Y13STEM leaders Niall Owens and Matthew McCartan and StructuralEngineer Micheál Finnegan. The boys were awarded Silver CRESTAwards for their projects.

Junior Masterchef Serves up a Treat forthe Abbey Home Economics Department

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June

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A number of Year 9students were selectedrecently to take part inthe first ever AbbeyMasterchef competition!

The students were selectedbased on their contribution toHome Economics throughoutYear 9. The boys showcased anarray of talent producingfabulous dishes including RedVelvet Cake, SeafoodTagliatelle, Cajun Chicken,Strawberry Tiramisu, ChorizoPasta and much more!

Congratulations to all the boysinvolved, their creations hadthe school enthused with alltheir culinary delights!

Farewell to the Class of 2014

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