LEGE UPDATE LAGAN COL June 2007 Inside This Issue Inside this issue: Sports Day 2-5 Football & Gaelic 6-8 Young Enterprise 9 Work Experience 10 Primary 6 Visits 11 Food Fest 12 Maths Puzzle Week 13 Tomatoes & Ice 14 Sports Day Young Enterprise Cream 10GC’s Trip to W5 15 Prefect Training 16 Frames of Mind 17 Stars in Your Eyes 17 Music News 18 Weddings & 19 Farewells 20 Work Experience Primary 6 Visits Editorial Team • Mrs D. Hill (Editor) • Mr A. Harper (Reprographics) Have a great summer! Food Fest Wedding Bells & Farewells LAGAN COLLEGE UPDATE P AGE 2 Sports Day The Athletics season of 2007 included a full class programme, Inter School Competitions, District competitions and the NI Integrated Pentathlon. The pinnacle was our Sports Day held on Tuesday 12th June at the Mary’s Peter Track. Fortunately the rain stayed off for Sports Day and the thunder storms began just as the final relay of the day took place. All of the year 8 – 11 pupils were selected to take part in Sports Day either in an individual event, Relay or the 800m. The track events included the 100m, 200m, 800m and the 4X100m Relay. The field events were the Long Jump, Shot putt, Javelin and Discus. The day ended with the staff relays. This year both year 11 teams managed to beat the male and female teams. A first for the students! Lets not say the staff are getting slower, but rather that the students are being trained and coached to such a high level by the PE Department! Sports day was a great accomplishment thanks to the organisation and planning of Mrs Gough, Mr McCloskey, the House team captains and the assistance of all members of staff at the track. Mrs R McKnight Mr McCloskey gives a few tips before the race begins. LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 3 Sports Day Junior pupils enjoying Sports Day The Female Staff Relay Team The Male Staff Relay Team Sports Day organiser, Mrs Gough, and Mr McFadden LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 4 Sports Day Results Most Valuable Athlete Year Girl Boy 8 Sarah Hanna Jordan Locke 9 Ashleigh Donnan William Skillen 10 Mikaila Hepburn Andrew Mills-Neely 11 Claire Moynes Kyle Stevenson House Competition Year House 8 Ardnavalley 9 Forge 10 Shawsbridge 11 Loughview Overall Shawsbridge LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 5 Sports Day Results High Jump Results Year Girls Boys 8 Elle Rowan Cal Cleland 9 Ashleigh Donnan Richard Marshall 10 Mary McDowell (Record) Kris Cairns (Record) 11 Claire Moynes Jonathan Cousins Sports Day in action LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 6 Football Season Results Year 8 Lagan v St Colmans lost 4-7 Newtonbreda v Lagan lost 3-2 Lagan v Bangor lost 1-4 De la Salle v Lagan lost 4-0 Knockbreda v Lagan lost 3-0 Congratulations to the year 8 team who finished third in the NI Integrated Shimna Cup. Year 9 Lagan v St Colmcilles lost 2-5 Lagan v De la Salle lost 0-4 Bangor v Lagan lost 5-0 Lagan v Newtonbreda won 2-0 Congratulations to Ryan Irwin and Brian Cunningham who were selected for the North Down District team. Year 10 Knockbreda v Lagan lost 3-1 Lagan v Bangor lost 1-3 Lagan v De la Salle won 2-1 Lagan v St Colmbanus won 7-2 De la Salle v Lagan (away) lost 6-0 Lagan v Devenish won 3-1 (N.I cup) Congratulations to Aaron Neill and Aaron Pakenham who were also selected for the North Down District team. LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 7 Football Season Results Year 11 Congratulations to Jamie Cleary on his selection Newtonbreda v Lagan won 2-0 for NI Schoolboys! Lagan’s first! Also, congratulations to William Gracey and Kyle Knockbreda v Lagan won 3-1 Stevenson on being selected for the Belfast Foy- Lagan v De la Salle won1-0 le Cup Squad. North Down Cup Final Lagan 0 v De la Salle 1 Priory College v Lagan won 4-0 Lagan v Bangor Year 12 Lagan v D’dee won 4-0 Saintfield v Lagan won 5-1 Lagan v Down Academy drew 1-1 The lads lost their final 1-0 away to Down Academy! Their last ever Lagan match! Lagan v Newdrum won 5-0 St Colmbanus v Lagan (April) Knockbreda v Lagan won2-1(friendly) Sixth Year Lagan v Strabane won on penalties Lagan v Regent lost 2-0 (N.I cup) LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 8 Gaelic The Annual Integrated Schools Under 15 Gaelic Football Blitz took place at Lough Moss Leisure Centre on Friday 22nd June. Lagan College emerged victorious in a closely fought final against last years winners, Sperrin College. Congratulations to everyone in the team! Mr F McGuckin, Lagan College Coach The triumphant team, with captain, Michael Magee, holding the winners trophy. Coventry Bishop Visits the College On Wednesday 20th June Lagan College was visited by Bishop John Stroyan of Warwick. He is the new President of The Community of the Cross of Nails, based in Coventry. Lagan College has been a member of this international community of reconciliation for 5 years. Bishop John met staff informally, met with pupils and took assemblies with Years 8 - 11. It was Bishop John’s first visit to Northern Ireland and he thoroughly enjoyed his visit. Sr A Kilroy Mr Dowd, Mrs McHugh, Mr Matchett, Bishop John Stroyan , Mr McFadden, Mrs Killick and Mr McNally LAGAN COLLEGE UPDATE P AGE 9 Year 10 Young Enterprise On Monday 18th June, all Year 10 students took part in the annual Enterprise Competition. Our guest judge this year was Karen McDonnell from the East Belfast Enterprise Centre. The judges were very impressed by the standard of entries and it was nearly impossible to decide on the winners. Two teams were highly commended – “Hands for Cancer” for their excellent fundraising idea and for the large amount they have already raised; and “Picture Gallery” for their idea to put together a year book containing pictures of all the students that can be kept as a keepsake. In third place were “R.B.S.D.G” – Ryan Massey, Ben Wort, Stephen Hughes and Daniel Wallace – with their hand made bird boxes. In second place were “Big Sparks” – Andrew Johnston, James Gallen and John Crawford – with an imaginative idea for a revolutionary new type of battery using superconductivity. Taking first prize this year were “A-Play-With-Advertise” – Julia Brown, Mary Brown and Kaya Carville – with an innovative website advertising other enterprises, businesses and charity events. The website was linked to the school site and the girls had a fantastic display including a DVD they had made to present to the judges. Congratulations to all who took part, and thanks to all the form tutors for their hard work behind the scenes. Mrs Bingham. First Prize Winners, Mary Brown, Kaya Second Prize Winners, Andrew Johnston and Carville and Julia Brown James Gallen Third Prize Winners, Ben Wort, Ryan Massey, Daniel Wallace and Stephen Hughes LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 10 Year 11 Work Experience In Lagan College all pupils in Year 11 and Year 13 get involved in the Work Experience Programme. Each pupil in Year 11 got the opportunity to experience one week in a working environment from 18th – 22nd June. The main aim of work experience is to give students an insight into the world of work and to provide an opportunity for them to gain first hand information as to what particular jobs entail. It involved students taking on the role of a young worker and: Undertaking work tasks; Using and developing work and employability skills; Being involved in work processes; Experiencing work environments. Examples of just some of the placements our pupils are involved in: Media, Journalism, Law, Engineering, Teaching, Public Relations. Here are some thoughts of work experience from our pupils: “For my work placement I went to a learning disability day care centre, it was a brilliant experience and is the career I want to pursue in the future” Orla “I did my work experience in Fontana Restaurant. I really enjoyed myself and I learnt a lot about how to work in a kitchen. I used a lot of skills such as communication and team working. These skills are very important when you are working as a chef. I would like to be a chef because it is really fun and I learnt a lot about how to cook and present food. From this placement, they offered me a part time job and I am now training in the kitchen and learning more about cooking and being a chef.” Claire “For my work experience I went to a graphics design company based in Holywood. The business was called Hexagon Designs. Throughout the work experience I did a lot of design work, from creating logos to constructing compliment slips. I really loved everything in my one week’s work experience and I believe that this is the field of work in which I would like to pursue a career in. I would recommend this placement to anyone!” Matthew Many thanks to the private and public businesses providing placements for our pupils. Miss L Mullan Fiona McDonnell Matthew Gibson Claire Moynes LAGAN COLLEGE U PD ATE P AGE 11 Primary 6 Visits Over 3 days from 20th to 22nd June this year, almost 300 P6 pupils participated in our Taster Days. Pupils from 7 primary schools, Loughview, Forge, Cedar, Cranmore, Holy Rosary, St.