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  • Our specialisation in modern European languages, with all students studying two languages from French, German, Irish and Spanish;
  • our Connecting Classrooms link with Chile;
  • our extra-curricular Russian classes;
  • our ab initio Italian course in sixth form
  • our successes in Mathématiques Sans Frontières;
  • our twin school arrangement with: Germany; France; spain; Sweden; Holland; Chile.
  • our involvement with the Swedish team during the Special Olympics;
  • our success in winning scholarships to take our students to the Gaeltacht;
  • our European Studies links with Poland, Wales and Holland;
  • our video-conferencing link with St Mary’s School for the Deaf in Dublin;
  • our success in winning an international poetry prize through the Collodi Foundation in Italy;
  • our links with the Muslim community through the Belfast Mosque and student links with Palestine, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt;
  • our contribution to development in Burundi through the Christian Aid 'Recycle a Goat Scheme';
  • our support for the Jubilee 2000 campaign on world debt: 'Break the chains of debt';
  • our 'Spread the Suffering' campaign to raise money to pay the exam fees of AIDS orphans;
  • provision of native language Bibles for our students from other countries: Latvian; Lithuania; Iceland; France; Spain and Germany;
  • our well-established Amnesty International group which has worked on international anti-death penalty and firearms campaigns and has adopted prisoners of conscience in Tibet and Mexico;
  • our annual whole-school languages day, featuring teaching through French, Irish, German, Spanish, Russian and Cantonese;
  • Jewish, Muslim and Bahá’í input into our assemblies.
 Latest News
Doctor Who?
Created by Ellen McVea in 9/4/2010 10:47:54 PM

Well?  Read the OldScholars blog to see! Read More..


Wonderful Staff to Match
Created by Ellen McVea in 9/4/2010 3:13:38 PM

Three of our wonderful staff have just successfully graduated from their Diploma in Management., af... Read More..


Who is S/he?
Created by Ellen McVea in 9/4/2010 12:56:33 AM

Look up the EcoBlog to solve the mystery of the Shimna Youth Ranger on the Active Lifestyles progra... Read More..


A Wardens' Scholarship
Created by Ellen McVea in 8/24/2010 8:59:26 PM

And the winner is ... Niomi O'Rourke, who has been awarded a Warden's Scholarship to Goldsmith's Co... Read More..


Jeannine's Extra Treat
Created by Ellen McVea in 8/23/2010 11:43:21 PM

Jeannine's well earned extra treat is the scholarship money she earned herself for the excellent sc... Read More..


Two Very Special Results
Created by Ellen McVea in 8/23/2010 11:38:55 PM

Special mention for Meadbh Ni Hir and her grade A in Irish A level and for Aritz Sterne and his A* ... Read More..


Fantastic Results
Created by Ellen McVea in 8/23/2010 11:33:53 PM

Our Year 14s have covered themselves in glory.  First of all Orla made the grades for her place in ... Read More..


Are you Ready?
Created by Ellen McVea in 8/2/2010 5:00:48 PM

Avert your eyes if you aren't ready to read this.  Starting dates for the new term are available in... Read More..


Enraged by BP?
Created by Ellen McVea in 7/16/2010 3:25:47 PM

Whether or not you think they are doing enough to clean up, surely we have to ensure that the oil i... Read More..


Irish Champion
Created by Ellen McVea in 7/4/2010 11:47:31 PM

 Guess who?  See the SportsBlog for details. Read More..


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Address: The Lawnfield, King Street, Newcastle, Co Down, BT33 0HD
Telephone: 028 437 26107   Fax: 028 437 26109
E Mail: info@shimna.newcastle.ni.sch.uk

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