Two Cheerful Visitors

It was a real pleasure to see Patrick McMullan and Barry Cousins at the hatch. Patrick is thoroughly enjoying his engineering course at Queens, and even finding parts of the course easy. Barry has now decided to apply to university this year, and is very happy to be doing so with his good grades behind him. He set off with a bag full of prospectuses, knowing he would have the pick of plenty of courses whose requirements he has already met. Both of them were grinning!

Patrick's Gold

Patrick Poland called in to let us know that he has received his invitation to St James' Palace to receive his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Very well done, and well deserved.

Laura's PGCE Success

Laura O'Hare has built on her excellent degree in German and Spanish, her experience teaching in Madrid and Dublin, her classroom assistant experience in Shimna to win a PGCE place at Liverpool Hope University in primary language teaching. The course includes teaching practice in Spain, and will leave Laura in an excellent position to join the drive to encourage language learning for children from the youngest age.

Rachel Full of Plans

Rachel O'Rourke served me in Nearbuy, and she looks really happy and is full of plans. She has been offered a place at Liverpool Hope University to study Early Childhood Studies after which she plans to do her PGCE and teach nursery and KS1 children. She says she is really happy that she took time to make her career decision and didn't jump at her first idea.

Hi from Sinead

Hi to all the staff at Shimna !
This is Sinéad McVeigh. This is just a wee note to let you know what I'm doing at the minute. I graduated in June 2008 from University of Ulster (Coleraine) with BA Honours Degree in Applied Languages: French and Spanish with a Diploma in Area Studies. I am currently working in a business in Newry called The Natural Baby Resource where I speak French and Spanish to our european customers. I will be attending many tradeshows throughout Europe promoting products. Thanks to Anne Clark and Margaret O'Boyle for their support during school. I miss you all.
Sinéad xx