October 2016

Dear Parent / Carer,

Please find the reviewed Anti-bullying Policy under Parent Information School Policies.

If you wish to comment please email info@lumenchristicollege.co.uk and mark FAO Dr M. Ferris before Tuesday 25th October.

Kind Regards

Dr M. Ferris

Congratulations to our students who have achieved top places in N. Ireland in the recent A level and GCSE examinations.

In Spring of 2016, the PTA hosted a Mental Health and Wellbeing event.  Guest speakers from CAMHS and the WHSCT’s Eating Disorder Service and  Primary Care Talking Therapy & Well Being Hub shared valuable and very relevant information with our parents regarding issues around mental health in our teenagers.

Representatives from, Daisy, Lifeline, Hurt, Zest and Youthlife, were also present to provide information about the services that are available now for our young people. The evening was rated a huge success by many of the parents and staff who attended. It was indeed a very informative evening. The websites mentioned are now available. 

http://edani.co.uk

http://www.bodywhys.ie

They are attempting to make a human Year 11 sign!

The Year 8 Inter - Class Cross Country Race took place around the school grounds on Monday 24th October. Each class was represented by 8 pupils, 4 boys and 4 girls, with 2 reserves. Each boy completed 2,200M and each girl completing 1,800M in total.

The participants are listed below:

The race was won by Class 8D

First boy = Oisin Colhoun

First girl = Aoife Neill

Top Ten Boys 

1. Oisin Colhoun 8D
2. Patrick McLaughlin 8B
3. Paul Downey 8D
4. Michael Houston 8E
5. Steven walker 8D
6. Corin Hyndman 8A
7. Daniel Boyle 8C
8. Fabian Flood 8B
9. Patrick Dunne 8C
10. David Sweidan 8B 

Top Ten Girls 

1. Aoife Neill 8D
2. Harriet Reid 8C
3. Emma McMullan 8E
4. Niamh Gallagher 8D
5. Caitlin McMahon 8E
6. Lucy Doherty 8B
7. Sasha McShane 8B
8. Kate Tinney 8E
9. Emma Macdonald 8A
10. 10. Zara Schlindwein 8C

On Wednesday 26th October 8D and 8E students accompanied by Miss Fleming and Mr Scoltock, attended the “School Links Project” at the Foyle Arena hosted by the Belfast Community Sports Development Network.

The event brought together students from Lumen Christi College and Lisneal College allowing them to make friends through sport. All the students spent a very enjoyable morning together.

On Wednesday 19th October five Year 11 students accompanied by their ICT Teacher Miss Butler attended a one day Coding workshop called ”Code Show”. The event, which was hosted by the Bank of Ireland in conjunction with Kainos Software, was held at Catalyst Inc. at the North West Science Park in Derry. The girls learned all about algorithms and were shown how mobile apps are made. They were then given the chance to code some for themselves and by the end of the day each of the girls had coded three fully functional apps. At the end of the workshop each participant was presented with a wireless phone speaker which was a lovely gesture by the organisers. In addition to this Nicole McLaughlin was presented with a prize for writing the best algorithm!

Thanks to the Bank of Ireland and Kainos software for this fantastic opportunity.

Congratulations to the Art Department and Aishling Gallagher Year 11 who won a UK wide Art competition – “Arts and Minds”. Her winning entry “We are all equal” was on the theme “Celebrating Cultural Diversity”.
Aishling travelled to London last week to pick up her prize accompanied by Miss Brady and her parents.

Comhghairdeas libh!

The second “Women of the World WOW” event took place in the Playhouse on Friday 30th September. Six Year 12 Technology students accompanied by Mr Molloy attended the event. Following a well- received inaugural event in 2015 the WOW team brought us another tightly packed celebration of all things female with regards to the workplace. WOW Derry is the only WOW event on the Island of Ireland.

Here’s what a few of our girls from Year 12 had to say about the event;

Ellen Mason; “The Women of the World project was very enjoyable and I learned a lot about feminism and other topics through the mentoring and the talks”.

Jodie Maguire; “I enjoyed the project, talking to women working in fields I am interested in gave me ideas for my future – I even got work experience out of it”.

Caitlin Doherty; “This project was very interesting and it was inspiring to hear about different aspects in the field of work”

Amy O’Donnell; “The WOW project was very informative, especially speaking to inspirational women motivated me and gave me ideas about my future”.

It was a busy Wednesday for sports fixtures at Lumen Christi College on 12^th October. Four games played and four victories. The Year 10 soccer team progressed to the second round of the Northern Ireland Cup beating Nendrum College. The Minor and Junior Netball teams also progressed to the second round of the Northern Ireland Cup beating Thornhill in both games. The day finished off with a victory for the Senior Gaelic Team who beat St Columb’s College in a friendly game. Well done to all teams and we look forward to a bright season ahead!!!!

Mrs O’Hare congratulates Orla Doherty on receiving her Fáinne Óir. The assessment was facilitated by Dr Pól Ó Muirí, Irish Language Editor of the Irish Times newspaper.

Students from Years 8-13 are pictured with Dr M Gormley attending the 'Diana Award Anti-Bullying Ambassadors Programme' held at Lisneal College recently.

The students received training in relation to the issue of bullying and potential ways of addressing it in schools. The Education Minister Peter Weir visited the workshop and commended all those participating in the training.

The Minister referred to bullying 'taking many forms' and that 'bullying has no place in our schools or society'. The students will now work as a team of Anti-Bullying Ambassadors in school.

Year 13 AS Geography students on a visit to Queen's University, Belfast to attend a lecture hosted by the Geographical Association of Northern Ireland.