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Library Visits

Many thanks are due again this year to the dedicated staff at our local library. Ballyhackamore Library welcomes all our Year 8 students every year and shows them what this excellent resource has to offer them, including setting them up for e-books and online magazines. Our school ethos of “excellence in a caring community” is made much easier when we …

EU Mock Council

On Tuesday 11th February, three of our Year 14 English Literature students represented Bulgaria at City Hall in two Mock EU Council debates on climate change and the regulation of social media. Holly F, Sophie M and Charlotte Q did the school proud and had a tour of City Hall afterwards. These events give our students an insight into how …

Roald Dahl Day

Ms Furphy hosted another celebration of the world-renowned and well-loved author Roald Dahl on 24th January 2020. Senior students assisted Year 8 in some of the activities during the day including making Fantastic Mr Fox masks and Mr Twit beards. Along with some students in costume, we also had balloon-modelling and face-painting so everyone looked marvellous! A special mention has …

Lianne’s Story

Being new was truly terrifying. Moving from one continent to another was exciting but also stomach-churning. Leaving everything and everyone I knew for a new start was absolutely terrifying. I have never experienced so much fear and this is coming from someone who sat on a crocodile during a school trip. This isn’t a hyperbole and I have the picture …

Tor Bank Christmas Performance

One of the highlights in our school calendar is when our friends from Tor Bank School visit us and treat us to a Christmas extravaganza. A team of three Year 14 Bloomfield students, plus our Chamber choir, worked with Tor Bank students for several weeks in advance of the performance, ensuring everything was well-rehearsed for the big day. Nerves were …

C.S. Lewis Trip

Some of our Year 9 students have been studying C. S. Lewis’s famous novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe so what could be more fitting than a trip to visit some local landmarks to bring the story to life? On the 6th November, they enjoyed an autumnal walk to explore the local links to their studies and admired …

Kids Literature Quiz

On the 12th of November, our librarian, Ms Furphy, took some of our Year 8 students to the annual Kids Literature Quiz to represent Bloomfield Collegiate School. Our representatives did us proud – even winning the poetry round! Well done, girls and thank you, Ms Furphy for organising such a wide range of events throughout the year.

Library News

This term there have been a number of events in the library. Bookbuzz is an annual event to encourage reading for pleasure amongst Years 8 & 9. It is a charity initiative of Booktrust, which takes seriously the importance that reading for pleasure has on development and seeks to bring a wide range of the best written and most popular …

Bookbuzz Initiative

Years 8 and 9 have this term taken part once again in the Bookbuzz initiative. This is run by the charity Booktrust and is aimed at encouraging pupils to read for pleasure by offering them a book of their own from a choice of 12, covering a variety of genres in order to provide as wide-ranging a choice as possible. …

Fighting Words Belfast

On Friday 30th January, a Year 9 English class attended a Creative Writing Workshop led by a project called Fighting Words at the Skainos Centre in Belfast. The workshop was led by several local writers including Glenn Patterson (patron of Fighting Words Belfast), Tim Loane and a number of writers from the Seamus Heaney Centre. The girls were encouraged to …