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Yesterday, the AS geographers travelled to Magilligan Field Centre and the Umbra Nature Reserve to study vegetation succession in sand dunes.  We worked as teams to collect soil samples along a transect, and data relating to plant species, temperature, wind speed, wind direction and light intensity.  This hands-on experience was fun, helped to develop our fieldwork skills and certainly brought the theory of vegetation succession to life.

On Wednesday 22 nd October our GCSE Geography students spent the day at Curly Burn River, near Derry investigating how the river’s characteristics change along its course. They measured width, depth, velocity, and bedload, linking their findings to the Bradshaw Model. A great day of hands-on learning and real-world geography in action!

Our Eco Club met with Moragaine McParland from Ulster Wildlife to discuss taking part in the exciting “Wild Youth” programme . This initiative helps young people improve their mental health and wellbeing by connecting with nature through hands-on, outdoor activities right here in our local area. Some of the club have already attained their bronze award and can begin working towards their silver. 🍃 We’re looking forward to exploring how we can get involved and make a differe

The Anti Chewing Gum Campaign was launched by the Student Council. Pupils were asked to design creative posters promoting responsible behaviour and good hygiene. Congratulations to all the winners!

Our Year 13 Politics in Action group met for the first time last week to begin this year’s project. The group got off to a lively start, focusing on political polarisation as part of Politics in Action’s ‘Citizens Now’ theme for the year. Students will investigate various issues from a ‘local to global’ context and hope to meet a few politicians to inform their work along the way!

This year 258 schools registered to take part, which is phenomenal and a special thanks must go to the team at the Royal Society of Biology for promoting the competition in its third year. Well done to Aashritha Bhardwaj  who won our first-year competition with full marks - 20/20. Well done  to the Science prefects who organised and ran the event in school.

At St Dominic’s, our Science Prefects—Evie Dawson, Fionnuala Baker, Emma McCartney, Blessing Nich, and Andria Prince—have shown outstanding leadership and initiative throughout the academic year. Their dedication to promoting science across the school has been evident in the successful organisation of events such as the Spelling Bee competition and the MISAC challenge, which engaged students in fun and educational ways. Beyond competitions, the prefects have played a vital ro

Members of the Eco Club, Clara Rooney and Erin Crangle-McLaughlin planted a Himalayan Birch tree   in the school grounds this week, which was generously donated by Clonard . To mark the occasion and celebrate the Season of Creation , a special Mass was held on 28 th September. Students Julia Hegarty, Cara Albarando, Grainne Neeson, Ruby Gralham, Eva Kelly, Jessica Nolan, Jessica Donnelly, Anna Joy, and Callia Hughes , accompanied by Mrs Willoughby proudly accepted the tree o

Individual photos for Year 8,11,13 and 14 will be taken on Wednesday 8 th  October.  Year 8 and 11 pupils must wear jumpers and blazers. ...

Congratulations  to Erin McCann on receiving the Silver Peace Award as part of Co-operation Ireland’s Future Leaders Programme!   Erin...

Some of our students travelling to Iceland tomorrow for the trip of a lifetime, model the Iceland hoodies. One more sleep.

Congratulations  to the following Year 12 Science students who took part in the National Scientific Thinking Challenge in June. There...

Congratulations to Yr 14 students Blessing Nich, Kaci Bracken Irvine and Eilada Almohamad who came first in the Royal Society of...

Welcome back to the St Dominic's podcast! In this episode, Mollie and Kathryn talk to year 8 students about settling in a St Dominic's.

The following girls took part in a Technology and Design STEAM Competition at the end of last year with Mrs Turner.   Siofra Flynn Maria...

On Tuesday 24th June, St Dominic’s was delighted to host the Being Well Doing Well Celebration and Networking Event in conjunction with...

Year 8 students enjoyed their end of year trip to Crawfordsburn. Despite the rain showers, spirits were high and they had losts of fun!

To celebrate International Women in Engineering Day we were invited to an engineering workshop with Design ID in Hillsborough. This was a...

Our inaugural sports awards took place on Friday night. We had a fantastic year of sporting achievements and wanted to recognise the...