The Wallace High School was last week recognised by Lisburn City Council as the first school in the area to receive the Foods Standards Agency’s Eat Safe Award.The Award was introduced by the Agency in 2003 as a way of recognising businesses which go above and beyond the requirements of current legislation and meet the highest standards of food hygiene. Read the rest of this entry »

Wallace High School Lower Sixth pupil Lisa McCord last week won the Lisburn and District Public Speaking Competition. This was the third successive year which a Wallace pupils has won the coveted award, with Charlotte Mitchell winning in 2004 and Sarah Kee in 2005. Four Wallace pupils competed against girls from Malone College, Hunterhouse College and Friends’ School, with Year 12 Wallace pupil Alex Greenfield being highly commended. Read the rest of this entry »

The Wallace High School recently held a special afternoon ceremony for all those in the Junior School receiving special merit Awards. Pupils in Years 8, 9 and 10 were joined by their families, Primary school teachers and Form staff at the event held in the school library. Presentations were made by Wallace Principal Mrs Anne McBride and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors, Mr Rowan Black. Read the rest of this entry »

Mr E G Taylor, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors, was the chair at this week’s Distribution of Certificates and Prizes.

The school was delighted to welcome Professor Peter J Gregson, President and Vice Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast as Guest of Honour, whose address was both informative and thought provoking. Read the rest of this entry »

Charlotte Mitchell, a Lower Sixth pupil at The Wallace High School , was presented with the Lisburn District Soroptomists’ Public Speaking award.
Girls from Wallace, Hunterhouse College, Friends’ School, St Patrick’s High and Malone College competed in a hotly contested final. Charlotte’s chosen topic was “Spelling and grammar in the modern world”. Read the rest of this entry »