The Wallace High School recently held an internet safety evening for parents of both its Prep Department and Grammar school. The innovative event was organised by the school’s ICT coordinator David Cleland and was well supported by parents who were keen to learn more about the ever changing technological world in which we live. Wallace has a area of their school website dedicated to internet safety and cyber bullying. Read the rest of this entry »

Upper Sixth pupils in The Wallace High School staged two very successful productions of “Christmas Pie” at the end of term to raise money for a school in southern Sudan. Christmas Pie is a long standing Wallace tradition – having been performed by Sixth years for over thirty years.

Each performance, lasting over one hour, had been scripted and choreographed by the pupils as the result of several weeks of extra curricular effort. Read the rest of this entry »

Wallace High School Upper Sixth pupils last week had the opportunity to take part in mock interviews, organised by the Careers Department. Over forty people from various professions including Medicine, Business and Law conducted the thirty minute interviews before providing the pupils with detailed feedback.

Assistant Head of Careers, Margaret Mitchell, who coordinated the event, explained, “Our Upper Sixth pupils completed their university entrances applications recently and many will be invited to attend selection interviews in the coming weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

Wallace High School Year 11 pupils last week gained an in depth insight into the retail world, taking part in an innovative workshop with staff from Greens of Lisburn. The teenagers have been exploring the business world as part of their Employability classes and were delighted to welcome Greens staff Daryl Flanagan and Gillian McKinstry to the Clonevin Park School. Read the rest of this entry »

Wallace High School students celebrated European Day of Languages this week with arrange of innovative events. European cuisine played a major role in the celebrations with Year 8 pupils enjoying a French breakfast in the school’s canteen and Year 9 designing display menus.

The canteen served a range of range of tasty European specialities for lunch, whilst Year 12 enjoyed food sampling sessions. Read the rest of this entry »