Art and Design

Top students at GCSE are Chantelle Johnston and Caroline Cochrane both with A*. Both girls performed extremely well to achieve this excellent grade.

Caroline‘s work included some very creative jewellery design based on lilies, which was colourful and imaginative. She also worked in a fine art manner to create a range of photographic outcomes based on puddles and reflections.

Chantelle‘s work showcased her delicate detailed drawing skills, in projects where she studied masks and also in her delicate pastel studies of flowers influenced by Georgia O‘Keeffe. She created a most imaginative fashion piece influenced by beaded jewellery, which shows her creative abilities in three dimensional thinking.

Both girls are continuing their Art studies at A level.

Jo-Ann Porter‘s creative A level work earned her a grade A. Her Art work ranged from photography to colourful prints based on the Victoria Centre dome to fine art sculpture based on the human form. She was equally skilful in her use of textile techniques in depicting flowers as she was in her ability to draw. Her creative mind and hard work will be great assets to her as she is currently at the University of Ulster continuing her Art studies.

By Mrs Wilson

Business Studies

Congratulations to all pupils who received results in August 2009. Overall the results for both Business Communication Systems and Office Administration at GCSE Level were terrific. 82% of pupils who undertook the Business Communication Systems exam got an A - C grade. 83% of pupils who studied Office Administration were awarded with an A - C grade. Well done also to all those students who achieved a Level 2 Certificate in Business Administration, we would like to wish them all the best for their future employment. These results are excellent and all pupils should feel very proud of their hard work and determination. We would also like to welcome back all 6th Form pupils who are undertaking the one year Business Administration course or the BTEC National Award in Business.

By Miss Wilson

English Literature

Congratulations to Christine Burns who achieved the top mark at GCSE level A. Christine deserved this high level of achievement through consistent hard work. She is now studying Applied Science and ICT and will certainly not miss analysing past papers with Mrs McKeown!

Congratulations go to following pupils who achieved top grades at AS and A2 level. They deserve credit for excellent independent work and high levels of achievement throughout the year.

Laura Frederick - Grade A
Natasha Walker - Grade A
Lisa Harrison - Grade B

By Mrs McKeown

Geography

At GCSE, the best performer was Lauren Palmer who easily obtained an A* in her GCSE Geography followed by Zoe McMurray and Rachel Trainor who both achieved excellent A grades.

Our best performing candidate at AS was Amy Whitcroft who achieved full marks in her AS Geography. Second was Laura Frederick who like Amy was awarded a grade A.

By Mrs Chisim

Home Economics

GCSE - Child Development - top achiever was Zoe Murray with an A grade! Well Done.

AS - top grades were Helen Beattie, Justine Megarry & Kathryn Kelly all with a "C". All three of these girls worked very hard to achieve these grades. Well Done.

By Mrs Chambers

ICT

Year 12

Our results this year were the best ever with a staggering 18 girls achieving A*A*AA grades and over 97% of all girls achieving at least one GCSE grade A-C in ICT.

Year 13

With the first year over in the new Double Award Applied ICT A Level results have been fabulous, with 4 girls achieving the top grade of two A grades. These were

Sarah Jayne Pollock (Top of the class), Klaudia Bojda, Chelsea Ann Hamilton and Carla Johnston

Single Award top marks went to Jenny Clements and Chelsea Crothers.

Year 14

Our results were excellent again this year and we are very proud of all our girls who have achieved so well. Top of the 2 ICT classes were Lisa Crowe, Christina Avery and Jamie King.

Well done to all and good luck in your future endeavours in ICT

By Miss Boyd

Maths

Naomi Gray, Kirsty Knowles and Rachel Trainor were the three top achieving girls in GCSE Mathematics with each receiving an A grade as a result of much hard work and effort. All three have decided to continue their studies in this subject and are currently following the AS/ A Level course.

By Mrs Rodgers

Media Studies

Zara Mackay wooed the GCSE examiners with her fantastic radio production to achieve a high grade A in her final exam and achieve 1st place in the class. She is a true media mogul. Look out for Holly Foskett, another Media star in the making, who stunned us all with her TV advertisement, also achieving a grade A at GCSE and ranking 2nd place in the class. Move over Sir Alan Sugar and Rupert Murdoch, there are new media whiz kids in town!

By Mrs McClatchey