Belfast Model
School for Girls

Tonight The Waterfont Hall, Belfast is host to an evening of entertainment courtesy of 12 schools from the Greater Shankill area.

Pupil from the schools will explore aspects of the 'Pushkin' theme 'The Fire Within' through song, dance, drama, poetry and art. This promises to be a spectacular evening to showcase the creative talents of Shankill youth.

The Model School for Girls Rock Challenge team will be performing their award winning Dance routine and the Model Rock Band will then entertain the audience with a couple of songs.

Tickets are still available and can be purchased at the box office and the show starts at 7:30pm.

We managed to get a few shots of Model Rock during their sound check earlier this morning.

Every last detail was rehearsed, even the bow!

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On Friday 25th May Grimsby hosted the Rock Challenge Northern Open Final. After winning the Belfast qualifiers in April the Belfast Model School for Girls travelled with high hopes for success.

They're performance was excellent and earned them second place overall. The team was also awarded the Spirit of Rock Challenge, Best Video Performance, Best Stage Crew and Best Staging.

Well done Girls! More detail and photographs to follow.

Tuesday 22 May 2007 saw the University of Ulster, Coleraine as the (crime) scene for this year’s Salters’ Chemistry Challenge. 27 schools from across the province took part in the competition designed to promote the appreciation of chemistry and related sciences among the young.

The challenge involved the girls becoming CSI agents and investigating a murder. They used analytical techniques to determine who the murderer was by identifying the metal and non-metal parts of white powders found at the crime scene. They then matched these with the results from powders found on the suspects.

The Girls Model team was made up of year 8 pupils Honor McQuillan, Rebecca Rankin and Tammy-Lee Scott. They correctly identified the two murderers, justifying their reasons for choosing them and in doing so the girls won first place.

Each of the girls received a goodie pack and the school was presented with £100 to be used by the science department.

Hollie Johnston, a pupil at Belfast Model School for Girls, has triple jumped her way to the All Ireland Finals in Co. Dublin.

Hollie practising at school

Hollie's journey started with the regional heats held at the Antrim Forum. She managed to out jump all the competition to win the local heats and gain entry into the Ulster heats.

Holly produced another fine performance to earn a solid second place and secure her selection for the all Ireland finals to be held in Tullamore, co Dublin on Saturday 2nd June

“Hollie has taken her opportunity to use her talent and is very successful in sport. She has put many hours of practise into perfecting her technique for this challenging and demanding athletics event. Hollie is an outstanding athlete and I’m sure she will do well in Dublin.”

Wilma Young (PE teacher)

Good Luck Holly the staff and pupils at The Girls Model are all behind you.

The art competition in question was part of an ongoing education programme into tackling knife crime. It was a PSNI initiative involving pupils aged 9 to 18.

Nadine Clarke and Ms McWilliams

Ms. E. McWilliams worked with 9M2 producing art work with strong messages outlining the dangers of young people carrying knives. The intention was to make pupils aware of the dangers with open discussion, resulting in artistic outcomes. Nadine Clarke was the overall winner of the secondary junior section. Her artwork was well designed with effective layout and a strong message.

Our school will receive a computer, a prestigious trophy, Tesco vouchers and money for the art department. Nadine received a portable DVD player and art materials. The prize was presented at the City Hall by Penny Holloway, the mother of Thomas Devlin, who was tragically stabbed as he walked home with friends, along the Somerton Road in August last year.

Congratulations to Ms McWilliams and Nadine Clarke!