Kilkeel High School

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Learning Support Centre

10th Jan 2020

On Tuesday 7th January the students in the Learning Support Centre had a great day visiting HMS Caroline and The Grand Opera House.

Pupil Personal Reviews

6th Jan 2020

Pupil Personal Reviews for Years 8 – 14 will take place on Tuesday 14th January 2020.

Christmas Carol Service 2019

20th Dec 2019

Mourne's Florence Nightingale

20th Dec 2019

On Wednesday we were honoured to welcome Alanna Patterson to school. Alanna is the great grand-daughter of Nurse Margaret Anderson, who has become known as 'Mourne's Florence Nightingale'. Nurse Anderson was awarded the Royal Red Cross by King George V for her contribution to the war effort. To mark her visit, Alanna presented us with a beautiful painting of her great grandmother...

Christmas Cookery

19th Dec 2019

KHS Home Economics department has been very busy over the last few weeks completing their Christmas cookery - yule logs in year 10 and stacking snowmen in year 11. We were delighted with some of the culinary delights produced showing flare and imagination. Well done!

Take Two – Year 12 Cookery Demonstration

19th Dec 2019

The Home Economics department would like to sincerely thank Roger from the Seafood Cookery School in Kilkeel for demonstrating a range of side dishes and garnishes to our Food and Nutrition pupils in year 12. These pupils will be completing their GCSE practical work after Christmas and this demo should have given them plenty of motivation and inspiration to prepare and present a highly competent outcome. Mrs...

Christmas in France

19th Dec 2019

Mathilde our French Assistant talking to Year 8 pupils about Christmas in France.

Coffee Morning

18th Dec 2019

Christmas arrived in style in KHS today! We had our annual coffee morning to raise funds for charity and what a fantastic morning it was! A huge thank you to everyone who supported the KHS family by donating bakes, contributing to Bric a Brac, helping with stalls but most importantly of all by attending and spending lots of money. A special word of thanks must go to Mrs Cousins and...

Congratulations!

17th Dec 2019

We extend our warmest congratulations to Alexander McKee, a past pupil of KHS, who was awarded a certificate from the Education Authority in acknowledgement of 14 years' full attendance. In fact, his mum was able to tell us that he also completed two full years at Nursery School without missing a day as well! We know from research that one of the most important factors in academic success is regular...

Jewellery Club

17th Dec 2019

A number of pupils in KHS recently attended the Jewellery club after school, to produce a handmade silver necklace. All pupils cut out their own designs using a jewellers piercing saw. Some pupils added texture to their work by using planishing techniques, while others wanted a smooth finish, so filed and sanded their work to achieve this result. All pieces were highly polished to enhance the textures...