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Down High School

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Down High is a co-educational Grammar School in Downpatrick, Co. Down.

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Joined January 2012
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Many thanks to Mr Patton who has been working hard in collaboration with @WallaceHigh to provide essential PPE for frontline workers.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
Our wildflower meadow at the pitches is looking absolutely superb. Well done to the Eco enrichment group members who helped to prepare the site and plant the wildflower seeds. The wildflowers were planted as part of school Biodiversity action plan and Pollination project.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Well done to Katie Dickson and Ella Haughey who have been selected to compete for the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship qualifying matches. Next week, The girls will represent Northern Ireland in matches against Switzerland, England and the Republic of Ireland. Good luck ladies!
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@DownHighSchool
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5 years
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Mrs Wilson called by the school pitches today to check on the wildflower meadow sewn in spring by our pupils. It made her heart sing!👩‍🌾🌼😀
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
As school closes today we wanted to leave everyone with some positive news from the school community. Well done to DHS School Council who have raised £600 to support Andrew Greer in getting a new racing wheelchair.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
Our Saphara team were up bright and early this morning to board their flight to India. Good luck to all.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
7 years
Great result today to win the Danske Bank Subsidiary Shield. Well done to the players, coaches & our brilliant supporters. Floreat Dunum.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
A huge congratulations to Year 14 pupil, Andrew Greer, who picked up two gold medals representing GB/NI in the 100m & 400m at the Italian World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo yesterday 🙌🏻 🇮🇹 🥇
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
We live and work in such a beautiful area. Lovely pictures of the school and its stunning views. Thanks to Mrs McGuire for passing these on.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
Katie Dickson and Ella Haughey will represent the Northern Ireland U17 UEFA squad in the Euro Qualifiers taking place in Edinburgh next week. The girls will compete against Italy, Scotland and Montenegro. Good luck.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
We are proud to introduce our Student Leadership team for 2021-2022. Rosa Morgan- Young is Head Girl and Cameron McCaughey is Head Boy. They will be assisted by their deputies: Katie Dickson, Sarah Carlisle, Benjamin Hart and Ethan Fitzsimons. Congratulations to all the pupils.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
8 months
This time 10 years ago, Mr Cheung & Miss Brown were launching off on their last year of school as Headboy and Headgirl. Today, as they so often are, they were back in school helping with school sport! Incredible service to the school & fantastic role models for our pupils! 🙌🏻
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
Charlotte Hart had a busy weekend as she played in three matches for the Ulster U18 v Leinster in Dublin. She demonstrated stamina and determination and helped the team secure two wins and one draw. Charlotte will continue to train with the team throughout June.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Great day for Down High at Inter-pro Athletics in Dublin. Kirsti Foster 🥇 in 800m & 🥈 in 1500m. Lucy Foster 🥇 in 1500m. James Gilliland🥉 in 800m & 🥇 in 4 x 400m relay. Catherine Martin🥇 in 3000m. Sasha Wilkinson 8th in Javelin! Well done all. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️👊
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
Past pupil Lucy Marshall visited school today to inspire and inform Sixth-Form students who have applied for Nursing this year or are thinking about applying for Nursing next year. Lucy is currently training to be a nurse at the QUB School of Nursing.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
A massive thanks to all of the parents, guardians, teachers and, of course, pupils who contributed very generously to today’s ‘Big Steps Sponsored Walk’, which was a huge success. It was a lovely day and everyone completed the walk safely, albeit a little tired!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Well done to Joseph McAllister, 10L, who was part of the U13 Dromara Gaelic football team as they became county champions at the weekend.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
An outstanding day for DHS at the Irish Schools’ X-Country Championships. Highlights included Lucy Foster 🥇 in the Inter Girls, Rebecca Rossiter 🥇 in the Senior Girls & the Senior Girls team also 🥇. Well done to all our athletes for representing school & province so proudly 👏
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
👏 Down High athletes excelled at the Ulster Schools Athletics Championships at the Antrim Forum, picking up 14 medals over two days of competition. Next stop, the Irish Championships…🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
Congratulations to Amy Norris and Hannah Gilliland, our top-achievers at GCSE, who were awarded a wonderful 10 A*s. Well done to all of our pupils; there were some truly impressive results on display in the Assembly Hall on Thursday morning. Floreat Dunum, Absque Labore Nihil.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
Katie Dickson and Ella Haughey are excited to represent Northern Ireland in the upcoming UEFA qualifiers. The girls will take to the pitch as part of the U19 women’s football team against Malta, Faroe Islands and Azerbaijan. Good luck with all the matches.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
👏 Well done to all our athletes who represented the school today at the district inter/senior track and field championships at Mary Peter’s Track. The team brought home a record haul of 13 medals! 👇
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Aaron Dugan, Year 11, has raised an impressive £1500 to support the Air Ambulance NI service by abseiling down the Europa tower. The air ambulance representative, Grace Williams was thrilled to be able to celebrate and thank Aaron for his efforts.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Congratulations to all our GCSE pupils that received results today. A brilliant range of results reflecting the commitment and hard work of all the pupils. Well done to everyone!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
A massive congratulations to Cameron McCaughey in Year 10, who produced a personal best performance of 2 minutes and 2 seconds in the Junior Boys 800m to win Gold at the Irish Schools Athletics Championships in Tullamore recently!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
9 months
👏 Well done to all our pupils who received their GCSE results today. Another really pleasing set of performances which reflect all the dedication and effort put in over the last two years.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
Wishing a safe and enjoyable trip to our thirty-five Senior Hockey players, who will travel to Holland tomorrow for a five-day tour. The pupils were recently presented with beautiful tour shirts from ASK I.T. (NI Limited) and Beattie-Flanigan Consulting Engineers @DownHighHockey
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
9 months
👏 Congratulations to our Year 13 and 14 students who received their AS and A2 grades today. We are so proud of your achievements and wish our Year 14 leavers lots of success in the future!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
CHAMPIONS! Great news from the Balmoral Show. Down High were today crowned winners of the Bluegrass Inter-School Showjumping Open Championship. The team consisted of Tara Dixon, Alex Cleland (captain), Jessica Nelson and Charis Vinaccia. Well done to Mrs Adams and the girls.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Well done to Katie Dickson 13R, who travelled to Belgium last week with Linfield Ladies’ Senior team to play in UEFA Women’s Champions League.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
A massive well done to our Year 13 and 14 students who received their AS and A2 results today. We are proud of them all and wish our Year 14 leavers every success for the future!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
DHS received excellent news this week as the school learned that Jamie Adams has received an offer from University College, Oxford, to study Medicine. Congratulations, Jamie.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Our newly established U18 football team made history by becoming the first group to represent the school in the Danske Bank U18 Schools' Cup. They played Portadown College who were tough opposition and they unfortunately lost. They now go into the Subsidiary Plate competition.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
(1/2) DHS Technology Department staff, Mr Mark Patton and Mrs Emma McMillen, present a cheque to Nigel Kearney of @HelpingHandRBH , charity to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. This followed a fundraising coffee morning held in memory of Mr Patton’s daughter, Olivia.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Eileanor Crilly won the BBC Northern Ireland Young Reporter Competition. Her winning piece, ‘Metal-morphosis: My love for loudness!’ explores her passion for rock and metal music. A representative from the BBC said that the piece was head and shoulders above everyone else’s.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Good luck to Mr Morrow, Mrs Gillespie, Mr Moore and Mrs Wojcieszak who are running the Belfast marathon on Sunday and Mr Crutchley in the London marathon.
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Down High School
6 years
Congratulations to Victoria Porter, who gained an A* in SSD and has won a prestigious Software Engineering Apprenticeship at QUB. Victoria's course fees will be paid, she will receive a salary and be guaranteed a job with PWC at the end of her degree. Well done.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
The glorious music at our Carol Services in Down Cathedral prompted prayer and seasonal reflection. The Offering raised £1530 and will be donated to Helping Hand (Charity to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children) and the Down Cathedral Organ Restoration Appeal. Thank you.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Well done to Year 9 pupil, Faith Burns, who won the 'Big Dreams on Screen’ competition. Her storyboard will now be turned into a film to be premiered during the Into Film Festival in November.
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Down High School
5 years
Good luck to the class of 2019. We bid farewell to Year 14, with fun and games, as they start their study leave.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
1 year
Thank you to everyone involved in helping to make our Open Night such a successful evening. There were an impressive range of activities and displays on show in every department We hope that all the parents and children who visited the school enjoyed the Down High experience.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
👏 A huge congratulations to our newly formed dance team who picked up a gold medal at the NICMAC Championships today. Ellie & Anna McDowell also came 🥇 in their duet while Ellie picked up an award for best choreography. 🙌🏻
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
7 years
DHS will be closed tomorrow due to the severe weather warning issued. All schools have been advised to close. Stay safe.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
Thank you to the Laverty family for gifting a handball to every Year 8 pupil across the Lecale area. The handballs were purchased out of ‘Niall’s Fund’ which was set up to promote health and wellbeing in the Greater Downpatrick area.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Year 8, 9 and 10 pupils were exited to take part in the BBC Children in Need ‘Big Morning Move’ event hosted by The Body Coach, Joe Wicks, who has joined as a Schools Ambassador. All our junior pupils did an amazing job and raised an impressive £410 pounds for the charity.
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Down High School
3 years
Congratulations to Ellie Smyth who qualified for the Final of the 2021 Gold Union Girls’ Junior Medal. The top 60 Junior girl golfers from across Ireland competed and Ellie proudly represented Spa Gold Club.
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Down High School
5 years
Congratulations to all our Year 12 pupils for the best GCSE results we can remember. There are 100 A* and A grades among the ten students in these two photographs alone!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
Congratulations and good luck to our new Student Leadership Team! The Head Girl is Ellen Brown, with Stuart Campbell taking up the position of Head Boy. The Deputy Head Girls are Katharine Magwood and Clara Cleland. The Deputy Head Boys are Reece Hagan and Jack Campbell.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
We are proud to introduce our new Student Leadership team. Our Head Girl is Anna Clements, with Jack Martin becoming Head Boy. The Deputy Head Girls are Molly Crawford and Ellie Parkhill. The Deputy Head Boys are Joe Charles and Tom Williamson. Good luck for the year ahead!
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Down High School
6 years
Time for a deserved break at the Quoile Countryside Centre on our Big Steps Walk! What a beautiful day!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
The DHS cricket teams continue to triumph as the Year 8 team have secured a place in the final. Excellent effort boys!
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Down High School
2 years
Congratulations to past pupil, Connor Carson as he prepares to be first cover of Raoul in ‘Phantom of the Opera’ in Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West end. He will performing for the week starting on 12th September.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
3 years
Down High pupils and staff embraced the Pudsey theme today and have raised £914 so far! Great effort!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
Down High recently had a non-uniform day to raise money for a local Down’s syndrome charity. The School Council were responsible for organising the event and they were delighted to present a cheque for £250 to the local Saintfield charity.
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4 years
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4 years
Sarah Sweeney and Zoe Long in Year 9 enchanted our visitors last night with their rendition of 'The A Team' by Ed Sheeran.
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Down High School
2 years
Well done to Maya Kelly as she is set to perform at the MAC in the Flax Trust production of ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in August. Maya faced stiff competition but was thrilled when she was awarded the role of ‘Bielke’. A super achievement!
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
5 years
It was lovely to meet so many pupils and parents during our Open Night this evening. Thank you for coming and we hope you enjoyed your visit to Down High.
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Down High School
2 years
Well done to Year 12 pupil, Ellen Taylor, who took part in the Service of Thanksgiving at Saint Paul's Cathedral to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Ellen gained an invitation to this event due to her voluntary work with the Secondary Students’ Union. A fantastic achievement!
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Down High School
5 years
Well done to the 1st XI cricket team as they have reached the final! The team were victorious against Grosvenor at home. The boys want to thank Mr Irvine for his expertise, patience, humour and belief in them. Good luck for the final!
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Down High School
4 years
Congratulations to Sarah Mulqueen who has been a offered a place to read Law at Girton College, Cambridge.
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Down High School
4 years
Well done to Jonathan Parsons in 8M who claimed first prize in the House castle competition held in History.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
2 years
Year 10 pupil, Freya Boyce has also had great success on the athletics field as she was recently crowned NI and Ulster U15 champion in the indoor 60m, also picking up a silver in the U16 relay at the same meet. She now looks forward to competing in the All Ireland Finals.
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Down High School
6 years
Danske Bank Schools' Cup result: Down High 44-3 Lurgan College. Well done to the boys and coaches. Floreat Dunum.
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Down High School
4 years
🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ A record setting day for our athletes at Mallusk in the Ulster Schools Cross Country Championships. 18 athletes have qualified for the Irish Championships with Hannah Gilliland, Kirsti Foster and the Inter Girls team crowned Ulster Champions 🥇!! Details below 👇
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Great news for Patrick Maginnis in 9R whose short story 'The surprise' has been selected for the next stage of judging in the Radio 2 500 words competition. A super achievement!
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Down High School
3 years
Alice Emmett also deserves congratulations for receiving an offer from St Catherine’s College, Oxford, to read History. Well done on this excellent achievement.
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Down High School
4 years
Our Head Boy and Head Girl happily presented Mr Hugh Roarty from Action Mental Health with a cheque for £840. The money was raised through a non-uniform day to promote World Mental Health Day. The pupils took part in class talks and activities on the theme of “gratitude”.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
The annual Carol Service will be held on Monday evening. Please come along and join the pupils as we celebrate this festive season. The service will be held in Down Cathedral at 8pm.
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Down High School
4 months
Thank you to all the staff and pupils that helped make our Open Night a successful evening. There were an impressive range of activities and displays on show! We hope that all the parents and children who visited the school enjoyed the Down High experience.
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Down High School
2 years
👏 Down High Mini, Minor and Junior athletes had an outstanding day of action at Mary Peter’s Track today in the district track and field championships. Photos and medal winning results below 👇
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Ten Year 8 pupils completed their online ambassador training last week. They will be sharing how to be safe online with their form groups and peers over the coming weeks and months.
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Down High School
5 years
Down High performed fantastically at recent cross country District Championships. More than 50 pupils competed and 23 have qualified for the Ulster Championships. Well done.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
4 years
Down High School are delighted to have raised £900.00 for the NI Air Ambulance Service from the proceeds of a non-uniform day earlier this term. One of our pupils, Ellie McDonnell used the charity after a serious accident in July 2019.
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Down High School
3 years
It was great to welcome former pupil James Savage back to school to talk to Year 14 pupils interested in applying for Nursing. James is starting his 3rd year of his Nursing degree at Liverpool John Moores University and has been shortlisted for the UK Student Nurse of the Year.
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Down High School
4 years
The Medallion Rugby team at Down High recently took delivery of new rugby kits thanks to generous sponsorship from Balloo House and Douglas and Cromie Car Sale.
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2 years
Our sincere thanks goes to everyone who gave so generously on Tuesday. Such a tremendous effort from staff and pupils alike! The total so far is £2690.25.
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5 years
Congratulations to Mrs Wilson who has recently been named the post-primary Eco-Teacher of the year. She was nominated for the award by Year 14 pupil, Jack Campbell. Well done Mrs Wilson. You have truly helped to make Down High green!
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Down High School
2 years
Adam Colgan became Ulster Champion in the Ulster Long Course Swimming Championships. He claimed gold in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay. He also won bronze in the 100m freestyle.
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Down High School
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Year 14 students Ellen Taylor and Tara Emmett are delighted to have received Oxbridge offers. Ellen hopes to read History and Politics at Brasenose College, Oxford while Tara received her offer to read Land Economy at Gonville and Caius, Cambridge.
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Down High School
2 years
Well done to Anna Freel, Year 14, and Rebekah O’Brien, Year 9, for competing in the BBC School soloist of the Year competition. Rebekah reached the Junior heats and Anna got through to the Senior semi-final. Great work ladies- we are all so proud of your brilliant performances.
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Down High School
2 years
Well done to Tom Crudgington Year 14, Ethan McMullan Year 13 and Yasin Brannigan Year 13, for being selected to run for NI and Ulster at the British and Irish U20 and U17 Mountain Running Championships 2022 in Ambleside, Lake District.
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Down High School
4 years
Each year the current 13L Form class empty their pockets of loose change on a Friday to support a local charity of their choice and last year was no different. Channon Heenan proudly presented Joan Noade, of the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team, with a cheque for £125. Well done.
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@DownHighSchool
Down High School
6 years
We anticipate worsening conditions throughout the day. Guided by the Met Office warning for heavy snow all day, a consideration of the safety of the school site and the concern about getting pupils from across a wide area home today, DHS will close on Tuesday.
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Down High School
2 years
Well done to everyone who took part in the District XC. We had some phenomenal results. 7 of our pupils took medal positions, 11 pupils were individual finalists and 5 of the teams qualified for the Ulster Schools’ Cross Championships. Outstanding!
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Down High School
2 years
🏃‍♀️Over 60 Down High Athletes enjoyed a fantastic day of action in the district cross country championships at Delamont yesterday. Winning medals were: 🥇 Rebecca Rossiter,🥈 Kirsti Foster &🥉 Catherine Martin in Senior Girls. 🥇 Tom Crudgington in Senior Boys.
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Down High School
3 years
Down High School have not let Covid stop their Green endeavours. The Eco enrichment group have been helping the Newry, Mourne and Down Council plant trees at Dunleath Park, to extend the Downpatrick Schools community woodland. Over 600 trees have now been planted by local schools
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Down High School
3 years
Congratulations to Ellen Martinez-Gorman on receiving an offer from Cambridge University to study Law.
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Down High School
8 months
DHS is proud to introduce the Student Leadership team for 2023-2024. Laura Pollock is Head Girl and Ryan Connolly is Head Boy. They will be assisted by their deputies: Grace Elwood, Ellen Taylor, Kyle Bradshaw and Alex Carville. Congratulations to all the pupils.
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Joscelyn Wright has been invited to attend the Dragon's Academy pre-season cricket training camp in Spain, in February. Joscelyn will be their youngest participant in the scheme. A fabulous achievement.
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1 year
18 DHS pupils took part in the Ulster Schools' Gala on Saturday. There were fantastic PBs from most swimmers. Ben McCrum reached the Junior boys' 100m backstroke final and Adam Colgan secured 3 gold medals in the Senior 400m freestyle, 100m fly and 100m freestyle. Outstanding!
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Down High School
6 years
Congratulations to Paul McMeekin who has received an offer to read Natural Sciences (Biological) at Queens' College, Cambridge. Meanwhile, William Browne has received an offer to read Engineering Sciences at Balliol College, Oxford. Well done!
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Down High School
4 years
To mark the end of term our pupils have been completing a range of tasks to earn House points. It was great to see the impressive range of responses uploaded and here are some of the great entries for each House.
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2 years
Well done to Year 9 pupil, Grace Scott who has been crowned one of the winners of this year's Meat4Schools competition. She submitted a tasty recipe for homemade burgers and won £100 of beef and lamb for her Home Economics class who have already enjoyed making steak and chips.
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Down High School
2 years
Tori Marks (Year 14) and Ellen Taylor (Year 12) have acquitted themselves superbly well in an ongoing academic conference and panel discussion on the Protocol for Stranmillis University College's Lifelong Learning Department.
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Down High School
4 years
The DHS equestrian team has made a super start to the season at the inter-school show jumping event. In the Open team event all riders jumped a double clear round. Superb! The girls also remembered their team mate Ellie McDonnell by wearing red ribbons in honour of her.
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Down High School
3 years
Our virtual Carol Service will “premiere” on Monday 14th December at 7pm. We hope that everyone can enjoy the beautiful Christmas carols. We would like to raise money for Air Ambulance NI in memory of our much-loved pupil Ellie McDonnell.
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Down High School
3 years
👏 Well done to the 49 pupils (plus a few keen staff) who took part in our London Mini-Marathon house event yesterday. All participants completed a 2.6 mile course at the school pitches, earning house points in the process. 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️
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Down High School
3 years
Well done to all the players who represented the school in rugby fixtures against Regent House at the weekend. It was great to get one last game in before the end of the season.....and a first ever game for the U12s 👏 #floreatdunum
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