Very proud of Ruby and Phoebe, our Finalists in the Literific Debating competition at Stormont! It was lovely to meet Ms Diane Forsythe, MLA for South Down ( in Assumption blue!) who chaired the debate. Well done to Ruby who was distinguished in the Best Speaker category!

Congratulations to Ruby and Phoebe who won their heat in the QUB Literific Debating Competition and are through to the Final in Stormont 👏👏👏👏👏

Big shout out to our Year 13 Literacy Leaders who are doing a tremendous job leading the English Mentoring Programme and Debating Society this year! 👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to our Year 12 student who has received a Schools Laureate Commendation Award from the Stephen Spender Prize. Isla impressed the judges with her creative interpretation of the Finnish poem ‘Elegia’ by Eino Leno which she translated into English.

Well done to all the prize-winners in the National Poetry Day Competition! Many thanks to Mr O’Brien for adjudicating!

Well done to 10A on the completion of the Bronze Award for reading three 19th century novels this academic year @assumptionlive

We say farewell to Miss Crilly, our Graduate Mentor, who supported our AS students this year @assumptionlive Good luck on your PGCE next year and thank you for all your revision classes!

Congratulations to our team who won Second Place in the All-Ireland Final of the Knights of St Columbanus, embodying the spirit of the competition in words and deeds, showing kindness and support of each other and the other participants. They are a credit to @assumptionlive

Congratulations to our team @assumptionlive who are the Ulster Champions in the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking competition; now through to the All- Ireland Final!

A fantastic Ulster Final @assumptionlive for the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking competition! Well done to St Dominic’s who made it to the final stage.

Congratulations to our team who will go on to represent @assumptionlive in the Ulster Final of the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking competition. Well done! 👏

A pleasure to host the Semi-Final of the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking Competition. Well done to all the speakers who found language for their faith. Good luck to the teams who got through to the next round @assumptionlive

More lovely photos of this evening’s event! The winners, their teachers and parents were invited to a special presentation ceremony at St Patrick’s Centre, Downpatrick. @assumptionlive

Congratulations to our winners of the Maureen Donnelly Memorial Writing competition. Eloise Downey(Year 8) won top prize for her poem on St Patrick. Isla (11A) also won top prize in the KS4 Prose category and Izzie (11A) was awarded second place @assumptionlive

Best of luck to St Ciaran’s who are through to the next stage of the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking competition! Thank you so much for the hospitality today @assumptionlive

Very proud of the girls who took part in today’s heat of the Knights of St Columbanus Public Speaking competition, reminding us that happiness comes from looking to God, not ourselves. Congratulations to Lucy- Rose who won Best Speaker! @assumptionlive

Well done to our English Prefects, Maddison and Aoife, for arranging our Whole School Book Swap to celebrate World Book Day @assumptionlive @AgsLeaders

We are very sorry to hear that the author Jennifer Johnston has died. We have wonderful memories of her visit to @assumptionlive in 2016. May she Rest In Peace.