Congratulations to Marcus Graham and Catherine Kitchen of Year 14 who have been selected to represent Northern Ireland on the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s Youth Advisory Panel.

Congratulations to Ben Martin (Year 12) and Lucy Martin (Year 10). Ben has been selected for the Irish Sailing Squad and represented Ireland at the World Championships in Loctudy, France at the end of July 2013.  He then competed in the British Nationals in August 2013 at the National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. Lucy, through her competitions with North Down Athletics Club, qualified to compete in the Irish Youth Track and Field Championships at Tullamore, Ireland in July 2013.

Six Sullivan Upper Pupils play in Ulster U19 Rugby Match against Italy U20  Ulster won 10 v 7 Scott Finlay, Michael Cartmill, Dave Cave, David McMaster, Ross Todd (Captain), Josh Davidson

ESULTS – AUGUST 2013 Sullivan Upper pupils are celebrating another excellent year of examination results at GCSE and A level. At GCSE, 99.4% of pupils obtained at least 5 grades A*-C (including English and Mathematics); a quarter of the year group obtained 10 A* or A grades and half the year group obtained at least 7 A* or A grades.  23% of grades were A* which compares very favourably with the national average of 8% – with the girls (34% A*) outdoing the boys.  Headmaster, Mr Chris Peel, commented: “These results are tremendous – our pupils perform extremely well every year but these are our best GCSE results in recent years by 1%.  I am so pleased for the pupils, their parents and their teachers”. At A level, 93% of entries were awarded grades A*-C and 81% of pupils obtained 3 grades A*-C – indeed, more than half of the year group obtained at least 3 grades A*-B.  30 pupils obtained at least 3 grades A* or A and 11% of all entries were awarded A*.  Josh Bambrick, Sophie Tapper and Clare Wood gained a place at Cambridge or Oxford. Mr Peel commented: “I congratulate the pupils and their teachers on these excellent results.  As always, gaining entry to the course of their choice is ultimately more important for pupils than the actual grades and I am happy to report that the vast majority of pupils are moving on from Sullivan with their future career path secured, whatever that may be.” NB  All statistics provided are provisional. C J W Peel  Headmaster August 2013

Jonathan Brattle and Hope Gibson receiving medals for their work on Inspire/Aspire from London Paralympic Gold Medallist Michael McKillop, Stormont, June 2013.

MASTERCHEF FINAL 2013  The final of the Year 9 Sullivan Upper Masterchef cookery competition took place on Thursday 6 June 2013.  Congratulations to all of the finalists who produced a sophisticated range of dishes.  The judging was carried out by past pupil Ben Arnold, Head Chef of Home Restaurant in Belfast.

GCSE ART & DESIGN MONDAY 20 MAY 2013 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm ART 3

These girls – Nia McNally, Lucy Martin, Erin Davidson, Isabel Meharg, Laura McCaw, Maggie Gillies,  Rachel Gowdy was missing from photo. were runners up in the Down District year 9 athletics competition and have qualified for the Ulster Finals on Monday 3 June 2013.

160 year 9 pupils entered this competition earlier in the year hoping to be crowned Sullivan Masterchef 2013. 18 finalists will now battle it out for the prestigious title on Thursday 16 June 2013. The competition will be judged by Ben Arnold head chef from Home Restaurant, Wellington Place, Belfast. Ben is a past pupil who studied at Westminster Kingsway College and then worked as a chef in London. Ben won the Robbie Millar Scholarship Young Chef of the Year  in 2008. In the same year he was also chosen to represent Great Britain in the World Culinary Olympics.  Ben returned to Belfast last year to take up the head chef position at Home Restaurant. The Home Economics Department are pleased to welcome Ben back to Sullivan and hope he will be impressed by the high standard of culinary skills on show from year 9 pupils.

Congratulations to Thomas Anderson (Year 11) who has been selected for the NCU (Northern Cricket Union) U15 team to particpate in the inter-provincial squad in June 2013.

Congratulations to Mark Burton (Year 11) and Chris Jordan (Year 11) who have been selected for the Ulster Athletic Teams and UK Games. They will represent Northern Ireland in the UK Schools Inter-provincials

Year 10 pupils – Ross Hancock, Stephen Hodgson and Tony McQuillan have been selected for the Ulster U15 Boys Hockey squad to play Scotland on 15 June 2013. Congratulations and best wishes to the boys.