Mr John Price, current Master of the Merchant Taylors' Company on his annual visit to Foyle College gave a presentation to pupils on the links and history of the original founder Master Mathias Springham in 1617. 

Rear Admiral Nick Harris CB MBE accompanied the Master on their tour of the new site on the Limavady Road

Mr Patrick Allen, Principal, Master, Mr John Price and Clerk, Mr Nick Harris

Mr Patrick Allen, Principal, Master, Mr John Price and Clerk, Mr Nick Harris

Back row: Deputy HG Amy Austin, Deputy HB Aaron Feathers, HG Alexandra Graham, HB Patrick Leeson, Deputy HG Hilary Leeson and Deputy HB Niall Adair.

Merchant Taylors' Photographic Exhibition: Back row: Mr Kevin Ward, Art Teacher, Joanne Struthers, Laura McElhinney, Jamie Baldrick, Sophie Curry, Master, Mr John Price. Front row: Lucy Olphert, Sara Douglas, Cody Chambers, Kirsti McIntosh and Kerri McIntosh

Edexcel B-Tech Music Awards for CCF pupils: Jack McKay, David Lecky, Stuart Fulton, Aaron Feathers, Jessica Fields and Master, Mr John Price

Our students are again taking part in a variety of activities, both inside and outside of school, which helps them connect effectively with the big world of Art and Design.

Bernie Murphy, a local textile designer, was invited into the school to run a set of half day workshops with some of our creative Yr.12 and 14 students. They worked very effectively and made the most of this opportunity to develop new technical skills. Our thanks must go to Bernie as she so successfully managed to help so many students develop worthwhile pieces within such a tight timeframe.

·         Jamie Baldrick was one of a small select group of local A level students to work with noted Irish sculpture Philip McFadden in a workshop organised by the Gordon Gallery.

·         Caroline Gilliland and Jake Desmond, both ex-pupils, have been doing a great job working after school with Junior School pupils in both the Photography and Film Clubs.

·         Four of our current A2 students - Anna Kilgore, Inge Swiegers, Laura McElhinney and Jamie Baldrick have been building up their portfolios by going to the value for money night classes at the N W Regional College each Thursday night.

In the coming weeks of the spring term we hope to see some of our Senior students take part in a set of Architecture workshops funded by The Architecture Foundation, London.

ILEX, the urban regeneration company, in conjunction with Foyle Learning Community, is undertaking an online Digital Survey of school children between 11 and 18 years to determine the access pupils have to digital media. It’s important that all secondary schools in the Derry City Council area take part in this online survey.

Pupils from each participating school will be entered into a draw and one person from each participating school will win a Microsoft Surface Tablet & Keyboard. The survey closes on Friday 13^th December 2013.

Please find below a link to the online Digital Survey:

http://ilex-urc.fluidsurveys.com/s/DigitalMediaSurvey/

 To coincide with the Turner Prize and as part of the City of Culture 2013 year, CCEA decided to select a small number of recent A level work from across the country to display at the Void Gallery.

We are rightly proud that three of our talented students, Inge Swiegers, Joanne Struthers (both Yr.13)  and Richard Magee (Yr.14) all had pieces selected and were recognised for both their innovative approach and the thoughtful concepts behind their artwork. Worth noting that no other school in the country achieved more than this success.

Joanne Struthers followed this up with further success when she claimed 1st prize in the ‘Positive Mental Health’ Photography Competition (U18 section) which was part of World Mental Health Day. Along with Joanne, Laura McElhinney(Yr.13) and Cody Chambers(Yr.12) had their entries selected to be part of the Western Health Trust 2014 Calendar.

                Congratulations on a job very well done.

With funding from the Sorrell Foundation Jordan Finlay, Louise Hulleman and Sara Douglas(all Yr.12) were, along with some other local GCSE students, chosen to take part in a Saturday Art and Design Club at the North West Regional College. As part of this course they are having master classes with various leading professional artists and designers. Also, they recently went on a trip to London to visit the Tate Modern Art Gallery and to see a piece of their own work exhibited at Somerset House, along with work from some other young people from across Britain.

We have provided links to guides for privacy settings on Facebook, and how to be safe on the social network.

http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Safe-on-Facebook 

Internet Security Awareness

http://www.utexas.edu/its/secure/articles/social_networking.php   - information about the importance of computer safety.