The 2010 Animation Prize Day for Year 10 took place on the 25 June and represented the culmination of a full year’s collaborative work between Art, English, Music, Geography and ICT.  This year the theme of the films was, “Belfast: a City for Everyone” focussing on issues of ethnic diversity.  The winning entries were judged by the Head of Education at Northern Ireland Screen, Mr Bernard McCluskey (see www.northernirelandscreen.com.uk) and artist and designer Mrs Eileen Creen. 

The film that won overall was ‘Our Belfast’ which contrasted the real Belfast with the media headlines normally used to portray the city.  The winning team members were Carla Dunlop, Rose Lynch, Madeleine Magee, Caolan McBay Doherty and Laura McCartney.
Other winning films included: ‘Untitled’ for Best Story, ‘Big Nose’ for Best Soundtrack and ‘Owls and Sparrows’ for Best Design.  ‘Under the Rainbow’ also received special commendation as a powerful piece of work. 
Well done to all the Year 10s who really worked hard to produce these films, not only during the week of filming but also in their English, Art and Music classes.
 Click on the image below to view the entries

The Annual Carol Service in Aquinas was a magical event. Click on the image below to view photographs from the event.

 

The annual Aquinas Spring Music Concert was a tremendous success. Click on the image below to view some pictures from the event.

The preparations for Christmas continued in style at Aquinas with a fabulous Christmas Carol Service. To view pictures from the night click on the image below:

The Music department of Aquinas displayed their great talent during the Christmas Concert on Monday evening. To get a flavour of the performance and to view images from the concert click on the link below:

Aquinas Chamber Choir were invited to sing for the Stormont Assembly Carol Service. To view some videos from the performance click on the image below: 

The Annual Spring Concert took place on Thursday the 15th of March and was a tremendous success. The First pictures from the evening can be found by clicking the image below:

On Friday the 9^th of March Aquinas Chamber Choir took part in the Coleraine International Music Competition. The competition was of a very high standard with choirs coming from France and Scotland to compete, not to mention those from the North and South of Ireland.

Click image below  for some more details and pictures from the event.