by Mrs A Best | Jun 24, 2018 | General
Mr Eric Lindsay, RSD 2013 – 2018 Late on Friday evening, 22nd June, we heard the sad news that Eric had passed away. Eric had been involved with RSD since 2013, initially covering GCSE Business Studies and A Level Economics teaching for Mrs Straghan during two...
by Mrs A Best | Jun 22, 2018 | Eco School, Educational visits, Extra-curricular Achievements, General, KS5
Emily Carson, Dion Di Maio, Rebecca Davis and Rebecca Rocha-Elliott (all Year 13) participated in a ‘Young Reporters for the Environment’ workshop in January this year. At this time, the girls entered a photograph into the international Wrigley’s ‘Litter Less‘...
by Mrs A Best | Jun 22, 2018 | General
Ellie Kelso (Year 11) has been selected to ride for Cycling Ulster at the Tour of London 2018. This is a great opportunity for her and testament to all of her recent hard work and training. The multi stage event will comprise of a TT, circuit race and 2 circuit races...
by Mrs A Best | Jun 22, 2018 | Swimming
Congratulations to Jack Rankin (Year 10) for winning a superb total of five gold medals last weekend at the Swim Ulster Open Swimming Championships 2018. Jack scooped gold in the 25m front crawl, 50m front crawl, 25m back crawl, 50m back crawl and the Relay Team swim....
by Mrs A Best | Jun 21, 2018 | Extra-curricular Achievements, Hockey, KS3, Sporting Achievements
Congratulations to the U13 Hockey girls for becoming joint winners of the Mid-Ulster League, recently. Their first game was a very competitive match against Lurgan JHS, in which the girls lost 3-1. Despite this setback, they bounced back with a 3-2 win over RS Armagh...
by Mrs A Best | Jun 21, 2018 | English, KS3, Library, Year 8, Year 9
RSD’s Read for Pizza competition for 2018 has come to a close. After months of competitive reading and frantic writing of book reviews, the winners were finally declared. The Read for Pizza winning classes were 8P and 9Q. Both classes were treated to pizza lunch...
by Mrs A Best | Jun 12, 2018 | Art and Design
Congratulations to our GCSE, AS and A Level artists on the completion of their work this year and on their recent exhibitions for family and friends. Many months of hard work and effort was invested in producing such fantastic work. It was lovely to see so many of our...
by Mrs A Best | May 17, 2018 | General
The past came powerfully and poignantly to life for our Year 12 students, Hollie Burton and Sarah Boyd recently as they made a pilgrimage to the World War 1 battlefields of Belgium and France. One hundred years after the guns fell silent both Hollie and Sarah, members...
by Mrs A Best | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
In Memory of Jack Stafford Year 10 Royal School Dungannon, 2015-18 It was with great sadness that we learned of the news of the sudden and unexpected death of Jack Stafford in Year 10 on 8th May. Jack was a quiet boy who enjoyed working with computers and had a flair...
by Mrs A Best | May 9, 2018 | Extra-curricular Achievements, Rugby
Laura Saunders and Lucy Turkington Luke McMullan, pictured above: front row, second from the right. Our congratulations go to a number of RSD pupils who have represented Ulster Rugby at U18 level in Sevens competitions recently. Lucy Turkington (Year 12) and Laura...
