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Residential fun for Junior Scripture Union

For the first time since 2019, staff and members of Junior Scripture Union made their way to Mullartown House in Annalong, a much-loved venue for generations of Wallace pupils....

Head for heights required for year 8 Adventure Day

Senior Teacher, Mr Reid, always describes the Year 8 event as the “fun-est day” and whilst this year saw us in a new venue the traditional fun of the event was there for all...

Enterprise in action

In a manner of speaking it was advice “direct from the horse’s mouth” when the Business and Economics Department welcomed Peter McQuaid from Equestrian and Farm Feeds...

Wallace says Vítejte to a visitor from Prague

This week we have had the great pleasure of getting to know Mrs Karolina Nováková, a teacher from the Czech Republic who has been observing life in Wallace as part of a State...

Songs from the Shows- a Wallace spectacular!

From the opening moments of assured commentary from our Eurovision ready comperes, Tanisha Dowie and Josh (The Greatest Showman) Kamalarajah, an eager audience knew there was a...

Owen sprinkles some Disney stardust over MIA Department

Owen McClure, past pupil of Wallace and sound trainee, kindly gave up his time to visit students in the WHS MIA department. Owen has been extremely busy since leaving Wallace...

Covid-19 adversity results in triumph

Wallace’s GCSE students have generated record-breaking results following the traumatic disruption of their studies by the Covid-19 pandemic. In a year group of 180 students, 60%...

Class of 2022 prove to be the “A team”

If Wallace’s A2 students approached their first externally assessed examinations since AQE with a degree of trepidation it only proves that stress can be good for you! An...

Circus skills and ice-cream treats for Year 10 pupils

As both parents and pupils know ClassCharts is a system which allows teachers to communicate with parents about “the good, the bad and the ugly” of day to day school life....

Shakespeare-fest

The Bard himself made an appearance at Wallace …looking remarkably fresh faced! If doubters ask about the relevance of Shakespeare’s plays they only needed to witness...