Established 1997 Religion Roman Catholic Vice Principal Dr Marie Ferris Address Londonderry BT48 6UJ, UK Province Ulster | Type Grammar School Principal Siobhán McCauley Chair of Governors Mr John Boyle Phone +44 28 7136 2595 Colors Yellow, Blue | |
Motto "In Tuo Lumine Videmus Lumen" - In YOUR light, we see light. Similar Thornhill College, Foyle College Junior Sc, St Columb's College, Oakgrove Integrated College, St Mary's College | ||
Lumen christi college derry at the bt young scientist and technology exhibition 2013
Lumen Christi College is an Co-educational Catholic grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland, founded in September 1997. The school is located at the site of the old St Columb's College. The school won the British Telecom Faul Gaelic Cup in 2005 and the North West Rugby blitz title in January 2007. The school is made up of just over 840 students, and 50 teachers. In 2007 the school's Bar Mock Trial team won Northern Ireland's competition and the National Competition in Cardiff.
Contents
- Lumen christi college derry at the bt young scientist and technology exhibition 2013
- Leadership team
- Musicals
- Key Stage 3
- Key Stage 4
- Sixth Form
- Controversy
- References
Leadership team
Musicals
Lumen Christi has held musicals and talent shows. In 2010, the school musical, which is held every 3–4 years, made its move to St Columb's Hall, as when it was held in the school Assembly Hall, there wasn't sufficient seating. The musical in 2010 (Les Miserablés) which ran from 1–3 December was a huge success, selling out on all three nights. Around 80 of the school's pupils took part in the production of the show. The next school musical ran from 24-26 November 2014 and also sold out on all three nights. The musical was Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
Key Stage 3
In Years 8, 9 and 10 the pupils study the following subjects in line with the Northern Ireland curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science, Technology and Design, Languages (two languages from French, Spanish or Irish), History, Geography, Home Economics, ICT, Physical Education, Art and Design, Music, Religious Education, Personal and Social Education, Citizenship and Employability, Careers Awareness, Computer Studies and Drama.
Key Stage 4
For GCSE all pupils must study the core subjects of: English Language, Mathematics, Science, Religious Education, one Language, a subject from the Environment and Society area of study and Learning for Life and Work. Pupils then can choose a number of subjects including: Triple Award Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), a second language, History, Geography or Home Economics, Music, Art and Design, Physical Education, I.C.T., Technology, Additional Mathematics and English Literature.
Physical Education is compulsory for all students as a non-exam class. PE consists of one hour per week. Students can choose PE as a GCSE subject and therefore will take it as an exam class alongside the compulsory class.
Sixth Form
Students may choose three or four A-Level and/or AS courses. The following subjects are offered on campus: Art and Design, Biology, Applied Business, Chemistry, Design and Technology, English Literature, French, Geography, History, Information Systems, Irish, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Psychology, Further Maths, Physics, Religious Studies and Spanish.
Controversy
In April 2008, both Dr Séamus Hegarty (Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry and a senior trustee of the college) and Caitríona Ruane, the Minister for Education, along with the Irish National Teachers' Organisation (I.N.T.O.) trade union, criticised the Board of Governors of Lumen Christi College for announcing their intention to continue academic selection after the abolition of the 11-plus examination.
The school's then-principal, Patrick O'Doherty, responded that the school intended to go ahead with its testing plans, and that the education minister had no legal authority to stop them. Regarding accusations in 2012 of Sinn Féin infiltrating Catholic schools, by placing Sinn Féin activists as school governors, Alliance Party MLA Trevor Lunn said, "In the context of Lumen Christi as a highly successful grammar school which has taken a public stance on the question of academic selection, in defiance of the minister's instruction and indeed the view of the Catholic Church, it is hard to see these appointments as anything other than a means of infiltration of the school's board of governors, with the aim of influencing the stance taken by the present board."