We love to celebrate the achievements of our pupils, both in and out of school! On this page you will get a snapshot of some of our recent successes...

Carson Award for Creativity

As part of our '20 Years of Integration' celebrations, our Year 7 children took part in an amazing 'Weathering the Storm' production.

We were delighted to find out that 'Weathering the Storm' earned us a special award for creativity as part of the Integrated Education Fund's Carson Awards!

The Carson Awards are named in honour of the legendary Northern Ireland comedian the late Frank Carson and his son Tony. Frank was a passionate supporter of Integrated education and that continues through the Carson Awards. Sponsored by Tony, the awards are now in their eleventh year. 

Mr Campbell, Mrs Wilson and some of our past pupils went to a special ceremony to collect our prize!

The boys' football team enjoyed another successful season in the North Down Primary Schools' league, winning 9 of their 13 games. We clinched the title by beating Towerview 2-0 in our final game, beating Ballyholme to top spot by 1 point. The boy's also did brilliantly to win the B final in the Galactico Football Tournament at Avoniel Leisure Centre. As you can see from the photos above, the boys were exhausted by their efforts on a very warm day.

Netball 2024/2025 

Our school Netball Team have enjoyed a run of success over the past few years. Take a look at some of their achievements:

Congratulations to our Netball A team who successfully won all their matches within North Down Area this year and were crowned winners of the North Down Netball League for the sixth year running placing them into the Northern Ireland final once again. Our B team played exceptionally well playing joint fourth. Our A team recently won a new award North Down School Sports Series Netball Festival Award for the second year running. The A team won the Rockport Tournament once again this year for also for sixth year running. They are incredibly skilled and have trained so hard throughout the year playing various post primary schools across North Down to strengthen together as a team. A massive thanks to their coach Alison Henry for her dedication to the girls. Alison won the Northern Ireland Netball Coach of the Year 2024/2025.

Our netball A team school made it to the final of the Northern Ireland Primary Schools Netball Final playing against Pond Park and crowned runners up narrowly missing out by the score of 4-3.

We celebrated St Patrick's Day this year we had a special Assembly led by a group of our Year 4 children who told us all about the life of St Patrick. We were also treated to some fantastic Irish dancing! 

The British Council International School Award

In 2019 our school was awarded the Foundation Level: Introducing Internationalism from the British Council International School Award.  This award recognises a notable global element in a school's curriculum and was awarded to BCIPS in recognition of our commitment to embed international understanding and awareness within our school.

We are excited for the next step in our accreditation as we embark on collaborative projects with children and teachers from schools in different parts of the world.

Athletics

Our athletics teams have always made us very proud at local competitions over the years.

Outdoor 
Every June, the North Down Athletics Competition takes place at Bangor Sportsplex.

2019: A range of individual medals won in events including long jump, 100m, 200m, cricket ball throw and relays.  The girls successfully clocked up points to walk a way with First place overall. Amazing!

Indoor
Sports Hall Athletics takes place indoors in January.  As with outdoor events we have always done so well in this competition, frequently returning to school with silver overall!!

2019: After their performances and times, three children were chosen to represent our region in the Northern Ireland finals. Unfortunately with restrictions in place this event could it go ahead. But what an achievement to qualify!

Senior Choir 

Our Senior Choir always make us very proud by taking part in a wide range of events and competitions over the years. They have previously taken part and been placed in Bangor Choral Festival and also have taken part in Priory College Choral Festival, where they sang alongside choirs from other schools and were recorded for a CD!

BBC Peace Proms 

In 2019, our choir had the opportunity to sing at the SSE Arena as part of the BBC Peace Proms. This was a fantastic experience for our choir, they loved every second of it! 

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Christmas Choir Events 

Each year, our choir gets to spread the Christmas cheer by singing to the public at Bloomfields Shopping Centre, to the Lunch Club of First Bangor Church at their Christmas dinner, and to everyone at our annual Carol Service at First Bangor Church. The choir love going to these events as they get to sing their favourite carols, and also love to hear the audience joining in and singing along with them!

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