Today launches another new Shimna blog, this time focusing on integration itself. Have a look at the great picure of a Shimna An Dun supporter, sitting beside two Ballynahinch Rugby Club supporters, all of them watching a third code, soccer. Integrated schools all face the dilemma about whether to allow or to ban sports tops on non-uniform days. We take the view that if integration means bringing your stuff in with you, we must be able to live with other people's sporting allegiances. We have always encouraged rather than banned, and we have gained from 'learning from each other' on the sports supporting front. Our students do not all go home to areas of integrated housing, and we must all show a bit of sense about where we wear gear that might be controversial or put people at risk. Great photo!
