The Annual Report of the Board of Governors’ 2014-2015

The range of activities provided by the History and Politics Department in 2014-15 includes:

• Horrible Histories Club for Key Stage 3 students;

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  Social Action Committee for Year 14 students;
  
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  Year 10 History students Roise Pelan, Anna McCloskey, Cate Bateson, Caolain Anderson and Conor McCann produced a report on World War One for BBC News School report;
  
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  Year 14 student Catherine Devlin took part in the Historical Association’s Great Debate at St Columb’s College, Derry;
  
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  All Year 8 history students had the opportunity to attend a Norman outreach programme which allowed them to meet the Normans and handle weaponry;
  
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  Year 11 History students were visited by Orfhlaith Kearney and participants in the Northern Voices/ Glortha Aduaidh Project in which students were shown video footage and told personal stories of the experiences of ordinary people during the Troubles in Northern Ireland;
  
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  Year 12 History students Carine Fullerton, Lucy Cassidy, Meabh Mc Girr and Sarah Gallen produced a report for the Age NI campaign for BBC News School Report;
  
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  Year 13 History students attended a series of lectures on German history at the Somme Heritage Centre in Bangor;
  
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  Year 14 History students visited Glasnevin Cemetery and Dublin castle as part of their A2 syllabus. At Glasnevin they were able to see the final resting places of key figures in Irish history such as O’Connell, Parnell, DeValera and Collins. This was followed by a tour of Dublin castle, the seat of British power in Ireland.
  

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