A Year 9 History class took part in this Newtownabbey Learning Community Project.  Working with Researches at Queen’s University our project was based on World War 1, Living Legacies.  Working with groups from Rosstulla, Belfast High and Abbey Community School the pupils looked at the First War through different subjects

• Mapping the front – Geography
• WW1 Drama – English
• WW1 Handling Box and digital technologies –       History / ICT
• A Green Booth with WW1 Costumes was available all day, for those special pictures.

The children have been sent away to produce a poster on World War 1 and will meet as a group again in Year 10

Everyone had a great day and look forward to continuing this work in September

Mrs O’Neill’s Year 14 History class attending a talk at Belfast High School given by Historian and author Timothy Bowman. An excellent morning was had by all and plenty of examination content was covered.

We were delighted to welcome Dr. Jonathan Mattison to school recently. He spoke to our Year 14 History students about the issue of Home Rule and the nature of the opposition to it in Ulster. It was a very interactive discussion that covered a significant part of their current modules.

1968: a Missed Opportunity workshop – Ulster Museum April 18th

Year 11 History students took part in a conference exploring the foundation of the Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland. They had the opportunity to engage with other schools in lectures, activities and a newly refurbished Troubles gallery tour.

After lunch, they listened to the perspectives of Anne Devlin (a former Peoples’ Democracy activist) and Nelson McCausland (DUP) and were able to ask the panel questions regarding their experiences.

Holocaust Memorial Day is held on January 27th each year. Glengormley High has been holding a series of special assemblies to commemorate the Holocaust. These have been delivered by the school’s Holocaust Ambassadors Erin English and Natalie Montgomery. The assemblies have focused on the nature of the Holocaust and how discrimination can lead to such terrible events as we are witnessing in Darfur at present and recently in Bosnia.

The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day this year is the Power of Words. Citizenship classes have been involved in postcard writing exercises to survivors of the Holocaust from World War 2 and the war in Bosnia.

Holocaust Ambassador Reception

Two of our Year 14 students – Natalie Montgomery and Erin English – participated in a province-wide trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau with the Holocaust Educational Trust last year.  They trained successfully to become Holocaust Ambassadors for the Trust.  The girls attended a reception recently in Stormont where they listened to a talk from Walter Kammerling, a Holocaust Survivor.  Erin and Natalie will be leading assemblies this January to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th of that month.  They will also be attending Open Night and will be available to discuss their experiences of their visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau with visiting parents and primary students.