Form 1 HISTORY TRIP

 

 

 The first year students took part in a history trip to aid their history course. They visited archeological sites such as Creeveykeel Megalithic Tombs, the Caves of Kesh, Moygara Castle and a Stone Fort with Souteraines in Monestraden. The weather was sunny in the morning and got even better as the day went on. The first years enjoyed the trip and learnt a lot about early settlements and legends.

 

 

 

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Having fun in the Bricklieves                                                                                                    Going down into the unknown in Clogher!!

"Kings of the castle"

 

 

Standing outside Moygara  Castle.

 

Dissolving Boundaries Project

 A first year history class is paired with Bloomfield Collegiate in a Cross Border partnership in the Dissolving boundaries Project.  This project is co-ordinated by NUI Maynooth in the South and is funded by the DES. 

  The students first exchanged profiles and are now working collaboratively on aspects of local Irish History.  They work in Moodle an on-line protected environment.  Phase 1 involves interviewing a grandparent or person of similar age and asking "Is Life Better Now?" and creating group wikis.  Phase 2 is based on Norman castles.

 The highlight of their year is a Face 2 Face meeting.  It is hoped this will happen take place in late spring to Carrickfergus Castle.   Previous years visited Kilmainham Jail and held a History Assembly on Ireland during World War 1 in Collins Barracks.

  A Video Conference has already been held between the schools and another will follow shortly

  

 Form 5 and 6 History. 

 

 

 This year the fifth and sixth year history class visited Derry as part of their Leaving Cert. document study. They visited in order to get both a Nationalist and Unionists view of the Troubles in Derry. 

For their case studies they investigate The Coleraine Controversy,  The Apprentice Boys and Sunningdale. 

 

 

 

The students visited the Free Derry Museum where they saw many pictures from Bloody Sunday as well as guns and rubber bullets. They got a walking tour of Bogside and also the chance to go to Appprentice Boys Museum.  

A fuss was made of the group as one of the students was the 13,000 visitor to the museum!  The local paper took their photos and the school was given a souvenir book and the pupils a large tin of sweets for the trip home!

It was a very helpful way of gaining an understanding to the issues the class were to return to the classroom and study.