PoliticsBGS

Official Bangor Grammar School Politics Department

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We were even treated to a visit from SDLP leader and Belfast South and Mid Down MP Claire Hanna.

A massive thank you to the Stormont Education Team for making it such a fantastic day for our Politics students!

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Wow, what a day at Stormont!

A huge thank you to Stephen Dunne, Peter Martin, Alan Chambers, Connie Egan, Andrew Muir, Robbie Butler and Colm Gildernew for giving up their time to speak to our boys and answer some tricky questions!

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Absolutely delighted with our GCSE Politics results at Bangor Grammar. An outstanding 93.75% achieved A*-A, with 100% achieving A*-B.

A fantastic set of results from a brilliant class. I am incredibly proud of every one of them and all the hard work they put in. Well deserved.

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Fantastic A2 Politics results!

Delighted that one of our boys achieved an A*, with 75% achieving A*-B grades and 100% achieving A*-C provisionally, before any remarks.

A superb set of results and thoroughly deserved. Very proud of all the boys and their hard work!

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@BangorGrammar Well done gentlemen!

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Excellent rugby result Second XV’s.

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@BangorGrammar Huge congratulations, lads. You should be very proud of yourselves and your team.

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…The boys also really enjoyed listening to the statements (including one made by Stephen Dunne) before the debate in the chamber on the School Uniforms Bill.

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Great trip to Stormont with the Year 11 boys today. The boys really enjoyed meeting Peter Martin, Stephen Dunne, Connie Egan, Colin McGrath, and Alan Chambers, and finding out about their political viewpoints.

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Huge congratulations to our A-Level and GCSE Politics boys on their fantastic results! Your hard work and commitment have really paid off — we’re very proud of you all!

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More photos. Thank you also to Roisin Coleman (CE of Attorney General Office) for popping by to share her knowledge on what legal experts do at Stormont. Very interesting.

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Photos of our trip to Stormont today.

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A fantastic trip to Stormont today for our Year 11 class. Students got the opportunity to sit in the Chamber to listen to a debate on lowering the voting age to 16. They also got to question four MLAs: Deirdre Hargey, Stephen Dunne, Alan Chambers and Connie Egan.

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Well done to our A-level Politics’ students. There were some really good results. Wishing you all the best on your next journey.

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Student: “Why should we vote for you?”. Tim said that he had “the network in place [including former PMs] in Westminster” to help North Down constituents.

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Good start to our Q&A talk today. We just had Tim Collins this morning who shared his insights on military history and North Down, to name but a few. Alex Easton is due to speak next…

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Stephen Farry was our final speaker today. Again, another good talk, which the boys really enjoyed. Student: ‘Why should I vote for you?’ Stephen’s response: I have ‘local knowledge’ and the ‘right values…I am a moderate’.

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Alex wants to increase the number of police officers in the PSNI to make North Down safer. Alex also highlighted that he was passionate about animal welfare and improving the NHS.

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Another good talk by our second political candidate for North Down, Alex Easton. Alex answered lots of great questions from our boys. Some highlights included Alex reinforcing his commitment to reduce business rates for small and medium businesses and…