Welcome to the Year 7 page. We have three classes in Year 7; Mrs Manogue (Room 12), Mrs McCorry (Room 10), and Mr Murray (Room 9). All three classes are on the top corridor.

Here you will find more information about what we do and how we do it. It is also a place where you will be able to find links to help and support you in your learning. We will continue to update the page throughout the term to keep you informed about what we are learning in school.

Year 7 Photo Gallery

Mrs Manogue’s class visited the Town hall to learn about its life in Victorian times. They then visited the walled garden and pretended to be apprentice gardeners. Most applicants were successful though a few didn’t make it out of the greenhouse in time! 

We looked at maps of Victorian and modern Bangor. We were surprised at how many more houses there are today and most of us could find where we live. 

Year 7 are learning about the Victorians and the inventions from that time. They experimented with how to light a light bulb and progressed their learning to making a burglar alarm that buzzes when an intruder steps on it. We’ve got the safest rooms in the school now! 😄

We were learning about the Linen industry in Victorian Ireland, we then had a go at some weaving ourselves. We think they turned out pretty well! 

Year 7 children have been enjoying lessons with Coach Oisin from AB Coaching.  They have been developing their skills in Gaelic Football and playing small sided games.

We visited Bangor castle to find out about the life of the Ward family in Victorian Bangor. We saw lots of things we hadn’t noticed before! We then took a trip to the walled garden to learn how to be apprentice gardeners. Most of us made it! 😄

We’ve been learning about William Morris, a Victorian artist who loved nature. We went into the playground to find some importation for our nature printing.

We took a tour of Bangor and heard stories about Victorian people who used to live here. We hadn‘t realised so much of today’s Bangor was built in Victorian times. 

Whether we’e collecting data or learning about area and perimeter, it’s always fun to take it outside!

We made trailers on iMovie based on our class novel, Kensuke’s Kingdom.

We wrapped up our Victorians topic by learning about Isambard Kingdom Brunel. This talented engineer was responsible for constructing tunnels, bridges, ships and railways. Working in groups, we investigated the most effective ways to construct a bridge before designing and building our own using recyclable materials. There are definitely a few budding engineers in our midst!

We celebrated Anti-Bullying week by coming to school in our odd socks and participating in a live lesson with the Anti-Bullying Alliance. We discussed strategies to identify bullying behaviours and learned how to be an ‘upstander’ rather than a ‘bystander’. 

To kick off our new topic, ‘Money Wise’, we had a visit from Tracey and Jack who work for Danske Bank. They explained the various services that the bank has to offer, including mortgages, loans and savings accounts.  We were given a budget and had to plan how to spend our money, keeping to a budget and avoiding debt. We had lots of fun deciding what to spend our money on and how much to save for a rainy day.