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Welcome to the official website of Bangor Grammar School

Bangor Grammar School offers a special welcome to all P6 and P7 pupils and their parents to our  Open Night.

Thursday 19th January 2012
6.30pm – 9.30pm

The Headmaster will give a short address
at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.15pm
in the School Assembly Hall

At the Open Evening there will be:

• OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE HEADMASTER, STAFF AND BOYS;
• DISPLAYS BY EACH DEPARTMENT;
• TOURS OF THE SCHOOL;
• DISPLAYS ILLUSTRATING THE RANGE OF EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES;
• INFORMATION ON CAREERS GUIDANCE AND CURRICULUM.

All interested parents and P6/P7 boys will be welcome
(including those wishing to transfer at 16+)

AS Exams Information

Click on the links below for the mock timetable and information for pupils.

AS Mock Timetable January 2012

AS Mocks - Information for pupils

Back to School

Malcolm Ditty, MD of local clothing manufacturer “The Signature Works” dropped in to the Business Studies Department at Bangor Grammar School this week to help some of the GCSE Business Studies pupils with their Controlled Assessment projects. Pictured are Malcolm Ditty, Mr S. Robinson, Nathan Lockhart, Ryan Mayrs, Ryan Young, Ross Mawhinney and Jack Wilgar.

Spring and Summer Term overview

Click here for information on school events and holiday arrangements for the Spring and Summer terms.

PRINT OF CROSBY BUILDING

A Water Colour Painting of the College Ave Bangor Grammar School Building by well known local artist Phyllis Arnold is available as a print. A number of prints signed by the artist are still available. Cost of print - £10.00 + p & p £2.50(if required)

As the School is to move to a new campus very shortly this must be an appropriate time for all Grammarians to purchase this reminder of Old BGS

Please contact: Jim Claney Tel 028 9146 1035 or email jim-marion@tiscali.co.uk
after 1st March 2012 or, if required before that date, please contact Sharon Cordner at the School: Tel 028 9147 3734 or email: scorder890@bgs.bangor.ni.sch.uk

BGS Talent Night

The first ever BGS has got Talent! night was held recently in the school, to huge success!  The event was organised by Year 14 to assist with funds for the school Formal and to raise money for the FSID charity.  The total raised was £1011.05 of which £608 will go to FSID.  Check out the photo gallery here!

Clifton Christmas Party

Our 6th Form attended Clifton Special School this week to deliver some Christmas cheer to the pupils there.  Click here for some photos.

The Holy Grail

The Headmaster reflects on the success of the School Play in his blog.

This year's school play has just finished its 'run'. At first sight, The Holy Grail must seem a somewhat bizarre choice, but by now we have got used to the risks which Daire Cunningham runs. It was a re-make, or perhaps re-furb might be the better term, of the film, Monty Python's Holy Grail, and it turned out, how could we ever have doubted, brilliantly.

Monty Python's Flying Circus was first televised when I was either in or entering the sixth form and it somehow touched the nerve of the times; it became at the same time wildly popular and a cult. Its sketches and catch phrases and performers infused the culture of the time and it was part of that mildly and very English anarchy of the sixties and early seventies, outrageous and yet somehow courteous. That was over forty years ago and the world of comedy has moved on. What I watch now on the TV offers an ambivalent pleasure: coarse, cruel, edgy, uncomfortable and, at times, occasionally, very, very funny. But not kind. How could Monty Python speak to this generation, a generation that doesn't even have the films, of whch in my opinion The Holy Grail is the peerless example, within its frame of reference...

Read the full review and see more photos here

Peter is an Olympic Flame finalist

Coca-Cola today announced that BGS pupil Peter Brittain (18) has made it through to the final stage of becoming a London 2012 Olympic Torchbearer during the Olympic Torch Relay next year.

Peter, an extraordinary young man with a burning passion that brings happiness to others, was handed an invitation to carry the Olympic Flame next year.  Peter works in his spare time as a local volunteer with FASA, a charity which deals with suicide awareness and drug addiction.   As a regular volunteer he wants to develop his work with the charity and continue to provide a service to the community helping vulnerable people. In his winning entry he says: “Suicide and drug addiction is one of the most prevalent issues throughout Northern Ireland, yet little is known about its cause. My goal is to help raise awareness of these issues through FASA in Northern Ireland and further a field."

To recognise and reward the positive contributions made by young people every day in the UK, Coca-Cola, a Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay spent the summer searching the country for Future Flames: young people who use their passion in areas like sport and physical activity, music and dance, and community and the environment; to spread happiness in their local communities.
All successful nominees now need to confirm acceptance of their place with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) before the final list of Coca-Cola Olympic Torchbearers is announced on 14th February 2012.

Until then, they are invited to join the Coca-Cola Future Flame Torchbearer Facebook group to enjoy exclusive content and socialise with other Future Flames.

James Quincey, President, Coca-Cola Northwest Europe and Nordics, said:

"We have been overwhelmed by the thousands of outstanding nominations that we have received as part of our Coca-Cola Future Flames campaign this year. It's been truly inspiring to learn about the many different ways young people are spreading happiness in their local communities, and we're very excited to now be offering some of these people the once in a lifetime chance to carry the Olympic Flame next summer."

BGS participate in FIRST LEGO League 2011: Inspiring Innovation in the Next Generation

BGS Pupils joined with 19 schools from across Northern Ireland in W5 on 29 November 2011 to take part in FIRST LEGO League (FLL), the world's biggest interactive robotics challenge for young people and the team from BGS managed to secure the Special prize for innovation in robot design.

 The budding scientists designed, built and programmed a winning robot to perform a series of set tasks linked to a research presentation on the theme of 'The Food Factor - Keeping Food Safe'. The young Northern Ireland talent joined over 200,000 9-16 year olds from over 55 countries to explore this year's topic.

The LEGO League was brought to Northern Ireland by a partnership of The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Queen's University Belfast - Widening Participation Unit, SAP Research Centre Belfast (SAP), Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE), University of Ulster and W5.

Exams Timetable - January 2012

please click here to access information

Headmaster's Blog

A new blog has been started by the Headmaster and can be viewed here.  Check back regularly for updates.

New School Photos

The latest photos of construction work at our new Gransha Road site have been uploaded here. (Photos taken 5th September courtesy of D B Greenaway).

BGS Gains International School Award

Bangor Grammar has been granted the International School Award, accredited for three years, from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2013. This follows more than two years of work developing a portfolio of evidence under the leadership and co-ordination of Senior Teacher, Dean Robinson. Many of our academic departments now have links with schools in France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, Poland, New Zealand, the USA, Kenya and Qatar. The award will allow the School to display the International Schools' logo on its prospectus, stationery and website.   Congratulations are owed to all teachers and pupils who have been involved in the work.