We are all ‘Only Human’ but we can all be ‘Decent’!
The week beginning 24th April was Humanities Week 2023 and the theme this year was ‘Being Human’. During Humanities lessons, key stage three completed some tasks that focused...
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The week beginning 24th April was Humanities Week 2023 and the theme this year was ‘Being Human’. During Humanities lessons, key stage three completed some tasks that focused...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
The Humanities Student Leaders meet every Friday in F5 to work on creating fun, interesting activities of our Humanities lessons. At the moment, we are creating a variety of...
Posted by Sarah Brown
Recently the Year 11 history students visited the The Doctors Show, an interactive performance that tells the story of the development of health and medicine, directly related to...
Posted by Richard Dowty
It has been a pleasure to be teaching history again this half term to year 7 and recently I set my class the task of creating their own Motte and Bailey castles, which were...
Posted by James Burley
Since returning to school after the holidays Humanities and Social Sciences staff have been working hard to ensure that all students are re-familiarised with the routine that they...
Posted by James Burley
Little did I know that when I was appointed as Head of History in 1991, I would still be at the school 30 years later. So having reached this landmark I thought it time to retire...
Posted by Roger Newbold
The Spring term is coming to an end, a term where Humanities, and other departments have had to experiment and explore lots of different ways of learning. Throughout these few...
Posted by Sandra Kinghorn
It was great to pop in to a Year 10 Geography lesson to see students researching the devastating impact of hurricanes across the world and also hear such great discussions taking...
Posted by Jeremy Turner
From the profound to the trivial… that just about sums up the inaugural “Festival of Humanities” which was held last week on July 2nd-4th in the quad at lunchtimes in glorious...
Posted by Roger Newbold
The week beginning 24th April was Humanities Week 2023 and the theme this year was ‘Being Human’.
During Humanities lessons, key stage three completed some tasks that focused upon the theme and Mr Burley, Acting Head of Humanities and Social Sciences, delivered assembly. Within the assembly, Mr Burley focused upon how with the power all humans have, comes great responsibility, not only for ourselves but for each other and the planet. His assembly begun with the Michael Jackson video, ‘Earth Song’ and, although now over twenty years old, the messages of the human impact on the environment remain as relevant as in 1995. Mr Burley provided some tips on how we could all ‘step up our humanity’, perhaps by joining a charity, helping out, giving to a food bank or even picking up litter to take care of our environment and protect the wildlife. The assembly ended with the quote: “It costs nothing to be a decent human being” – a message for all to take with them to ensure as a community of humans, we support each other, care for each other and are responsible for not only humans but also the planet.
It has been a very busy and successful year so far in the newly merged social sciences and humanities faculty. Business studies is a subject that has expended this year to offer a...
The Spring term is coming to an end, a term where Humanities, and other departments have had to experiment and explore lots of different ways of learning. Throughout these few...