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The Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty would like to present some extension suggestions for all its students to enjoy over the Christmas holidays. Do enjoy! Business Studies...
On Tuesday evening a select and appreciative audience were treated to a wonderfully intimate evening of musical entertainment with a very festive theme. Superbly hosted by Aaron...
Key Stage 3 Nathaniel 9 Oak – Nathaniel is a hardworking, dedicated and positive student, who always gives his best in all his lessons. With excellent attendance, ATL scores and...
On Thursday 5th December the community representatives which include Megan Hooper, Jhanavi Tiwari, Daisy Santana-Spevick, Preesha Mistry, Andrea Tamang, Isaac Nesbeth, Edward...
NEWS As we come to the end of another busy term for PE we can reflect on the vast number of competitive fixtures and sports clubs that have taken place this term. There have been...
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Year 9 will have the the exciting opportunity to visit the Europa Centre on Wednesday 27th March 2019(Spanish) and Friday 29th March 2019 (French). The Europa Centre is a European...
On Friday 30th November students of A Level Spanish visited the British Film Institute where they attended a study day on the celebrated film director, Pedro Almodóvar,...
The 2018/19 Caius Medicine Access Day which will be occurring in Gonville & Caius college on Thursday the 31st of January. The event is for aspiring Medicine students (from...
The Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty would like to present some extension suggestions for all its students to enjoy over the Christmas holidays. Do enjoy!
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Jingle all the Way Film – for the power of Marketing
Christmas retail advertisements – Who were/are they targeting and how successful were the ads? Retail data after Christmas/Sales – as a measure of the state of our economy/the markets
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| Economics
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A Christmas Carol/Oliver Twist Films – showing the impact of poverty on families.
Retail data after Christmas/Sales – as a measure of the state of our economy/the markets
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| Geography
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Banned Iceland advert looking at palm oil (deforestation) around the world.
How far does Santa have to travel? Use to website ‘Free Map Tools’ to analyse Santa’s journey from Lapland to their home. Students can practise mapping and basic GIS tools by entering their home’s location to show Santa’s route on Google maps. Students to then write a description of Santa’s journey describing the location of countries, stating coordinates of major cities and modes of transport that could be used (other than his sleigh, of course!). Christmas geography news |
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| History
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The Pianist (Holocaust)
Conspiracy (Holocaust) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ (Cold War) Bridge of Spies (Cold War) Joyeaux Noel (WWI – Christmas Truce) |
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| Law | Watch ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ for courtroom festive film
For the non-festive films, try ‘12 Angry Men’, ‘Anatomy of Murder’ and ‘Philadelphia’ (the movie not the cheese!) For reading – I highly recommend ‘Eve was Framed’ by Helena Kenedy and ‘How to Win Every Argument: The Use and Abuse of Logic’ by Madsen Pirie |
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| Politics
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As we move towards UK ideologies in year 12, try watching ‘The Iron Lady’ for Thatcherism and the rather dated but classic socialist film ‘A Very British Coup’
For year 13s, try ‘All The President’s Men’ about Watergate and ‘Frost / Nixon’ |
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| Psychology
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Looking at the psychology of happiness, showing how close and loving relationships is more important than having an abundance of toys and presents. Relates to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs from the Humanistic Approach. |  |
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RE / RS / Philosophy and Ethics |
The Wizard of Oz
The Sound of Music The Matrix – (the first one only) and for Year 7 RE students. Bonhoeffer – agent of grace |
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Sociology |
Look at how Christmas is celebrated through different social times and countries by watching both ‘The Muppets Christmas Carol’ and ‘The Holiday’ |  |
