Celebrating Black History Month by the Humanities Faculty
As the UK celebrated BHM during the month of October, the humanities faculty played a part by tweaking our topics of study to capture key moments of Black History in the UK and...
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As the UK celebrated BHM during the month of October, the humanities faculty played a part by tweaking our topics of study to capture key moments of Black History in the UK and...
Posted by Ama Bartholomew
Creativity is a central part of learning encompassing both activity and thought. An excellent example of this came from a visit I paid to the History department. Engaging Year 7...
Posted by Claire Till
This year it has become clear how important local and global communities are. This is why in BMS we have created a whole scheme of work for humanities focused on communities. In...
Posted by Aaron Mitchell
Students in Mrs Till’s A level psychology lesson were studying the topic of mental illness and the likelihood of children being affected by the mental illnesses of their parents....
Posted by Jeremy Turner
Black History Month always provides an opportunity to celebrate black achievement and to reflect on issues affecting people of colour. Year 13 A Level History students have been...
Posted by Roger Newbold
The Big Law Question For Black History Month Year 12 law students have been studying the infamous case of Stephen Lawrence, the black teenager killed in April 1993. Students have...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
On Friday 2nd October, year 10 students enjoyed a day of excitement, engagement and invigoration when they attended the year 10 Option immersion events run by the Humanities and...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
The Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty welcomed back all year groups to lessons over the past week. It was particularly thrilling to see the new year 7, the new GCSE and A...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
After an eight week period of physical distance, Year 12 students were able to enjoy their first face-to-face lesson with their humanities and social sciences teachers last week. ...
Posted by Stephanie Knowles
We got to the station for 8.15 on Wednesday 14th of November to set out for our long journey. Taking the train to Euston and then Keswick. As soon as we arrived in Keswick we sent...
Posted by Sarah Dunsby
As the UK celebrated BHM during the month of October, the humanities faculty played a part by tweaking our topics of study to capture key moments of Black History in the UK and around the world.
In doing so, students at various key stages were challenged to learn something new about the contributions of Black people to the reign of Elizabeth I, the British Empire and the WW1 whiles Y7 RE students had discussions based on the Martin Luther King – “I Have A Dream” speech, others at KS4 business studies researched the milestones reached by Black people in international business whereas those at KS5 studying psychology were introduced to studies relating to the prevalence of ethnicity in schizophrenia and depression, a well suited task to prepare them for their exams next summer.
As we seek to embed the recognition of BHM in our calendar for next year in order to make the celebration more relevant and engaging to students we plan to look beyond the American Civil Rights movement and to focus more on Black British History.
Some lessons and students’ work reflecting the various engaging activities have been captured on camera to share with you.
At this time of year, every year, the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty like to offer all BMS families some extension suggestions to enjoy over the Festive Season. This year,...
The Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty welcomed back all year groups to lessons over the past week. It was particularly thrilling to see the new year 7, the new GCSE and A...