Humanities
The faculty
Staff
Currently the Humanities faculty comprises History, Geography, RE, PSHE, and Sociology. The current members of the team are:
|
Ian Williamson (Head of Humanities & Head of History) |
Kim McGill (2nd in Humanities & Head of Geography) |
Anna Carolan (2nd in Humanities & Head of PSHCE/RE) |
| Ben Streets (Vice Principal) | Josh Croft | David Chew |
| Andrew Millington | Sarah Sykes | Brett Widdop |
Accommodation and Resources
The department is housed in several dedicated rooms. The faculty also has a wide variety of resources:
- Textbooks
- Interactive Whiteboard in each room
- DVD / video clip resource bank
- Artefacts
- Flexi-cams
Time Allocation
The school operates a 5-period day, over a two-week timetable.
In Years 7-9, all students have three lessons of History and Geography and one lesson each of Religious Studies and PSHCE per fortnight.
In Year 10 and 11, each GCSE subject has 5 lessons per fortnight. Year 10 and 11 have one lesson of PSHCE per fortnight.
Schemes of Work Key Stage 3
At Key Stage 3 students study a wide variety of topics in History and Geography. PSHCE.RE lessons cover all statutory requirements as well as issues that are closely related to our context.
At Key Stage 4, students of History and Geography currently follow the AQA GCSE syllabus, while Sociology follows the Eduqas/WJEC syllabus. Each option receives five lessons over the fortnight.
Achievements
Exam grades at GCSE have been consistently excellent over the last few years achieving some of the best grades across the school.
Extra-Curricular Activities
We offer 'Period 6' revision to History, Geography, and Sociology GCSE students
We also run an after-school faculty homework club
Geography run a number of field trips, and in recent years we have run an overseas trip to the Belgium battlefields.
Curriculum Intent
The Humanities specific Curriculum Intent can be found here:
Assessment Guidance:
The Humanities approach to Assessment can be found here:
Learning Journey
The Humanities Curriculum Sequences can be found here:
Golden Knowledge Organisers
The school defines 'Golden Knowledge' as being the most important content to Remember and Understand, as it represents the main building blocks of the curriculum.
The Humanities 'Golden Knowledge' for each year group can be found here:
Year on a page
The summary of each Year Group's curriculum can be found here:
