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Newsletter 1 - September 2025
History
GCSE Success
Congratulations to our Year 11 cohort of 2024-2025 on
their outstanding GCSE results. We are so proud of our
pupils and are delighted with their overall achievement
of 87% grade 4 and above, 80% grade 5 and above
and 38% grade 7 and above. All of the pupils worked
incredibly hard to achieve these results, which are
significantly above county and national levels. We know
that they will all go on to do wonderful things and wish all
of our historians the very best for the future.
Key Stage 3 History Club
History Club will run every Monday lunchtime from 12.50-1.20 in A0 with
Mrs Campbell starting on 15th September. This is an exciting opportunity
for enthusiastic existing historians and our new Year 7 cohort. You will have
lots of time to discuss and research your favourite aspects of history with
your peers, as well as lead the school in commemorating days of historical
importance. If you would like to take on a leadership role within this club,
and are in Year 9 or above, please see Mrs Campbell for more information.
History After School Drop In
This support will be available
after school on Wednesdays
in A0 between 3.15pm and
4.15pm and is open to all.
History Film Club
On selected Tuesdays each term pupils
will have the opportunity to bring their
popcorn and settle in A0 to watch a
blockbuster History movie. See Mrs
Campbell for more information.
Term
Topic
Seneca: Sign up to Seneca here. Click on the
‘sign up’ button (top right) of the homepage.
Search KS3 History and use the number and
topic in the table below to find your relevant
revision activities
BBC Bitesize: Click on the
hyperlinks below to access
revision material, including
videos and quizzes.
1&2
Norman Conquest
1.The Medieval World 450-1450
The Norman Conquest BBC
Revision
1&2
16th Century Empires
3.4 India
5. The English Civil War
The English Civil War BBC
Bitesize
The End of an Empire BBC
Bitesize
1&2
Slavery and Civil
Rights
4. Slavery 1619-1833
14. Civil Rights in the USA, 1954- 1975
The Civil Rights Movement in
America
Key Stage 3 History
Welcome back to all our Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 pupils.
We hope you have had a restful and enjoyable summer.
Please see a guide to the new and exciting topics you will
be exploring this term in the grid below. There are also
suggested online activities that you could complete to support
your learning and extend your knowledge even further.
GCSE History
Welcome back to our Year 10 and Year
11 GCSE classes. We hope you return to
school refreshed and ready to continue your
GCSE work. The Department has been very
impressed with your efforts in history to date
and look forward to seeing what wonderful
work you will produce this year. Year 10
continue their learning of Medicine this term,
looking at progress and change during the
Industrial period in Britain, while Year 11
move on to Weimar Germany. You may like
to purchase some materials to support your
child’s studies at GCSE. Please click here to
see relevant and recommended resources.
Mrs Campbell, Subject Lead for History
Library
Hello! I thought I’d start the new academic year by welcoming
our new Year 7s, and by reminding everyone of the great
things we do and all the opportunities available in the library.
Your school library can help to support you with your studies,
providing a study space for the completion of school and
homework. We hold a large amount of fiction, non-fiction,
reference books, graphic novels and manga. We also
lend DVDs - ideal for study support, family film nights and
sleepovers. The library is open 8:30-4:30 Monday -Thursday,
8:30-3:30 on Fridays.
Shop-in-a-Box: Pupils new to the school will be pleased to
know that the library carries a range of cost price stationery,
helping to ensure that every child has access to affordable
school kit.
Book Quote of the Month
to encourage all our new Year 7s…
You can always find a friend in a good book
I look forward to seeing you all, and to helping you to find
enchanting, diverting and engrossing reading for the new
school year!
Mrs Campbell-Thorp, Librarian
Year